you're watching r t live from moscow breaking news this wiki leaks whistleblower bradley manning pleads guilty to ten charges brought against him by the government . full agreement over mali put syria remains of point of contention president putin sums up his key foreign policy discussions with french leader francois alarmed. and affleck countdown benedict the sixty leaves the vatican as pope for the last time while the church looks to restore its image marred by sexual abuse and corruption. a law that every good evening chief you just joined us this is r.t. live from moscow is kevin owen here with me at nine pm moscow time first the news you just heard the developing news story this military will supply bradley manning

has pleaded guilty to ten out of twenty two charges against him he admitted to leaking the u.s. state secrets to wiki leaks but denied aiding the enemy the charge that could lead him to life in jail escaped speed on this with his report by the marina i don't know whether there was a lot of surprise about this today but what could these admissions now from him mean he's already put in prison of course for a thousand days of. he sure has what many are thinking is that bradley manning had pled guilty to these ten counts against him in hopes that he would face a sentence of twenty years to life instead of twenty years maximum instead of a life sentence which the u.s. government was going for now as you told our audience the u.s. government has charged bradley manning with twenty two counts he has pleaded guilty to ten counts and this is the first time the twenty five year old has formally admitted guilt since being arrested more than one thousand days ago now many

reportedly pleaded guilty to an authorized possession and willful communication of sensitive material including the state department cables and other materials provided to weekly leaks now according to manning's attorney david coombs many pleaded not guilty to aiding the enemy and a number of other lesser charges however the soldier allegedly told the court that he'd like to take blame for charges that were not presented by the u.s. government and instead introduced by manning now for more than nine months we have to remind our viewers that. this army intelligence analyst was held in solitary confinement which began in july two thousand and ten he was held under conditions where for twenty three hours a day he was in the six by eight foot windowless cell forced to sleep naked without bed sheets and kept on suicide watch many experts believe that those conditions essentially forced many into pleading guilty sensually some would say that he was

living under. torture is conditions that the hand at the hands of the u.s. government and that is what pushed him to this point manning we are told is scheduled to be giving a press conference very soon now as i mentioned he currently faces a sentence of life in prison but he is hoping many presume that these these pleading guilty to ten charges will give him an opportunity. to face a sentence on sentence of only twenty years in prison we have to wait and see how that unfolds and of course what manning will be saying when he addresses the media or the audience of where ever he will be addressing people later on today absolutely report in new york thanks very much he's from one of us again the headline news bradley manning has pleaded guilty to ten to twenty two charges against him ok russia from say they've still got work to do in bridging some key foreign division syria mali remain the main issues in talks during french leader

francois first visited moscow. but across what the leader is to say end of the day it comes to syria francoise alond saying that they've come a long way they had some really serious discussions putin saying they had some intense discussions even an argument if you will on the topic but they share the same common goals and they both agree that syria should not be stabilized even further and they should be fighting terrorism of course francois hollande believes that bashar assad needs to go and putin saying that the government the legitimate government is better than the insurgents or better than fighting the opposition in fact this is exactly why russia supported france's involvement in mali because france went in to support the government and to fight terrorism there they said that they discussed the transition from the combat operations to the new peacekeeping mission which will be happening there both sides said that they were

working a little closer together to improve business relations and relations within the country even some jokes about them not feeling very warm towards each other but they put on a good show to make sure that people realize that france and russia are indeed working together to improve the relations for both countries even though on some of the key sticking points they don't agree. sean thomas no big meeting today the syrian opposition met in rome to see exactly what's on offer from western backers washington will them for the first time provide rebel fighters with non-lethal aid and give the opposition an extra sixty million dollars let's see what the syrian opposition got from the international community so far show well on your screens now the u.s. has already provided them fifty four million dollars in non-lethal assistance but washington's been reluctant to directly send arms to the rebels are fears that could fall into islamist hands the e.u. is also backing the rebels calling for the arms embargo to be lifted despite the restrictions opposition fighters are thought to be getting covert weapons supplies

from the gulf states john laughlin from the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris told us the u.s. is trying to beef up its opposition only makes them look like western puppets. sixty million dollars should not be sneezed at and what the americans are trying to do is basically to prop up a project that so far has failed if we look back to two thousand and eleven when hillary clinton was calling for the overthrow of a stance they expected the regime in syria to fall very quickly and that hasn't happened however great the rebels' gains may have been the regime is still fighting back and still shows no signs of collapsing instead is the opposition which is fractured famously the syrian national council is a rag bag of different interests the opposition is breaking out and there are plenty of people within the opposition at least according to my sources in the region who are bitterly disappointed with the west who expected a lot more money they probably wanted to steal a lot of it but certainly they have not received all that they have been promised

