executes two men town killed here commenced metropole ming the move is strongly condemned by the e.u. which says the pair were never given a fair trial fifteen people were killed and hundreds injured in the attack which happened last april. plus israel is actively making a case for striking iran without american support but warnings are growing that such an attack for drive a serious wedge in its ties with washington. more violence more excuses the u.s. is making for a few suppose injuries for the latest deaths of civilians in afghanistan following a shooting spree an american soldier but experts warn washington will have to brace itself for a backlash. next up that's andrew farmer with the latest sports. hello there you are watching the sport here on our table and here is a taste of what is coming up being continued a chase the champions league football and take on cabana in the russian premier league. clash down under jenson button i shine sebastian vettel to win the season opening grand prix in melbourne. and giant john is no stuns world number one novak djokovic to set up a final with r

member states who are already today of service permanent of service in the arctic and since the e.u. which its policies has having and certain impacts in the arctic we don't make sense to involve it also works of permanent observer as well as we talk to the canadian hunters continue to hunt the seals. and they are. and they are regularly criticized sharply by the e.u. seal slaughter and and nearly killed by the canadian government to. well do you think that because of this sharp criticism canada may block of the admission of the e.u. to the articles. well no doubt the seal hunting issue is a major issue between the e.u. and canada and also we're green and. that legislation was passed on a on a trade ban on seal skins. and with the exemption actually actually of indigenous that was a seal skin that was hunted by indigenous. and that's obviously had a devastating effect on certain communities at least in the arctic and particularly in green and in some canada but we should not forget that the legislation which is very much the same regulation was passed by the u.s. in the seventy's i'm not a

rosso executes two men found guilty of the minsk metro bombing a move is strongly condemned by the e.u. which says the pair were never given a fair trial. and protests and arrests mark the occupy wall street movement six month anniversary as the long arm of the wall means many wondering if classroom nations practice the democracy they preach next stop gripping story of a former british secret service agent who worked as a spy for the soviet union at the same time. his life was shrouded in secrecy and he left the remarkable legacy. he received decorations from the spanish dictator franco and queen elizabeth of britain. he shook hands with a hitler aide and swiftly rose to the top of the british intelligence service. but the whole time he was in fact a soviet agent. many saw to one rebel that kim philby enigma during his life and a quarter of a century after his death is still the subject of continuing debate. the cambridge graduate realizes what's in store for him when he agrees to go to regents park in the center of london for a secret meeting. but he couldn't even imagine how dramatically hi

thanks for joining our ten minutes past the hour there's further pressure on iran from the e.u. which has imposed fresh economic sanctions against the islamic state serious human rights violations are being cited for the latest nationalist middle east expert professor saeed mohammad marandi believes the e.u. is using that as a pretext to pressurize the iranian government but it is in reality hurting the country's people more. excuses otherwise on the other side of the persian gulf you have the saudis who occupied rein you have. the torture and murder of. civilians by. the ruling family and you have american drones in numerous countries that are the fact that we killed thousands of people many innocent people all these including the embargo on iranian oil and the iranian sample bank which is that which is intended to hurt ordinary iranians these are major violations of rights and they're being carried out by the europeans themselves as well as the united states americans by sanctioning the central bank or trying to even prevent iranians from importing. grain or rice even the initial sa

russo executes two men found guilty of the minsk metro bombing the movie strongly condemned by the e.u. which says the pair were never given a fair trial. more violence more excuses the u.s. is making profuse apologies for the latest deaths of civilians in afghanistan and. washington will have to brace itself for a backlash. as israel actively makes the case for going it alone against a. growing that a potential strike would drive a serious which in its ties with the u.s. our top stories this hour. with a look back at the last seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. syria the first anniversary of its crisis this week violence is spiraling out of control in the middle eastern country but there's also another battle raging on for media spin doctors working to shape public opinion on the turmoil their efforts are being helped by unconfirmed reports and footage from the combat zone that's difficult to verify. takes a closer look at the methods of serious conflict. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media

