t.v. dot com. syrian security officials including the defense minister reportedly the interior minister has been killed in a suicide blast in damascus. four days of violence shaking the syrian capital and it is the deadliest opposition of a high ranking government since the conflict. says the policy of supporting the opposition would lead to an impasse at the visits moscow to decide the next step towards the conflict in syria. and washington sends us. the london olympics as the british with guarding the games apologizes for. there was a lack of direction for the russian market to claim something. in

about twenty minutes time. world wide news live from moscow city center this is with me wrong. key syrian government officials have been killed in a suicide bombing in damascus the defense minister is the most senior member of the syrian government to have been killed since the conflict began last year the attack adds to the violence that's been rocking the syrian capital for four days now. with more. that is suicide bombing that killed syrian defense minister and his deputy who's also been present brother in law and former deputy chief of staff has happened on wednesday in the very heart of damascus just less than five kilometers

from where we are we have been able to hear the sound of this explosion and we have to say we have to meet that aid has been very intense and massive last reports that a suicide bomber had attacked and national security building. here in damascus at a time when. of cabinet ministers and security officials has been a go you know there have to say that these area where this happened is known to be very safe and very calm is actually a luxury ere we have we've been there many times and there are many restaurants they have too many a free show buildings such as all foreign ministry of culture ministry of course security has been very specific in the area so this is why right now there are many concerns on security situation here in damascus obviously free syrian army has already claimed responsibility for what happened but we're

also hearing that world news agencies are say that the man who carried out this attack has been one of president bashar al assad's bodyguards of course given how massive the loss was we can understand that there's been many civilians killed and many many damages caused by these blast the buildings and cars around the syrian capital has been going for a really tough time in the last seventy two dollars in the last full days we've been going through was free syrian army and opposition and old forces trying to bring in assad's regime down has dubbed as. by no battle and the decided battle for damascus we've been hearing shootings in very different parts of the capital we've been seeing black smoke drifting over the city. and we've also been hearing helicopter is not only flying over. the oldest continuously

inhabited capitals in the war but also firing so it's been a very dramatic picture actually here on the ground and people here those who we've been able to speak to. say the surprised actually the couldn't imagine this to happen all just they didn't want to believe this may happen in their home so it's a correspondent for national right there let's discuss what's been happening in syria and around it with. from the newspaper who interviewed us just earlier this month thank you for coming on the program today you indicated earlier this month in your opinion do you think he would leave his position voluntarily. first full thank you very much it's a great privilege for me to be a part of this. to you when i was with president assad there in damascus i had any impression that he was ready to leave but just wants versus what i have

got does impression from him was that he was going to increase to crackdown on the opposition which we have witnessed in the last couple of days and i also had this perception that increase in the next coming weeks and months and unfortunately we have seen this. today certainly today as you say today certainly marks a pinnacle when it comes to the violence in syria we're looking at the killing of some of the highest level members of the assad government as you were saying though when you did interview president assad he didn't give any impression that he would be leaving that he was going to dig in his heels even further there are some that say that assad actually has a surprising amount of support in syria is that accurate to say. yes actually he believed that he was dare i mean he was not leaving there and he's not going to be toppled just because people disappearing people were behind him and he

would meet some comparisons like he compared to. do you know late iran shot livy and he said in everybody you know were supporting him but his people was not behind him and he was and he has been kicked out but for me everybody is against me including the west my neighbors the regional powers but just because my people are behind me i'm staying you know on here as i am but it seems that things are a little bit confusing dan what he said at that time as you know if you've been listening to our broadcast today we've heard the turkish prime minister out of the one meeting with the russian president here in moscow trying to decide what is the next stage the next step for syria and of course with that with the turkish prime minister here we all know turkey is a serious closest neighbor which means it should surely be among the most interested in stability there but by being so one sided in supporting the syrian opposition is an anchor perhaps only making matters worse. well i mean there

are some some criticisms. from our side but also within within turkey that the turkish turkish government is sort of is not doing the right thing but only other hand i mean what would the turkish government mr prime minister believes is that the whole responsibility lays on president assad and if leaves and syrian people makes a choice then things would be much more stable and i think i think according to the turkish government officials i think he he went. to to moscow to give this message message to the russians because there is this general perception in the world and also in turkey that president assad is staying there in his chair just just because of the russian support and i myself also got to impression during the interview and when i when i was in damascus that. has he's only a government is only guarantee as the external guarantee of course as deep as the