it'll be interesting to see how much of this sixty billion dollars gets through that the ordinary syrian population is suffering very greatly from this opposition from this so-called liberation because this these paramilitary groups clearly cannot provide any basic services they are not the state they don't run hospitals they don't run the police they don't run the water supply and so on and i'm sure many syrians who watched the meeting in rome today and who seemed to conceive in the other's hobnobbing with john kerry will draw the conclusion that the opposition is a western puppet and that actually will not be good for its image back home in syria russia's about to take over the month long presidency of the u.n. security council let's talk about what that means for the u.n. agenda with russia's envoy to the un vitaly churkin miss a check in thanks ever so much for taking the time tonight to join us on r.t. i mean what then is that the forefront of russia's minds now they now have taken the presidency for a month for what's top of the list to tackle a long list isn't it. well there's a long list and it's looking like

a very crowded month of march the highlight of our presidency is going to be a ministerial debate on afghanistan which will be chaired by the foreign minister sergey lavrov and we expect the participation of a number of ministers from both security council member and nonmember states because everybody will be invited to speak with members of the united nations those who choose to participate and the mandate of the u.n. mission of going to stand is going to be extended for another year and that of course is going to be very important for afghanistan with the upcoming presidential elections in april of two thousand and fourteen with the unclear prospects of foreign military presence when u.s. forces and i suffer international forces are going to pull out in two thousand and fourteen then clear process of prospects for national dialogue and reconciliation so there are so many important issues with the a lot at stake before the security council that was saying that this is going to be

very important element of our program of work for the month of march but i don't think we're going to have an important discussion on and please go ahead sort of says a small delay on the line also of course the other big important decision or talks to be had about what to do with syria next a big schism amongst a very she remembers about what is the best thing to do is russia going to try and bring people together than over the next month. well you know there is nothing specific at this point in our program of work on syria but of course syria comes our way every now and then for under different circumstances for instance yesterday there was a stirring briefing to the consultation of the security council of communitarian agencies describing the awful situation in that country so of course there is a lot of warre and frequent discussions in the security council of the situation in syria our position is very simple we believe that the violence must stop and for

that dialogue must be established without precondition and the government to saying that there were outlined for their negotiating team and their outline their proposals for dialogue there is a geneva document of june two thousand and twelve which we believe should serve as the consensus basis for dialogue unfortunately in the past few days the opposition seems to have been backtracking from the original statement which was made by the leader of the national coalition is to cut the about readiness to go into dialogue with the syrian government this is the key issue without dialogue i'm afraid and without the political will on the part of all syrians all the main stakeholders in that country the international community can do much we cannot resolve that crisis for them we can tell them russia is trying to do exactly that by talking at the same time with the government and the various opposition groups urging them to enter that into a dialogue but unless they themselves make that determination i'm afraid violence

will continue and the crisis will will will continue to spiral and of course the syrian opposition very much in the news again today they've been promised more non lethal help from the u.s. if that's the case where's the lethal support coming from do you think was russia is her view on that. well i know that this there is this general understanding that maybe qatar is supplying weapons to syria but here i am basing myself mostly on newspaper accounts and on the previous experience because it's well known now that in the course of the crisis in libya for instance qatar happened to be a major supplier of weapons into that country you know there is this all this talk about non-lethal assistance from the united states there is a certain clear division of labor the united states for a number of reasons chooses not to sally's hands with direct supply of weapons to to the armed groups because among them there are some terrorists and others with

whom the united states would prefer not to be associated but at the same time they they give a wink and a nod to those who provide direct military aid to the two rebel armed groups and all this is very unfortunate because it takes the tension away from the need to enter into political dialogue instead of asking for more assistance of various sorts the opposition groups including the national national council should be sticking to their initial or expression of readiness to enter into dialogue should should be amplifying their political program because we have not seen a political program from them or the government in the speech of president assad in january did outline a political program maybe it was not satisfactory for for the opposition but at least it was there they should have and should have and should now reciprocate by outlining their political program which which they could bring to the table of

