we want to present. something real. the u.n. security council can damns deadly terrorist attacks near a military intelligence complex in the syrian capital damascus which kills fifty five in syria calls for measures against foreign powers supporting terrorism. a russian businessman and arms dealer sentenced to twenty five years behind bars in the us speaks exclusively to r.t. as victor book prepares to be santa supermax security prison against the recommendation all of his trial judge. and rescuers have found twelve bodies while battling dreadful weather conditions as treacherous terrain to reach the scene of the super oyster jet crash in indonesia.

one pm in the russian capital on marina josh you're watching r t the un security council has unanimously and strongly condemn terrorism blast that killed at least fifty five people and one that almost four hundred in the syrian capital damascus on thursday the twenty explosions near a government intelligence complex are the worst terror attacks in syria since the start of the uprising last year are just more important i've brings us the latest from u.n. headquarters in new york. all fifteen members of the security council have recognized that terrorist networks are working in side of syria it was only just on tuesday when the syrian envoy to the united nations had accused a number of regional air powers of sponsoring terrorism to undermine the ceasefire in syria the syrian ambassador. held up a d.v.d.

claiming that on that d.v.d. was confessions of dozens of individuals that were involved in terrorist activities upon the order of what he said were goals states joint special envoy kofi annan did address also the media just this week saying that right now syria can be descending into a full scale civil war if the ceasefire does not hold our t.v.'s our firm is in syria and has been speaking to all those that have been living through the uprisings and through the ongoing violence and she brings us their story. this sound of gunfire heavy artillery rings out. with the u.n. observers in it live in there's been some pretty heavy go. throughout the night. no will to go to the scene as for the type of control that the central area. and

the fist fighting is continuing. here both sides with violating the peace plan we fully the u.n. observers into it on the way passing through homes and other areas mon it is that based and there is that is seen some of the most destructive fighting as we passed through homes we have a brief an emotional conversation with the residents of. safety. what the people who feel about the fighting that happens. that is he tries hard not to show as perfectly encapsulate the level of devastation that has been wreaked on people's lives here throughout the course of the conflict is on to it and a stretch of road this name for being extremely dangerous it's

a journey that would have been near impossible without the u.n. presence and with the volatile situation criminal gangs thought to operate in this area. we find it live under siege like conditions a quiet and intimidated city i don't know since a year and a half ago no one knows what's happening we go to sleep and wake up with fear some say is the government and other states armed groups we don't know who's doing that last we get a chance to meet it lives governor and ask him about the situation here. even if there is a little unrest in some areas or in a few spots it's due to people who are breaking the. checkpoint after checkpoint then we enter into an area outside of government control and it's a unique chance to see the u.n. monitors in action almost a month into the peace plan and you're monitors are making small steps on the ground but it's going to be a slow process throughout the course of the conflict it's been hard to come to some

of the areas where the fiercest fighting is happening and get a gauge of exactly what the situation is on the ground the u.n. observers traveling to some of these areas have given them access to what we see is a frightened population and the city symbol is the olive branch the symbol of peace is right now a city at civil sara firth r.t. . and coming up later this hour locked in dead log greek political parties talk still struggling to form a government as fears mount the country is closer to leaving the euro than ever with chaotic consequences. loss and raft of new laws and rules for the olympic games in london are leading to accusations of a police state stay tuned to find out why the hardline regulations are drumming up discontent. russian business victor boy slammed the american justice system after being convicted of arms trafficking in the u.s. he compared it to mean devil style inquisition in an exclusive interview with r.t.

