mapping out the road to peace in syria russia's foreign minister and the u.s. secretary of state are meeting to push for an international conference on the ongoing deadly conflict. and it comes amid growing fears the violence could spread across the region after a rocket was fired from lebanon into israel following two shells which landed in beirut. also tried paste german chancellor angela merkel hosts the chinese pm is the e.u. threatens beijing with arabs or unfairly selling products below their real value.

at the welcome you watching are take with me and. now the conflict in syria and ways to stop the ongoing civil war are the focus of talks between moscow and washington russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet in paris to prepare a conference on syria planned for next month this comes as tension grows in the region with neighboring states already involved let's get more on this from tom barty. the u.s. and russia have had very clear differences have an eye on this issue in the past such as washington's vocal support for the syrian opposition do you think that in any way might hamper the talks today and in fact any hopes for progress. hi there andy yes lover of and kerry meeting today in paris according to a u.s. official who spoke on friday the subject of their meeting syria that official said their discussion would continue from a discussion that was held on the seventh of may when kerry visited moscow the main

the main emphasis here at the conference that's planned for june trying to bring together various parties in the region chief among them the syrian government and the bashar assad and the rebels there whether they can get both those groups around the table both russia and the u.s. trying in their respective parts to get the rebels or at least a good representation of them there are many divisions within the rebel ranks and the syrian government under bashar al assad to sit down at the table to try and end this two year civil war that's been causing so much damage this all of course comes with heightened tensions in the region and that leading leading to policy a ripples beyond that as well in washington recently a senate committee voted in favor of the proposed legislation which although it's got a long way to go if it if it was passed would allow the u.s.

to supply the syrian rebels or at least certain groups of them with arms which currently has the u.s. has refrained from doing also in the e.u. a meeting of foreign ministers discussing the possible lifting of the e.u. zimbardo of arms to syria and in the region south recent exchanges of fire in southern lebanon also on the golan heights between israel and syria and also that widely suspected but not confirmed airstrikes by israel on the weapons convoys thought to be destined for bashar al assad's government. ok thank you that's our tom barton. well as we've just heard a rocket has apparently been fired from lebanon towards israel that after two shells landed in a hezbollah controlled area of beirut syrian rebel fighters have denied any

involvement but middle east expert. what they say can't be trusted some members of the free syrian army did either however there was one official who said that hezbollah or you know its activity will lead to repercussions that would target by the northern city of tripoli and beirut's international airport or not perhaps as an indicator of what some of these armed opposition groups of these syrian opposition groups are indeed involved in what happened you have to remember that the free syrian army years and to the one block so if one spokesman denies that it might very well be that are not the opposition are opposition group which also use of title the free syrian army could have been involved and one of the rockets even landed here near of church of lies on the border between southern beirut and the christian district so obviously this is not an attack on a husband. institution it's a clearly an act of terrorism against innocent civilians on an inhabited area and

so i think it just goes to show you the nature of these groups who we are dealing with the u.s. enjoys a vast military presence worldwide a recently president obama unveiled a new face to the war on terror defending america's overseas policies but there are more questions about the legal basis for this military activity when the u.s. is fighting wars under the cover of military threats. as this report. president obama in his major national security speech this may quoted james madison saying no nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare at the very same time the administration claims power to wage endless war across the globe there was a senate hearing this may revisiting the authorization for use of military force which congress enacted days after nine eleven attacks in two thousand and one at the hearing pentagon officials claimed that authorization gives the president power to wage endless war anywhere in the world including syria yemen and the congo and

when asked how long they predict this war on terror is going to last they said quote from ten to twenty years and one way of understanding this is you say ten to twenty years when you see no end in sight here's a clip from that hearing on the you agree with me that when it comes to international terrorism we're talking about a war one struggle. absolutely sure that would you agree with me the battlefield is were the enemy chooses to make it. yes sir from boston the to the fuck i couldn't agree with you more do you agree with the general. going to be the goose so by the administration's definition the wall that is the battlefield with me today is brian becker with the answer coalition brian thanks for sharing brian you have president obama saying that his national security speech that the u.s. is not engaged in a boundless war and yet you have this vast military presence across the globe washington post cited a senior administration official who said u.s.

