the russian president says western backed rebels in syria. much more. interview with. a frantic series of meetings between leaders and the new crisis plans from the european central bank but some experts believe the only solution to financial turmoil is to let the euro collapse. and france reportedly considers giving syrian rebels heavy artillery as part of increased support for anti-government.

international news broadcast twenty four hours a day this is with me rule research live in moscow. says the u.s. and its allies need to wake up and realize that backing al-qaeda linked extremists in syria and the president spoke exclusively to my colleague during his first t.v. interview since returning to the kremlin since flown out of the country. nations making up half of the world's economy are gathering for a summit reporting from of lot of our stock is artie's daniel. they're charged with brainstorming ideas to fight so global financial slowdown preparation here is in full swing up police are everywhere insurance security it's an important meeting for world leaders really the head of the international monetary fund is here as well a pick seen as a counterbalance really to the economic power of the g eight apec states that make

up over half the world's economy and talks that have become a pick free trade zone which would be bigger than the e.u. president putin is already here before arriving he gave the first interview since his inauguration spoke to all see discussed really a spectrum of world problems today the syrian crisis was obviously talked about as always straight to the point he was rather skeptical about the syrian rebels even comparing them to guantanamo detainees yet the with giving the rebels money supporting them despite widespread accusations of atrocities on the ground france even said to recognize an opposition government so everyone supporting them in the west but russia's president pointed out rebels all the very religious extremists the west is struggling against today some want to use militants from al qaida or some other organizations with equally radical views to accomplish their goals in syria this policy is dangerous and very shortsighted in that case one should look one time to move all of its inmates and bring them to syria to do the fighting practically the same kind of people and you know what we should bear in mind is

that one day these people would get back at their former captors and on the other hand these same people should bear in mind that they will eventually end up in a new prison very much like the one of the cuban shore and always straight to the. presidential elections in the u.s. is also touched on saying whoever gets in he will try to work with even mitt romney who notoriously calls russia enemy number one but the president added he can only work with the american leads to the extent that the u.s. side wants we also spoke about america in afghanistan about the u.s. rushing into war there and now of course looking for a way to get out so. the mess this created this part of decade long campaign taliban attacks are escalating we have afghan soldiers trained by nato now attacking the very same nato troops and you also took aim at the missile defense shield being planned in europe but when we talk about the missile defense system our american partners keep telling us this is not directed against you but what

happens if mr romney and believes us to be america's number one which is elected as president of the united states in that case the missile defense system will definitely be directed against russia as it is technologically configured exactly for this purpose and you also have to think about his strategic character not for a year or even a decade and the chances that a man with romney's views could come to power quite so what are we supposed to do to ensure our security really of burning diplomatic issue really started well so recently granted asylum but he still stuck in the ecuador embassy in london being blocked from getting out barbara traill forty's who even threatened to storm the embassy in violation of international law president putin that was the case is politically motivated britain is once again guilty of double standards but if we are constantly lectured about how independent britain's judiciary is it makes its own decisions and no one can influence it but what about julian assange they ruled

him to be extradited what is that if it's not a self evident example of a double standard that you know i won't make a definitive statement but as far as i know ecuador has requested guarantees from the swedish government sweden wouldn't hand the soldier over to the united states through no guarantees of being forthcoming at the very least this suggests that we are looking at a politically motivated trial president putin really warning there are dangers of escalating this case and going out of the framework of international law we could not talk about pussy riot that six and trial has dominated world headlines i staged a punk prayer in the main rush. because they've really got two years in jail for her looking as the most motivated by religious hatred they've also staged political for patients with personal scandalous performances elsewhere mr putin told us he doesn't approve of their actions but won't get involved in the case in any way i have always felt the punishment should be proportionate to the offense first in case you've never heard of it

a couple of years ago one of the band's members put up three effigies in one of moscow's big supermarkets with a sign saying that jews gays and migrant workers should be driven out of moscow yes normally i think you're thora he should have looked into their activities back then but after that they staged an orgy in a public place then they uploaded the video on the internet then they turned up at your lock of a cathedral here in moscow causing unholy mayhem and then went to another cathedral and caused mayhem there too i will not comment on whether the verdict is well grounded in the sentence proportionate to the offense these girls must have lawyers who defend their interests in court they have the right to file an appeal and demand a new hearing and it's up to them it is just a legal issue pollies way to vladivostok go but it was also part of efforts to save an endangered species of crane by disguising himself as one the crane was raised in captivity and they don't know how to migrate south so environmentalist in russia's

ural devised an imitation crane to show them the way has led to the spectacle of a person putting on a special costume and flying a motorized microlight to show the birds their way to asia. parties are down your bushel reporting right there from a lot of our stock and regarding our exclusive interview with of lot of when you can watch it in its entirety right now on our you tube channel and regarding the whole age of pacific forum on going in of light of all stock it's already providing its first financial agreements natasha is across the latest at our business desk. absolutely in the business bulletin will bring you all the details of the apec forum taking place in russia's far eastern city of light of all stock including some one belated steel find one of them is in me and energy sector between russia's straws now and u.s. oil major x. and mobil and another one in the automotive sector and the details of this story and more later this hour.

