the old free blog video for your media project a free video gogarty dot com. silence arouse the ordeal of a journalist held by syrian rebels with no news of a play it says a deadline possible execution. and a detective richard is accused of resorting to dirty policies to drill for gas and that approves a technique criticized for destroying the environment. and the washington looks a cheap clinch a deal that would let more u.s. ships and hardware into asia as china's new leader advisor's his military to be painful struggle. you're watching our do it live from moscow with me to say the fate of the ukrainian

journalist held by syrian rebels remains unknown after ransom deadline from a group threatening to execute her past on how to question of all was kidnapped by insurgents said to be from the free syrian army who she repeatedly accuse of on jupiter civilians let's cross to our g.'s policy and now for more paula so nothing's been heard from caution of all her captors is that right. yes that is correct the deadline has passed without any word as to whether or not she is dead or alive she is reportedly being held by the free syrian army for ransom of fifty million u.s. dollars an hour she was taken hostage nearly two months ago and since then has appeared in two videos in the first she asked the ukrainian government to pay the ransom money and set her free and in a second which is widely believed to be made under duress she admits to being a spy another point needs to be made though that most adults the object of list of

this video believe that believing that shirley made these statements under extreme pressure were porters without borders as well as amnesty international and other non-governmental organizations have demanded from the free syrian army and the syrian national coalition that she be immediately released they have said this is the first taste of the newly widely recognized government at the same time the same rebels who allegedly are holding her have released a video in which they have said that no rein in no russian and no ukrainians would leave the story alive so certainly there was not a lot of optimism as to her fate there has been a recent wave of rebel executions there was one incident that was posted on you tube in which at least ten of bound prisoners executed at point blank range by the rebels this of course we look forward and posted to you tube and then just a few days ago there was another incident and we're told was the last to behave and

i'm armed and bound prisoner so there is deep concern over her fate and what is particularly warring is the fact that there's a deadline has come and passed with no word. policy argue correspondent thank you for that update. hope now is that the rebels might listen to calls for the journalist release and spare her but monsieur editor of news junkie pose believes there are a number of barriers to that happening. the your position. we show you an army. but. it's going to be very. good at only saying you should only use in the end of the draw overall. by washington d c choice organisation. with al qaida in iraq need a wash and. know exactly. what's going

on. from the syrian tribe be an online magazine says complacency in pressuring the rebels to secure the ukrainian journalist release is sending all the wrong signals . to the west unless it's a western citizen or an american citizen in particular involved here so to. ask the local proxies in t.v. show proof to put some pressure of the release of hostages unfortunately the worst of the country is. very local forces in very sure have been serving there were a massacre for the other variable of the river they do they will still enjoy. their support for from the information and their proxies. the future of the middle east and what role the international community has to play in it is the main theme of the latest edition of cross talk the question of who bears responsibility for the strive gripping the region is being debated at seven thirty g.m.t.

. i wouldn't blame the united states for the sectarian divisions that exist in the middle east for hundreds of years and they were exacerbated by the iranian revolution you have. a theocracy in iran that has tried to shape the region according to its own interests and a lot of the sunni states resigned and of course the united states is allied with a lot of them including saudi arabia. and you can achieve stability was supporting . saudi arabia which is the main troublemaker in the region which was caused. to become such. a haven for extremists. this is also the case in syria where because of so the funding and precisely because of so do support you have all of these judges pouring into syria. the u.k. has given the green light to

a controversial gas drilling technique known as fracking it's heavily criticized for its destructive environmental impact including causing massive water pollution arses polyploid has more. driller is the only company with a license to conduct fracking in the u.k. but that's all set to change now that the government has given its blessing for the controversial method of extracting shale gas from underground already operates several wells here in lancashire but the divisive technology was temporarily banned last year and with good reason to the fracking taking place here because minor earthquake says. it was terrifying i'll be honest with you our local and he's doing very little he said i don't know a lot about it well he should know a lot about it you're going to turn this into a tree to lie shareholders pockets this is not going to benefit us and it will be a legacy of toxic legacy for our children hundreds of miles away in london the

capital's outspoken mayor calls shale gas the answer to the nation's prayers and the reserves in lancashire america but for residents here in this trying call corner of england it's a blight on their otherwise peaceful community and the prospect of more fracking sweeping the countryside is frightening and they keep talking about it being in line people and where those reserves are all the way down i think at the moment it's all about. how much better off will be but at what cost the technology may raise fares but the promise of riches from the rush for shale gas has set politicians pulses racing despite mounting opposition which has spread beyond lancashire. struction using hydraulic fracturing techniques is a high risk activity which as many benefits for foreign investors but very little for the people of britain. fracking is a city energy it. pollutes ground water.

