protests follow a blast in beirut which killed at least eight including the country's top security official some lebanese m.p.'s suggest this could be the syrian conflict spilling over the border. in the pipeline russia's state owned joint rosneft is poised to become the world's largest listed all producer as a massive industrial deal and just negotiations. government protests gathered 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.

from the new center here in central moscow international news and comment live on t.v. a massive car bloss has rocked the center of the lebanese capital beirut killing at least eight people and injuring dozens a top lebanese security official is among the dead sunni muslims across the country have taken to the streets in anger over the assassination the protests have turned violent with gunshots reportedly heard in several cities and roads blocked by burning tires a correspondent in the region has been following the developments in the aftermath of the blast. hit a critic around two forty five pm local time when everybody was on their way to picking a to picking up kids from kindergarten schools it was a short day it's friday a holy day for muslims of course a lot of people have reported those who live as far as one it away from the scene of the blast they have imported there open doors being slammed shut windows

shattering and shaking people just generally nary a nearby the situation again we're getting all. we're getting reports from years of people that we know in the area that there is widespread panic all over the place such explosions have a have haven't happened didn't even exist two thousand and eight so a lot of people are naturally very nervous there are reports of body parts on fences in the surrounding area the buildings of course have been to stories the ones that are actually in the area of the blast so 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 donate blood of course so really very desperate of time is a very desperate time in beirut right now 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 in beirut is already starting to rise up again it was kind

of a bad burner but now it may be gripping the country once again. some lebanese m.p.'s already accusing the syrian regime of being behind the blast but a beirut based expert on the middle east told me earlier that these allegations are dictated by politics but you want to head the boy to syria he was here in beirut just two days ago he said that he was very afraid that the conflict all the rest in syria could not stay within syria's borders for forever and that eventually if it continues it will go beyond the borders this was a statement made by look little brahimi just two days ago from this very city now two days after he make these statements we see this massive massive blast i was at the same today for a couple of hours and it was a massive massive explosion. already we have the now the political element coming into play you. know most of the march fourteenth movement which is known to be anti bush. even before it was known to the who was killed in this explosion they quickly

pointed the finger at the syrian government now we saw a bit of a. the head of the internal security who apparently has been killed more targeted is known to be actually robot fourteen is more not to be one of the our supporters not to be very very likeable personally or those who are in government so i think now this would not only lead to more and more pingers problem our fourteen i'm from there western how is it being pointed at syria is the question which must be raised in all of these cases is a 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 acts i think it's only endangering itself and committing suicide if that is the syrian government as such is that as to what side of the government i myself don't see so . lebanon 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's 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 claimed its fighting rebels using a safe haven in the border accusing turkey of openly supporting them and supplying arms more and her relations between the two are teetering on the brink of war in peter viles cross-talk that's in the next hour here in eighty. eight. the title of world's biggest listed oil producer could soon be held by a new company russia's state owned rosneft is looking to seal a multi-billion dollar mega deal with british russian joint venture to b.p. r.t.

sarah firth in london has the details if they would become the second biggest agreement in the. history of oil business is at this point to get britain based b.p.'s fifty percent stake in ten k. b.p. russia's third biggest oil producer he said is an equal also is also being made to the four russian billionaires who own the other half that t.i.n.k. the asset the whole deal will come in at a whopping sixty billion dollars and it will make ross that 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 feet. exploration and the like now in the last see days there's been a scandal break one of king k.b.p.s. senior officials with detained by russian police is a key says selling off positions within the state agency i know it's no thought likely by the people we've been speaking to that that will in any way hamper this

deal to go ahead certainly he still is on the table right now nothing yet sign a sale but looking pretty likely that that is going to go ahead well look more on what the deal would mean for the world of business is one of some facts and figures on the potential agreement in our business bulletin. but just how a role snow is going to be able to afford this multibillion dollar deal join me in a few moments time probably having a look at one of the ways in which they're looking to raise a bit extra capital. in libya the stronghold of late colonel gadhafi is in flames again a year after the dictators death and the nato led military operation libya's army in the northern militia are trying to clear out supporters of the old regime and have laid siege to the term for the most two weeks on emotion she's a former m i five agent believes it was clear during the campaign in two thousand and eleven that the country was set to descend into chaos. pointed to how brutal an