so good to have you with us here on our to today the european central bank has a new crisis plan that will buy bonds from struggling eurozone nations allowing the likes of greece and spain to borrow even more cash but perhaps a bit more cheaply it comes as the heads of the e.u.'s five leading economies are on a merry go round of meetings are the latest efforts to ease the union's financial woes a french president francois hollande is talking with british prime minister david cameron just two days after a meeting with the italian prime minister mario monti monti in turn is now meeting with the european commission president jose manuel barroso in rome and the german chancellor angela merkel is in madrid for a summit with the spanish leader there robert oulds the director of the bruges group which is against british involvement in a single european state believes governments poor decision making is pushing them

further away from the people. the situation is getting increasingly worse the levels of many countries in the eurozone is increasing even the personal debt of germans is now up to incredibly high levels needs germany is in debt an average of around twenty five thousand euros and that's creating a great deal of strain on german economy as well when there are people worried there because people are desperately worried in italy greece spain where unemployment is continually why as you can becoming quite alarming and there's a number of plans being put forward particularly by the german government at the moment to have what's known as intergovernmental conference to set up a new treaty for the european union it's equally for the eurozone states to have more of a single form of government for the you which would be quite undemocratic really because it would be a further centralization of power in europe away from ordinary people and away from national parliaments well despite not being in the troubled eurozone britain is

feeling the pain of a double dip recession nonetheless and with the economy shrinking nearly one in seven shops in the u.k. stood vacant at the end of june and that number well many analysts are saying that number is expected to grow with reporter now artie's divorce. only you know but i don't know a nation of shopkeepers and dave mears family are some of the proudest with three generations in the flooring trade this shop has been here for seventeen years but recessions hit the business hard and dave's had to fire more than half his staff really hate playing a one off. and i think. anyone with a dog would not want to put someone out of work. but. boy. but everyone would have gone. to dave and his staff are victims of persons

dreaded double dip recession which means the economy's been shrinking for three consecutive quarters but the second time in four years for ordinary people that means there's less work available and more employment and if you're running a business you'll be selling less and won't be seeing any growth in sales or income there are home grown reasons for recession but a lot of the trouble comes from the beleaguered euro zone and for these market traders in camden a place that usually popular with european tourists it's a double blow to spain very very boy even saturday sunday it looks like we have one week date it's been restless cost of us was like fifty percent less than previous years this is now the longest double dip recession since world war two but stephen davis of the institute of economic affairs says things haven't been this bad since the eighteen seventies and that was

a long period of very very low growth rates profound economic stagnation in places like britain and france sparked off by something very similar to what we have the huge bubble time in property stocks produced. the rise of. quite a lot of intense competition divisions. come down to the ninety's dave knows about social unrest his shops in croydon where some of the worst rioting happened last august during the trouble he camped out among the culprits in his barricaded shop to protect his livelihood. farming. people. simply. because they're frustrated because actually are working a lot harder for the sign money that. and as

we all know things of increase in prices then. plus you know tax and everything so you know if it wasn't for the support of ours i think we'd be in a lot of trouble dave believes this is the new normal a stagnant economy where only the most scrupulous survive and even they make just enough money to scrape by and economists don't deny that the recovery will be long and arduous stating we could be in for a lost decade or even two norris smith r.t. london where you are watching r.t. live from moscow thanks for joining us today still to come in just a few minutes here that of a fight for the right of police fired tear gas and shotguns at pro reform demonstrators in bahrain protesting the jail sentences given to leading opposition groups. now france is considering supplying heavy artillery to the

syrian rebels to help them fight president assad's forces and this is according to diplomatic channels who say that paris is also stepping up support for the syrian opposition to help them forge a government in waiting this report belongs to r.t. as policy or. france has started providing direct aid and money to five syrian cities as paris intensifies its efforts to weaken the presidency of bashar assad now this is the first time a western power has made these announcements and these kind of moves and follows reports last week that powers had identified areas in the north the south and the east of syria that would free of assad's control and that they were considering sending heavy artillery to the zone is now the zone something called so-called liberated zones areas that are in the hands of rebels and they will ultimately be governing themselves but what has become clear is that his whole offering of these kinds of is really an alternative by the waist to nigeria that it has put forward