it is a short term and not very intelligent solution to energy problems they're going to get money out of a grant program to. bring in corrupt governments would do anything for money i think it's just sort of resource money they can just get the money so this is not really for the country's best interest i don't believe to do that right brussels isn't convinced either the european parliament is reportedly considering regulating the budding shale gas industry concerned that britain doesn't know what it's doing by throwing itself wholeheartedly into the controversial practice at the minute we are not jobs of vision and gas and haven't been for a very long time we were but in actual fact we import about half for gas now we see that in the u.s. gas prices are a quarter of what they were i want you to track this suit to output this issue to

prove print is much less so there are many reasons why she'll gas if it can. be attractive in terms of security of supply and also probably in terms of price stability and that's what's drowning out the warnings bringing down people's energy bills means politicians and big business can press ahead even though those living in the shadow of fracking facilities know that the government is playing with fire polyploid r t. level has managed to keep the economic decision making power in the e.u. after the block's leaders agreed to that the european central bank should become the main supervisor for banks in the eurozone britain which sticks to its own currency had feared moving to a banking union that could make it financially policy so even wolf from the u.k. independence party says that the deal want bring any benefits to his country but there is a certain cabal of politicians. and advisors in this country who are petrified the

no longer going to be at the central table of europe enjoying the late night events in the flash cars and hotels that the decision making the real buzz of being for but there are those like me actually. believe that being outside of this particular about could actually influence great great britain's influence would actually rise and we'd be able to trade more easily with the rest of the world because we're freed of these regulations. and it's far from the christmas spirit in spain as thousands of people have taken to the streets of madrid protesting against austerity demonstrators left out at the government's cuts to the education sector saying this already drastically damages the quality of teaching spanish authorities are desperately trying to avoid the economic bailout state of other nations like greece portugal and ireland the country is nearly one hundred fifty billion euros.

just ahead more revelations in a case which has been poisoning ties between russia and the u.k. the russian intelligence officer alexander litvinenko murdered in london six years ago turns out to have been a triple agent. and iran is that set to get nuclear talks back on track saying you won watchdogs latest visit was productive still not allowing you to inspect the controversial part and that's an achievement. i never thought i could earn a living this way. not on the issue of hours alone should just small arms of this autos tomasz and building plant lot are the source count of all the weapons she's fired over. past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to

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to the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories that employers might choose to be accessed through. to. meet. the u.s. looks set to boost its ministry of presence southeast asia with washington reportedly

on the brink of a deal to rotate more troops and ships us through the philippines territorial tensions in the area simmering and many see the move as an attempt to undermine china's influence say and some say it's all a dangerously high stakes game america does like to miss around with the china i'm trying to stand up i taking sides in this dispute which between china and its neighbors it's really not because it cares one way or the other what the philippines over though mrs clinton has called the stop trying to see the west philippine sea that's a very strategic part of the walt a lot of shipping costs through that area and. when there are so many players involved you cannot control them all and if one goes off then really it would be very hard to control the situation bring it under control. and coming up later

states of stability. disorder raising temperatures in moscow are tropical sensors in the air in the front of brazil's in town to meet with the work of wardrobe you're going to see more of. the international scandal small where the death of former russian intelligence officer alexander litvinenko is gaining momentum a british pre inquest review has revealed that living and go was on the payroll of both the u.k. and spanish secret services when he was poisoned six years ago the court in london also appears to be implicating the russian state in his murder more on this from artie's law's myth this is not just about the sort of salacious details of spying on the world either there is there are wider implications to this and of course it has been the major stumbling block in the u.k. russian relations for the last six years since it happened and it comes up every time there's any kind of problem in the relationship between russia and the u.k.

and of course the main problem at the moment is syria and how much involvement the international community could have in syria but we hearing that the inquest lawyer has said that the u.k. government has material evidence that the russian state is guilty but interesting really under the law the english courts can't pass judgment on the lawfulness of the behavior of another state so that's an interesting point which i'm sure will come up again when the inquest is held but of course we've seen no details of this evidence which is interesting lead u.k. government has kept its evidence very close to its chest meanwhile there is convincing evidence on the other side of course. do you avoid the u.k. police's main suspect in poisoning he recently passed a lie detector test administered by british experts in which he was specifically asked whether he has had any involvement in what we know is that he said no a lie detector test. this was passed by him i will say live you know because i

didn't follow the trolls at all t. that he didn't suspect the kremlin lugovoy of having any involvement in his son's murder this inquest are expecting it to take place next year and it's an inquest in which there will be huge media attention from all over the world now it's wrong to add to bill logs on usenet as fall of the predicted my and up lives with fantasy stuff so michael pollan's got the full story on our website. also of their. building collapse and some of them are in russia which killed at least one people and injured a dozen. i'm