special operations forces were active in seventy five countries to that you had the drone strikes and new drone bases does it look like the u.s. this really seeking to limit itself in the use of military force no in fact the policy in the institutional policy is for the united states that it would be prepared for endless war but to be engaged in all of the activities that would lead one to believe that they are an endless war there's one point three million u.s. military personnel three hundred to four hundred thousand of them are overseas there's nine hundred military bases the united states spends not five hundred twenty five billion which is the defense department budget but really about a trillion dollars on warfare that's greater than the next sixteen nations combined we see an integrated network of bases now drone bases growing increasingly this is to have a full spectrum domination using the military as the club the administration argues that all their military actions in the countries that the u.s. is not at war with are perfectly legal under the u.s.

congress it's authorization for use of military force that's their legal justification for continuing all these attacks what about international law well international law has been shredded by the so-called global war on terrorism or the authorization bill that allows the u.s. to invade any country bomb any country and kill whoever it wants the u.n. charter clear is quite. the united states like all other member nations of the united nations can only go to war and gauge and more engage in military activity. as an act of imminent self-defense in other words the defense from an imminent threat but in fact the united states by arrogating to absolve the right to war anywhere against anyone all the time is clearly in violation of international law while president obama says the administration does not violate anybody's sovereignty because it operates in consultation with the governments concerned the whole population of pakistan their parliament unanimously remotely oppose drone strikes and yet they continue so maybe the administration is in consultation with

the government there but certainly not the people i'm going to check on me today was brian becker with the answer coalition from our studio in washington thanks for watching. so is president obama really a catalyst for change or does he see the same goals as his predecessors that is the question posed in cross talk with the bait centering on the u.s. president's foreign policy is a quick preview. i think when we compare like nixon to bush or obama there's really not much of a comparison we do have something like an imperial presidency now where i don't know if i'd go that far i would say obama you know he was swept into power in two thousand and eight as a you know on change on hope he was really idealistic so originally he had foreign policies that were very different from what what what had happened in the past you know he was saying we shouldn't gauge with so-called rogue states he was saying that we should make this huge effort to engage with the muslim world and so he gave a very famous speech in cairo even went into the very same crossing of the u.s.

policy on israel by really pushing the israelis to do more and on and on settlements and he wanted a big strategic deep relationship with pakistan but all of that basically didn't work out i. mean you can watch that entire crosstalk discussion in just over an hour's time right here on. they also had to come up u.k. industry getting back on its feet. one in income worth of pole my bill was from scipio it all makes me a thing of the past we've come to hate for the northeast of the country to find out the impact that the death of the old industry have had a little local community and why the new signs of life approving so important and digital of the century will soon be able to take part in any riot from around the world from the safety of your own home will tell you hi just off the price.

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twenty five years old questions still remain. just bad hi jack. hello again berlin's maneuvering to avoid a looming trade war between beijing and the e.u. is german chancellor angela merkel hopes the new chinese premier on his first foreign trip germany is the only e.u. destination in the could chang's european tour and it comes after brussels accused china of pricing its solar panels are mobile telecom devices to cheaply and threaten trade tariffs artie's peter all of a has been following the talks between the economic giants of europe and asia. the new chinese prime minister is in germany for talks with chancellor angela merkel

and trade is set to dominate those talks last year alone germany exported around sixty seven billion euros worth of goods to china and they want to see that increase in the future and dylan merkel it has in the past made no secret about her want to court the chinese markets last year she visited beijing twice within the space of seven months and she's wanting to make sure that the trade can be done between the two countries especially considering germany's traditional markets in europe do appear to be drying up the financial crisis meaning that those countries in europe that were previously buying german exports really can't afford to do that at the moment she also perhaps has an eye on the future in a potential british exit from the european union that could see over seventy billion euros worth of exports put into doubt if great britain wasn't part of the trade union or that is the

a you for the chinese they want to do more business with germany germany is one of the few countries that is kept its head above water when it's come to this financial crisis they have also that means that they're one of the few countries economically that can afford to buy more and more chinese exports so that's why we're seeing the world's second largest economy in china courting europe's largest economy and germany to try and mutually to increase mutually beneficial trade between the two countries. well the european commission is pushing the block's members to get engaged in talks with china which could pave the way to a free trade deal they'd need to set aside their tariff frictions that will make an investment pact to start with direct chinese financing could bring in around two hundred billion euros in fresh capital to europe this year if they get double the money paid by the to rescue greece political analysts young it says chinese money

is crucial for debt stricken you're the reason the statistics show that china has increasingly being active in investing in europe therefore investment from china is very important or has become very important for some e.u. economies in. kind of recovery that's not surprising that a number of you politicians or government leaders actually go to china for some kind of help you is very important for china in terms of strategic relationship but also most importantly in trade an economic relationship and germany is the biggest kind of trading partner of china of all you countries and strategically also important a row therefore it's not surprising the prime minister. chooses to visit germany. as the first you country he visited

