unlikely they'll get their wish and even claims in a sustainable legacy severely in doubt either bennett r.t. london. time now for the latest business news here on r.t. with korea. our welcome to our business update here in r.t. thanks for joining me there's been a burst of interest and russian share since the beginning of the year returning growth in the u.s. progress with europe's debt is fueling appetite for risk this has helped reverse the trend in capital flow more than eighty billion dollars fled the country so far this year has been an outflow story an inflow of one billion dollars for more i'm joined by to church china from a real a sense asset managers thank you for joining the program so tell me do you think there's been a change in attitude of interesting vesting in russia in the last couple of months well absolutely we have seen a change of attitude because if you see how the russian market has performed

unlikely they'll get their wish leaving claims of a sustainable legacy severely in doubt either bennett r.t. london. now in the some other stories around the world this hour the leader of a left wing rebel group has been captured in peru after being shot in a remote jungle region and for drug trafficking. autoimmune has and now being left at the hospital by the government saying his arrest signals at the feet of his shining path. to kill thousands of people in the country and we went as a battle against the state for twenty years the u.s. previously offered a five million dollars reward for information about the leader. pakistan's prime minister yousaf raza gilani could face six months in prison and disqualification from office he's been charged with contempt after the final court order to reopen an old corruption case against his political ally the president relate to alleged kickbacks given to answer that is are very nice with companies in the ninety's ninety's he's later given immunity from prosecution that was eventually overturned the country's supreme court nominees supporters say the chief j

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. mideast expert eric elise says the different attitudes world powers are taking to rising are easily explained by how useful the regime is to them. those countries which i regard it as as the west or stooges of the west basically not to criticise regularly it's not just the gulf states and bahrain in particular it is also countries like yemen whose brutal dictatorial press of the prison former president is currently in the united states receiving medical treatment there were demonstrations in saudi arabia a few days ago which got very little coverage of course the saudis have no democracy at all it is probably the most undemocratic country in the entire arab world no one talks about this because it's a useful country it has or has and it does what the west starts to mention in bahrain was greenlighted by the united states which is very strong in that principle and they crushed the uprising. well terry go he has also provided us with some insight on the current crisis in syria a specia

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. and it's not just british help the bahrain is getting a former american policeman has also been hired by the country's authorities to train the nation's security forces middle east expert gurley has been telling r.t. he's advising the government how to strong arm protesters. those countries which i regard it as as the west still stooges of the west basically not criticized regularly very rarely do we have coverage it's not just the gulf states with bahrain to cuba it is also countries like yemen whose brutal former president is currently in the united states receiving medical treatment and no reporting it's taking place now we have a situation where the chief advice to the bahraini police is the former chief of police in philadelphia in florida. who's recorded those two parts of the united states wasn't very good he's not giving women rights somehow crushed and brutalized to demonstrate this and he says they're doing it like should be because these demonstrators create traffic proble

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. stay with us coming up r.t.s. laura smith speaks with middle east expert terry on the turbulent situation facing syria and the implications it could have for the region. i'm talking to tara kelley who's a historian and author and writes mainly on subjects to do with the middle east of course we're talking about events in syria tariq ali thanks very much for talking to us now president assad seems to be clinging on to power in syria do you think there's any chance of him stepping down in the near future well it looks unlikely as if he'll step. of his own accord i think he has to be pushed out the syrian people are of course doing their best in the country. what is more dangerous is the pressure being built outside especially in istanbul and by nato to try and organize an intervention that i think would be disastrous and lead to enormous bloodshed much much worse than what's happened in libya. so i think there be a disaster i think the best way is for pressure to be put on him from wit

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documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett r.t. london. well you know always find more news and the latest updates on the situation in syria on our website r t v dot com here's what else is waiting for you there right now the day of rage against new anti-piracy laws rocked the world with protests taking place in dozens of cities across the planet. also live in the south atlantic graue why argentina seems military threats from the u.k. around the disputed bolton islands. and cairo thousands of people joined a general strike in protest against the ongoing military rule exactly a year after president mubarak stepped down demonstrators want the supreme council of the armed forces to cede power to civilian government they are on happy with how the generals have been running the country with few reforms made and escalated repression of the opposition dozens of protesters were killed over the past month and clashes with police across the country and you parliament's been elected and is drawing up a constitution while the military says it won't s

unlikely they'll get their wish leaving claims of a sustainable legacy severely in doubt either bennett r.t. london. now look at some other stories from around the world this hour. the leader of a left wing rebel group has been captured in peru being shot in a remote jungle region known for drug trafficking raid in the. hospital and the government saying his arrest signals that the fate of the shining path great thought to kill thousands of people in your country began his battle against the state for twenty years the u.s. previously offered a five million dollars reward for information about the that. pakistan's prime minister yousaf raza gilani has been charged with contempt tough to define a court order to reopen an old corruption case against his political president. to allege kickbacks given to save lives on a swiss companies and nine hundred ninety s. he was later given immunity from prosecution but that was eventually able to turn out the country's supreme court nominee supporters say the chief justice is either pursuing a personal vendetta working with the pakistani military or want to moun

