and. the u.k. and russia go ahead to go head to head on syria with many differences to overcome prime minister cameron is meeting president putin sought you to find a way out of the ongoing conflict. general election campaigning wraps up in pakistan had of the milestone democratic vote that's already been dubbed one of the deadliest in the country's history. and the crew of the international space station deal with a leaking cooling system all the details of the incident just. it's five pm in moscow you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program

well u.k. prime minister david cameron isn't russia to try and rush out a pass to peace in war torn syria together with russian president vladimir putin the two leaders are meeting in the black sea resort of sochi and as are like here chefs in our reports the two sides have quite a big gap to bridge. well literally seventy two hours after the event which in was meeting john kerry the secretary in moscow he's meeting the british prime minister david cameron in the city of sochi the host of the winter olympics in twenty fourteen that's where the russian president fact will be meeting most of his international colleagues over the coming months now this comes of course at the meeting in moscow where a principal decision on holding an international conference by the end of this month to have both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negotiation table to attempt to find some kind of peaceful solution to the syrian conflict indeed this meeting in moscow was a breakthrough according to many experts because after months of harsh rhetoric the

sides of managed to soften their position and agree on something in the long run the positions of the united states and russia have been different just the same story with the position of the u.k. and russia as well for months russia has been criticizing the west for taking one side in this conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels russia has been criticizing the calls in the west to arm the syrian rebels provide them with military training and even possibly intervene into the conflict going on in syria now definitely we also know that russia also said about the syrian conflict that the west has been calling on assad to step down but at the same time never mentioned that the future of the future of syria must be decided by the syrian people and mosco john kerry in many ways agreed that the syrian people who will have to decide the future of the country in the election at the same time he

reached aerated that that washington does not want to see assad in power it's interesting to see whether the same sentiments will be coming from david cameron after he meets president putin here in sochi especially given the fact that he already did a statement saying that there was an urgent need to find a quick and peaceful solution to the syrian conflict and that is exactly the reason why david cameron was flying to sochi to meet the russian president of course we'll be keeping our viewers up to date as we get all the details here in the russian city of sochi. by birdman russia's efforts to work together to stop the violence in syria are being complicated by some toxic allegations london remains insistent that the syrian government has very likely used chemical weapons while suggesting the rebels didn't and that's despite a recent u.n. probe revealed evidence indicating opposition forces could have used a nerve gas and with the u.k. pushing to lift an arms embargo in syria the talks are already faced with manny potential stumbling blocks that are just there for an hour reports the prime

minister said to m.p.'s in the house of commons recently that there's a growing body of limited but persuasive evidence that the syrian regime has used and continues to use chemical weapons now the u.n. war crimes investigators have said that as yet they've reached new conclusions as to whether either side has indeed use chemical weapons now the one day talk is taking place at a time when there is growing calls for some form of diplomatic progress to be made in place sites are going to be very much focused on not the prime minister's spokesman saying the u.k. considers russia an important player when it comes to these discussions despite this russian the u.k. has certainly had a fractious the past when it comes to the topic of syria i would urge the russians and the russian government even at this late stage to look very carefully at why keeps doing what it's looking to do in syria the longer this goes on the stronger

the case becomes for lifting the arms embargoes on the national coalition on the syrian opposition if we're left with no other alternative to that to say coming at a time when the u.k.'s been seen to try to step up efforts to bring an end to the e.u. arms embargo that would then allow the supply of weapons to the forces a face to the syrian regime a lot of concern from some here in the country and indeed internationally as to. the legitimate opposition given that the same much concern surrounding the other elements inside the country that are also confusing the extremely fractured picture that we're seeing playing out as the syrian conflict continues nonetheless the two sides are going to be pushing ahead with these talks whether or not they'll be able to put that fractious past behind them and come to something greenman remains to be seeing but the u.k. prime minister has restated his commitment to trying to find some form of

diplomatic progress moving forward now ukraine's idea of unleashing a flow of lethal aid to the syrian opposition is fueling fears the arms me fall into the wrong hands with many experts pointing out that al qaeda linked groups have a growing influence they are russian european politics professor richard software says the rebels in syria are radicalizing and the west has only been making the situation worse. we do know quite a lot about the details of some of the groups involved though the details of the dynamics between them we know very little we do know that the various militant al-qaeda affiliated groups are strengthening because they have been the most years alone what has been the greatest tragedy of this whole thing over the last two or so years is that there has been and always was some gloom in the middle and this is now being squeezed out in part of the fault of the policy of the west but it's not only their fault but clearly they have not facilitated those who are willing to