amid the financial doldrums and toughening austerity economy has managed to show a weak growth at no point three percent in the first quarter of this year british industrial output has been forecast performing stronger than expected but as r.t. sarah firth now reports while it might have dispelled some clouds above the economy the road to recovery will be long and hard. britain's industry seems to be showing some signs of life recent figures from the office for national statistics show industrial production is up which some of seen as a sign the u.k. might be slowly bringing itself back from the brink of another recession but renowned historian nicholas comfort has mapped the decline of the once industrial giant and says that when it comes to industry the k. is still falling far behind the global competition have been massive individual companies the second largest manufacturing power in the world in terms of exports

we had a massive car industry a huge aircraft industry we will world leaders in computing and nuclear power. over that period pretty well all of this is evaporated along with the loss of great british brands britain has gone from having the majority of its workforce in manufacturing to having little over ten percent so just how did this happen you know this clear need for all industries to keep being updated and relevant and the way to do that is to work closely with the workforce and to ensure that there is that modernization happen the life support was turned off for many. industries looted by the seemingly easy cash of the cities finance industry passed governments dismantled largest ways of british industry arguing they were no longer profitable or here in the northeast that heavy industry is a huge point of pride when the coal mines in the still works in the shipyards with

dismantled it wasn't just the loss of the industry it was a huge emotional loss as well it's one that many here have never really recovered from in the aftermath of the industrial collapse skilled labor workforce there was little else today that it is evident with the northeast suffering from the highest unemployment in the country. emotion the shipyards and factories and the stores. perfect. things more difficult especially. but along with the recent piece to manufacturing figures there are signs that things could be looking up the region's annual exports have almost doubled in the last five years enabling job creation in areas such as the car industry recent resurrections might not be enough to replace what once was but this is at least an attempt to breathe life back into areas such

as this and for many in the communities here that could prevent or welcome life sarah r.t. in the north east of england a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world this hour a series of blasts and gunfire once again shaken towns across iraq five were killed in the capital including one teacher and a police officer in three separate incidents of gun fire. fatal roadside blast truck convoys claimed the lives of three iraqi soldiers the northern town moves on a car bomb was detonated during a police dozens more. massive protests against france's new gay marriage bill spiraled into full on violence in the capital on sunday police attempted to disperse the one hundred fifty thousand strong demonstration with gas and rubber bullets before clashing with members of france's extreme right ninety six people

have so far been arrested president francois hollande has been a keys from both sides for using the gay marriage bill to avoid the heat of his economic policy failures. a man went on a shooting spree in concho county in texas on sunday leaving two dead and five wounded according to police the twenty three year old man was armed with an assault rifle a handgun and had hundreds of rounds when he randomly fired passes by one victim was found dead in her car while five others were wounded before police caught up with him the suspect was later killed in the shootout. the effects of the foreign troop withdrawal from afghanistan on border security will be among the key issues discussed at a summit today in the group's capital while the u.s. military base at mass used for his afghanistan missions also faces an uncertain future with plans to close it in july next year and despite the u.s. paying one summary to keep it open over the years many believe its operation does

more harm than good artes it in as this report. three weeks after u.s. military refueling plane went down in the mountains of kurdistan people in the nearby villages are still reeling from the effects of the crash but it went into the mountains right into three fresh water springs where villages get their drinking water the fuel leaked into the streams and now it's impossible to drink i have the official conclusion of an inspection of this water is too polluted to drink people now say their livestock beginning to get sick and when americans came here to get the wreckage they drove right over our pastors and fields the k c one thirty five straight a tanker was one of the planes stationed in the airbase which for a decade has been a major hub for the u.s. led war in afghanistan the base was renamed under the government of president of to rid of any association with another country's military presence on the ground some thought that the heated debate surrounding the airbase would window once it was are

named into a transit center changing the nature of its activity but people in surrounding towns and villages say nothing has changed and they continue to feel the negative effects of the american presence no matter how much money poured into a colony the people still want the u.s. base off their land washington shells out sixty million dollars a year on the lease and wants to extend the deal but the kurdish government has already announced the plans to evict their merican in june of next year once the lease expires the decision could be attributed to the vocal opposition to the base many have expressed over the decade often questioning just what exactly is going on . in the course of all these years the kurgan's government never once inspected the base they have absolutely no control over what's going on there and what kind of operations the base is engaged in americans are the sole bosses of the facility on top of that i'd like to point out that monash is the country's main