russians and i think the turkish prime minister gave this message to to mr mr mr put president putin that you know it is also in the in in russia's interests maybe to support for for after assad process i mean because according to turkish government as it is going to leave today or tomorrow i mean sooner or later he's going to leave and that in the aftermath i mean they believe that russians would also have interests in syria so probably he tried to. talk about obviously you know you're saying that russia has been supportive of the syrian government when it comes to u.n. the u.n. in new york certainly russia and china have to close together to stop western powers i think perhaps some might say a bit too hastily when it comes to a possible article seven being implemented against that of syria but when you say

that russia has something to gain from this what does russia have to gain. i mean i mean i think it's in the turkish turkish foreign ministry and turkish government circles there is this believe that when you know because there is this perception that russia is behind it then and then believe that in the. course. then it might be against russia's interests i mean to be that much supportive of so they are sort of poor pushing some sort of they're trying to push some pressure upon russia to support the u.n. security council decision which would which would sort of include chapter seven. resolution but seeing as as far as i've seen from the russian foreign minister. russia is against the supporting such a resolution but what i have seen today when when prime minister was there in the press conference i was a little bit surprised when i heard from the turkish prime minister saying that he

was supporting the geneva accord which was also the exactly what russians are saying while they are saying that let's let's talk about the genie way accord and let's not talk about any sanctions including chapter seven. resolution. being discussed at the u.n. and certainly with the british foreign secretary william hague he suggesting that today's violence in syria suggests the urgent need for chapter seven article seven to be implemented to therefore pave the way for military foreign intervention. from the gym where you have newspaper thank you very much indeed for coming on thank you very much as privileged to be there with you thanks thank you. now russia's foreign minister said he laughing off insists moscow will not support un sanctions against syria he added that if the western policy of the supporting opposition continues it would lead to an impasse as we mentioned earlier here on r t the comments come as

moscow and turkey meet to discuss ways of stopping the bloodshed in the country and we can actually now get more details on the developments from r.t. if you're going to piss you off when you go to has turkey do you think at the end of the day you've been able to convince russia to get tough on damascus. while the thing is we could really be looking at a case of mixed interpretations because on one hand the turkish prime minister was a fierce critic of the assad regime he said that the agreements previously we shouldn't geneva on syria are very important would not which could lead to more dialogue and possibly even agreements in the u.n. security council whatever same time he said it's up to the syrian people to decide what they want to see in power in syria after president assad is gone and while the document which was signed in geneva does not actually imply that assad has to go it implies that it's up to the syrian people to decide if they want to see him gone or not so these are the different interpretations which could really be a problem in the u.n.

security council especially with great britain and the united states there trying to push article seven through into the new resolution on syria which doesn't rule out foreign military intervention which russia and china are still strongly against so it could be just have to see how it goes of course there is still time for more dialogue and communication but also on the wednesday russia's foreign minister silvio off once again stressed that moscow will not support any sanctions on syria since it will be a one sided approach only pressuring one side of the conflict or the authorities in moscow things that will only lead to more violence in the country. when you go in as you mentioned there today as we did have the meeting with the turkish prime minister. and with the russian president after they met. address the press in attendance and the turkish prime minister saying that he was against a violation of syria's territorial integrity and then saying that the u.n. security council has a lot of responsibility to bear if it makes its decision on article seven chapter

seven basically paving the way for military intervention from the u.n. so we have to see what happens a lot of t.v. here going to spin off live in central moscow many thanks. now i still to come of the program here on british bank scandals a raging on with the added twist of drugs and terror the country's biggest bank h.s.b.c. accused of more enduring drug cartel money and helping saudi arabian organizations fund terrorists and those details coming your way just a couple of. the gloves are coming off in georgia we report on how the government tightens its grip on power oppressing the opposition but all of this ahead of parliamentary elections. the boss of a british security firm has admitted the company's reputation is in tatters after failing to provide enough staff to guard the olympics however he still wants to claim the fifty seven million pound management fee saying it's all part of the contract as artie's laura smith reports olympic security concerns are now extending

far across the atlantic. as athletes and guests start to arrive here at heathrow airport for london's olympic games they'll be met by all the usual sites including loans that immigration as u.k. border officials struggle to cope with the sheer numbers involved but it won't be just u.k. officials come across some may be surprised to see american agents operating on british soil the u.s. transport administration or for a city has reportedly been allowed to bring in its agents in a move aimed at helping british authorities to secure american flights in and out of the u.k. the agents apparently won't be allowed past boarding gates or the u.k. aircraft but them if presidents could prove controversial in the u.s. they've been accused of performing intrusive pat down it's just the latest confession that britain has been forced to make to the u.s.

