in the pipeline russia's state john just poised to become the world's largest oil producer as a massive industrial deal now enters negotiations. a massive car blast rocks the lebanese capital beirut killing at least eight and injuring dozens but one expert tells all to you could actually be the syrian conflict spilling over into neighboring countries. antigovernment protests gather pace in bahrain with fresh rallies taking place this friday despite a police judicial crackdown that's now seen four arrested for writing on twitter.

twenty four hour a global news live from moscow this is our with me rule research the title of the world's biggest listed all a gas giant could soon be held up by a new company crushers. is looking to seal a multi-billion dollar mega deal with british russian joint venture to b.p. are the details now if you want to sara of us if forward this to you would become the second biggest agreement in the history of oil business is that this point to get britain based p.p.c. fifty percent stake in t.n. k b p russia's biggest oil pretty said is still an equal of those also being made to the full russian billionaires who own the other half of that t n k b p asset the whole deal coming out who won't think it stinks the billion dollars and it will

make ross that the world's biggest oil producer making it an incredibly dominant player all the russian look at it it would be said then to be able to see some of these plans in the. exploration and the like now in the last few days. this being the scandal break one of b.p. senior officials with detained by russian police is a key. positions within the state agency now it's not likely by the people we've been speaking to that will in any way how this deal does go ahead certainly still that's on the table right now nothing yet side to say oh but looking pretty likely that that is going to go ahead sort of further fourteen right certainly more on what the deal would mean for the world of business as well as some facts and figures on the potential agreement in our business bulletin that'll be with. well just how a rose now is going to be able to afford this multibillion dollar deal join me in a few moments time and i'll be having a look at one of the ways in which they're looking to raise

a bit extra capital. a massive car blast has rocks at the center of the lebanese capital beirut killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of the explosion took place during rush hour and it's fear the number of casualties could rise our correspondent in the region are going to joins us live with details on this here and talk to us about the whole scale of the blast and do we have any idea about the likely target well this is basically it means problem at the moment is not known who is behind this attack and does not know who the intended target was followed to get some major facts first of all out of the way their husbands you said at least eight people killed there is talk about people injured people being are somewhere in the eighteen car bomb explosion people who were ready to pick up getting ready to pick up their children from schools and there was a lot of people on the street as a matter of fact the scene remains very congested at the moment. getting from people who actually had the car bomb inside right now they're saying it's

impossible to get out of there because there are so many people obviously the entire area swarming with security personnel. now it is important to understand at this hour glass has happened in the christian quarter. near any. when you're in office a group of a christian group which was actually closing to syrian president and a lot of people are now starting to point fingers to. the lebanese neighbor syria saying this is nothing more than conflict from syria spilling over into. the crisis in syria has begun of course the sunni shia standoff in lebanon has actually intensified it wasn't kind of a back burner for now but now it seems like it's back on track again and we have to make sure we have to make it absolutely certain that at this point nobody has either claimed responsibility for the blast nor has said exactly who the targets of the blast was so of course we will bring you more details as we get them we do

however get reports from people saying that there were body parts strewn all over the area with clothes hanging on the doors and hangers nearby so obviously the scene out there is hectic absolutely gruesome and of course we'll be watching keeping a close eye on what's happening in the lebanese capital at the moment all right ridiculous with a life and thank you. where the meantime a professor of international relations. university says the last very will be rooted in syria's ongoing civil war. it's possibly an internal in lebanese it's possibly even a criminal act just over some of my fifteen but the most likely explanation is that it's a link to the syrian crisis through location where the bomb went off very close to an important. and. you know way what we're seeing is what luckily we're talking about yesterday the ground sure all extension of the conflict

in syria outside the church in syria and it's not just that this is a kind of natural process where there are overlaps of various groups over the borders of syria and lebanon and it's also that perhaps in the interests of one side to really internationalize this crisis with the opposition has been a constant call in international assistance and international attention and the more the neighbors of syria seem to be destabilized by the fighting inside syria then of course the easier it is to not going to get some kind of international intervention must come about in order to preserve the peace. that lebanon is not the only country in the region affected by the syrian conflict turkey's military once again fired into syria at this in response to two shells landing on its territory as the latest border incident between the two countries with tension between ankara and damascus remaining at a very dangerous level so he has been carrying out strikes against syria since a stray shell from across the border killed five civilians in a turkish town that earlier this month damascus claims it's fighting rebels using