. instant he did provide a certain degree of stability and general quality it might just be a rough few hours much of spreading the oil wealth around so that people have a difficult life and he could at that very strange allow them to get a desperate try and compete with religion or and secular groups and by taking away that control. removed any centralized power and the people now. has always gone to the max and have competing facts you have to get your grievance and they think you have a country which is one of the such groups and many of them angry young men. and you're going to have a problem. unrest 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 spilling into violence and the alleged heavy handedness of the security forces is 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. we're not seeing major steps being taken against. international community is soft language with religion won't tell anyone will be calling for going to national community to be. there to help us in overthrowing the regime but you want to be talking about. democracy to stone with us in implementing it. all. means. see there. does not undermine anyone you see so instead democracy

is very important for us to understand and didn't intend this you know but he is but unfortunately when it comes to the g.c.'s the country is this is to decide that it is not the end because of this i think it can be too simple in and said will you see is the use of these. two other countries so full of cloaking b.b.n. syria and the loves and that's why we've been victims of this threat that you. can see one son. still ahead for you this hour here and on t.v. two main u.s. presidential candidates. brace for their last july pushing the challenges to the margins that's coming your way after a short break. homeland

security now has robot tune as 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 hummingbirds 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 got that much safer honestly has a of the stuff i should 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 some fanatical wackos come to power that would help way more than robotic spy fish i hear a lot of people talk about personal responsibility

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 tuna so homeland security can of tuna right but i just might bring. culture is the same ocean definitely a huge musician find the mark left syria a place as the world faces off supporting different sides fighting the syrian civil war rebel groups within the country struggle to unify. i'm in sochi the no new city in europe i'm the host of the twenty fourteen winter olympics. sunshine. thank you. saad she. thinks of some way

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welcome back in moscow there was a change of pace in the battle of words between us presidential candidates barack obama and mitt romney he laid down their arms and traded jokes at a charity fundraiser but the debates are still causing a buzz and huge t.v. ratings there's 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 mates were arrested for trying to gain entrance to the latest debate there was little new media reaction than men ski the green party's campaign manager believes the two party domination is dated laws and 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 party some 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. . don't call my website you can follow the latest events in the u.s.

election on monday we start our own special coverage of the ongoing battle between the candidates bring you more analysis. will there be war. or dismissal of the offensive. u.s. election. to the thirty second. australia has revealed it's been sharing intelligence on one of its most talked about citizens june 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 as on yourself earlier accuses home nation of betrayal and pandering to america which he claims wants him behind bars or even dead of a q.b. has been holed up in ecuador's london embassy for exactly four months now despite being granted political asylum by the south american nation is unable to leave the building because of britain's threat of immediate arrest and extradition. from

orange in the sunders legal battles as well as all the episodes of his own interview show broadcast here on ati go to our website r.t. dot com. other international news in brief now in our world updating caro's central time here the square is occupied by several thousand protesters at the moment angry that president morsi and his supporters to try to dominate the drawing up of a new constitution it follows violence last week when morsi is back it's clashed with anti-government activists leaving dozens injured the one hundred member assembly writing the new charter is packed with this illness 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 were injured the passengers were traveling to a wedding no one has claimed responsibility and it's not yet clear if the wedding guests were the intended victims. what a group of gunmen opened fire in

a military convoy in the northwest of indian controlled kashmir before raiding a nearby hotel they killed one employee in wounded two others in the ambush no one's taking responsibility for the attacks yet on the search operation is now under way several rebel groups operate in kashmir which both india and pakistan claim is their territory. the cia wants to significantly expand its fleet. drones and 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 as the day after the pakistani interior minister quoted statistic suggesting eighty percent of people killed in u.s. drone attacks have been civilians and that except that 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 the 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 who are killed by 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 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 arresting and training camps over there so i think the box 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 box that immediate to date about the meeting which was a closed door meeting of the box any military commanders accusing 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 of bucks and soldiers and bugs and civilians. more stories available on the web site of the moment including playing too much could lead to hell so restored job and intelligence and we've got the story of how the u.k. government plans to use computer game addicted to in ages. as the future but bone of the country's cyber security service. protect those who protect you amid austerity protests spain's government is drafting a law forbidding any filming or photographing of police officers. and also along what sort of level of art you don't call a piece of common ground we've got the story of the russian settlement marking its two hundred out of a story in north america. to bring us up to date for the moment kate is here with a friday night business update just a couple of minutes away from stay with us for that.