which doesn't believe the olympic host is done enough to ensure the security of the games the american team will reportedly bring with it five hundred f.b.i. agents to protect its athletes and diplomats plus a further five hundred security staff all of whom will be operating on british soil raising questions about still pretty american on the follows a catalogue of failures on behalf of the security company that won the contract for the games g four s. . it's admitted it couldn't provide the number of security staff it had promised that meant that three and a half thousand soldiers and hundreds of police have had to be drafted in at the very last minute to plug the story all right before we go to afghanistan let's start the oxy will top it now with out of pakistan at least fourteen have died in the northwest of the country as a minibus carrying shiite muslims hit an anti tank landmine none of the militant

groups have so far claimed responsibility for the blast. which police described as a sectarian attack this is the latest in a series of violent incidents targeting the shiite minority in the mostly sunni state. and saying in the volatile region over twenty nato fuel tankers have been destroyed in a bomb attack in northern afghanistan an explosive device was planted on one of the trucks transporting fuel into the country from neighboring uzbekistan but this comes only weeks after pakistan reopened alliance supply routes into afghanistan the seven month blockade was caused by a two thousand and eleven nato attack which claimed the lives of twenty seven pakistani soldiers. the world's most wanted nazi war crimes suspect detained for questioning in budapest has pleaded not guilty ninety seven year old last low satiety had previously been sentenced to death in absentia for the assisted murder of almost sixteen thousand jews during world war two so tyree

escaped to canada after the war however he was stripped of his citizenship and has been in hiding since one thousand nine hundred ninety seven. and in libya a liberal bloc the national forces alliance is celebrating success in the parliamentary election held earlier this month but the group claimed almost half the seats reserved for political parties the muslim brotherhood fared fairly worse with just over twenty percent of the party places the lawmaker bodies to to appoint a transitional government and oversee the drafting of a new constitution coming up next hour in fact about an hour and twelve minutes from now we interview journalist patrick hays on libya for now a quick preview for you. notes for nato intervention last year i think these elections should really have been something to celebrate the election itself has been administered by the national transitional council which was effectively cherry

picked by the west rather that than actually selected by the libyan people it's an unelected body and there have been a lot of disagreements has been a lot of protests over the past nine ten months by the libyan people who are unhappy with the lack of transparency from this government there are unhappy with the fact that the transitional council does not represent their views or the people that they want to be in power. live from moscow this is r.t. will see katy soon for the business but for now london based bank h. h.s.b.c. it's under fire after a report found it had laundered drug cartel cash and help saudi arabian organizations finance terrorism a us government report claims the banks branches moved billions of dollars without even checking where the money came from my colleague bill daughter spoke to middle east affairs expert lewis who believes this news will cause some countries to reconsider their alliances. i think this proves what many people have said all

along that it is saudi arabia which is the main export of radical all of this religious extremism of the radical elements and i think they handled it just it just explains wonder what guys under what guys we're talking about what sort of terrorist groups are we talking about here while we're talking about you know for example the extremism those people who are now are for example of causing violence in syria those who were sent to chechnya are the pay people of groups it was pakistan even our car there as well we have to have to say here that some elements of the royal firmly also have their own facts on through to as well to our car either but more importantly i think that this report. that sheds light on the. alliance between the saudi family the saudi royal family and some western countries

what this will do is it will put more pressure on the western governments to try and change their policy here now of course saudi arabia is considered to be an ally for how long could this continue in many people are speculating that maybe the western governments might reconsider might soon reconsider their alliance and why it was all you're right would they be doing that first of all because we have the uprisings currently happening which puts more pressure on the on the u.s. government on the british government the saudi arabia until now hasn't taken any steps towards political reform and the other reason is that saudi arabia when it becomes more annoyed that saudi arabia is the main source of this extremist there were late to a popular vigilance for example in the u.s. in countries like britain by believe that this report and more similar developments would put more pressure on the on the u.s. and all of these western countries. twenty minutes past the hour now here of moscow