and that is namely to be created inside the syrian territory the idea that did not receive approval at the united nations council because of the positions of russia and china the concern really is that you create a buffer zone merely as a pretext for creating military intervention because with out having a no fly zone you cannot create a buffer zone and to create a no fly zone you certainly need to have military involvement and to this in the french foreign minister has admitted and i'm quoting him there to ensure the protection of displaced people they must be anti aircraft and that's as well as ground forces that would also be needed what is the coming clear is that paris has become the locomotive of the syrian opposition paris has said that the opposition in syria needs to unite and that it is standing by to recognize the opposition as the official government of syria the rectory coming out of powerless against assad is also increasing we're hearing from the french foreign minister that the assad

regime needs to be smashed the problem is that when you use this kind of rhetoric and when you start sending heavy artillery into syria you're doing everything except promoting peace initiatives it really. and you did me opposite with me say that the scene is being created for more violence more death more destruction and more devastation inside syria. tel aviv. and just a bit earlier in the program we spoke to geo political research f. william and dol he said the rebel forces that paris is backing from italy fighting to impose their own order on the people of syria their long term agenda is introducing a. taliban like fanatical. islamic sharia law in syria and ending in the tolerance of different religions which has been the trademark of syrian life for decades under under the old assad family.

in general and there are reports of journalists inside syria over the last months of the so-called opposition in many cases there are al qaeda or mujahideen that have been brought in from saudi arabia and elsewhere and provided guns and weapons . that they have beheaded civilians and blame the atrocities on the assad government so this is a really. i don't know what you could call the equivalent of the obvious recognition of a government in exile really a government in exile perhaps if the russian government were to recognize the ku klux klan as a government in exile in america and provided heavy artillery so that they could go against washington or something like that it's just absurd. all right in just a few minutes here on the latest from the front line in the battle for the white house the democrats endure company president for a second term some of obama's old promises of still appear little more than words.

now police in bahrain of clashed with protesters venting their anger at jail sentences given to prominent opposition figures security forces used tear gas and shotguns to disperse crowds seriously wounding one of the demonstrators on tuesday the country's civilian court upheld the sentences of thirteen leading activists found guilty of allegedly plotting to overthrow the government protesters want and discrimination by sunni rulers and more democracy movement started early last year police crackdowns claimed around eighty lives thousands of others were injured and dozens more arrested times correspondent pepe escobar says the gulf monarchies have managed to convince the united states that iran is somehow behind the protests. the protests are very which are absolutely legitimate it's the keys of a shiite majority seventy percent of the country protesting because they are

treated as second or third rate since this is the in their own country by sunni dynasty which is very close to the house of saud in saudi arabia and the problem is house of the g.c.c. countries that petro monarchies in the persian gulf they managed to convince the u.s. and the west that this is a plot snatched by iran to destabilize the persian gulf which is school search there is a tradition of protesting during that goes on for decades in fact the workers protests they are shiite but they are also sunni is involved and the fact that this is a two tier society if you are a foreign businessman and if you are a lying. you live a very good life sunni's of course if you are shiites and you have to try to live the bahraini dream let's put it this way for get it most avenues are close to you

and if you want more human rights and to be treated. normally it's absolutely possible cause from the beginning the saudis especially the core don't know off the air at these either the bahraini they sold to washington the idea that this was an iranian plot in wherever it happens. is always view by the saudis and by washington as a minor disturbance and of course the u.s. does not want to compromise its position as being the aircraft. go r.d. an angel of the persian gulf. he watching r.t. live from moscow under barack obama's democrats of formally nominated him for reelection in november this happening during the second day of the party's national convention in north carolina next president bill clinton took center stage to praise obama and hit back at republican claims that he has the worst economic record of any president in modern history although ati's marina for now reports democrats are failing to explain why some if not many of obama's promises were

never. in two thousand and eight for october my turn us politics into something of a pop culture phenomenon we meet at one of those defining moments. a moment when our nation is at war our economy is in turmoil the democratic presidential candidate accepted his party's nomination valiant to rebuild america's moral standing and break from the policies of his predecessor the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in washington and the failed policies of george w. bush four years after change occupied the white house america is still at war twenty three million citizens are unemployed and most of the national security policies cemented by george w. bush continue unabated or have been expanded in the code of fixation of what were illicit abuses under bush imprisonment without trial spying without warrants we've