negotiate and to go to the table so therefore the evidence that the last two days are the first limiting of hope that somehow or other some sort of negotiated settlement could emerge out of this because syria is very difficult libyan it's very difficult. you have a very powerful stable forces internally which are beginning now to find trying to find a path to a post conflict situation and dare i hope that this visit today if they're ever going with the russian and with putin can begin to facilitate this sort of passed out of conflict there is a way out but it means that all sides have to start changing and be willing to give and take a bit more. out of russia and the u.k. seek a common approach to ending the syrian conflict the u.s. has taken a step back and its support to have the countries opposition only examined was washington seems more reluctant to use force in the region and increasingly radical

thread among those looking to oust president asad all that much more coming up your way. now election campaigning in pakistan may be done and dusted but dadley bomb blasts are striking terror across their restive nation on the eve of the parliament poll a motorbike stuffed with explosives that. native new europe political party offices in the country's north killing at least four and one being many others it's the latest in a string of terrorist attacks ahead of the vote which marks pakistan's first democratic power transition so here's a brief insight into the top positions on the ballot list one of the front runners is the ruling socialist oriana pakistan people's party which was founded and so far led by the powerful bhutto family however the are expected to be outmaneuvered by the pakistan muslim league and headed by two time former prime minister nawaz

sharif he is looking to score points by turning his back on washington and its war on terror in the region well the dark horse of the race also playing the anti-u.s. card is cricket legend turned politician an anti drone activist that's imran khan with his movements for justice or that p.d.i. supported by pakistan's military or our correspondent losing often of went to pakistan to see how the country's been approaching the landmark elections. week after week these are the images the world has seen coming out of pakistan victims of a brutal wave of violence bomb blasts rippling across the country this is supposed to be a time of triumph for a country that's gearing up for its first ever democratic transition from one elected government to another but recent bomb and gun attacks by militants against religious minorities and secular politicians have called the country's stability into question and so on fear among pakistani voters. everyone is scared of bombs

and nobody feels safe so very few people go and vote because they're scared and go to knows who will be the winner. the pakistani taliban has vowed to target the country secular parties and they've made good on that threat the awami national party or the a and p. has borne the brunt of the attacks forced to campaign in the shadows. we can't campaign we can't arrange meetings all parties are doing rallies with millions of people but we can only do them with two hundred men and even when we do that terrorists still target us but islam is parties have been targeted to this is the aftermath of an attack against a political party seen as being sympathetic to the taliban but the latter have condemned to democracy as a whole meaning any political party taking part in the elections could be considered fair game by the militant group more than six hundred thousand security personnel including fifty thousand soldiers have been deployed to during the election to guard against attacks but that's not exactly a comforting sight for

a country that's been ruled by the military for almost half its life as an independent state the violence isn't just political in a country where the majority faith is islam religious minorities have accused the mainstream political parties of not doing enough to protect them against attacks that could hurt the ruling party in the polls. that people's party iron. parties. played the positive. security. questions are never these but the issues that may shape the outcome of the vote are more clear cut pakistan's economy has been battered by three years of successive floods which severely damaged agricultural heartlands power cuts are endemic with some rural areas getting only four hours of electricity per day clean water and food education and health care remain out of reach for many pakistanis crime and unemployment are huge issues in the cities all the main parties have vowed to

tackle these bread and butter issues but few have outlined exactly how leaving voters skeptical to start it's election time politicians make promises to get votes get this seems to forget everything about nearly five thousand candidates are running for pakistan's lower house of parliament and more than ten thousand hopefuls are angling for seats in pakistan's four provincial assemblies when it comes to the job of prime minister polls indicate that it's a showdown between former cricket legend imran khan and former prime minister nawaz sharif the latter seems to be heading to victory but khan has ridden a wave of popularity among younger voters with its promise to clamp down on corruption it's a tight race that's been overshadowed by violence a landmark election that is proven so far to be the bloodiest in the country's history the attacks are a stark reminder that politics and pakistan is a dangerous game and that democracy can be deadly music out front of our team islamabad pakistan well american drone strikes

a major issue in the country's election campaign a huge hurdle and relations between pakistan and the us have been declared illegal by a pakistani court cording to washington drones are used to wipe out all qaida and taliban fighters but pakistan blames them for scores of civilian deaths dot com at the moments you can leave your say on the u.s. led drone wars so far well there you'll find a hole for you on the. of course and so far let's have a look at how some of the viewers voted the majority as we can see we're just seventy seven percent say the drone strikes are nothing but a war crime will finally over tamper sand here say that operations give mixed results but allow the pakistani government to kill autonomy is a minimal cost a bit less than that consider drones the only option for fighting extremists and remote areas and finally very few of our viewers believe the are fundamentally

justified but need to be more precise so do let us know what you think on the issue by logging on to dot com and having your say. coming up in the program the international space station springs a leak omonia is pouring from the ice and it's not the first time thomas has all the facts and figures on the two decade old space mission after the break. also what happened in the wake of the boston bombing cities in the u.s. push for more surveillance cameras but many question whether big brother equipment will only create the illusion of safety that's in just a minute here on r.t. . the civilized world produces more food. well people die of hunger in other countries. millions of victims every. where in new delhi is the most tragic.