offer these countries to convince them to gravitate toward such a union and perhaps away from the e.u. which is courting some of them will certainly work commute making and i think it will china is good in that it's quite clearly european the whole concept of. european. food is actually really good recovery in the. mistaken economic policies will follow you know i think it's a very good time very good chance for russia. is it the stronger presence and the stronger economic presence is now one of the several articles that putin wrote leading up to this election what it basically kind of like position papers he put forth he said he plans to allocate seven hundred eighty five billion dollars over the next ten years to build a strong professional army for russia what do you think of the military's challenges that face them right now that makes this such a big issue that putin wanted to talk about. when this is moved to another war in the caucasus i cannot see you and this is as good bigamy but i would suit is it me continuing to choose the german nation to do it did you go into the military hage

executes two men found guilty of the minsk metro bombing a move this strongly condemned by the e.u. which says the pair were never given a fair trial. for violence more excuses the u.s. is making crocuses apologies for the latest deaths of civilians in afghanistan but experts warn washington will have to brace itself for a backlash. cross protests and or arrests mark the occupy wall street movement six month anniversary as the long arm of the law leaves many wondering if western nations practiced the democracy they preach. and thanks for joining us today two o'clock here in moscow on charon taraji and syria marks the first anniversary of its crisis this week violence is spiraling out of control in the middle eastern country but there's also another battle raging on thought by media spin doctors working to shape public opinion on the turmoil their efforts have been helped by unconfirmed reports and footage of from the combat zone that's difficult to verify right from mosul takes a closer look at the methods of syria's hidden conflict. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a

allies such as japan or the e.u. which depend on iranian oil francis london a director of the insane in holdings ltd thinks it's not surprising this is their u.s. big before and foremost the global agenda for everybody i was. you know with me or against me this is the this is really what u.s. . policies. you put your view should be there if you're not undecided you suffer for its allies their job and do you. set the rules for other countries like china which is not on such friendly terms with the u.s. there is another set of rules so these through create a huge improvement expected between china and the u.n. . construction workers in the u.k. are speaking out after discovering piles of information were being kept all know without their knowledge unable to get jobs or without knowing why and now seems that their political activities were being monitored and in some cases being used against them as archie's laura smith reports. from working for speaking the truth these trade unionists and whistleblowers all fighting back aft

issues should his impressions first so high it's clear that here which makes a the whole of the e.u. which. the reaction has been coming in quite slow and this up and usual restraint was not lost to reporters they did ask them to do a briefing to be at the commission why there were no statements to the morning and the response was that the e.u. leaders were still preparing their speeches all this was. translated later on in reports as the e.u. is reluctance to congratulate putin nevertheless we did start getting statements in the afternoon german chancellor angela merkel has called putin to give her i wish him and his successor as well as asked telling him that she would like to pursue a strategic partnership with russia as well as asking for democratic change in the country for nicolas sarkozy french president his press secretary had noted that said that the election had been noted however the president is still studying the reports of irregularities at all the complaints same with the british prime minister david cameron though he did say that putin's victory appears decisive but he did

e.u. states which did agree to it. oh yes to see the treaty has been signed it today and what's next is that the a contracting parties will now have to present this treaty to their own parliaments and have it ratified but what is needed for this treaty to come into effect are twelve years old now ratifications for it to be implemented on to the contracting parties now twenty five as you mentioned of the twenty seven had a side on to this treaty what they are saying that this is a positive political statement that the euro is the currency of the european union on one hand it could be seen as a political statement on the other hand critics will see the two countries a did not want to sign this treaty the u.k. and the czech republic the u.k. has been very critical from the very start and you have ireland who loves to build a referendum on the treaty so a lot of the leaders here are widely expecting the treaty to be ratified the question is how smoothly will it go through this process now also they keep reiterating that th

e.u. approves the second bailout to greece which will see the country stave off bankruptcy for the time being but while the eurozone crisis rages on nonstop flow of regulations from brussels continues forcing some firms out of business. and government attack an afghan government delegation visiting the site where sixteen civilians were killed by a rampaging u.s. soldier leaving one dead and three injured the weekend massacre has led to widespread fury with anti american rallies all across the country. here on out sea our very own sophie should not say speak to afghanistan's finance minister on the cost of war for the country and the cost for the people. thank you. mr afghanistan's finest minister it's great to have you with us healer to be with you so it's been a decade since afghanistan has become the front stage for the war on terror by the united states how much does it cost the nation the war has cost the nation a lot it's not i don't think you can put a dollar figure on this and if you say i did billion to one hundred billion three hundred billion it's still going. to divert station i th