a growing global financial uncertainty fueled by europe's debt troubles the leaders of the world's key fast growing economies a meeting in moscow on friday but early in president dilma rousseff is on a visit to the russian capital more on the talks from argentina got of these kind of he joins us live now yeah that what's the significance all this meeting. well brazil and russia may be on the opposite sides of the planet but the two have more in common than it may seem vast natural resources how rapid economic growth will neither brazil or russia were hit as hard by the economic crisis as the united states where the economy's been unstable we've seen the layoffs or the european union where there is the debt crisis the eurozone crisis various austerity measures and so on russia and brazil are also members of the alliance of giants the brics which also includes china india and south africa brazil is also russia's largest

trade partner in south america currently the trade turnover stands at around six and a half billion u.s. dollars it's not that much compared to see russia as european partners but the two want to see this figure exceed ten billion in around two years before coming to moscow from. brazil. madame president reminded that she is portable gary and for her this is sort of a trip a return to her slavic roots so sort of briefly today there's definitely lots to talk about or a lot of expectations from this meeting and of course we'll report about it as soon as it happens here in moscow later on friday. artie's your piece going to thank you very much for that update. for ages a mother international news in brief now susan rice has withdrawn her name from contention for the purpose of u.s. secretary of state she's been under fire from republicans off to her initial comments on the deadly raid on the american consulate in benghazi she claims it had

not been a terror attack announcement make senator john kerry the front runner to replace hillary clinton when she steps down next year. tens of thousands of people have gathered in the streets and squares of north korea as a rally to celebrate winces successful rocket launch it was widely condemned around the world including by the un with washington and if you're a p. and l. ife demanding more sanctions for pyongyang north korea claimed the rocket put a weather satellite into space and made accusation it was disguised missile test. the british government will pay over two million pounds as compensation to the family of a prominent libyan dissident he claimed to bridges m i six and played a key role in his kidnapping hong kong and forcible transfer to tripoli where he was later tortured by the gadhafi regime in twenty jan the u.k.

also paid millions to a number of guantanamo bay inmates to avoid a potentially embarrassing investigation after the london of a cozy relationship with terry and reaching. the eye has concluded its mission to toronto with good progress according to iran's envoy to the nuclear watchdog however the two sides failed or to agree on the inspection of a military base in parchin which is suspected of nuclear weapons related activity there will be more negotiations in general us meanwhile announced new economic sanctions against iran blacklisting twelve companies and individuals associated with john's nuclear energy program but such pressure only delays any significant results of the talks says chris bambery from the international. you know that these negotiations have to be counted only good faith alone is on the table is what is on the table and is not the way some of the demands of suppress them by washington which is what is continually happened you continue military build up on the

sanctions which are going on against iran on not helping the situation i think one of the things that could have been done to ease this is an easing of sanctions as a concession if you like something the problem for them a ring is an iranian who responded but the west far from doing now to continue to operate anti by increasing sanctions and increasing the military pressure on many iranians know feel that any claim on it would be some sort of national disgrace what the west done is made or a new nuclear of the nuclear program out of touch still in the national pride. next iran's nuclear program this is of the world are we told to joann's former top diplomats and veteran of atomic talks with europe and the i. shall write.

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we're now joined by iran's former top diplomat and now a scholar in the field of international relations mr soong messiah and sort of thank you very much for meeting with us thank you and let's start with the united states it's now clear that barack obama is staying for a second term in office do you expect iran still to attract as much attention or will mr obama focus on more pressing issues like dealing with the u.s. economy for example iran has been a top foreign policy issue for all u.s. administrations since nine hundred seventy nine. if not topic number one definitely iran has been always between top three foreign policy issues of the united states that's why i believe even in the second term of president obama

iran would be if not the most important between top three important issues well now definitely president obama is less constrained before the elections do you think that could mean that he is more likely to get involved in something like a war with iran i believe obama came to office with. engagement polar sea. he himself words since years and he had the good intention he failed to deliver gauge need to feel down due to pressure from congress a pac israeli prime ministers. and very tough policies of europeans because during president bush europeans they had engagement policy but on fortunately engagement policy of president obama europeans they had

hawkish policies. i agree with you president obama should have less constrain in the second term. therefore we can be illegal but more optimistic not too much we should not be too much of a mystery because the pressures would remain domestically and from israel but he would have a little bit freer hand for going forward with iran hopefully he would be successful and where you mention israel because the israeli prime minister has been saying that the u.s. will assist israel if it strikes iran what does this mean now after the election i believe americans they do not want to be gauged in theory of war in the middle east americans they have good lessons from invading iraq.