in the pipeline russia's state owned joint rust never is poised to become the world's largest oil producer as a massive industrial deal enters negotiations. a huge blast rocks beirut killing at least eight reportedly including the country's top security official some lebanese m.p.'s are suggesting this could be the syrian conflict spilling over the border. to government protests gathered pace in bahrain with fresh rallies taking place this friday despite a police and judicial crackdown that's now seen four arrested for writing on twitter.

from a new center here in central moscow international news and comment live on t.v. the title of world's biggest oil company could soon be held by a new company russia is looking to seal a multi billion dollar mega deal with british russian joint venture to b.p. first as the details. if forward this to you would become the second biggest agreement in the history of oil businesses at this point to get britain based p.p.c. fifty percent stake in tank a b.p. russia's third biggest oil producer he said is full and equal also is also being made to the full russian billionaires who own the other half of that t.i.n.k. b.p. asset the whole deal will come in at a whopping sixty billion dollars and it will make ross neff the world's biggest oil

producer making it an incredibly dominant player on the russian located it would be said then to be able to see some of its plans in the feature. exploration and the like now in the last days say there's been a scandal brain when one of the senior officials with detained by russian police is a key piece is selling off positions within the state agency i know it's not thought likely by the people we've been speaking to that that will in any way hamper this deal this go ahead certainly he still is on the table right now nothing yet scientists say on the looking pretty likely that that is going to go ahead. in london will more on what the deal would mean for the world of business is one of some facts and figures on the potential agreement you know business update notes with people all over. but just how a road snow is going to be able to afford this multibillion dollar deal join me in a few moments time i'll be having a look at one of the ways in which they're looking to raise

a bit extra compas on. a massive cold losses roll the center of the lebanese capital beirut killing at least eight people and injuring dozens of top lebanese security officials reportedly among the dead the explosion took place during rush hour and it's feared the number of casualties could rise a correspondent in the region and in a grocery store you know mark with the details of what was the scale of the blast and how are things looking now. well those killed the blast is rather enormous we're talking about several kilograms in the t.n.t. equivalent at this point of course there are these these are just the preliminary reports we're getting through still not. going to get was we know about the security official who was killed in the blast not i don't know probably not going to what the purpose of it was it occurred to the ground two forty five pm local time when everybody was on their way to picking up the picking up kids from kindergarten schools this is a short day it's friday of holy day for muslims of course a lot of people have reported those who live as far as one that i'm going to away

from the scene of the blast they have reported their open doors being shut slam shut windows shattering and shaking people just generally very unnerved by the situation again we're getting also getting reports of people that we know in the area there is widespread panic all over the place such explosions have a have haven't happened didn't really since two thousand and eight so a lot of people are naturally very nervous there is also. there's also pictures coming through from various television stations oakleigh television channels showing massive carnage there are reports of body parts on fences in the surrounding area the buildings of course have been destroyed the ones that are actually in the area of the blast there obviously all the rubble with the furniture with the wires with the electricity everything is on the street it's a total mess people can't get in or get out of the area firefighters working at the scene hospitals reporting shortage of blood encouraging people to come in and don't need the blood of course so really very desperate of trying to very desperate time

in beirut right now again still not know we do not know exactly who the target was that the attack did happen in the christian neighborhood or really close to the office of one of the groups who were known to be very opposing to syrian regime to to the to the government of syrian president bashar al assad however should be making any predictions just as of yet. nothing definite is known but there are already voices saying that this is a spillover from the conflict that's happening just across the border in syria and the sunni shia standoff and beirut is already starting to rise up again it was kind of a back burner but now it may be gripping the country once again. really in a thanks very much indeed for that update there from tel aviv well let's get more insight into what's happening in lebanon and live to beirut itself now and talk to an expert on the middle east he joins me now on the line now we just had a description of the scenes there from

a reporter you are there in the city how would you assess the situation right now. well i think that i think luck that low brahimi actually the u.n. envoy to syria he was here in beirut just two days ago i'm not sure if you know this but in his statements he said that he was very afraid that the conflict or the unrest in syria could not stay within syria's borders for them forever and that eventually if it continues it will go beyond its borders this was a statement made by like little brahimi just two days ago from this very city now two days after he make these statements and we see this massive massive blast that was not the same today for a couple of hours it was a massive massive explosion. already we have the now the political element coming into play some elements of the march fourteenth movement which is known to be anti bashar has said even before it was known who was killed in this explosion they

quickly pointed the fingers at the syrian government had now with us on the head of intelligence security who apparently has made killed more targeted that is known to be actually pro box fourteen is known not to be one of the supporters not to be a very very likable person or those who are in government so i think now this will only lead to more and more dangerous problem out fourteen from their western allies are being pointed at syria as similar to the situation with which we witnessed the wedding of the former lebanese prime minister rafik hariri was assassinated back there to one side ali what do you make point to what do you make of those accusations that the syrian government could be behind these blasts what do you make of that. well the question which must be raised in all of these cases is the who benefits from such an act i think you know if the syrian government does go ahead although we don't have any information but if it does go ahead with these acts i think it's only in the during itself in committing suicide shown. is the