the first one is given to an english language shell since his extradition from thailand he's now preparing to be sent to a maximum security prison to serve his twenty five year term against the recommendations of the judge in his trial dubbed the alcatraz of the rockies supermax jail houses some of the america's most dangerous criminals the russian's lawyer has filed a motion asking for the decision to be stalled about what is still in new york prison where he spoke exclusively to respond in a suit you're going to tell us more. this was victor boots first interview to an english language t.v. news outlet not only since his sentencing but also since his extradition and speaking in one in six languages he's fluent in english he seemed quite candid generally we know that victor boot is quite positive considering the circumstances with personally seen him winking at his wife inside the courtroom today too he was

quite calm and really shared his personal take on his case and kind of. further you know. where i know your mom. was. a marker of short. completion of american justice and real confusion american great comic relief and nothing short of dictatorship of course his case has been like a hollywood blockbuster picture buddhas a russian air cargo business man in his forty's he's been dubbed the merchant of death in the united states the u.s. has spent years and tens of millions of dollars in an operation to hunt this man down of course we know that u.s. agents posing as forked members met with victor boot and then arrested him in thailand in two thousand and eight two years later regardless of the fact that thai

courts found him not guilty twice in what was called arm twisting by the united states victor boot was extradited into u.s. territory to face charges of international arms trafficking victim himself has always maintained his innocence and believes his case to be political theaetetus also asked him if he has a message for the president of the united states as well as a u.s. official in general who are behind the operation in luring in victor bode well. for years president kerry will keep using these products. the drug enforcement there is a very workable gram for a crime. not only not helpful for every. problem of. course and you were convicted of going through a real problem for the real problem. group. your program go to somebody. for a walk through the corridor with

a good trick your friend fifty people in federal court are people the real problem now that to boot is appealing his twenty five year sentence behind bars and says he continues to keep on fighting until he gets a chance to return back home to russia we know that he has filed an official request for the russian state duma to file a complaint against the united states and thailand victor boot himself says because he knows he's innocent he's hoping that he will not end up serving the entire twenty five years that he's been sentenced to but whether or not that's going to be the case we're going to have to wait and see. reporting there now you can catch the full interview victor borge has given us this sunday here on r.t. .

days after the deadly super super jet crash in indonesia the first rescue team are expected to shortly reach the sites of the wreckage and remote mountains no survivors have been found yet but as artie's preassure the reports some relatives are still holding out desperate hope. chaos at jakarta's domestic airport where hundreds gathered after russian superjet sukhoi one hundred went missing from radars on wednesday early thursday their worst fears were realized as air force helicopters found the remains of the plane on a mountainside thirty miles outside indonesia's capital city. ever since the plane disappeared off the radar members of the media and family members of those who were on the plane have been gathering here at the crisis center hoping for any word as to what could have happened to their loved ones and what caused the plane to go down. did the mad has been at the airport since he found out that his wife was on

board the missing plane she has been a flight attendant for twenty years and didn't think it was necessary to tell her husband about the quick thirty minute demo so when they got to she didn't tell me she was going on the plane i had no idea. the super jet was performing that demonstration for airline executives and potential buyers as part of an asian tour a plane billed as state of the art with cutting edge technology the multibillion dollar project involved investors from around the world and tuesday's flight was expected to show the super rich ad in all its glory no one including blogger sergey doli who has been following the super jet during the tour could have predicted this outcome we can believe because. one of the best for those in russia so we can believe in the thing. to believe it was we were absolutely confident in the believe most aviation experts believe that the treacherous terrain and poor visibility

probably contributed to the plane going down on wednesday details that offer devastated relatives little comfort i'm wishing for a miracle to happen to you good news about watching the new news means good news i still have hope to find my wife. preassure either our teach a car to indonesia. well find a timeline of the tragedy on our website our team dot com and we have plenty more on the story online thanks for doing these point and photos of the qur'an and others who were on board just before takeoff was sastre to fall less than an hour afterwards for more on a log on to our. last one on charges filed against members of the russian security forces who reportedly being a pregnant woman during an opposition rally in moscow discovered that he tells them why.