now replaced imprisonment and torture largely with assassination which is actually not a moral improvement under obama's leadership guantanamo bay remains open the patriot act has been renewed warrantless wiretapping extended but cia black sites have closed targeted killings have been justified drone strikes publicly acknowledged military commissions codified however enhanced interrogation like waterboarding has been banned critics say obama has not only double down on bush's policies he's also raise the stakes signing the national defense authorization act made him the first us president to assert the right to assassinate anyone anywhere without any legal sanction if there is a war cries out there we can the war crimes iraq. tops the list this made many of those who voted for him hoping for change left disillusioned in fact what they

appear to have voted for was more of the same obama's ratings are now the lowest of any incumbent president since the one nine hundred eighty s. the two major parties are very this are very much the same on all the important issues when it comes to spending more money than we have. engaging in foreign conflicts that we can't afford the cost of america's overseas military campaigns have contributed to a u.s. national debt that topped sixteen trillion dollars this week while obama's america is running on empty critics say wall street continues to play largely by the same rules that led to the global financial crisis there hasn't been regulation of the banks in a sufficient way and that the main crisis affecting the united states which is to say the financial clutch on the global economy and the corporate stranglehold on the political system hasn't changed at all because president obama comes from a coalition that led to that in the first place since obama has stepped into the white house america has seen an unprecedented rise in grassroots movements like the

tea party and occupy wall street though both very different one thing uniting them is the claim that the people of america are being ignored by their own government the two major us political parties have historically gone to great lengths and have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to highlight their differences yet following obama's first term in office the biggest change may be that more voters are likely to see a democrat and a republican as two sides of the same coin marina portman i r.t. new york. by the hour the business first go good to see you again today and you will know why eurozone leaders are flying back and forth for emergency financial crisis talks and as they're doing that you're keeping a close eye on what's happening at the european central bank absolutely and what it did on thursday is it said it will buy government bonds of troubled nations to

bring down their boring costs the e.c.b. president mario draghi says the program will be unlimited a country that wants e.c.v. to buy its bonds must first ask for bailout funds and agree to strict budget rules buying bonds of troubled countries is expected to boost the demands for these bonds and also lower the interest rates and let's now see how the european markets are reacting to these news and what we're seeing is that they are actually higher this hour that south to the e.c.b. also left the interest rates unchanged banking stocks and the resource companies are leading the gains of france unemployment rate rose to the highest level in about thirteen years in the second quarter but that's failing to really scary european investors but there there are actually some bad news coming from the euro zone this thursday the export oriented economy over finland dropped more than one

percent in the second quarter but that's because of weakening demand for the country's products from other eurozone members finland's economy is expected to shrink again in the third quarter and the wall street started its trade a few minutes ago and it's actually doing pretty well in the first minutes of trading following the radical measures announced over and europe on the currency market the euro is this truth trading stronger to the u.s. dollars you can see there is investors develop an appetite for. brisk after druggies speech the ruble is mixed to the currency basket in the last minutes of trade here in moscow and the russian equities are demonstrating pretty hefty gains in the last half hour of trade bouncing back from wednesday's losses on the corporate side net profit of russia's biggest company gazprom fell twenty four

percent in the first quarter of the year the news doesn't prevent a gal's pronged shares from gaining around three quarters of a percent this hour and to the participants of the apec summit in the far eastern city of lot of us oak signed a number of deals this thursday first in the energy sector rosneft in the us oil major exxon mobil have announced plans over their joint shelf project in russia they plan to start exploration drilling on the black in the cars season twenty fourteen which is actually head of schedule the company's also agreed to green joint ventures and to pass rosneft some shares in the us three of exxon's projects in the united states and in canada and japan japan's mazda has launched a joint production with the show's car assembler solar's the full scale production out of water will still plant will start next month with the output expected to reach about seventy thousand cars

a year and the partners are reportedly investing around three hundred fifty million dollars into the project. and of course we are expecting a lot more from the apec summit on friday will bring you all the latest as soon as we get it and that's all latest from the business desk this hour i'll see you in about fifteen minutes now of course of the government of our correspondents other incredible stock right now still he'd never want to protest in the text a few days to talk to thank you for just a moment here a lot to go ahead odds with then a fresh look at the euro crisis with the former chief accountant for the european commission all of that in just a sec. in

his first t.v. interview since his inauguration season the status i used at the u.s. and its allies went into afghanistan just i'm just a few and now they're looking forward to getting out bloody near putin speaks exclusively to r.t. .