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. still has various hour here in r t comebacks and chaos downtrodden greeks find new spending cuts which they say will only make their dad was last long into the future. now the chinese vice president's been touring america this weekend hailing ties between the two countries the us media isn't quite as positive after villa find a communist country which holds more than a trillion dollars of american dad in its coffers for the white house business comes before public opinion as art is going to check out reports from washington. what a better way to celebrate valentine's day than with a partner who lend you money nonstop provides you with cheap labor and host thousands of your factory to the remarkable development of china u.s. relations america's love for china would be boundless if not for the growing fear of it these guys around for us and end up at the ends and and looking for ways to have. to work to harm us i want to beat china i want to go to war with china and make america the mo

documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett r.t. london. and israeli website reports that british and qatar is special forces are already in syria assisting the rebels and risk a middle east expert says if the claims prove to be true well how bring peace to the region. but this will probably mean more escalation on the ground some more covert military operations and on the political level we've also heard that some arab league countries all the arab league very little is intending on the officially recognizing the syrians are additional council leader syrian political opposition body so i think it has something which is widely expected and of course really i see that more violence will be in the making however we also do hear that the russians for example are providing the most assistance is possible they can to the syrians to deal with this issue now don't forget that the russian side has cautioned time and i had again the roys of is the most fundamental so the presence of islamic fundamentalists inside syria those who oppose a syrian reg

documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett r.t. london. meantime a us based professor. believes that outside forces are fueling the fire of caught in syria by waging an information war. media's says that it is. that is killing innocent civilians and then there is a commission of fact finders sent by the arab league who says otherwise said that this is in fact facing acts of sabotage of the economy terrorist acts as a tax on public and private property killing civilians and military and security forces and any government in the world has to put down any kind of arms but existence and restore law and order so i i think absent. for an outside interference smuggling of arms and things like this the syrians would be able to find a way out of the quagmire they are in but it seems that the outside forces or some outside force was. worth some in the west for venting the strife and. not helping up or. and a moscow is condemning all sides of the syrian conflict for instigating the violence while saying that president assad is ready for talks with t

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london our web site r t dot com is the place to find all the latest news and analysis let's see what else we've got lined up for you there right now. russian language silenced in lot feel as the majority of voters in the baltic states reject a proposal to give official status to the language used by a third of its population also. it's been a week since pop icon whitney houston passed away but some music companies have already made a fortune from the singer's death find out more on our t. dot com. the chinese vice president has received a warm welcome in washington during his tour of america however the u.s. media has been less positive promoting a menacing image of the communist country which holds more than a trillion dollars of american debt but for the white house business comes before public opinion as artie's guy netaji can reports what a better way to celebrate valentine's day than with a partner who lends you money nonstop provide.

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london green is up next with our latest business news stay with us. how are welcome to our business update this hour as we've been reporting iran is denying reports it's cut supply to six european countries earlier iran's state run press t.v. said the country was holding supplies to spain italy france greece portugal and the netherlands this caused a process to jump to a six month. let's look at the figures now crude oil futures rallied to the best level in five weeks light sweet is currently trading below one hundred two dollars a barrel while brant is hovering between one hundred eighteen and one hundred nineteen dollars a barrel the euro is gaining a bit against the dollar after seeing some losses on tuesday the ruble is high again both against both european and u.s. currencies following gains on the russian market stocks in the u.s. are mixed hovering between mild gains and losses the dow jones gave up an early gain and was down thirty five points after the opening bell the major indexes

unlikely they'll get their wish leaving claims of a sustainable legacy severely in doubt either bennett r.t. london. well there for more analysis now of our previous story of the. latest pre-election article we're joined now by political analysts perino mercy me to bob it live here in the studio thanks for joining us and this article talks about things like huge increases in wages and pensions for the russian people how could afford this where's the money going to come from or well i would not say that if you promise us. automatically basically what we see in that article is a mixture of liberal and social democratic solutions. in fact we can repeat some of the things that he's greetings from the right see for example the fact that some students who did very badly on standardized they think it should not be allowed to go to the institutes where they're supposed to become engineers so he proposes to save budget money in that way all the other hand he says that we need to improve the situation of all people and to support families with many children because otherwise russia's population will drop to