sanctions which pan and ten e.u. countries have been made exempt because they have significantly cup she says of iranian oil a new employer is designed to put more pressure on to run every nuclear program financial expert francis lund says that washington is showing bias towards its allies while punishing others. are you as has their perch at the issue of foreign policy for its allies and the e.u. is that one set the rules for other countries like china which is not on such friendly terms with the u.s. on. the syrian question is another set of rules so even though china reduce its purchase of. oil by almost half so they still bring the sanctions on china. create a huge expense between china and the us this is a us thing taking their foreign policy be global agenda for everybody i was there you know with me oh i can see me this is this is really where u.s. . policies are. apply you put your do surely and if you're not on this. so pretty more to come into programs including. creation of the trial to take people off the

e.u. commission has launched infringement procedures against the states which could go all the way to the european court of justice if needed but the fact that we have taken the procedure is a clear sign of the commission remark by bell on in the meantime these cheaper illegal eggs could still make their way on to the market much to the dismay of more ability and member states in our country they spend four hundred million pounds of road money gets you there yep sure. systems legal and of course they've been very very worried when they look across the english channel and they see people with each fifty million bird stood in the in the group back to cage with live with regis prospect of them coming up that is what british producers are so obsessed with it that it pays to disobey the law. a law that has ruffled a more than a few feathers in the industry but at least some can go about their business slightly happier. this or cilia artsy brussels. for the business update let's check out some world news and briefly this hour israel and palestinian militants agree to a cease fire after four day

talks and concessions from belgrade including a major one improving ties with carso which is recognized by almost all e.u. states canada status is just the first step towards membership with years of negotiations still had that serbian history expert in abortion march says it's only the e.u. that benefits from the accession process. d.e.u. wilson is really going to be anything but to command serbia to fuck everything it's already lost a lot it's lost has pretty much been forced to surrender its claim to problems of kosovo that is currently speak out only on paper it has been forced to it basically subordinate its foreign policy to brussels and to a lesser extent washington and now i've heard that there is talk from brussels about the necessity for serbia truth will come russia's most favored nation status if we treat it remains only the staunchest government supporters actually speak of the e.u. to sixty i don't think anybody in serbia honestly expects the problems to be resolved by joining the e.u. especially after seeing rights in spain and greece the problem is nobody really cares and none of the peop

status if we treat between its and only structures government supporters interviewed for which we actually speak of the e.u. and you see i don't think anybody in serbia honestly expects their problems to be resolved by joining the e.u. especially after seeing rights and speed increase in number although that started about the euro. this is our theme slogans promises and pledges are the usual attributes of any presidential campaign of this year's race and russia has seen some brand new creative weapons on leash the internet has become one of the major battlegrounds or the content can be scandalous and not entirely innocent parties you caught that i got to and i looked at the online arsenal. there is been a lot of singing dancing drawing and even cooking this election season as presidential campaigns go it's been hot and creative. here. if you have a position is a fourth hard in the online wars from rapping and slating to put in inventive tandem. not so innocent video fakes. charges against putin include embezzlement financial fraud and abuse of office. compactor the aggressive anti crowd in campaigning the

eighty so you know i want to point out though that first of all it was an absentee landlord which is what the e.u. the i.m.f. the e.c. the goldman sachs and all the banks that are the unsecured bond holders of anglo-irish this is the same exact situation and i also want to say that social ostracism is something that was presented here in the kaiser report by luke sociate a french lawyer who was presenting this to the french parliament saying that we should start using social ostracism to get people to turn their backs on bankers and see them as social pariah and it worked in the case of this charles. went to the town to go to a bakery or go to a butcher no one would talk to him no one would deal with them and then i remember my irish history then in a thousand coppers to protect these aren't folks from killing the land of course economics or it's like you know what j.p. morgan had to hire a bunch of cops so that jamie diamond could you know going out of his limousine safe really well i think it's also the two trucks you can see because this boycott chuck boycott charles boycott charles ponzi now