dialogue with the government and russia and we hope other important members of the international community would be there to facilitate those discussions and bastard like to talk for a moment about the latest in iran no still certain no significant breakthrough of course in those talks in kazakstan iran said they were they were in some ways positive but the general consensus was not a lot was done the talks further talks are agreed what are your thoughts about that . well my understanding was that it was a sort of a positive meeting and it's of course a very good news that they have already now agreed to have an expert meeting within weeks and then in early april another session of this. negotiation between mrs ashton and mr jolie and political directors from the six countries who are accompanying those talks are negotiating with iran but my understanding is that the u.s. have to tackle the core of the issues and the six brought new proposals to the table

with active participation of russia in the process with anything radically new in those you know in kazakhstan. well you know. not really a radical new but there are some new important elements which should make it more attractive for the iranians to finally enter into negotiations on the core of the matter and that is you have to happen i'd like to ask you about bradley manning i'm sure you're familiar with a casey's pleaded guilty to ten of the twenty two charges now likely to spend twenty years behind bars what are your thoughts on that development today to the breaking news this hour in our three i'm sorry i didn't i did i didn't get the call i didn't get the question you had the bradley manning case i'm sure you're absolutely up to speed with it in the last hour or two bradley manning the american private the whistleblower as they're calling this plane i'm so i'm sorry i'm sort of this is not i'm not i'm sort of this is not something we deal with in the united nations and i'm not up to to this absolutely no nothing wrong with that answer to

last quick question north korea it's. had with its nuclear tests there's not strong criticism that came from the u.n. really only that amount to a slap on the wrist. well we made very quickly a press statement where we condemned the nuclear test and expressed our determination to provide an adequate reaction in the form of it is illusion of the security council the united states has prepared a draft of this resolution but so far they have chosen not to engage the russian delegation and in the discussion of that resolution we believe that there should be a strong signal of the security council to d.p. a case of disapproval of this dangerous course of action but at the same time this should be a kind of a resolution which would also help lead towards the resumption of six party talks and a diplomatic. final resolution of this issue of the nuclearization of the korean peninsula telegenic in the russian ambassador to the u.n. we know you're busy man and we do appreciate your time thanks. this is our tailings

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just say look at. the time a little. live will. see its technology innovation all the list i'm elements from around russia we've got the future covered. well again the sun setting on benedict the sixteenth tenure as pope he's a bid farewell to his cardinals who then flew to his temporary residence he'll be there for a couple of months of course well works completed on a permanent home in the vatican for him while his successor has the daunting task meantime restoring the church's battered reputation after a string of child abuse and corruption scandals at is

a really good reports from rome but it's probably safe to say that he has breathed a sigh of relief and some respect because yesterday during his address to the masses as he did say that for the last several years they felt like i was a tremendous burden on him and sometimes he felt like he could crack under the pressure of course what he's leaving behind is not just his famous red shoes which he will not be wearing anymore his room behind a rather trying is rather hard legacy as a lot of people that we have spoken to have said that the pope has not been quite good and and making the catholic church keep up with the times with modern times and more details here now about what kind of challenges the catholic church is now facing it's not just about selecting a new bishop of rome some say but the very future of the catholic church the catholic church is undergoing a very important crisis it is a crisis at two levels it is a government tries this entity is

a crisis of the believers. in the last years of the world was focused on the government crisis in devout pick up the gloria pope benedict was a pope who is a great intellectual thing a theologian but he has not is strong hand to lead the crew here he has not the temperament of a government so there was a lack of leadership which culminated in the great scandals of but the leaks. far from the splendor of the sistine chapel a closer look at the recent events in the vatican to highlight disillusionment and frustration with the church once on top of the i distanced myself from the church when i became an adult when i started talking about what had been taught what it was actually after all the scandals broke out in the catholic church and i realized that it doesn't represent my spirituality benedict the sixteenth may have been the first pope with a twitter account but many argue this measure alone was not strong enough in

appealing to the masses and there will be no more tweets once pope benedict the sixteenth steps down now this is the age of transparency the age of the people the churches should be properly. they'd be. considered sacred she was. their great asset everybody now you see that it would be to be. the problem of the media they're really working on the system he went to change many things about the church for people the gabrielli of this inability to face up to and much less to punish those who may be responsible for tainting the image of the church is the deciding factor in abandoning catholicism. if there's another scandal with the girl who disappeared in the vatican twenty years ago i got and they say the man found her remain with italian police sort of leading the investigation here but instead of helping them the vatican is obstructing the investigation that's likely they knew about this and stayed silent and on top of all those cases of pedophilia with