syrian government as such is that a similar sort of government and i myself don't think so but i think that the side which benefits maybe would be israel you have to remember now with this might be a coincidence but it might not be. said that it actually sent an unmanned drone into israeli airspace just a few days ago so could this be a response from israel for example behind this because many are saying that israel doesn't have the ability you know cannot actually wage a war against hezbollah and against lebanon so has israel resorts are creating internal instability inside lebanon with the keeping lebanon preoccupied with it so all of you and i can get an album of what we refer to here as the resistance x. axis with iran syria and possible loss so i think we also must not forget the potential of israel playing a role in addition if you just alarming as well the fact that many of the car the elements and the extremists who are fighting the syrian government in syria it is

said that many of them have fled over here into lebanon from the city. and taken refuge in the explosion we saw today car bombings indeed do better traces of the car that its affiliates and even some foreign politics or just briefly let's end with a reminder of what you said earlier and that is that the special envoy to syria did warn that the syrian conflict could spread beyond syria itself you've just been talking about israel we now see the events in lebanon we've been of course reporting about the impact on turkey which other countries now could be affected by the syrian crisis just briefly. of the syrian crisis as i said it could affect the whole region we also have iraq iraq could be very much involved especially taking into consideration al qaida and its presence there the whole region could be set up the way is that even though some of syria's supposed like the united states and the obama administration have warned of the regional repercussions of the ongoing hundreds from i think the whole region as it is exposed for this reason it's very

important that you know. why you like the brahimi who focused on reaching a ceasefire on the muslim holiday of. middle east expert live from beirut in lebanon thank you very much indeed well lebanon as we've just been hearing is not the only country in the region affected by the syrian conflict turkey's military once again fired into syria in response to two shells landing on turkish territory this is the latest border incident between the two countries with tension between ankara and damascus remaining at a dangerous level turkey has been carrying out strikes against syria since a stray shell from across the border killed five civilians in a turkish town earlier this month damascus claims its fighting rebels using a safe haven on the border accusing turkey of openly supporting them and supplying arms more on how relations between the two are teetering on the brink of war. that's later today.

but he worried in libya a stronghold of late colonel gadhafi is in flames again a year after the dictator's death and the nato led military operation libya's army in the local militia are trying to clear out supporters of the old regime and laid siege to the town for the last two weeks and former m i five agent believes it was clear during the nato campaign in two thousand and eleven that the country was set to descend into chaos. how brutal and. distant would he get my dissent grants ability out of general quality of life just a few hours. spreading the or world around so that people had a difficult life and he yes he could but that restraint allowed him to get a disparate try and compete with religion or and secular groups and by taking away

that control. removed any centralized power and the people now. this nation has always gone to the max and have competing facts. and think you have a country which is one of the such groups and many of them i'm going out with. and you're going to have a problem. continues in bahrain where another mass rally in the capital went unnoticed by most of the international media this one passed off peacefully unlike on thursday when a policeman died of his injuries following a terrorist attack during an anti-government protest demonstrations have been going on for more than twenty months often spinning into violence and the alleged heavy handedness of the security forces it's continuing online with four activists arrested on wednesday for posting twitter messages defaming the king. from bahrain's largest opposition party says the kingdom escapes condemnation because of its strategic importance. not. just that been taken

against it learned but there a theory and. international community is soft language with religion won't tell anyone will be calling for going to a national community to be as we don't want them to help us in overthrowing the regime but you won't be talking about. democracy to stone with us only meant to get. us all. means what we call going. more closely there does not undermine anyone when you see some statement democracy is very important for us on the front end and international body is but unfortunately when it comes to the g.c.c. the gulf countries this is the side that is not fighting with you and i have because all this started you can be clear simple in independence in the setting policy and the use of these. guns into other countries

full of cloaking b.b.n. syrian awards and that's why we've been victims of this stuff that you. can see about sun in the rights. still ahead for you this hour here on alt t the two main us presidential candidate obama and romney brace for that last jewel pushing all the challenges to the margins. plus an eroding wave of manchester to protest european leaders aim to take control of around six thousand banks by creating a centralized supervisor that's coming your way after a short break. in

