this is pressing for peace in syria u.k. prime minister david cameron meets president putin. to promote a transitional government in the war torn country. pakistan ahead of the milestone democratic voters already being dubbed one of the deadliest in the country's history. of this world problems the crew of the international space station prepare for a space walk to deal with a leaky cooling system. here it out just after nine pm now moscow time of first then u.k.

prime minister david cameron and russian president vladimir putin have met the path to peace and war torn syria trying to bridge their differences on the issue. has been following the talks at the black sea resort city of sochi. literally seventy two hours after the u.s. state secretary john kerry met the russian president and the russian foreign minister in moscow david cameron the british prime minister came over to the city of sochi the host city of the twenty fourteen winter olympics that's where the russian president will be meeting most of his international callie's over the coming months and the biggest intrigue of this meeting here in sochi was whether david cameron would sing to the same to you as john kerry did in moscow now after months of harsh criticism coming from russia towards the west for taking one side in the syrian conflict that is the side of the syrian rebels even pushing for arming the syrian rebels and providing them with military training and even possibly intervening into the conflict by force now experts have said that after

the meeting and most call the stances of the both sides have somewhat softened the result of the meeting in moscow was the international conference to be called on by the end of this month which will see hopefully see both the members of the syrian opposition and the syrian government at the same negotiation table to in an attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict we heard here in sochi from david cameron who said that while u.k. acknowledges the fact that this is the syrian people who must choose their new government that is why he is strongly supportive of the international conference by the end of this month secret that we have had differing views on how best to handle the situation but we share fundamental aims to end the conflict to stop syria fragmenting let the syrian people choose who governs and to prevent the growth of violent extremism so i strongly support the conference that mr lavrov for mr kerry

agreed this week to deliver a political solution a solution which has a transitional government based on the consent of the syrian people as a whole so the latest events of the last three days of talks between washington moscow and london have. clearly given us a sign that there may be a things to come but there may be some interesting things to come in terms of the syrian conflict and it's interesting to see whether this international meeting by the end of this month can actually do something to resolve the crisis in a peaceful way but definitely the fact that the rhetoric has been softening is a major breakthrough on the syrian conflict on the stances about the syrian conflict from the major international players but of course britain and russia's efforts to work together to stop the violence in syria been complicated by some toxic allegations london remains insistent that the syrian government has quote very likely used chemical weapons while suggesting the rebels didn't that's despite a recent u.n. probe revealing evidence indicating opposition forces could have used nerve gas and

with the u.k. pushing to lift an arms embargo on syria the talks are already faced with many potential stumbling blocks as are two sort of first round of 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 investigated said that as yet they conclusion whether either side has indeed has chemical weapons now the one day talk is taking place at a time when those quoting calls for some form of diplomatic progress to be made in place by again to be very much focused on that the prime minister's spokesman saying that the u.k. considers russia an important player when it comes to these discussions at the state this russian the u.k. has certainly had a fractious the past when it comes to the topic 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 bush. 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. for being seen to try to step up. bring an end to the e.u. arms embargo that would then allow the supply of weapons to the forces a place to the syrian regime a lot of concern from some here in the country and indeed internationally as to who exactly would constitute the legitimate opposition given that there's say 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

in country something cremated remains to be seeing but the u.k. prime minister's restated his commitment to trying to find some form of diplomatic progress moving forward. prime minister says a britain russia share the aim of ending the bloody conflict in syria adding that moscow london still of the differences on the issue let's find out maybe pick apart how big those differences are and whether any progress has been made in that meeting in sochi but regardless of british labor m.p. joins us on the line from london highbury lots of talk positive talk about bringing peace to syria mutually it has to be said of the day as anything concrete being decided is there a viable way forward. i don't think anything concrete has been decided but i think the mood music is very good but i was not as hopeful twenty four hours ago that we would see this level of concord between president putin and the u.k.