launched a criminal investigation to see just how far up the tree complicity may have gone either bennett r.t. london. taking a lot of other stories making headlines from across the globe president of the maldives mohamed nasheed has resigned amid a police mutiny following weeks of popular protests. crisis drew to a head when the authorities ordered security officers to remove the barriers between the government and opposition supporters protesting close to each other the leader had earlier come under fire for arresting the chief judge of the criminal court accusing him of being loyal to the country's former president nasheed swept into power in two thousand and eight pledging to bring more democracy to the island state. a factory in eastern pakistan has collapsed after gas cylinders exploded inside rescue workers are struggling to reach dozens of people trapped under the debris a day after the incident the number of dead currently stands at eighteen though there are reports that rescuers have already pulled several survivors from the rubble authorities say the factory was built illegally and close t

documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett r.t. london. syrian journalist camilla trotty says the outside meddling already underway in syria is fueling the conflict by making the rebels fight on against the regime. a year after the beginning of the crisis it's clear that intervention in syria affairs has not been very constructive because the interventions taking place by the most motivated players and they're motivated for their own reasons we have turkey gulf arab states and the international community which is the united states and its allies in europe. they are all interfering with the whole of weakening the syrian regime weakening its ties to your own two because they've been pushing your position to another to speak to the scenery jeem they have convinced opposition that the syrian regime's about to forward and therefore there's no need to talk to them so we know where there was a intervention even if it's not for by using force has been very negative. moscow's condemning all sides of the syrian conflict for instigating violence whi

launched a criminal investigation to see just how far up the tree complicity may have gone either bennett r.t. london. we also have more revelations on libya's torta networks on our web site r.t. dot com pointed out about the demise of libya's ambassador to france who died while in the custody of the new government that are much more at r.t. dot com. these are the images the world seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. rock obama has approved the first set of strong sanctions against iran's financial institutions u.s. has frozen iranian assets transactions involving the country's central bank. from the school of oriental and african studies this is all part of pre-election political game in terms of threats coming from the u.s. specially this resistance is sanctions against iran central bank i think that they're mostly producer director for domestic consumption in the united states as we get closer to the presidential elections in the u.s. we see that each side trying to see as being more as being tough service of iran and this is another move by president obama to sa

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. as the middle east reels from revolutions and foreign regimes we're providing in-depth analysis for you on our website r.t. dot com the expert opinion that says the west is struggling to keep a brave face as it proceeds with its grab the dominance in the region also online right now. russian language silence in latvia as the majority of voters in the baltic states project a proposal to give a fish. status to the language used by a third of its population. time to update you on some of today's news making headlines around the world this hour in our world update and twenty people have been killed in baghdad after an explosion struck a crowd of recruits outside a police academy the group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast which also sought least twenty eight others wounded rocks police are considered to be the weakest element of the country's security forces which are the target of bombings and shootings almost daily. a prison riot in northern mexico has left at least twenty p

launched a criminal investigation to see just how far up the tree complicity may have gone either bennett r.t. london. there is more on libya's alleged torture networks highlighted on our website our team there we've got the details on the death of libya's former ambassador to france who died a day after being detained. under the new government that and plenty more awaiting you right now at our dot com. these are the images. from the streets of canada. before asians rule the day. after decades of drilling russian scientists and antartica have uncovered a rare natural wonder an ancient lake buried under thousands of feet of ice on thomas toward the frozen continent exactly year ago and explains what this discovery could mean. vostok research base in antarctica it is the coldest place on earth and the deepest drilling location on the continent the main research was to drill the great your eyes as big as possible to get these tiny bubbles off they are the force preserved for about. four hundred thousand years at a certain point researchers made a new discovery lake vostok team of russian scientists have

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett's r.t. london middle east expert says that besides the u.k. expert an american policeman has also been hired by the country's authorities to train security forces. those countries which are regarded as as the west still stooges of the west basically you know criticise regularly very rarely do we have coverage it's not just the gulf states with bahrain in particular it is also countries like yemen whose brutal former president is currently in the united states receiving medical treatment and no reporting it's taking place now we have a situation where the chief advisor to the bahraini police is the former chief of police in philadelphia and in florida. who's recorded those two parts of the united states wasn't very good he's not giving women rights somehow to cross and brutalized to demonstrate to us and he says they're doing it with laci because these demonstrators create crossfade problems the problem in bahrain is sort of traffic problem it is a problem that seventy to eighty percent of the whole