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life here in moscow that was a change of pace in the battle of words between us presidential candidates barack obama and mitt romney who laid down their arms and traded jokes at a charity fundraiser but the debates are still causing a balls and huge t.v. ratings but there's criticism that challenges from outside the two major parties almost never appear in televised confrontations between parties jill stein appears on eighty. five percent of the ballots across the country but when she and her running mates were arrested for trying to gain entrance to the nation's debate it was little new media reaction that meant the green party's campaign manager believes the two party domination is due to. 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 give 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 a progressive party some particular of to emerge here at the green party we have overcome many of those challenges joel 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. . when our website you can follow the latest events in the u.s. election the london a we start our own special coverage of the on going battle between the candidates bringing you more analysis. what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage walking the around tightrope pushing china and

russia as occupy anger spreads the two parties still dictate will their future do a selection of clothes every day for the party beginning up to the twenty second. 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 was marred by fresh protests in europe tens of thousands of greeks descended on athens as a nationwide strike got underway clashing with police and protesters died of a heart attack in the scuffles in madrid parents teachers and students marched in condemnation of impending government cuts to education capping three days of industrial action for journalist tom gill the summit decision is a direct threat to the democratic foundations of europe. as a big time. democratic principles that of course is part and parcel of the of the whole process of european integration for quite some time now. with the removal of

monetary and fiscal policy from national governments effectively since the creation of the single currency has been a huge democratic deficit and current proposals that will give more power to an elected officials in brussels and frankly that. particular amount of power to. stronger states. is fundamentally undemocratic and is rolling back the whole principles of what european integration was about when when it was founded not long after the second world war. well more stories are available on the website at the moment including playing too much x. box could lead to house arrest or a job in intelligence online we've got the story of how the u.k. government plans to use computer gaming addicted teenagers as the. future backbone of the country's cyber security service. and its online at the moment protect those who protect you amid a sturdy protest spain's government is drafting

a law forbidding any filming for photographing of police officers. a piece of common ground we've got the story of the russian settlement marking its two hundredth anniversary in north america those stories and other people come. the cia wants to significantly expand its fleet of drones hand is pressing the white house to give the go ahead it would allow the agency to sustain or even increase lethal strikes abroad including those in pakistan the news comes just a day after the pakistani interior minister quoted statistics suggesting eighty percent of people killed in u.s. drone attacks have been civilians. in three hundred strikes more than two thousand people have died. from pakistan's first political lobbying group says washington is responsible for both the deadly drone strikes and the militants they're targeting. this is a major blow to us 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 much very successful lives and military in flushing out 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 arresting and training camps over there so i think the pakistani government appears now to be putting the blame in a way on the the on. 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 box 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 box and soldiers and box and civilians. australia has revealed it's been sharing intelligence on one of its most talked about citizens in the sun 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 assad himself earlier to use his home nation of betrayal and pandering to america which playing sports and behind bars even day weekend has been holed up in ecuador's london membership for exactly four months now despite being granted political asylum by the south american nation is unable to leave the building because of the threat of an immediate arrest and extradition for more legal battles as well as all the episodes of his own interview show broadcast here marti at our website party talk. now to other international news and brief central to his square is occupied by

several thousand protesters angry president morsi and his supporters are trying to dominate the drawing up of a new constitution that follows violence last week backers clashed with anti government activists leaving dozens injured one hundred member assembly writing the new charter is packed with the mists from the muslim brotherhood who support the president. at least nineteen people were killed in northern afghanistan when a roadside bomb detonated under a passing bus fifteen more injured passengers were traveling to a wedding no one has claimed and it's not yet clear if the wedding guests were the intended victims. of the u.s. military chief in japan has imposed a night curfew on personnel that follows the rescue arrest of two american officers suspected of raping a japanese woman on the island the u.s. military has a history of an edge criminal behavior which of course tensions between the states for decades. what outrages here with the friday night business update just

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business rural snifter is poised to become the biggest oil producer in the wold if the russian oil giant buys out b pay from russian. k.b. pay and they will face a billion dollar bill as well for the privilege of doing so meetings and taking base right now with all teams paid to all of the he's going to tell us all the details. 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 forms however they could make what it's made around six hundred fifty million from the sale of bonds everything which would help towards trying to convince people that they should sell less fifty percent share in t.n. 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 ten k. p.p. they would be in debt to help words of sixty billion dollars so there would be hoping in 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 is part of t.m.j. beefy but they going to be looking for those as a share of the last lift 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 eagle so evolve has to firm up the heavyweight energy giant was never will soon go public but where else mother would have to obviously the government has been thinking about selling roles in the next year or in two thousand and fourteen as more we do believe that when the market conditions are correct we will sell the stake it will definitely be sold which was mostly true wall street is continuing to have found it tough stocks that have been following the bad with microsoft failing to in the west a lot of those euro leaders agreed on a banking regulation at heinz hey volokh let's check out the european markets and how they got on today although the leaders did fail to discuss further full speed as well this is our way that sentiment in the buy they step out of your current state is still managing to soften way against the u.s. dollar up as a result on the ruble have a mixed performance.