e.u. commission has launched infringement procedures against the states which could go all the way to the european court of justice if needed the fact that we have taken the procedure is a clear sign of the condition removed by brown in the meantime these cheaper illegal eggs could still make their way on to the market much to the dismay of war a big member states in our country they spend four hundred million pounds of road money that duchesses to legal and of course they've been very very worried when they look across the english channel and they see people with fifteen injured by. still in the old illegal banks a cage with media calls but coming out that is what british producers are so upset about the big pay used to disobey the law. a law that has ruffled a more than a few feathers in the industry but at least some can go about their business slightly happier. yes or cilia artsy brussels. well europe's financial woes have been causing world markets to fluctuates they said people are valid his cross-talk guests debate whether that more or fewer regulations will make the healthy stock

e.u. and nato, and most important of which in this case is turkey. there will be no u.n. security council mandate for such an operation. russia and china took that option off the table long ago, but let's not forget nato took military action to save kosovo in 1999 without former u.n. authorization. there is no reason why the arab league or nato or a leading coalition within the friends of syria contact group or all of them speaking in unison could not provide a similar international mandate for military measures to save syria today. could such a mandate be gotten? i believe it could be. foreign capitals across the world are looking to the united states to lead, especially now that the situation in syria has become an armed conflict, but what they see is an administration still hedging its bets. on the one hand, insisting that assad's fall is inevitable, but on the other, unwilling even to threaten more assertive actions that could make it so. the rhetoric out of nato has been much more self-defeating. far from making it clear to assad that all options are on the table, ke

e.u. approves the second bailout to greece which will see the country's stave off bankruptcy for the time being but while the eurozone crisis rages on the nonstop flow of regulations from brussels continues forcing many firms out of business. to stay with us if you can hear an arts the next day you can discover the pleasures of being one of the world's richest man in the spotlight. hello again oh welcome to the spotlight. on. today my guest is here costs american papers recently that the world's largest retail. store in moscow but the news was not about moscow russia but about another city. in the us. what is true is that wal-mart really spent two years trying to enter the russian market before its managers finally gave up wal-mart's first attempt to conquer russia failed they decided to leave but they. left the former head of russia's largest fleet and it's for the first time that a russian manager has been hired to run a multi national cup so why did wal-mart choose a. we're asking the new wal-mart senior vice president and chief leverage. live process is one of the most successful and

e.u. ministers and all of these tales of this being that it's just what most of it's privately held with new ones now these new ones will be worth less and whole that original value which means as long people were calling it a default if you ask e.u. ministers or deny that there was no panic in the markets will go over to europe surely right now to stay closer to home and see how the russian markets are faring at this hour as you can see it's positive figures for you that we've got the r.t.s. up over of a stand in the my six point six percent they're benefiting from high or prices this hour. on so let's see how about getting on we've got our stocks as well you can see which stocks are benefiting to the. gas from as well lou called all benefiting here in the russian the russian capital of moscow now moving on we're going to get over and see how asia is getting on the nikkei finished are they just about managed to hold on to their gains now we have the bank of japan and now saying the father they are going to keep interest rates on hold after loosening it last month as you can see the hang seng is still open for business with china over a percent in positive territory ju

e.u. leaders have sealed a key fiscal pact aimed at keeping member states of deficits within limits which critics say will however cost nations their sovereignty when it comes to budgetary policies great britain and the czech republic could have blocks only members that refused to sign the treaty but a referendum is awaited in. russia's prime minister and presidential candidate putin says the rise in opposition activities has energized his government to respond to changing public moods a meeting of foreign and media for the election front runner refused to back in new parliamentary elections however if he wins sunday's all. right now to the sports. hello there good to have the company and these are the headlines well it's a double celebration at least in schools twice a day now moscow is they've beaten now means chris second time in two days make a show playoffs. plus the let the chips are shoving to show in prison it is the russian premier league regimes after the winter break. and on the road to victory we take a look at an ambitious new russian cycling team he's a brilliant pick glory.