a safe haven on the border accusing turkey of openly supporting them and supplying arms or more and how relations between the two are teetering on the brink of war in the people of cross talk later this hour. this is r.t. bernie you were. the lead in libya the extreme hold of late colonel gadhafi is in flames again it's a year after the dictator's death and the nato led military operation libya's army and a loyal militias are trying to clear out supporters of the old regime and has laid siege to the town for the last two weeks and the mushroom the former m i five agent we spoke to a bit earlier here on r.t. she believes it was clear during the nato campaign of last year that the country

was set to descend into chaos. matter how. distant he give could live a certain degree of stability and general quality it might. be our very much more the idea of bringing the only world around so that you can have a difficult life. but that restraint allowed to dissipate try and compete with religious and secular groups and by taking away that control. power and people now. who was always going to have competing. and they think you have a country which is one of the such groups and many of them. you're going to have a problem. the rest continues in bahrain where another mass rally in the capital went unnoticed by most of the international media but violence in the country

continues a policeman has died of injuries following a terrorist attack during an anti government protest on thursday demonstrations going on for more than twenty months often spilling into violence the alleged heavy handedness of the security forces is continuing online before activists arrested on wednesday for posting twitter messages defaming the king more of the story and are joined by far. from black reins of the largest opposition party where fox thanks for coming on the program today the latest crackdown on activists four people arrested for twitter messages criticizing the king constant crackdowns on the pro-democracy activists what do you predict for the future of the movement. as longas goes on going. into two worlds to get to those issues security is no solution. is issue calling for. some senior people. even in the media. it took

a while but unfortunately when you see what's in the ground it's only. government. promises of the one thing about any and. independent inquiry commission. on all of the nation what happened in geneva. review in may and the last. all of these. continuation to the security and as a result you said as you say the crackdown continues and you said a moment ago you foresee a very gloomy future when it comes to the prospects of its pro-democracy movement if i may for a moment here over fifty people are thought to have died in the protests that might be a bit of a conservative estimate why do you think the west is reluctant to put pressure on the regime like eight dollars and other parts of the world using soft. interest

interest not in bahrain alone but with. the international community but. if vision. and democracy we see some. very important for us. internationally but unfortunately when it comes to these countries this is. because all destructive. policies they use all these. into other. words and that's why we. try to keep interest. on what you go do you describe yourself and other protesters or demonstrators perhaps i could say as being victims in this case but as you were speaking we're showing

recent pictures from from the capital and ultimately you can see. the police using tear gas and using force but then again you can also see demonstrators lighting molotov cocktails as well as violence on both sides here g.g. think having a violent pro-democracy demonstration for so long now is the way to go about bringing democracy to where you are. spoilers from and this. violence from any. we isolating ourselves from those who are using violence but imagine that with all of those it's frustrating coming from small y'all and all those who are not seeing the images that been taken against. their jeans international community is solved with their gene won't let anyone be calling people going to national community to be as we don't want them to help us on overthrowing go to jeanne but we want the talking about. democracy

to stand. with us in implementing every other genes in. all the elements all means what we call an inclusive democracy that does not undermine anyone. calling for an inclusive democracy i absolutely understand what you're asking here but if i may for a moment a bahraini officials claiming that that iran is backing the protests and says that it will stand against any interference in internal matters let's talk about the regional implications here i mean do you think that the rest could provoke a wider conflict in the area. the ones who are engaging external but isn't. that a gene protocol in the g.c.c. shields and their genius. on the. phone. in bahrain as a bugle call. this is going. to indicate it's not just started.

started not in it were. the people of the union look at lucian only. saying don't get on when do you think it's a good look at the inclusive system. this is ginseng look at these weekend. people so there is no single that can gauge. it on any other region and skin one boat into the bullet they send in a state both know that country this cannot be achieved except if we turn all of these into the people the son and not the enemy until the people it's own do so to everyone so this isn't making a. concensus this is so there is no need to quote anyone to engage in but. i'm out of sukkot from buckaroo banzai largest opposition party l. well fuck thank you for coming on r.t. to take. part are still ahead for you here on the program of the two main us

