these soldiers defected from the army because they are opposed to the way the asad regime is dealing with demonstrators. >> translator: we've created a new force called the free syrian army. >> reporter: they are planning to act as a resistant movement against the government. while some are fightsing others are fleeing. jordan is seeing an influx of refugees over the border it shares with syria. this facility belongs to a charity group. more than 1,000 families are believed to have escaped to jordan. >> translator: children couldn't sleep at night because of the sound of gunshots. we were going crazy. >> reporter: this man lost his son in a crackdown. security forces arrested the boy during a rally last april. his family blames them for torturing the teen and then killing him. he had been beaten so badly they could barely recognize his body. >> translator: this is his x ray. we can clearly see his neck is broken as well as his teeth. >> translator: my dear son. i wasn't there when they tortured my son so terribly. >> reporter: president asad said his government is -- but the people w

and under pressure president asad is said to address this year in nation this violence continues across the country. and in the business bold nes collating tensions with iran could bring oil prices to two hundred.

president bashar asad a sad a foreign conspiracy is behind the turmoil in syria and he's speaking about the crisis and involving the nation you're looking at a live picture is of the syrian president resting the nation at the moment while the shut off it also says a regional and international side to try to destabilize a country he's talking about but exhilaration even as activists claim government forces are continuing on a brutal crackdown on protesters the country's opposition denounced the arab league observers mission currently in syria saying monitors are doing little to resolve the conflict with hundreds reported killed since he arrived in december the government's opponents called on to you and to help and ten months of violence reza and that is also coming under increasing pressure from neighboring states turkey says it feels threatened by the conflict and could take a leading role in dealing with it. now author jean sharp says the syrian opposition should stop calls for outside military security because never leads to democracy i think doing that thing and through that know th

arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and stepped up calls for president asad to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. grey shops to join the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes poller rise opinion at a disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of pm and presidential run or a lot of your point as he presents another set of plans as part of his election programme. this is are you coming to live from moscow ten am in the russian capital the syrian leadership has rejected the arab league's transition plan and aimed at curbing violence in the country that's according to syrian state t.v. the authorities say doesn't reflect the will of the people and violates the country's sovereignty or do sarah first reports on what exactly the regime objected to. it's not for civilization that's for heavy guns crazy says five a sides that is the conclusion of the report by the arab league monitors arab league they've also called on president bashar al assad to delegate power to his vice president an

the arab league suggested asad hand over power to a deputy. but syrian leaders rejected the notion calling it a violation of national sovereignty. arab league foreign ministers agreed on the a road map for the transition of power. the road map calls for handing over the president's power to a vice president within two months and establishing a new government including members of the opposition. it was said if syria does not implement the plan he would refer the matter to the u.n. security council. some members believe president asaid may try to revise the constitution in an effort to try to stay in power. a team of experts from the international atomic energy agency has begun reviewing results of japan's safety tests for two halted nuclear reactors. the team is about to inform the government if the test methods were appropriate. they started the ten-day inspections on monday. the experts are to examine the results of come computer simulation for reactors to determine if the tests were co-carried out in line with international standards. >> the

the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and steps up calls for president asad to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. for a shop to join the european union after a national referendum marred by clashes polarized opinion and a disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of pm and presidential run of what in your position as he presents and other set of plans as part of his election programme. gold has seen a remarkable performance over the past decade and could be on track to become the investment choice of lead here find out more from our business bulletin and. what you know if you live from moscow nine am here on marina joshie the syrian leadership has rejected the arab league's transition plan aimed at curbing violence in the country and that's according to syrian state t.v. the authorities say it doesn't reflect the will of the people and violates the country's sovereignty r.t. sara for us reports of what exactly the regime objects to. it's not for civilization it's. going crazy says by the. end of the

and president asad is set to address the syrian nation as the opposition claims the government's crackdowns are continuing they're calling for the u.n. to step then but many critics say outside intervention won't lead to democracy. so they have lives here in our c.n.n. sports next with kate. hello welcome to the sports thank you for joining me and here's what's coming up. where it goes falls two thousand and eight we're not sure at the very seed number four at the upcoming australian open with three russian women in the top sixteen and drop of each is the number one that. was kings of the court in moscow region side russia we got to stay top boss peoples the t.v. . and press taking stuff we continue our look back over the big stories of last year and meet the russians with you can dive deeper than almost every woman on the planet. but first to tennis and reassure has been seeded fourth for the first grand slam of the season the australian open which gets underway in melbourne on january the sixteenth denmark while the bourne carried out the outfield leads the women's fields ahead of the cze