lukashenko promptly recalled his byelorussian representative to the e.u., after which e.u. ambassadors were withdrawn from belarus. after a summit in brussels earlier this month, lukashenko, never at a loss for words, criticized the european union politicians and railed on the german foreign minister, guido vestervel, the first openly gay minister in germany. president lukashenko said, "it's better to be a dictator than be gay." that's a quote. he went on to say, byelorussians deserve to host the world championship in 2014. now, that's incredible. what sports organization wants to validate those comments? i want to close by saying that i hope that the international ice hockey federation's annual congress will make the right decision in may. i hope that its corporate sponsors will feel a little uneasy being associated with dictator lukashenko and his policies in belarus. i hope they will suspend the 2014 championship unless the political prisoners are at least released and that other international sporting groups, such as the international cycling union, follow their example

e.u. commission has launched infringement procedures against the states which could go all the way to the european court of justice if needed to fight that we have taken the procedure is a clear sign to the commission will not back down in the meantime these cheaper illegal eggs could still make their way on to the market much to the dismay of more of b.d.s. member states in our country they spend four hundred million pounds of road money getting their doctrines. students legal and of course they've been very very worried when they look across the english channel and they see both the good excuse me the good student the old illegal thanks to compete with media calls but coming up that is what british producers are so obsessed with the caves to disobey the law . a law that has ruffled them more than a few feathers in the industry but at least some can go about their business slightly happier i guess or so you are to brussels. but it's not just hard pressed european workers and businesses that are feeling the pinch a few others with rather a lot of cash to lose are also feeling the pain tha

which the. serbia is now formally a candidate for e.u. membership of brussels decision follows three years of talks and concessions from belgrade including a major on improving ties with cost of oil which is recognized by almost all states canada as the status is just a first step towards membership with years of negotiations still have their devotion mileage and expert on serbian history says it's only the benefits from the accession process. the e.u. exhibit really going to use to be anything but a diplomat answer when you can talk everything it's already lost a lot it's lost it is pretty much been forced to surrender its claim to problems of control and it is currently staged only in people it has been forced to and basically subordinate its foreign policy to brussels and to a lesser extent washington and now i've heard it there is talk from brussels about the necessity for serbia truthful russia's most favored nation status if we treat it remains only been a staunch as government supporters actually speak of it and you can hear me i do

e.u. approves a second bailout to greece which will see the countries stave off bankruptcy for the time being but the eurozone crisis rages on the nonstop flow of regulations from brussels continues forcing firms out of business. i'll be back with another summary for. the latest edition of capital accounts from washington this time and cia agent gives us an insight on the business of war. good afternoon and welcome to capital account time lauren lyster here in washington d.c. and these are your headlines for march twelfth two thousand and twelve does the u.s. imperial machine manufacture weapons in order to confront new threats or does it manufacture threats in order to sell new weapons will try to answer that question and more is the u.n. security council votes to extend its mission in libya and america's oldest active duty warship left yesterday on its last deployment to cover the area including iran and syria we will look at the economics of war and dispense with former cia intelligence officer michael scheuer and as the u.s. budget deficit is released for february it close to two hundred

e.u. approves the second bailout to greece which will see the country stave off bankruptcy for the time being but while the eurozone crisis rages on the nonstop flow of regulations from brussels continues forcing many firms out of business. or my colleague bill dollars here in half an hour's time but for now find out. whether you should turn your cash into gold and do so in a hurry this is art. this is the kaiser report. states that ever max what happens when peak makes pete reek sources tell me it's called the white man's debt burden the white man's burden. the burden of course being all those people around the world outside of the empire whose resources must be taken well first we have the situation of gold reserves we see germany and switzerland asking about their gold reserves that are held in new york but it all started august two thousand and nine germany's gold is in u.s. custody to spank confirms this is based on a documentary made by max keiser called brown's bottom and you are investigating why gordon brown sold off the you case gold supply and as part of the documentary you travel