presidential candidates obama and romney brace for that last you will the pushing of a challengers to the margins. plus i meant the rolling wave of fancy austerity protests european leaders aim to take control of around six thousand banks by creating a centralized supervisor that adding more after a short break. homeland security now has robot tunis seriously robot fish the drones in the sky spying on you just weren't going off effect they've revealed that they're going to be using robotic hummingbird soon oh how cute these things can only see you though above the water now during the one percent or less of your life that you spent swimming homeland security will be keeping you safe since nine eleven we've heard ad nauseum

that we need. to be kept safe so americans have given up their rights but have things gotten that much safer honestly has any of the stuff ushered in some sort of peaceful utopia no it hasn't the best terrorism prevention would be to not bomb secular regimes in other countries like libya so that some fanatical wackos come the power that would help way more than robotic spy fish i hear a lot of people talk about personal responsibility in a lot of speeches and yes personal responsibility is a key component of the american way slit people provide for their own defense what is going to protect you more a shotgun under the bed or terminator so homeland security can of tuna right but i should my big. issue is the same or similar you should be sitting on the mark with syria but

please as the world faces off supporting different sides fighting the syrian civil war rebel groups within the country struggle to unify. news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world from the streets of canada. showing corporations are all. it's good to have you with us here on us here today on real research moscow there was a change of pace in the battle of words between u.s. presidential candidates barack obama and mitt romney who basically laid down their arms and trade jokes at a charity fundraiser but the debates are still causing

a big buzz and huge t.v. ratings there is criticism criticism that challenges from outside the two major parties almost never appear in televised confrontations the green party's jill stein appears on eighty five percent of the ballots across the country but when she and her running mate were arrested for trying to gain entrance to the latest debate there was little or no media reaction has been man ski the green party's campaign manager believes the two party domination is due to al dated lows but more importantly that of corporate control. the reality is that there's nothing in our constitution which prevents a multi-party system from emerging here in the u.s. but we do have laws on the books all across the country and we also have the actions of private corporations that have grown up over the last sixty years to prevent independent parties from challenging the two establishment parties here in the united states the laws that we have in the books prevent or make it very difficult for independent parties to get on the ballot to kill voters that choice

those laws date from the cold war they date from the mccarthy era in which there was a fear of communism and socialism and they tried to make it very difficult for progressive parties in particular to emerge here at the green party we have overcome many of those challenges jill stein is on eighty five percent of the ballots yet they're still preventing her from taking part in the debate if you look at the success of the green party despite all the obstacles we face it says that there is a great demand for the greens people vote for the greens here in the u.s. . well at r.t. dot com you can follow the latest events in the u.s. election all monday we start our very own special coverage of the ongoing battle between the candidates bringing you ever more analysis. what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage working the iran tight rope pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads to two parties still dictate we'll be there for each of you a selection of clothes they are t.

beginning of two or twenty seconds by right now twenty twenty minutes past the hour moscow time more powers to brussels and less to national regulators european leaders have agreed on a deal that would bring centralized banking supervision to the continent the e.u. summit is now into its second day in brussels the talks on thursday's were marred by fresh protests in europe tens of thousands of greeks to send it on athens as a nationwide strike got underway clashing with police i want protester did die of a heart attack amid the scuffles and in madrid parents teachers and students all marching in condemnation of impending government cuts to education capping three days of industrial action for journalist tom gill the summer decision is a direct threat to the democratic foundations of europe. is a big time. democratic principles that of course is part and parcel of the whole process of progression for quite some time. monetary

fiscal policy from governments affectively since the creation of. a huge demographic the. current proposal more power to elected officials in brussels and from. particular amount of power to. stronger states. is fundamentally undemocratic and is rolling back. the whole principles of what europe integration most about when it was founded not long after the second world war. more stories available of course on our website r.t. dot com including playing at too much expo. could lead to house arrest or perhaps a job in intelligence online you've got the story of how the u.k. government plans to use computer game addicted teenagers as the future of backbone of the country's cyber security service. find a piece of common ground online we've got the story of the russian settlement

mocking his two hundredth anniversary but where in north america. i'll get to the world update soon for now that the cia wants to significantly expand its fleet of drones and is pressing the white house to give it the green light it would allow the agency to sustain or even increase lethal strikes abroad including those ongoing in pakistan the news comes just a day off of the pakistani interior minister quoted so to stick suggesting eighty percent of people killed in drone attacks have been civilians. said in three hundred strikes more than two thousand have died. from pakistan's first political lobbying group says washington's responsible for both the deadly strikes and the minutes and the targeting. this is a major blow. to diplomacy and position in parks done and this is the first time that a senior official actually come out to say this make this kind of a statement that the majority are civilians were killed by cia drones there is no