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and president asad is set to address the syrian nation as the opposition claims the government's crackdown there are continuing they're calling for the u.n. to intervene but many critics say outside of. democracy. up next we ask the man responsible for turning north caucasus into a top holiday destination how he's going to do it so stay with us for spotlight. i hope today my guest on the program is saying. that the russian the service has always been a very special guests the world famous resort. and. this was shaken by numerous ethnic conflicts and. just give the. people who say they turned. into one of the best results from isn't really what's to be done and with bad spirit prove that the. poor are asking the. north caucasus resort to a company that's in charge of the tourist aleksei. the northern caucasus result is a large government backs project intended to turn russia's troubled but beautiful region into a tourist paradise it's estimated the project will cost about fifteen billion dollars and as the government has only two billion foreign investment is more than welcome. each newly b

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report of the expired observer mission to syria it's widely expected to can damn president bashar asad. who has continued his crackdown on protesters despite promises to stop and also reports there is little doubt that the findings will be used to bolster calls for military intervention. people taking to the streets may look like a real force of power and indeed the one. thing syria protest has apparently failed to prove that months of bloodshed with no sign is going to stop anytime soon. khalid ho jenny from the syrian national council the country's main official opposition body says making the people's voice louder and bring in an end to the violence is what the essence she was created for our main goal is to help the syrian people there present them and their to national community in order to reach this syrian people's freedom and although it's been run by paris based exult about hamdani in the absence he has been recognized as the country's lee determined government by the new libyan authorities and supported by some even and nato countries which has made some doubt the council's i

opposition groups which have blamed for instigating the violence this came just after president bashar asad told supporters and damascus he's aiming to prevent civil war he once again accused foreign powers of sponsoring the unrest and independent news editor james corbat says there is concrete proof of u.s. involvement in the syrian conflict. it's important to understand that when he speaks of this conspiracy that he's going to strike down and beastly foreign terrorists who are invading his country that this is in fact not something that's open to debate it was actually revealed in documents that were leaked from the u.s. state department last april that proved beyond a shadow of doubt that the u.s. state department has pumped in at least six million dollars secretly on covertly into syrian opposition groups since two thousand and sixty arab league mission there is is pretty much pre-ordained no matter what the mission itself comes out with if there is even one dissenting voice that one dissenting voice will be given all of the media attention so it's a question of which way the the powers

dead in syria since arab league observers arrived there in the samberg some believe it's not just asad to blame now so there's clearly not what you would call a democratic leader but within the hour she should not do worse to me on the contrary that i'm a dad to me he's doing i mean you do see an oblique represent the back arraign the united arab emirate showed you rabe you. do it do a few do monarchies show he is writing see they are not the ones that should point a finger at them whether there is an international conspiracy with them and said point on to me to do their. part i think i think it cheats more conflict than just that there is also genuine popular belief only but it is absolutely sure that there are elements from outside who are taking who abuse abusing whatever there is living among the people for their own purposes that is absolutely. you're watching r t live from moscow still ahead for you this hour is saif say the international criminal court grants leaving him more time to answer questions about the state of colonel gadhafi is most prominent son wanted by the hague by

the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and steps up call for president asad to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. croatia off to join the european union after a national referendum armed by questions paul arise opinion and a disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of vehement presidential run in as a present and another set of plans for part of his election program. which might be coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the syrian leadership has rejected the arab league's transition plan and it's curbing violence in the country that's according to syrian state t.v. the authority say doesn't reflect the will of the people and violates the country's sovereignty artists are first reports of what exactly the regime object to do. it's not for civilization that's for heavy guns gravy says by both sides that was the conclusion of the report by the arab league monitors arab league they've also called on president bashar al assad to delegate power to his vice president and fo

and president asad is set to address the syrian nation as the opposition claims of government crackdowns are continuing they're calling for the u.n. to step in but many critics say outside intervention won't lead to democracy. because we have minds news continues at the top of the hour the meantime a kaiser reported to max and stacey take a swing at hollywood and its inability to recognize a good thing when it sees it you're watching. the. stars or there's a career as a reporter today we're going to be talking all about copyright. sounds exciting max first headline why the movie industry can't innovate and the result is so so but is the stop online piracy act but the article mentions that the total two thousand and eleven movie industry revenue was eighty seven billion dollars. thirty billion of that was from box office and only a third from the us the other fifty seven billion came from sources that the studios at one time claimed would put them out of business pay per view t.v. cable and satellite channels video rentals d.v.d. sales online subscriptions and digital downloads well holly

