washington visible between the u.s. . security professional china. syria's government says it's ready to meet all of the opposition. rebels to give up their push for regime change. his first. visit to britain.

it is a pleasure to have you with us here on this monday. with your world wide. the competition between the u.s. and china has gone digital and the western superpower isn't feeling too confident a key intelligence figures think america is already losing a major cyber war after accusing beijing of hacking deep inside washington security . in january it is my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house washington and beijing were the a list couple of geopolitics the positive constructive cooperative u.s. china relationship is good for the united states in february america's feelings are fleeting china unleashing its full spy power let's return to the alleged link

between china's military and a prolific hacking group most cyber attacks are being carried out by teams inside the chinese military china is officially out of control because don't look now but prove today our sugar daddy is a thief beijing became an overnight security threat last week after the american information security firm mandiant identified a secretive chinese military unit as the likely source of hacking against u.s. corporations a charge china vehemently denies. however as the u.s. refocuses its military might from the middle east to china's backyard critics say it's no coincidence that beijing is suddenly morphing into america's virtual al-qaeda i think this is part of what obama calls the asian habit which is really a china and this cyber thing is is fits right into that pattern i think what we're looking at is art of this obama pivot to focus on china and to paint china is the

new military threat to the world it's a demonization trying to earlier this month u.s. president barack obama signed an executive order aimed at strengthening america's defenses when you know hackers steal people's identities and infiltrate private e-mails we know foreign countries and companies swipe our corporate secrets. now our enemies are also seeking the ability to sabotage our power grid our financial institutions our traffic control systems we cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our comp but according to reports washington is all too familiar with the offensive side of cyber war it's the u.s. who launches things like stuxnet together with israel to to cripple certain iranian technology capabilities in two thousand and ten a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities

destroying nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to reports the virus made entirely out of code was a joint collaboration between the us and israel in terms of a pandora's box i think it will be slightly harder for the united states to adopt a position of purely beaton's we sort of made it clear that we're willing to use cyber in advance of our national interest while reports about china's a legit cyber attacks have dominated u.s. mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander with whom i have spoken is going to be is the next major war will include is cyber component it will just be the traditional

insurgency bob baer the central ground troops the next floor almost certainly will include a cyber component and the edge of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s. and china over a virtual espionage can resemble the law. long stalemate that took place at the soviet union during the cold war. new york. right now you can have your say express your opinions as to what is going on between the u.s. and china in our poll that's a look at the numbers right now and see if you've been voting at all t dot com right now here come the numbers they do change every single hour but still the majority at sixty five percent say this is all part of the obama administration it's a done coming down to a sixteen percent although it's all about espionage that's always

a when up to the third position now it's a glimpse into world war three let's hope not finally six percent now of seeing all of this as a pretty direct warning to china we are still taking your vote we love it when you get involved with our stories here at r.t. have your say dot com. it is the second and final day of voting in italy and a parliamentary campaign fraught with bitter rhetoric and tough questions about austerity yesterday so most major party leaders cast their ballot with the vote of serial scandal survivor silvio berlusconi being targeted by protesters you can see

right here they're pretty well known over topless free men activists are crashed his fight off a chew natin chanting and nothing but a scone e of a for being swarmed by police and escorted out of a strong factions include other democrats and a new anti austerity party fronted by a firebrand blogger and former comedian who's you can see right there aussies are going to school reports on a vote that is ultimately trying to shape italy's future. just roots of rome aligned with posters from various political parties and candidates all smiles and bright colors offering the best future possible for italian voters. but it seems like i. was becoming like oh. i. i think experience yes it. is i think i see getting.

close not the leader but the face of a movement whose plan is simple to do away with the politics that italy has been used to for the past couple of decades and bring about a new type of rule. number saved on my part i don't feel protected by the state i want to state that is visible there is no more state in this country just a bureaucracy of laws that has replaced democracy there isn't anything left among the crowds disillusioned with italy's politics is done the analysis he started small by successfully challenging politicians in his small hometown in the south like many talents he does not trust the current political system if the release of the utility of the leader. there will be that was. the. idea. of that. but it is time for a change at least one hundred thousand people showed up to support group movement in the center of rome the biggest political gathering in half

a century people say popular because this speaks clearly and this is one of the main thing to say is they have to go. home all home. they're finished and this right because the the political class has lost in the in the influence on the part of the population especially young people the crisis in which we have a political class absolutely unable to cope with the situation and the situation is a desperate one the longest recession in twenty years more than one third of the country's youth are without a job corruption that feeds organized crime and manages to siphon off as much as sixty billion euros a year by some estimates and declaring wealth divide between various a tally and regions basically it was huge a parliament will have a mouthful to chew to avoid choking on the problems which have accumulated over the years perhaps doing away with the old men in suits no matter how respectable they