looters that takes your breath away a few tourists travel to these parts no prepackaged confort but they joy is a while these guaranteed if guineas a zoology professor he works in the u.s. and travels to these remote areas in russia every summer as he says he confines untouched landscapes like this anywhere else in the world. we're going off the list below sea line. if i go wrong the wrong and surprise you will go straight to the water and so we did our plan to get closer to the sea lion and shake its flipper field. one animal whose par you definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear you can literally spot agrees the here by every small weaver. where the bears are they

have a very low level to think that we have to keep an aisle when they're ready and are before them. so we won't go yes we shall but people require. it. and quiet we went but the wind was not on our side and the. they're got away they're usually the first to avoid contact with humans but during spawning time when both people and bears go fishing people often shoot at them to scare them away and every year here in the region you hear about someone being killed by the predators but at the mugger down nature reserve where we are no one disturbs the bears peanuts another local resident who hates his peace being disturbed here is the palace eagle in has a wingspan of two and a half meters ignace only here in russia far east because of the bundles of salmon

and seagulls which feed the giant bird in his studies if gainey focuses on birds so he took me to one of his favorite places here mara island it has the biggest colony of seagulls in the region and the climb up was tough. but the prize was worth it. if there was no security here or a good. day you will have tons of people coming here not just to get some for me on the beach here nothing is guaranteed you have to struggle to get your piece of rope there is nothing really how you can. predict you have to rely on yourself and what you back through the bear so we're you know you have to be the best. maybe for the wildlife here the lack of physical or is this for the better but when you stand on top of phenomenal and like this you just cantelupe wanting to share

the beauty. below that well that's a business a sour us they have to cope become the biggest oil producer in the wild the russian british oil dollars by now from the russian press as saying k. they pay now masons are taking place in london flying now with the audience who to all of a who's got all that is house for us that deal is expected to cost somewhere in the region of between twenty five and twenty eight billion dollars that are going to make that kind of money for selling bonds 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 people that they should sell less fifty percent share in

t. and k. be paid to rose next you know they say there's no reward without risk and the risk that rolls there could be taking comes in the form of debt now if they take over all of t. and k. p.p. they would be index of well up words of sixty billion dollars so those that 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 p.p.p. wants out of this deal what they would be looking to get is they don't want to pull out of russia or entirely they just want out of their partnership a spot of tea in case the fee for that going to be looking for though as a shareholder or sniffed all important potentially lucrative exploration rights in the arctic the rights to go and look for oil there now the economy ministry believes that if the deal does go through a could were vul the capital out. flow from us i'm not. ropes that will have to borrow heavily from abroad which you might capital flight in the country now

another comment came from the first deputy prime minister igor so involved who has confirmed that the heavyweights and the g. gyros will soon go public. with a small group of the government has been thinking about selling rooms next year or in two thousand and fourteen was what we do believe that when the market conditions are correct. it will definitely be. true on the markets wall street is experiencing a third of today and it's actually incidentally on the anniversary of black monday when the dow jones by twenty three per cent so today we've got microsoft and general electric about to particularly about that stock and as well as that euro area leaders a fell to discuss aid for spain as well at the two day summit but it's all going down too well at all we can see the european it colos but they did manage to agree to introduce a euro area banking regulator by the end of the year so it is kind of

a combination of news releases today really which resulted in on the euro continues to fall against the u.s. dollar meanwhile that is how the ruble finished up today with a mixed performance probably the russian car and says the extra market here in moscow then they did finish the day down but they were widely up on the week so it wasn't all bad now tell me are having school loose of interview we discuss the latest shift in global politics with the un general assembly the president here in our taste stage into. the general assembly is the main deliberative organ of the united nations one hundred ninety three countries belong and the art of diplomacy is constantly tested the new president at the helm of this sixty seven session is thirty seven year old

wreck your image he spent the past five years as a reserve his foreign minister today he deals with the world's problems sitting down exclusively now with r t mr president thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. thank you very much indeed my pleasure you have assumed the presidency position in a very difficult time these days many would argue that the u.n. . is dealing with somewhat of a crisis in confidence many see the institution as a stage where disagreements are more often displayed rather than all parties seeking or coming to any kind of agreement or solution the most obvious example here is the crisis in syria is the un more about preventing international military interventions rather than resolving conflicts with what i witnessed in the last few weeks with. deliberation after delegation and i had the chance to talk to

almost everybody and the last couple weeks ninety one by a lot of meetings there was ninety one political meetings and then a week it was it was a pretty tall order when i tried to put forward is the necessity to act swiftly and to act so that the violence stop now in my opinion. a political future a future that is to be decided first and foremost by the syrian. i believe it's the strategically important very important for the world but it has to come second to the cessation of violence and hostilities we just went through the general debate which is the high level segment of the session. of the general assembly where all the world leaders come and they spend one week in one building and we have a situation in syria where one hundred two hundred sometimes even three hundred people die per day. and all the.