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welcome back you're watching r.t. the eurozone could deal with a greek exit according to the german finance minister as greece struggles to form a government new elections may be needed if political parties fail to agree on a coalition following sunday's inconclusive poll political turmoil is already threatening the country's bailout agreement with the e.u. and the international monetary fund euro zone governments have held back part of the scheduled financing with greece receiving one billion euro last and planned the

country set to run out of cash in june catalyst michel bras things the eurozone needs to split to one of the damage of the crisis. what we see is a programmed crisis it's very sad to see these things developing but it was more planned within the euro because different countries like greece and germany are not fitting into one currency and it is the end of the day you will have this what we have now. violence on the street it is not possible to realize everybody knows there's the whole problem that we have in the eurozone cannot be solved by rescue packages cannot be solved by more cannot be solved anywhere it can only be solved by a break up of the euro or germany pulls out and the worst of the countries in the in the new rules on will do very there are money then there again competitive

against the world then there can be. a greek political deadlock and the storm is causing in the euro zone is up for debate and peter lavelle's cross-talk the full program is coming up later today. is anybody seriously suggesting that greece outside the euro zone would do but there look at the history of what the economic use or the value of the drachma before opting for the euro or. argued my view on a number of occasions the problems the problem how would you mind if you have an unruly teenager who's really lazy and doesn't do anything and is is draining your bank account what do you do you kick him out of the house and generally get his act together so that's the same kind of approach that could be taken to greece and i think they without this safety net that the eurozone provides they might actually get around to realizing oh my goodness we have an issue here and we can't just elect him as we can't just screw around we have to actually get our act together and do something productive.

as london prepares for the olympics bureaucrats and lawmakers have been busy too in acting a range of rules and regulations draconian measures are already saluting some people from the country while a number of residents have been banned from the games simply because they've objected to the construction of olympic facilities near their homes are just laura smith explains. philippic torch is lit and on its journey to london accompanying it fear uncertainty and code red level security impinging on the lives of people from london to las vegas that's where tim larkin lives he's supposed to be in the u.k. training martial arts enthusiastic but as he was boarding his flight he discovered the home office had excluded him from the country on the grounds that his self-defense course might incite vigilanteism being that i have a fifteen year history of coming to the u.k.

training thousands of people from the u.k. and also european clients coming into london and had no incidents whatsoever in and the rhetoric that's being used is absolutely inconsistent with what i teach it's a level of paranoia that increases the closer the olympics gets but london a simon mall won't get anywhere near the games he protested the building of basketball courts on a green space near the olympics and was slapped with a control order that forbids him from going near the olympics or any other celebration taking place this summer he faces five years in prison if he disobeys these that legislation is being used to prevent. lawful and understandable protest to aspects of the games which are on the necrotic or on popular. furthermore these are just this legislation won't prevent people from

disrupting the games the wall it will do is it will give the ability of the authorities to to punish people more severely i think it's insane i think that it shows the prevailing state of consciousness in our governments and on the world which is one of the ultimately we're in control luckily for simon he doesn't. live near the stadium but. anyone who does this building's less than a kilometer from the live picture park the plan is to station a battery of high velocity missiles on the roof of this block of flats for two months over the olympics a proposal looks already triggered an explosive reaction resident brian whelan learned of the plans from a leaflet pushed through his door late one night some people worried about the effect the property values of it was they could make the building a target for terrorists some people think that it's discipline as it is not secure

enough so people don't want to be turned into some sort of military base where they really affect the quality of life. but my big argument is. nobody consulted on the mit never spoke to us the two thousand and twelve games have spawned a level of security that unprecedented seen by many as overwhelming and repressive the question many british people are asking is if it's like this already what's it going to be like when the lympics circus finally rolls into town north myth london . so take a look at some other stories from around the world and they had a soldier has been shot down in afghanistan by a man disguised an army uniform the incident in the east of the country follows an attack on a local government office yesterday were an armed group also disguised as afghan army troops killed five people the taliban assert it carried out both assaults similar recent attacks have intensified mistrust between u.s.

led forces and their agone partners with western forces due to leave and two years time. clashes have continued in believe it for a second day running as medical students battled riot police in the nation's capital apos protesters threw rocks and firecrackers at officers who fired tear gas and rubber bullets one of the country's largest unions called for three days of demonstrations after rejecting a salary increase offered by the government stands joint doctors and workers a public hospitals are protesting at an increased working hours and cutbacks. the front runners for egypt's top job have gone head to head in the country's first presidential debate are also former foreign minister under hosni mubarak and. fatah a moderate islamist challenge each other about religion zero in democracy a televised debate lasted for hours with supporters of both candidates watching closely in outdoor cafes around cairo the two are among thirteen candidates running