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welcome back you're watching our team u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel has been ruled out military action against syria but stressed that a political solution is more viable a pad gone chief added that the country is collapsing becoming an increasingly real possibility with a war they are becoming more sick tarion has got it she can no explains washington remains reluctant to get further involved in the conflict. after the administration all but accused the assad government of having used chemical weapons vice president joe biden now says quote we don't know for certain whether they were used by some of the opposition including the radicals who have aligned themselves with al qaeda this is probably the first time we hear someone in the administration talk about the possibility that the rebels may have used chemical weapons just a few days ago the white house press secretary was responding to the findings of the u.n. human rights investigation which said serry nerve gas may have been used by the rebels in syria and he basically brushed off the report saying it's quote highly

likely that al saud forces were behind it that has also been the narrative perpetuated in the media last week chuck hagel said the administration is considering arming the opposition also this week a bill was introduced in the senate that would authorize exactly that chuck hagel delivered a speech at the this conference in washington where several commanders of the free syrian army were also invited in that speech he does not mention or means the rebels he said that turkey jerry kerry and russian foreign minister lavrov announced they will seek to convene an international conference with representatives of the syrian government and the opposition to determine how to implement a political transition in syria. using the full range of tools the united states will continue to work toward achieving our goal of ending the violence and helping the syrian people transition to a post to sort of forward so we see there is a build up of hope for this conference which will presumably take place sometime at

the end of may both washington and moscow said they're working on it but as far as the syrian opposition so far they have not clearly come out in favor of a political solution also it's not clear how the idea of a political solution something that washington says it wants to achieve can coexist with the idea of flooding the conflict with more weapons because when you give them all arms the message is go fight the messages not stop fighting so it seems that arming the rebels contradicts the core message of this geneva communique and both washington and moscow say they want this upcoming conference to be based on that geneva communique and that message is basically stop fighting and find a political solution while the leader of house velocities armed group is ready to receive sophisticated weapons from syria in response to last week's israeli air strikes near damascus and on the ground the radical groups within the syrian opposition are gaining influence presenting new roll blocks for western support

plans are to fall asleep or has the details. the united nations says that its peacekeeping forces are continuing to monitor the situation of israeli and syrian forces along the israel syrian border but they have said that they've moved some of these units to new positions because of the precarious security situation twice in the last three months u.n. forces have been kidnapped from the very same position according to the martyrs brigade which is the group that detained for filipino u.n. peacekeepers earlier this week they have been released we're being told that the united nations negotiated a safe passage with the syrian army forces in the area meanwhile we all received reports that the free syrian army which is the main opposition to the syrian president bashar assad is losing finds who's as well as capabilities is the most says inside syria in some cases reportedly entire units of the if they say have defected and they've moved to jump. which is and those numbers organization with

links to al qaida what we've been told is that the main reasons for the fictions are better conditions and the missions and weapons but it certainly does present a dynamic for the united states britain and other governments who provide that support to the syrian rebels and also considered arming them with weapons the entire situation is of course also of great concern to israel which is just next door this is why many of these talks between russia and britain to see what they will yield point of c r t tel aviv moscow's night sky is lit up with an amazing part technique show on r.t. dot com you can see the dazzling victory day virus's white which marks sixty eight years into the defeat of nazi germany well we've also got moving words on google actions from the veterans themselves. and just to put away i will bring you up to fillers. to watch breyer kind of solar eclipse if you missed it this time around

while the phenomenon is. specter to visit earth about twenty years' time alternatively of course you can log onto r.t. dot com for more pictures. now the international space station has sprung a leak and the six man crew reported to ground control on thursday when white flakes were seen escaping from the structure russian american taxpayers will meet later to troubleshoot what one flight director has called a very serious defect wires are to sean thomas was more on this orbital odyssey from the area where they saw this coming from they determined that it was a coolant leak specifically an ammonia type movement in the to be system. system that they have had problems with in the past now it is something that they are looking at it is pretty serious but nasa says that astronauts are not in danger at this time now in order to fix it there's a couple things they can do they can shut the system down they can go to a backup systems or redundancies and they can also do