with taxes later this hour next kaiser and stays in her to reveal the scheme which held grace mascot's massive debt to join the e.u. over ten years ago and how it's orchestrate a bank a tidy profit. goldman secret greece loan shows to sinners as client unravels on the day the two thousand and one deal was struck the government of greece owed the bank about six hundred million euros more than the two point eight billion euros of our owed by then the price of the transaction a derivative that disguised the loan and that goldman sachs persuaded greece not to test with competitors had almost doubled to five point one billion euros but this was grace's nine eleven the day they met goldman sachs it was them hacking the sovereignty and the future of the nation of greece then all these no my paintings yes. along dangerous track to school i'm back that's the daily slog for a group of arab children in israel forced to watch their classmates enjoy the luxury of provided transportation. and as artie's falsely or explains the uphill climb as just on their way to class. the lessons of life come in each of the children hours bef

which are expected to be strong. slightly higher off the o.e.c.d. . the shows signs of improvement but investors room worried by spain's progress or lack of its own cutting bit as the e.u. finance ministers examine madrid's latest figures today. here which had a pretty flat they all news foreign direct investment into russia jumped twenty one percent last year but capital outflows remain a concern and why six did manage to stay above the sixteen hundred mark however this chick movers on the. gold finished high on fresh rumors of a merger with rival. new call also again after announcing big investments in iraq for russia second largest bank v t v had a poor day as it begins taking place back up your patience from shareholders one of the main factors for russia's crude based economy is the oil price which is down on monday mainly on concerns about slow economic growth in china was biggest energy consumer ok let's see how the currencies are performing buras up against the dollar today the greenback and you are also high on the ruble russia's currency is reversing recent record gains and that's the latest business you can find more stories on our website headlines next her

e.u. member candidate now the largely ceremonial affair is seen as a reward for belgrade's normalizing of relations with the breakaway region of kosovo which the country sees as its own but sure an expert on serbian history says only the e.u. actually benefits from the entire accession process. it will not get any sort of. tricky to advantages and even if it did it doesn't have much of an economy to take advantage of them anymore because over the past four years under a militant the prove you government assuming economy has pretty much been dismantled completely its last has pretty much been forced to surrender its claim to the problems of kosovo that is currently staked out only on paper it is being forced to it basically subordinate its foreign policy to brussels and to a lesser extent washington and now i've heard that there is talk from brussels about the necessity for serbia to revoke russia's most favored nation status with trade agreements and only songes government supporters which are few and far between actually speak of the event and usually i don't think anybody in serbia honestly expects the problems that result by joining the

and concessions from belgrade including a major one but improving ties with kosovo which is recognised by almost all e.u. states candidacy status is just the first step however towards membership now with years of negotiations still ahead but serbian it history expert. says it's only the e.u. that actually benefits from the accession process. the earwigs and really going to give serbia anything but it will be diplomatic answer of you to fuck everything it's already lost a lot its last journey there's pretty much been forced to surrender its claim to the problems of kosovo and it is currently stakeout only on paper it has been forced to it basically subordinate its current policy to brussels and to a lesser extent washington and now i've heard that there is talk from brussels about the necessity for serbia truthful could russia's most favored nation status it would treat people remains the only bit of sanchez government supporters actually speak of the e.u. i'm just me i don't think anybody in serbia honestly expects their problems to be resolved by joining the e.u. especially after seeing rights and spa

e.u. suspended funding for hungary over its high budget deficit. an organization which handles most international payments between banks says it will cut off sanctioned iranian banks from this saturday. the move by the swiss is designed to enforce e.u. sanctions on iran aimed at stopping its nuclear program. we have a bigger view on business stories now. italy has enough problems, don't they? the thought of losing part of their cherished fiat. >> yes, they have five plants, fiat has five plants in italy, one of which moved back because it wanted to promote manufacturing in italy. u a situation in italy where the underlying climate is one of austerity. there's already a lot of tension there. and some of the drivers are now striking, and this is causing down time in the plants. and over a couple of things. one of them is the fact that fiat simply wants to make its plants more productive, because the number of cars produced in those plants doesn't make them productive. and, of course, there is a government subsidy tax, which is also very unpopular. so mario monti runs the