evidence that the drones have actually helped buckstone control the militants on the contrary pakistan has been very very successful lives in the military in flushing out a terrorist from the northern region of so wide back in two thousand and nine and clearing and cleaning up that entire area and if now we see a resurgence of some of the activity of the terrorists it is because of these safe havens on the what i would call the american side of the border which is the afghan side of the border under the watch of the u.s. army where these terrorists who are flushed out by poxon army are maintaining now resting and training camps that were there so i think the parks than any government appears now to be putting. the blame in a way on the on the americans and i think that would be the gist of the report published by the fox any media today about the meeting which was a closed door meeting of the fox any military commanders accusing it or mentioning for the first time by the way a figure ninety six incursions from the of gun territory into parks done resulting

in killing a fox and its soldiers and bugs and civilians. australia has revealed it's been sharing intelligence on one of its most talked about citizens julian a son with washington for around two years the exchange apparently started straight after wiki leaks published secret u.s. military reports on the war in afghanistan sergeant self earlier accused his home nation of betrayal and pandering to america which he claims one simple find bars are even dead the wiki leaks has been holed up in ecuador's london embassy for exactly four months now despite being granted political asylum by the south american nation he's unable to leave the building because of britain's threat of arrest or extradition for more and julian assange has legal battles as well as the episodes of his interview program that was broadcast here on r.t. go to our website r.t. dot com. and straight to cairo now to start of the r.t. world update it's the central square there of course to reus where and now occupied by several thousand protesters angry of president morsi and his supporters for

trying to dominate the drawing up of a new constitution it follows violence last week when morsi is backers classed with anti government activists leaving dozens injured the one hundred member assembly writing the new charter is picked scuse me is full of people from the islamist party of the muslim brotherhood who are supporting the president. at least nineteen people were killed in northern afghanistan when a roadside bomb detonated under a passing bus it's fifteen more were injured the passengers were traveling to a wedding now at this point nobody has claimed responsibility and it's still not clear if indeed the wedding guests were the intended victims. the u.s. military chief in japan has imposed a night curfew on person no it follows the arrest of two american officers suspected of raping a japanese woman on the southern island the u.s. military in japan has a history of alleged criminal behavior which was certainly caused

a lot of tension. let's get out to one of our top stories here on r.t. the possible deal between b.p. and the process yeah faulty skating standing by to see you again. could be on the brink of becoming the biggest oil producer in the well we're talking history in the making lou absolutely that if the russian oil giant finds out they pay from russian bases chanting k.b. pay of course and who are talking billions of dollars for the privilege as well as got meetings going on in london as we speak his all to pay to all of a he's got all the details on the story for us that deal is expected to cost somewhere in the region of between twenty five and twenty eight billion dollars they're not going to make that kind of money for selling phones however they could make that it's made around six hundred fifty million from the sale of bonds everything which would help towards trying to convince p.p. that they should sell less fifty percent share in t a k b p two rows next you know they say there's no reward without risk and the risk the rules never could be

taking comes in the form of debt now if they take over all of t. and k b p they would be in debt to help words of sixty billion dollars so that would be hoping relying on a high oil price in order for them to get some kind of good return from their investment in terms of what b.p. wants out of this deal what they would be looking to get is they don't want to pull out of russia entirely they just want out of their partnership a spot of tea in case the fee for that going to be looking for those as a share holder ross next all important potentially lucrative exploration rights in the arctic the rights to go and look for oil there commenting on the deal first deputy prime minister. has confirmed that they have a weight energy gyros navs will say public. the government has been thinking about selling rolls in the next year or in two thousand and fourteen was more we do believe that when the market conditions are correct we will sell the

stake it will definitely. it was more just check out wall street that look as they all still heading south that's the only twenty fifth anniversary of the blackout. of the twenty three percent of the day and today it's tech stocks that are really suffering this friday we got microsoft one of the standout losers and that was your leaders agreed on that banking regulation at a time table as well i wasn't trying to check out the russian equity markets because they are indeed close and this is what it looks like this finally of today in moscow some think in the party's mind the council as that is how the markets look that's business for now back in about an hour so it's time for updates thank you see them. because we're here our team is going to be. on syria of course the ongoing civil war toward extern is the situation going to be controlled from the outside and isn't even in control on the inside cross-talk interest.

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