a spacewalk but the problem is that it takes to nasa astronauts to do a spacewalk of this specific type right one of the nasa astronauts is leaving on tuesday so if they're going to do it they have to do it pretty quick what this system does is it cools the electronics and then to deal with the big solar arrays which provide power to the space station so if this doesn't get fixed if something goes wrong there could be some serious consequences but in two thousand and six they did notice a problem with this same thing it was fixed in two thousand and eleven they went up with the idea to top it off and then periodically top off this ammonia leak as they needed but then it developed more problems pretty rapidly they did a spacewalk they fix the problem there's no idea now they don't know if this current problem is still part of the same problem or if it's a different problem with the same system. now following the terror attack on the boston marathon cities across the u.s. are looking to blanket their streets with more surveillance cameras but authorities aren't odds with privacy advocates who are concerned that monitoring every step will create more problems than it solves argues marína portnoy investigates the

video surveillance market in the u.s. has been permanently expanding for more than i decade and here at the new york city a s i s exhibition and conference we are getting an up close look at some of the most latest and cutting edge surveillance technology that is being displayed by many security professionals that technology of course includes facial recognition iris scanning high definition close circuit cameras and other software that was once only seen in side by move stuff some would say it's appropriate for the site but to be taking place in new york city because after all it was the mayor of the big apple that recently said he wanted to expand the amount of surveillance cameras that were on route the city of course those comments came in the aftermath of the boston terrorist attack and the mayor of new york is just one of many officials throughout that it states that are only for surveillance we spoke with some professionals that are here displaying their surveillance technology they say they

have already seen up the. holes and increase and of course that can equate to a peak in sales i hate to say it but our phone's been ringing off the hook since the tragedy and you know it's it's an unfortunate thing but people are starting to think now how they should have been thinking all along you know to be able to provide a safe environment you have to think ahead is there going to be more surveillance cameras deployed and the answer to that is yes because lessons learned have shown us that if you have a bench recording. you can go back and find information that might not have been pertinent while you thought you were filming it but all the sudden if an event happens you need all the and. mission experts estimated that this industry would reach revenues of more than twenty five billion dollars by twenty sixteen but now those numbers are being recalculated to the projected even higher because of the terrorist attacks that took place in boston as government spending on video

surveillance is expected to surge tension between law enforcement officials and privacy advocates is also expected to create critics say that the american public has been forced to see privacy and civil liberties in the name of national security but the payoff hasn't been big after all america's web of spy cams failed to prevent the boston terrorist attacks and even when the f.b.i. finally revealed images of the suspects they needed the public's help to identify according to new york bring up or not r.t. . some other stories from around the world the u.k. says it will the hay says it will remove non-essential embassy staff from libya's capital tripoli the city has seen mounting political uncertainty and violence over recent months including a car bomb attack on france's amnesty britain's announcement comes just hours after

a bomb targeted a police station in the eastern city of benghazi where to similar attacks have taken place this month. rescuers have found another survivor among the dark a garment factory rubble the woman survived seventeen days without food or water trapped under the debris were more than a thousand others died this comes as local authorities are forced to carry out a d.n.a. test on decaying bodies still being extracted from the devastated factory building the e.u. main recipient of the country's garments has threatened bangladesh with sanctions for insufficient safety standards but has yet to act. thousands of protesters have marched in madrid demanding spain's education minister resign and they're angered by a new law set to accede to more jobs in the country's education sector teacher unions say seventy two percent of public education staff participated in thursday's strike and spain's he's almost daily protests over its floundering economy strick

to stary and skyrocketing unemployment. well coming up after a short break and side into the ballot ganz devastating hunger and a horn of africa. you know i've been asked a few times if i believe in conspiracy theories which is kind of an odd question i mean just in general believe in conspiracy theories like all of them even the ones that contradict each other i mean j.f.k. could have been killed by the mob the cia the k.g.b. and various secret societies at the same time or could he have been no it's just declare themselves official conspiracy theories that's silly obviously it is good just go around fishing for evil plots to explain every situation the mainstream

media sure does lie a lot but i think they're telling the truth about that whole sky being blue thing but on the other hand if you never question what the glowing box in your house tells you that just makes you a sucker the kind of sucker who bought that there were magical mysterious invisible weapons of mass destruction in iraq and you know what in all honesty there's actually been real evil conspiracies that have been exposed like the tuskegee experiment and the fascist coup attempt against president roosevelt the one nine hundred thirty s. over all people think it spirity theories are matter of belief but actually they're completely a matter of facts and there's a lot of good evidence to support a conspiracy and good arguments that maybe you should consider it but if someone tells you the president is actually a rip tilling from the cosmos you might want to just stay away from that one but that's just my opinion.

in july two thousand and eleven the horn of africa was struck by a wave of famine. again our screens were flooded with images of them a seeded africans.