prime minister and i think clearly the discussion has been a good one and what is clear is that i think both countries feel that it is really important that we bring an end to this conflict and that there has to be a political solution now i was wary that what may be on the cards is britain arming the rebels and certainly we've heard noises from the united states and indeed noises from the prime minister's own party in parliament here in the u.k. saying that we should be arming the rebels to really work would be a huge and say how does that work with bring in place that question it. of course that's exactly the point and i don't think it would and i think it would be a retrograde step if we did that so i'm pleased to hear from the outcome of the discussions today that the mood music has stepped back a little from that it's been much more focused on politics it's been much more

focused on dialogue and i think the role that president putin can play in this is absolutely essential the offer of hosting roundtable talks i think is a very positive one. and i hope that we will see russia's considerable influence in syria with the regime there brought to bear i think in fairness that russia was slow off the mark a year or so ago they should have taken a firmer line with the assad regime but now i think president putin is quite clear that there does need to be a political resolution and it's very difficult to see how that will come without some really tough talking to the regime in syria but i wonder what was said at this meeting and we don't know were there but i wonder what who said if you're a fly on the wall about the very contentious issue claims and counterclaims of whether or not chemical weapons have been used. yes we heard again this this

claim today from the president of of turkey that this syrian regime has used chemical weapons against the rebels i think it's been very difficult to say with any certainty who has used these weapons if they have been used to tour. it clearly violates chapter seven of the united nations charter if that is the case it's very serious and it would give cause for the united nations to take military intervention in the situation but i think the moment things are so clouded things are so obscure that that really is not on the cards i think much better that we focus on the political resolution that we get some very tough talking going on by the international community to the regime but also making it clear that the rebels who are a very mixed bag very different different and disparate group of people with very

conflicting aims they are not seen as simply the good guys versus the bad guys in this there are some people in the rebels who i'm sure are good guys they're equally some go i think are there to do what we would all not want to see and that is to advance the sort of militant terrorism that the world has been plagued with you in chechnya america even recently by the the attacks on the boston marathon from people whose origin was in chechnya so i think we've all suffered from this terrorism and none of us want to see syria become a breeding ground of yet more america british labor m.p. thank you thoughts much appreciated. thank you. election campaigning in pakistan may be done and dusted but deadly bomb blasts are striking terror across the rest of nation on the eve of the parliament poll a motorbike stuff with explosives detonated near political party offices in the

country's north killed at least four wounded many others it is the latest string indeed of terrorist attacks ahead of the vote which marks pakistan's first democratic transition and its a brief insight into the top positions on the ballot list one of the front runners is the ruling socialist orientated pakistan people's party which was founded and so far led by the powerful bhutto family however they're expected to be outmaneuvered by the pakistan muslim league and that's headed by former prime minister now is sharif he's looking to score points by turning his back on washington and his war on terror in the region now the dark horse in the race also playing the anti u.s. card is cricket legend turned politician an anti drone activist in ram can with his movement for justice or the p.t.i. supported by pakistan's military our correspondent catherine off went to pakistan to see how the country's been approaching this landmark election. 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 that reason bomb and gun attacks by militants against religious minorities and secular politicians have called the country's stability into question and sown 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 be the women. the pakistani taliban has vowed to target the country secular parties and they've made good on that threat the national party or the 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 a 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 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. people's party. party's. good security.

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 start it's election time politicians make promises to get votes get their seats and then they 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 in pakistan is a dangerous game and that democracy can be deadly. r.t. islamabad pakistan. spoke to its national security specialist patricia did you know she thinks the people of pakistan are so fed up with conditions in the country that they will head to both despite the ongoing violence. these things are very tough though you know we saw the same thing in afghanistan with the taliban threatening and they're you know as we're seeing they're very very serious about these threats and and it's difficult for people that don't have a lot of of ability and maneuverability around with so many threats going on of around them here goes a long way particularly when you just you don't know

when it's going to happen and you're looking around at every corner. but you know i we see this in several countries and we've seen this around the east and people really take risks to get out there and and exercise their right and their voices are becoming victims from an xterm will power and they're becoming victims by their own internal struggles so yeah people become very very tired you know remember when you're so traumatized and and you become absolutely exhausted with this continuous type of. you know a reflection in your reality it's sometimes it's hard to to be so courageous knows should refuse parties expected to lead in the polls pledge to end. the country's cooperation in america's war on terror how is that going to affect the war on terror as far as pakistan is concerned the war on terror well i think we know as as

the u.s. need to start rethinking our own strategy on our war on terror maybe this is a good time for us to decide to pull back a bit on how freely were using drone strikes and continuing to do that in the area . you know pakistan individuals need to take firm control of their own future and you know they seem to you know the feedback that you get from most individuals there is that they're suffering from this war on terror so i think you know former prime minister in the future for mr sharif will get quite a bit of support for pulling back from the americans in this case. well as we've heard american drone strikes a major issue in the country's election campaign a huge hurdle in relations between pakistan and the u.s. have been declared illegal by pakistani court and according to washington they used to wipe out al qaida and taliban fighters but pakistan blames them for scores of civilian deaths no doubt dot com a website you can have your say what you think about drone wars you'll find

a poll there on the matter this week telling us so far so far the vast majority of you see drone strikes as nothing more than a war crime as you can see there eighty percent. slightly up just ten percent think that the operations give mixed results. actually allow the pakistan government to kill its enemies at minimal cost fewer still consider drones the only fighting option for extremists in remote areas finally a few seventy five percent believe that they're fundamentally justified to believe more precise. coming up the international space station springs a leak of mony is pouring from the i assesses not for first time r.t. shaun thomas says all the facts and figures on the two decade old space mission after the break i also tell you 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 it's also been said before more about that in a moment to. speak