where israel's coalition government has been weakened after the country's largest party could be pulled out of the move came in response to a row over drafting ultra orthodox jews into the military could be a move for sure say they'll leave the political opposition leaves prime minister benjamin netanyahu working alongside hardliners those who oppose concessions over the middle east peace process and as artie's potest were reports the crisis comes during troubled times for israel it could trigger the withdrawal of other political parties it makes miss on yahoo that much more vulnerable to pressure from far right wing political groupings and the religious parties and at the same time it also no longer allows him to claim that he presides over a government of national unity because he certainly doesn't it is making him that much more weak at both domestically and internationally and it comes at a time when israel is trying to deal with its worsening public image in light of

a number of issues not least of all the social protest this past weekend that saw an israeli city himself on fire and this has provoked anger and frustration throughout the country certainly also in the international community there is the possibility that the government might have to go for early elections the question being asked is why did not only are not foreseen this development if indeed he did why did he choose to ignore it because it comes at such a vulnerable time it comes at a time when the country is having to deal with very unstable neighbors who are going through their own political ad people and also with the whole question of the rand the question of whether or not israel will strike you round is still very much looming over the reputation of the scum and policy our team tel aviv. of course you can always get have many more details and analysis on this story and others just by going to our web site. check out some of the features we have on

lined up for you for example the b.b.c. is fighting for the right to show a fictional film about last year's london riots after the program is broadcast was stopped by you take. what you preach a european copyright. to the stealing music for the road and piracy details on that story and much more. now the parliamentary elections in georgia just three months away with political tensions and foul play already dominating the run in three opposition activists who were arrested on choose time for allegedly violating party funding rules and he's

a really good reports of president mikheil saakashvili is ruling party will do anything in order to cling on to power. where was my friends who were kidnapped by the by george imposed by the kind of groups which we accompanied by jordan polis like many of the outspoken critics of the regime of president saakashvili because google is used to this kind of treatment but now as parliamentary elections draw closer the authorities are trying to derail any opposition momentum on top of the tried and trusted methods of shutting down the opposition where there are three things but it is a really seems to have switched his attention to their wallets now all donors are subjected to thorough investigations and the recent parties themselves are usually slapped with have to find a new law imposed earlier this year bans corporate donors and puts a rigid cap on donations made by individuals who incidentally it came into effect shortly after georgia's wealthiest businessmen billionaire businessman really

founded his own political party georgian dream. after event issue really became the new face of the georgia opposition saakashvili became seriously worried and began hampering our efforts the first his trip to be deemed even issuing of his georgian citizenship and is now trying to take away his business under this new law even his release party has already been fined more than a million dollars for allegedly receiving only go to nations opposition parties with smaller budgets aren't overlooked by the government either party was also find you know by two hundred the use door two hundred dollars and the us dollar and it's a huge amount for a. budget of two months so this five a show. means that real position parties are prohibitive in georgia cutting cash flow appears to be the latest weapon in. with the opposition and with only three

months before the elections it seems the playing field is becoming increasingly on . see georgia if you are. from wichita for the business of. the business and what you report for us well wall street is right now worried that is really the big news on the agenda for now but all rising it's for a second day of the housing starts increase at the falsest rates in almost four years and also after the head of the u.s. federal reserve says he is concerned about the economic recovery and ben bernanke the outline possible options to these policy in case unemployment says right now we're looking at a rally meanwhile the european markets they're now involved saying us all to lenders including switzerland second biggest bank with profit expectations while minute showed the bank of england may reconsider the case for an interest. i'll

have a look at the common currency then if we made the dollar is holding on to slim gains there against the year you can stay out of the ruble though it's finished up the trading session it manages to get a in against the us dollar on the good thing currencies that brings us on to the x. markets in russia there was very much a lack of direction really hey we had a mix close you can see just below six tens of percent for the arts yes the mindset of course is down pretty much the day of trade for oil prices we have the oil prices and showing. and as i mentioned you know they they do have a trade as you can see there now a declining and the us off to rising in yesterday's session what it took was something wholly different now but his wits think of the hollywood blockbuster the dark knight rises u.s. presidential hopeful mitt romney may not be the first person that springs to mind well think again the boy bring us commentator rush limbaugh reckons the character

of the movie is a sly reference to the republican hounds of a boss. because mr one day is the founder of an investment fund called the capital gang even is the bad guy and so there are lots of people convinced about the christopher nolan's was a clear political agenda talk about re between the eyes of. katie thanks very much but i did see the letter. i just number the headlines and then i'll be cross talk to stephen.

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