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london bahrain is not the only example of the west selective approach to dictatorships and pro-democracy protests says british pakistani military historian and journalist terek ali it's full interview is coming up on r.t. next hour here's a bit of what he had to say. when you look at what the west did in relation to be seeing some of the crisis in the yemen where killing still go the former yemeni president has made it. states of america. double standards that operate make. western. people pushing for intervention in syria saudi arabia. centrally they would like to see a real version of the muslim brotherhood to rome but concrete in the united states will do deals with them as it has done in the past. tehran has cut oil supplies to six countries in response to a series of sanctions which include an embargo on crude exports from iran the ban was not supposed to come into full of facts until summer but the islamic republic has repeatedly threatened to bring an immediate halt among the countrie

unlikely they'll get their wish leaving claims of a sustainable legacy severely in doubt either bennett r.t. london. and you can always read more of our top stories online at home and here's a look at it was that big you write. like stripping down to shake things up find out the naked truth about the message behind this bickering in our series groups talk that's tactics on a visit to russia. and nothing says i love you like a cockroach find out more about the creepy crawly of valentine's day get some love that sharing with that sweet heart or not a dog. and some more international headlines for you this hour american a north korean officials are to hold the first nuclear talks since the death of the reclusive state's leader kim jung il in december the discussions will be the third round of negotiations aimed at restarting the multinational aide for design with. the meeting scheduled for a week or so as day will be the first contact in washington with pyongyang its new regime. the families of victims of the submerged costa concordia cruise ship marking one month since the disaster they're staging a

time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off the bennett r.t. london. greek political party leaders have sent a written commitments to brussels saying they'll stick to agreed us to oversee measures regardless of the results of general elections and a four but green still needs to convince the year that it will make another cousin return for one hundred as thirty billion euro bailout needed to prevent its defaulting on massive debts next month that the greek parliament approved establishing matters on sunday at a meeting of euro. finance ministers was counseled as they demanded more sure and says that as massive public opposition to the plans with fear is rising as m.p.'s voted them in in athens a woman threatens to throw herself off a balcony over the consulate was talked out of her suicide bed and auerbach a portfolio strategist and hedge fund manager believes the whole country is on the verge right now. that woman is a perfect metaphor for the greek economy i mean they're there at the cliff and at the cliff face and they're being told to jump to get

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. greek political party leaders have signed the written commitments to brussels saying they'll stick to agreed austerity measures regardless of the results of general elections in april but greece still needs to convince the year that it will make enough cuts and return for one hundred cents have been then your bailouts needed to prevent defaulting on massive debts next month the greek parliament approved establishing measures on sunday a key meeting of heroes on finest ministers this council as they demanded more assurances from china grads fondo wide awake news website believes that brussels is easing the bailout as a big stick on athens. what's at stake isn't debt it isn't the big banks of europe being paid off what's at stake is sovereignty for the five hundred million people on the continent of europe you know greek greece is the first domino once they are radical a sovereign nation in greece which they are trying. to achieve over there by neutering their parliament by dictating l

experts predict the ongoing tensions could add twenty five percent oil prices by easter either bennett's r.t. london fears of a military confrontation and involving iran are becoming ever more prominent a part general threatening a korean could strike if its national interests are threatened by christopher chambers journalism professor from georgetown university told r.t. the rhetoric is being hyped by the american media you have to have a symbol of fear you have and you have a presidential campaign now that is definitely a soap opera. worst you know just a fun to watch a. people are searching for issues interrogate shoes or meet issues that they can feed to their constituency with mainstream media and i'm here i mean television i mean what it is is they're not cut they don't do nuance terribly well they do the fear factor kind of shows very well and this is a great item for fear you know and what you have here is is people ginning up. coverage of of nuclear people understand nukes people understand military exercises in the gulf and all understand us responding to it and then calling the military e

unlikely they'll get their wish leaving claims of a sustainable legacy severely in doubt either bennett r.t. london. well the latest cross park is coming up on r t in just a few minutes but before that let's get an update from marina at the business that . hello and welcome to business here on our t.v. greek debt problems may have come one step closer to a resolution as the country. even more harshest there it's measures save the nation from bankruptcy and this is sort of vote paves the way for the country's european partners and the i.m.f. to release one hundred thirty billion euros in new rescue loans greece is that european forcing the have billion europe on the march twentieth and needs the bailout funding in place to avoid a devastating default the country's loan package is expected to get final approval at a eurozone finance ministers meeting of this wednesday. let's take a look at the markets that will start with exchange rates the euro is gaining value on easing fears over the crisis in greece of course and stronger well pushing the ruble higher against both the european and the u.s. curren

documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett's r.t. london. and israeli website is reporting that british and qatari special forces are already in syria assisting the rebels well let's get more on this latest development from journalist joining us from new york well if the claims of those foreign troops on the ground prove to be true considering nato states and its gulf allies say they are against a libyan star scenario in syria where could this lead. well it's a very dangerous situation because if there are troops on the ground and nato is denying any involvement or authorization for there. the possibility of an escalation of terrorist action is much greater. also reminiscent of what happened in libya reports that the u.s. and its allies are looking into supporting the syrian opposition including the arming of the rebels and creating a humanitarian corridor that was a world of course we heard during the libyan crisis this does sound suspiciously like that no fly zone doesn't it but we saw over libya. well any attempt to justify many military

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. our website or two dot com is the place where you can find all of the latest news and analysis and clicking the following. you can we expert opinion that says the west is struggling to keep a brave face as it proceeds with its grab for dominance in the region also online for you right now. russian language it is silenced in the atlanta area as the majority of voters in the baltic states reject a proposal to give the official status to the language used by about a third of its population. u.s. presidential contender ron paul has warned that america is slipping into a fascist system with a broken government ruled by big business speaking to supporters in kansas city the republican candidate said individual liberties in the us were being stripped away author of shivani says ron paul is the only presidential candidate talking seriously about the erosion of america's civil liberties. right part is the only candidate on the republican side who was talking about this the loss of civil liber

he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett's r.t. london career joins us next with the latest business news stay with us here on r.t. . thank you matt hello and welcome to business here in a t. thanks for joining me as we've been reporting iran is denying reports it's cutting supply to six european countries already a iran's state run press t.v. said the country was halting supplies to spain italy france greece portugal and the netherlands they call this caused oil prices to jump to six months high let's look at the figures now quote all futures rally to the best level in five weeks light sweet is trading below one hundred two dollars a barrel brant is trading at over one hundred eighteen dollars per barrel the euro is gaining a bit against the dollar after seeing some losses on tuesday and the ruble is high against both the european and u.s. currencies following gains on the russian market stocks in the u.s. are mixed hovering between gains and losses dow jones gave up an early gain it was down thirty five points shortly after the opening

documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett r.t. london. and moscow has been trying to mediate the conflict while saying that president assad is ready for talks with the opposition i thought even to him a little she believes that russia's approach will actually help to solve the crisis by leaving the rebels in syria no choice but to negotiate. after so many months of military operations by the rebels in syria it is pretty clear that what we are dealing with here is definitely not a peaceful protest but an armed rebellion supported from abroad we are dealing with western military political and security infiltration and to syria both russia and china have created but there are conditions for the opposition to accept dialogue with the government and the veto is helping peace more than anything because at the styling the forum by the opposition that cannot count on a foreign intervention as happened in libya and the iraq to topple of the regime and therefore and fuck the veto is creating better conditions for the opposition to come to the nego

unlikely they'll get their wish leaving claims of a sustainable legacy severely in doubt either bennett r.t. london. but now to some other stories from around the world this hour the leader of a left wing of rebel group has been captured in peru after being shot in most jungle region for drug trafficking. artemio has now been airlifted to hospital and the government saying his arrest signals at the feet of the shining path. of kill thousands of people in the country began his battle against the state for twenty years the u.s. previously offered a five million dollars reward for information about the leader. of the stance prime minister yousuf raza gilani could face six months in prison and disqualification from office he's being charged contempt of the final court order to go in a corruption case against his political. president late late kickback scheme i said it was a very nice with companies in one nine hundred ninety s. he was later given immunity from prosecution that was eventually overturned by the country's supreme court not a supporter said the chief justice is either pursuing a personal v

documents the deaths civilian or otherwise but it may be too late for the numbers to matter either bennett r.t. london. and a u.s. based professor. believes outside forces are fueling the fire of conflict in syria by waging an information war. media as. it is. that is killing innocent civilians and then there is a commission of fact finders sent by the arab league who. said that this is in fact facing. you come on we. public and private property killing civilians and the military and security forces and any government in the world has to put down any kind of arms that is just to restore law and order it seems that the outside forces or some outside force has some words in their words. not helping at all. and the moscow is condemning all sides of the syrian conflict for instigating violence while saying president assad is ready for talks with the opposition and a political analyst. believes that russia's approach will actually help to solve the crisis by leaving the rebels in syria no choice but to negotiate after so many months of military operations by the rebels in syria at this pretty clear that wh