that this is just disgusting the list of controversial events involving catholic priests or vatican officials reads like a tabloid reports of sex abuse pedophilia accusations allegedly corruption and possible ties with the mafia while the media especially in italy has been having a healed day with the scandals the vatican other states silent or rebuffed all accusations but those things may be looking rather grim for the seat of st peter's at a first glance. there is still a chance the catholic church can make a comeback which would be which would bring change. with the church would be splitting you know be with a group through google to but then you came out stronger could be stronger we become to reform because you've got to do with the power diminished in the spiritual so. don't move this long to the church was the spiritual but in spite of that personality restart relations have left me wondering if the holy see

has been blind the world is rapidly changing and the rock way is that the catholic church has failed to keep pace sure it has seen a fair number of ups and downs as well as scandal in two thousand year long history but there is opinion that perhaps taking an unpleasant development sweeping it under the carpet and filling it with people going for secrecy is a tradition better left in the past in rome. r.t. . ok we're with you than your thoughts on the long term prospects for the catholic church is a proposed for its new leader this is how you see things unfolding in the vatican over the next decade thanks taking part on our web poll if you have just over forty percent of voters there you can see forty four percent so the church will drown him in its mounting scandals it's by far the majority the less than twenty five percent of you think the catholic movement will benefit from the anti muslim center moves in europe and it's actually increasing therefore its influence while the fifty

percent who think the schism will render the church powerless and slightly fewer still have some confidence that there will be a resurgence that so that is coming this you could change the course just log on to r.t. dot com let us know what you think about this big story of the day again. now the ongoing standoff between israel and hamas has made it almost impossible for journalists on both sides to do their job palestinian media isn't recognized by israel nor its journalist rights while hamas prohibits gars a journalist have any contact with israelis paulus liam and colleagues struggling then to report through the blackout and help sworn enemies try to understand each other a bit better. november last year israel and gaza are at war and in the middle of it a gaza journalist reporting hedy for you to an israeli newspaper it was the last major story sunny hour as rami would write for the hebrew priests

a month later gaza's weaken hamas party banned palestinian journalists from working with israeli media accusing it of being hostile tel aviv refuses to recognize hamas and regards it as a terrorist organization an image that the from other i do not understand this decision unfortunately i feel that our struggle will have less meaning if we do not speak to the israeli media and make them here on message sami feels he's on a personal crusade to help both sides better understand each other when his nine year old daughter was hit by an israeli missile it was his israeli editors who arranged for her to be bought across the border and treated and it was in the newspapers that he published his anger and anguish of israel's bombardment of gaza israeli to how to me and israel is using the media in its war against us in this war journalists are under attack they want to kill all our words and reports that prove that there were no crimes in gaza at least their father has a half year of the attack is coming from both sides of the order of israeli

journalists today are banned from working long hours are dying but ironically it's not a must but tel aviv that stops them deeming it too dangerous for them to report from there in gaza is a very scary place for israelis some may mask people came to my palestinian cameramen in gaza they gave him twenty five thousand dollars and we told him that the next time that the jewish is going to enter gaza please tell us where it's going to be a route with a car we're going to kidnap both of you and take you take him and it really is you know had him over is among a handful of his way journalists who'd regularly work in gaza but after his government made it illegal six years ago his station employed gaza based palestinian journalists now because of hamas is ruling even that has become impossible. very problematic decision or from a fuck of a lot of other decisions that the hamas made i think that the problem of normalization. connecting trying working with the israeli media the

result is that the only reports of even gaza that are those hamas sanctions are not particularly promising in one of the recent human rights watch report that accuses a muscle harassing assaulting an arbitrarily detaining journalists israel too has come under fire for deliberately targeting reporters and media houses affiliated to him us between us last one gaza israel felt twenty places in the two thousand and thirteen it will place freedom index due to the actions of its army in the palestinian territories these two journalists of with sami because he speaks of mice he engages his radio audiences. because he spends so much time in palestinian areas with few israelis days to trade the media blackout does little to shed light on the fate and future of ordinary gazans it also pits rate stereotypes on both sides of the border that have done nothing but breed mistrust and hatred policy on t.v. television. news out of so far this are with me kevin though and i'm back in just

over half an hour we've got some great programs lined up for you tonight next after the break we take you to russia's koehler peninsula for a front row seat to see nature's also sky high light show it's beautiful open stay with us for that scene of it. i've got a lot of messages from our t.v. viewers who are very concerned about trolls living under skynet is not the american way and many are concerned about their safety and privacy congressman ted poe has introduced a bill that may address some people's concerns about drones this bill is the preserving american privacy act which clarifies how the government can use these drugs so basically the act.