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the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and steps up calls for president asad to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. for a shops to join the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes poller eyes opinion and a disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of vehement presidential run a lot of your protests he presents another a set of plans as part of his election programme. just the headlines here in our t.v. let's take a look what's happening in sports with. hello and welcome to sport an artsy commons you live from moscow with me ramon cost of let's take a quick look at the headlines. the last two standing new york giants and new england patriots win their respective conference titles to set up a super bowl showdown next month. easy does it rafael nadal and roger federer coast into the quarterfinals of the australian open. and show time east west once again in the annual cage shell all-star extravaganza in front of a sellout arena in the last in capital of riga. the new england patriots

optimism that the crisis will be resolved anytime soon with no effective opposition to replace president asad i don't think there is a b. plan syria is sliding into a probably largely sectarian civil war. there is no government in waiting there is this syrian national council which is based outside syria which has a temporary president. but it does not command universal support amongst the dissidents. and its links to those who are actually on the streets were armed or unarmed in syria seems somewhat tenuous at times. well from divided syria to war stricken leave you in a few minutes we'd best why countries who were pushing so strongly for regime change in tripoli are now clamoring for business contracts in the country also. hundreds of russians around the country will be observing the day of the epitome as that they dive into and subzero would find out if i would take the plunge if i'm brave enough to do it. washington is fully prepared for an armed conflict with iran says the u.s. defense department the pentagon chief leon panetta says there is still room for dialogue but sufficient militar

arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and stepped up calls for president asad to step down something. the regime has allegedly rejected. gray shops to join the european union national referendum are. opinion and disappointing turnout. migration falls into the focus of presidential. another. election. the top stories here in our team and i'll be back once the half an hour next though with our special report as we explore a stunning scenery of southern russia and the caucasus nature reserve. southern russia. he did away in the mountains this faraway place can only be reached by helicopter. the first few special permission to travel around.

dialogue between the regime and the opposition who are currently rejecting talks with president bashar asad but as r.t. as sarah firth reports there are concerns outside players determined to throw fueling the fire are behind their refusal. with the stones and. tests from the streets and the increasingly loud annie wrist international opinions britain needs to lead the way in making sure we tighten the sanctions the travel bans the asset freezes on can be hard to hear the syrian. the syrian case has developed as every side wants to push away the responsibility to another tossing the ball back and forth in the last few days the situation has become so unstable that finding people willing to talk right now the squeezing to schools. we've had tanks entering in firing and just we've had six people who've died we travel to the suburbs where some of the clashes have breaking out to try to get a clearer picture of what had been happening here in the last few days in one of the damascus at the moment now we were travelling. but we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel.

syria's longtime ally turkey is among the increasingly vocal chorus calling for president asad to step down as lending of support to the armed opposition and keeping its own troops at the ready near the border because aren't his roof a notion of reports ankara might not be getting an accurate picture of what's happening inside syria. with the bloody status quo in the syrian crisis maintaining its commitments he is a growing violence may start spreading beyond the country's borders especially with his close neighboring turkey wants to close friends too but now a harsh critique of damascus on. syria's first priority should be to listen to its people and their demands not to denounce others instead of massacring its people we should listen to them. as a harsh critic himself yes but he's criticizing the turkish government ankara is on the side with the free syrian army and the syrian national council and military and diplomatic forces aimed and overthrowing the regime of bashar al assad it supports a buffer zone and a humanitarian corridor which some fear could bring turkish troops to syri

about the crisis will be resolved any time soon with no effective opposition to replace president asad i don't think there is a b. plan syria is sliding into a probably largely sectarian civil war. there is no government in waiting there is this syrian national council which is based outside syria which has a temporary president. but it does not command universal support amongst the dissidents. and its links to those who are actually on the streets while armed or unarmed in syria seems somewhat tenuous at times. now from divided syria to war stricken libya in a few minutes on our t.v. we investigate why countries who were pushing so strongly for regime change in tripoli are now clamoring for business contracts. also. hundreds of russians around the country will be observing the day of the appear as a dive into a subzero would find out if i would take the plunge brave enough to do it. anger on the streets as raw if in romania as massive protests demanding anti-government cuts higher taxes and corruption at the top demonstrators have been clashing with riot police hurling stones and petr

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the government's opponents called on the un to help and the ten months of violence president bashar asad is also coming under increasing pressure from neighboring states turkey says it feels threatened by the conflict and could take a leading role in dealing with it azerbaijan sharp says the syrian opposition should stop calls for outside military ference because it never leads to democracy . i think. you know the area and through the engine is a very dangerous. it is the be and some syrians have been doing that that's very unfortunate because that will not help that we're not being a democracy that will be a victory by the outside ok for. assuming you get rid of the old regime then the new regime will be heavily influenced by the powers that intervene the u.s. threats or who have areas that they will have a major say or have a government happened in this part of the syrian people and what you think should be the u.s. government should not be intervening military in the name of it so i was going to barghouti because if it doesn't work and they can serve their objective. i can see the ful

calls to increase international pressure on president asad to step aside however syria is now saying it may let arab league monitors extend their mission in the country the observers mandate expires this there or stay but the mask is one to allow any change in the scope of their brief tasked with inserting compliments with a plea to the peace plan the monitors are said to present their findings later this week now or the last the mission has drawn criticism from inside syria for failing to help stop the violence middle east expert on the risk things arab states are being steered into a biased report. while the arab league was very clear and has said that the that there was cooperation from the syrian side it also has said that there have been groups however there will be pressure from the west to take and how to to take a position which is more hand to her side so i'm not sure if the report will reflect truly the far facts on the ground but i think that the report will be will be politicized in order to show that there are some victims in order to show that for example and the syrian