may appear in favor of a foul mouth but seemingly honest comedian may be just the thing to put an end to italy's political drama in rome it in the ghost. of the voting officially closes at fourteen hundred g.m.t. today with exit polls made available just bit later after that already though political analyst. in doubts any of the candidates will deliver on their firm promises to rein in italy's finances. well the problem of europe is not the problem of public debts this is a financial assault that has been concerted by private entities to milk money from the eurozone that said of course berlusconi is not really the best choice to to drive around these difficult obstacles and the moment he was really so much better despite being well connected with the financial world has a wonderful work. but very little continent and this is

a bit worrying because as soon as you get in it gets in parliament and it's not just italian politics you will make politics in the world and frankly for the moment they don't feel he is really well equipped i hope he will make up because anyhow he will come up with a sizeable number of parliamentarian's but they have really to study very hard and very fast to come up with something credible. this is r.t. and chancellor merkel brings new hope to turkey germany calls for a restart to stall talks on and career as a session to the e.u. despite serious human rights and economic concerns and more about just around the bend here on out. but for now the newly appointed u.s. secretary of state john kerry is in london on his first official foreign tour it's the start of a ten day nine country trip which will take

a while take him to europe and the middle east one of his main goals is to keep america's allies across the atlantic involved in the arab world as it is under former reports. john kerry's aides have described this as a listening tour effectively mr kerry wants to gauge opinion on a number of issues but particularly firstly the syrian conflict and secondly the growing threat of his islamic extremism mr kerry said on the eve of this trip that he wants to face the challenges of extremists who were trying to in his words hijack the arab spring revolutions and as part of that today he does want to encourage our european countries and britain to continue with their foreign aid policies because he believes that in itself is a good way of trying to influence the hearts and minds of people who do live in the middle east and also north africa but it could be an argument or struggle to win today with the british prime minister david cameron because he is a man who is under an awful lot of pressure to actually cut back on foreign aid

given the fact u.k. is on the brink of a triple dip recession so there is a lot to talk about if there is time and bear in mind mr kerry is only here for one day britain will also try to raise the issue of the falkland islands it is understood that the u.s. will not recognize the results of a referendum in the falkland islands next month over the issue of sovereignty so as i say a lot to talk about he's only here for a number of hours but top of the list will be syria he will be going across europe to germany to france to italy and also to see where he'll meet members we understand of the syrian opposition coalition and then also head to the middle east but he won't be going to israel or palestine that will happen next month in march alongside president obama we are told that is because they want to give the prime minister israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu time to form a new government. washington is planning to shift the burden of its foreign wars to its nato allies that's according to john reese an expert on american foreign policy

. it's always been very important for the americans to keep the nato alliance together but they always wanted to keep it together on their own terms it's always been the case for instance that the senior commanding officer in nato is from the american armed forces and what the americans constantly want to do is to shift the burden of military intervention on to the european powers but to keep political control all the process and i think that we've seen that a number of times recently especially since the american focus is now beginning to shift towards the pacific to deal with the rising threat of china we are going to is really the europeans now have to take on a greater share of burden in respect of policing the arab world and north africa what we're seeing here is an attempt to convince the nato allies that they should pay more but have no more influence. and while the secretary of state looks to get off on the right foot with his allies u.s. special forces get the boot from a crucial afghan province and their alleged involvement in the torture and murder

of the locals have sparked outrage at the band threatens to leave a key area next to come all without protection and more on that in just a couple of minutes from. the world with. its technology innovation all these developments from around russia we. have heard. sometimes you see a story. you think you understand it. and realized. it was a big. news

today. these are the. good to have you with us here in. moscow syria's government is open to dialogue with the opposition even its factions the country's foreign minister said during talks with the russian diplomats right here at moscow but the prospects for peace have suffered yet another blow to the key rebel group has now withdrawn from all international talks complaining of a lack of pressure on the assad regime. joins us live to tell us more about this so

you go to a good to see you today it's been a bit of a back and forth going on here for months now the assad government always saying we're ready to sit down and talk the opposition or the rebels to differentiate between the two keep saying no talks just regime change talk to us about the whole significance of this visit here. well this visit is taking place at a very uncertain time it's really not clear what's needed to be done in order to get the syrian opposition engage in talks with the government since damascus does stress that it is ready for dialogue with the opposition and in the last week there were some positive signals coming from the rebels they said that they were willing to hold talks with the government now they refuse coming to moscow accusing russia of supporting president that foreign minister lavrov stressed once again that moscow is on either side of this conflict and has called on syrian authorities not to yield to provocation. that is the obvious question so the number of those who

support this realistic approach towards a peaceful resolution is growing those who want to continue fighting to the end relaunch so they're trying to suppress positive news from the opposition and stop any steps towards dialogue much of that will. in the meantime soon after thirty years have put together a government commission headed by the prime minister designed specifically for negotiations with the opposition and they say that they are ready to talk even with armed rebels. we are ready for dialogue with everyone including those who are fighting on the ground as we are convinced that reforms should not be made through bloodshed. that will mean while it was more or less predictable that the rebels would refuse coming to moscow it came as a total surprise that the rejected be imitation to come to washington and to wrong