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well. sorry it's technology innovation all the rest of bellemont around russia. the huge earth covered. again the international space station sprung a leak the six month crew reported to ground control on thursday when white flags were seen the scraping from the structure russian and american experts of meeting to troubleshoot what one flight directors called a very serious defect now earlier also shown thomas told my colleague marina just more about this oversold mission them. you know obviously a lot about nasa and the ice has so tell us what's happening there exactly i mean apparently they saw some flakes there but how serious is a problem exactly well of thursday may ninth astronauts were you know reviewing the space station and what do they see if they see these white crystal flakes dissipating into the vacuum of space now from the area where they saw this coming

from they determined that it was a coolant leak specifically an ammonia type of went in the to be system. system that they have had problems with in the past now it is something that they're 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 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. world news a brief note the u.k. says it will remove non-essential embassy staff from libya's capital tripoli the city seen mounting political uncertainty and violence over recent months including a car bomb attack on france's embassy bridges announcement comes just hours after a bomb targeted a police station in the eastern city of benghazi where two similar attacks have taken place this month. thousands of gathered in belgrade to protest the handover of serbian territory to kosovo authorities it comes as the two governments agree on a brussels brokered treaty to normalize regional relations but also paves the way for serbia's even session the agreement is fifty thousand ethnic serbs on the cost of a rule in a region prone to ethnic strife belgrade ever remains adamant in its refusal to recognize cross overs in state. after the terror attack on the boston marathon cities across the u.s. are looking to blanket the streets with more surveillance cameras but authorities

are at odds with privacy advocates who are concerned that monitoring every step will create more problems than it solves our investigators for us. video surveillance market in the u.s. has been permanently expanding from 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 staff some would say it's appropriate the site 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 are out made 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 a peak in holes and increase and of course that can equate to a peak in sales i hate to say it but our phones have 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 information you can get the experts estimated that this industry would reach revenues of more than twenty billion dollars by twenty

six teams but now those numbers are being recalculated to be projected even higher because of the time. rous attacks that took place at boston as government spending on video surveillance is expected to surge and shared between law enforcement officials and privacy advocates is also expected to freaks 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 our take. on the night sky was lit up on amazing part of the show video. calling to see a dozen victims. displayed sixty eight years since the defeat of nazi germany

removing the collections from fiction something someone. else just click away as well will be new up to the first row seat so watch a very rare kind of solar eclipse if you've missed it this time around the phenomena is not expected to visit as for the twenty years one up way was way if you can typically. see. it sells more than a few minutes time tonight prime interest rates whether or not internet users should be paid for using social media a good question we try to get some on says after the break. 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 to clear themselves official conspiracy theories that silly obviously it isn't 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 in one nine hundred thirty s. overall people think that spears the 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 to win for the cosmos you might want to just stay away from that one but that's just my opinion. good afternoon welcome to prime and trista i'm harry and boring and here is the topic that we're following today. game on the big bang surfing club syfy that's regulator speak for too big to fail is going on the office executives from five of the biggest banks met in private to discuss their p.r. problem they also hired several former bush and obama administration officials to lobby congress their pitch well every additional dollar in capital they're required to hold translates into eight to ten dollars less to lend but according to the fed the biggest twenty five banks are already sitting on over six hundred billion dollars in extra cash which is not big and from two thousand and seven to two

thousand and eight the fannie and freddie titan loan standards and eventually stop purchasing subprime loans altogether we all know what happens next well it's like they're getting choosy again a new rule by the federal housing finance agency which oversees the housing giants would take effect next january and it would again thailand's living standards no word yet from the what obama's new nominee to head the agency but we'll get to him later now the dow hit fifteen thousand this week it is up substantially again today but have we seen the ultimate contrarian indicator the new york fed no less released a study that concludes stocks are about as cheap as they've ever been as well when irving fischer said in one nine hundred twenty nine that stocks had reached a permanently high plateau stay tuned as we discuss this the same ability of current markets and here's what's in your prime interest.