in the election due to begin on may twenty third. claims that iraq had weapons of mass destruction led to the us invasion in two thousand and three later today on r.t. our special report coverage the war on iraq shows how bogus assertions were used to start a full scale conflict with catastrophic consequences here's a preview. the people of the united states and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder is a regime as an active program to acquire and develop nuclear weapons and let there be no doubt about we know for a fact there are where there. this work is being carried out under the direction of dr david kay respected scientist and former u.n. inspector was leading the weapons search in iraq we are determined to take this apart you have a tremendous group of dedicated american men and women involved in this with the

best assets of the intelligence community and provide. david kay is not going to be done with this for quite some time david kay wants more time and he says it could take another six to nine months to make a definitive finding ministration is asking congress for hundreds of millions more six hundred million dollars to fund a continuing search have not yet shiny pointy things that i would call a weapon before we can draw from conclusions we need to let the iraqi survey group complete its work. we were all wrong probably in my judgment. and that most disturbing. sometimes the true patriot takes the unpopular course but helps the country avoid mistakes and even if they come this way at least they try to patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels and i think these are scoundrels they have no argument now they have no defense for

what they did the country is in the turbo international security situation but i think it's perilous so they're attacking the patriotism of others. or the special reports coming your way and a few moments from now before they cross to the businesses to check out what's happening and the turbulent world of business marina's god the latest as always well earlier you just painted a mixed picture so how would things changed the soured. well basically we're seeing markets globally making a huge cern when it comes to russia will get to that in the second because we saw that they nosedive in previous hours but when it comes to you were actually seen the dayaks as negative territory if we take a look at the latest figures that we can see that x. is flat and that's really even though i can see it on the screens it's going to go between four negative. we're pretty much sure that it's going to escape negative

territory for now when it comes to the footsie heading there slowly again but we have a number of factors influencing investors that first of all we have down big data coming out from china then we have investors warry especially after reports of a cycle and later loss from the u.s. biggest bank there and i'll get there also in a second with more details and also we have spain there are reports that i will ask for more money and in fact the government there says it sets the sculls ways to clean up its banking system and one of the ways proposed is to force banks to set aside extra money to cover the cost of loans going bad and the figure would be around thirty nine billion dollars but some analysts doubt that the country can afford to inject the amount of capital required and will eventually have to get outside help. when it comes to the russian markets as i mentioned earlier they nosedived this lowest twenty percent and now we're seeing them make a comeback we are see as is dropping that over two percent and the my sights

a little bit over one and a half percent and besides the factors that are actually the earlier in european markets for russians it's also lower crude prices which will show in a minute and also the fact that gas from has gone x. division it would take a look at the individual moves on the my sex it calls the. panic there but this is something that happens regularly so we see the figures back off there now as you can see the gas from fretting over four percent when it comes to operator and yes it sounded over seven percent in this among the worst moments today and financials aren't doing that great either we have. won and a half percent back. to the exchange rates at this hour and we can see it's flat against the dollar and the ruble of a mixed picture this hour it's a nuisance against the greenback grain in the euro now moving crude there's no surprises are dropping and there had ample there's

a second weekly drop and that's mid rise in the us also on thursday we heard from opec the group of major oil exporting countries saying that they're producing almost ten percent more crude that is that's a start and this of course always sends prices lower and then when it comes the u.s. markets are closed so we're seeing the picture all of thursday's performance of after the longest losing streak in nine months mostly has been to have managed to make a comeback but when it comes to nasdaq the dolphins in negative territory after a sharp drop and cisco systems are staying with the u.s. as i mentioned earlier the biggest bank there j.p. morgan chase has a real sense staggering losses the bank says that it's due to complex investments made by its traders and that results in the trading loss amount into two billion dollars and after this announcement the shares fell six percent. more optimistic news for you this. all right i'm having

a word that thanks very much indeed for the sub date and next year in our tea we're bringing you the special report the chads lights on the real reasons behind the iraq invasion over nine years ago well it's half there a wrap up our top story. wealthy british style. that's not on the title of.

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