to take part in the upcoming meeting of the so-called friends of syria group which was actually initially designed to support the syrian opposition the rebels say that they are doing this in to protest the lack of an international reaction to what they say are atrocities committed by syrian of thought is in the meantime the syrian government says that it's not it's not only fighting. against the armed opposition but also against terrorists and militants from nearly thirty countries and there are reports of a major influx of heavy weaponry in the last several weeks that the rebels have also received which is obviously fueling more violence in the meantime foreign minister lavrov said that if nothing is done now and no dialogue begins and violence continues then the whole country is on the brink of collapse did you go to it with your sister passed there was a massive car bombing and so. bombing in damascus most people say that it was the

opposition or as you say the rebels who let off this massive blast over fifty killed over two hundred wounded and yet the u.n. still refusing to condemn what is internationally known as a major act of terrorism it doesn't get any more simple this whole back and forth between the assad government and the opposition. in moscow thank you. well iran has now announced it's found thousands of tons worth of uranium reserves says it will use them to a nuclear infrastructure build more power reactors on the web site. officials in europe hope to do about. internet north korea and the country plans to make internet its main tourist attraction giving foreigners. access.

this is afghanistan's president hamid karzai has ordered u.s. special forces out of a crucial province of the americans willing to torture and murder of local villagers in an area seen as vital for defending the capital. and the move comes as nato prepares to hand responsibility for security to local forces by twenty fourteen politics professor patricia says afghanistan will just have to struggle on its side. no wardak province is you know the family is strong the place isn't all it's how i think they're kind of tired as well as most afghans so having u.s. forces going in and out of people's houses that are and comment karzai president karzai needs to take care of his own. it's definitely president karzai is trying to make a statement and fact they haven't come to an agreement yet you know there is there's still a little i'm sure power play going on between the u.s.

and the president as to who's going to stay who's going to be in charge you know what kind of numbers they want and how they're going to work but absolutely you know afghan leader is going to have to show that he has a little bit more support throughout the nation than just his region and within the south there. and a straight to bulgaria not a kick up the all if you will where thousands turned out across the country to show their anger at rising utility costs on corruption in the energy sector ten thousand were in the capital waving national flags and shouting and government slogans and this is just a week after countrywide protests forced the conservative party to resign. roll castro was told the national assembly he will stand down as cuban president when his current term ends and twenty eight of the eighty one year old took over from his older brother fidel castro that was now five years ago. voted in as vice

president of the same assembly meeting is widely viewed as castro's successor. south korea's the first female president. has been sworn in at a ceremony attended by tens of thousands the daughter of the nation's autocratic found faces among other challenges the question of how to deal with a nuclear north korea. though entertainment was the order of the day south korea's most famous singer. while the crowd with his signature. in the united states some governors have warned automatic spending cuts due to kick in next month will lead to huge job losses eighty five billion dollars will be slashed across sectors funded by public money if democrats and republicans fail to reach a compromise on tax increases or some states like washington d.c.

with large military budgets will be worse affected than others less reliant on federal money. and the economic troubles facing america stretch far beyond its borders coming up at twelve thirty g.m.t. cross-talk looks at the risk posed by countries turning to risky business of printing off money. at least in the case of the united states you're seeing the private sector the. improvement of the economy a much more while we had a bloody european situation where you have been go ahead and go ahead we're do you see an improvement in the united states what do you see then and also do you think a monetary policy is going to get you anywhere while you have to balance sheets of every country and the printing of money is destroying it is doing the complete opposite of what you wanted to do the united states economy is definitely on an improving bad housing sector coming bag.

put the housing. the housing clinch confit consumer confidence is not a measure of economic activity. we think. it's good to have you with us here on our team today german chancellor angela merkel has caused a bit of a stir in turkey by calling for talks on ankara's a session to the e.u. to be restarted she's currently on a trip there starting with a visit to german troops on the border with syria but support for turkey's aspirations to join the e.u. not being echoed at home concerned about angkor is human rights record is especially strong with more journalists reportedly jailed in turkey than in iran and china combined delays in the talks of course great annoyance there as well with

the prime minister of the one calling the holdups unforgivable but manual oxana writer a political analyst and journalist says that the current economic situation in the e.u. leaves turkish citizens without any desire to enter the block. to see the european union. democratic procida its political approach take a sort of ideological approach take because when you ask the people in germany if they wanted to head the euro for example fifteen years ago a huge majority of the people who were against getting that europe asked the people if they want to send troops to the turkish syrian border they say no they european union is a construct with out eight democratic base it's an ideological base and so maybe hopefully we can hope for for the turkish people that they will have the right to take part at the referendum of zero to took

a turkish you membership because i can imagine that for the purpose it isn't to see how do you repeat the how of the european union develops now in those states is doesn't seem very attractive to become a member of that club. all right i guess our special report coming your way in just a second opinion stay with us here on the scene. there's an old urban legend that says that the u.s. already stopped using circular targets for rightful practice because the soldiers would be hesitant to shoot at people on the battlefield the logic is that if you practice shooting something that looks like an enemy soldier you'll be desensitized about killing real enemy soldiers so again the logic is pretty.