civil aviation airport and it is being you. used for military purposes the u.s. would be hard pressed to find a better location afghanistan china and iran are all within easy reach it's the spot on the map that's there for difficult for washington to let go and this puts kurdistan in a very precarious position compared to the risks that. people. buy possibly being dragged into a larger war there's a possibility of course to recapture control of the country and. the ferghana valley and eventually afloat. with destabilization like the afghanistan so the destabilization politically and security wise in the region is hardly worth the. going to return for a comparatively small sum of money tensions have existed since the start

confrontations between locals and military personell have at least once turned fatal when it curtis lorry driver was shot dead by one of the bases guards who believed him to be a threat but it's didn't vironment the tops the long list of complaints about the effects the american transit center has in the region. because experts say planes have to land with their fuel tanks nearly empty so they just dump the fuel over the place mostly in our lowlands and in the mountains in one town even the trees don't grow any more. u.s. officials say any problems are more than compensated for with a huge annual investment into kurdistan's economy which has suppressed one hundred million dollars annually for the past four years but money locals never see means little to the carcass people who describe the treatment they received from the u.s. military personnel as derogatory and would much rather see their crops grow than have another plane spilling fuel into their drinking water in kurdistan in the

r.t.e. . now if you ever wanted to take to the streets in protest at an important cause or perhaps join security services to try to restore pace on the streets well soon you'll be able to do both with a new right video game giving you the opportunity to be on either side of the barricade without putting yourself in direct danger is artie's alexy airships. soon you will be able to take part in a street protest from the comfort of your armchair coming out for handheld devices and p.c.'s is the first riot simulator game wrapped in pixel graphics and old school sounds it will let you choose sides protesters or the police and help violent havoc unfold in the streets of european cities the game's designers say they have taken part in real life protests in italy so they floated this game to tell the truth tale of global uprisings stop listening to the lies of the media shut down the television and get yourself in the line to fight for your freedom of speech is the message on the games website moreover the designers claim they are

documenting eyewitness accounts to make the gameplay as real as possible and to answer many questions like what triggers acts of violence and what do cops feel when an angry mob attacks a game like this would probably have raised eyebrows a few years ago but today the world sees protests on almost a daily basis to a large extent street riots have become a popular media tool music stars film videos with violent street skirmishes and hollywood makes entire movies about street movements scenes of rallies worldwide are ever present on t.v. screens which breeds a feeling that street upheaval is no longer something out of the ordinary the masterminds of the new addition to the whole protest many say their app is more about education than entertainment that i quote one of the designers writing is an experience that needs to be lived and of quote and despite the fact that game hasn't been yet released it's already promises to be a hit judging by the hundreds of thousands of views of its trailer and the developers easily managed to get funding for the game online the rides better

version is expected to be available within a few months. now i'm back with more needs to know that tough and asked time and next i hear an r.t.d. tragic story of how the famous russian jazz band hijacked a plane in desperate attempt to break out of the former soviet union. a u.s. senate committee has passed a bill that if signed by obama will love the u.s. to put a lot of weapons into the hands of syrian rebels this seems rather odd because many of the factions that are revolting seem like bad people to be arming in fact one

rebel faction al nasra which according to the guardian is an islamist organization with links to al qaeda is quickly becoming the most powerful rebel faction of all of them the b.b.c. even declared that al nasra has been designated as a terrorist organization by the us government itself as it started something like a bad idea to ship weapons into syria on american taxpayers' dollars yet let's just pretend that somehow all these weapons will magically not fall into the hands of al nasra well the free syrian army isn't much better they seem perfectly happy to use rape and beheadings and genocide against christian l. white minorities with great glee to get what they want arming radical groups always has blowback if you remember back to just the one nine hundred eighty s. the u.s. funded and armed the taliban and those mujahideen fighter guys and look how that turned out the u.s. government seems way too eager to arm radical foreigners and disarm average americans when they should be doing the exact opposite but that's just my opinion.

eastern siberia their course going to national airport. on march the eighth nine hundred eighty eight a t o one five four airliner took off from here heading for leningrad. but once the plane was airborne its flight crew reported to ground control that the aircraft had been hijacked. terrorists were demanding a diversion to london. the events that followed the plane's emergency landing close to the finnish border became a nightmare for its passengers. and. visually you did.