mark just briefly pavé some are saying that the west is not interested in making syria's president asadactually put an end to the bloodshed and that the real agenda is pushing him for being an ally of iran how do you think that is. it's absolutely true in fact iran has been saying so different officials of these special days that that if syria is disturbing right they will support syria and of course russia will support syria as well not only because of the russian naval base at the heart of sports intimate detail randi and i saw so in the whole what's happening in syria is a microcosm of everything that is happening around the middle east like i said before it's washington nato and the g.c.c. the persian gulf monarchies and most of the developing world on the other side so it's a game of shadows and syria is a pawn in this game even though of course people in syria are suffering people are being killed and their repression by the regime is heavy handed because it is a hard core political repressive police state in fact the only solution would be more or less what the assad government i

december the government's opponents called on the un to help and the ten months of violence president asad is also coming under increasing pressure from neighboring states he says it feels threatened by the conflict and could take our leading role in dealing with it author jean sharp says the syrian opposition should stop calls for outside military theories because of whoever leads to democracy. i think it inviting intervention no their intervention is very dangerous and then. they be and and some syrians have been doing that that's very unfortunate because that will not help that we are not being a democracy that will be a bit by the outside no ok for some. assuming you get rid of the old regime then the new regime will be heavily influenced by the powers that intervene us france or whoever has that they will have a major say over that work and the government happens and that's out in the power of the syrian people but you think should be the u.s. government should not be intervening in military and they move into barghouti because it doesn't work and they can serve other objectives. and

gutter being the first arab leader, they are saying that there should be arab troops deployed to remove asad he continues to murder and attacking his own people? >> well, andrea, that was a significant statement, and so he is an international fighter right now. there's hardly a country supporting him and he is losing support within his own country. so he is on thin ice, the tragedy of syria today is that there's a stale mate, the opposition does not appear strong enough to dislodge him. >> now, to iran because of the rising tensions there, we see that israel and the united states are going to cancel military exercises that were scheduled and this just in, newt gingrich has said that this is in fact, as far as gingrich is concerned, the weakest statement by an american president and the biggest act of weakness by any american president in my lifetime, that seems like a tough statement. does that strike you? i mean you served in republican and democratic administrations. this is greatest act of weakness to postpone a military exercise? >> that is a curious statement, he has followed president

they accused the asad government of staging these tours.no sign the antigovernment protesters are backing down. another 12 were reportedly killed today. >>> in japan, tens of thousands of people are making annual pilgrimage to a shrine in tokyo. more than a half million are expected this week. they're not praying just for their own prosperity, but japan's as well. >>> biologists and engineers say leaping lizards are teaching them a thing or two about stability. the secret they say is in the tail motion. research found lizards swing their tails to help prevent them from stumbling. a tiny robotic car, they added a tail to it, now they can see how to adjust the robot's tail to keep it upright. this could lead to a far more agile search and rescue robot. >>> coming up, the outlook for the rest of the week, chief meteorologist bill martin will tell us. his five-day forecast is coming up -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a

they accused the asad government of staging these tours.re is no sign the antigovernment protesters are backing down. another 12 were reportedly killed today. >>> in japan, tens of thousands of people are making annual pilgrimage to a shrine in tokyo. more than a half million are expected this week. they're not praying just for their own prosperity, but japan's as well. >>> biologists and engineers say leaping lizards are teaching them a thing or two about stability. the secret they say is in the tail motion. research found lizards swing their tails to help prevent them from stumbling. a tiny robotic car, they added a tail to it, now they can see how to adjust the robot's tail to keep it upright. this could lead to a far more agile search and rescue robot. >>> coming up, the outlook for the rest of the week, chief meteorologist bill martin will tell us. his five-day forecast is coming up in six minutes. >>> there's no splendor in this grass. how this could increase prices at the grocery store. it's the perfect time to find great deals on th

the plan calls on president asad to step down.s dwurty -- duarte jiraldino reports -- >> reporter: hillary clinton to back the ouster of syrian president. werners are calling-- westerners are calling for a plan for him to hand over to his vice president. he would have 15 days to step down. if he doesn't, the security council could take further measures, which could include economic saigz sanctions. -- sanctions. u.n. is taking action as they oppose his regime. >> more than 650 syrians have been killed since the government cracked down on protestors last march. >> the battle intensified monday, when rebel forces captured two suburbs in the capital city of damascus. wuby early tuesday, government troops retook the town. around 100 people have died this week. syria's ambassador to russia says assad has no plans to step down. he says they are nothing more than terrorists who are carrying out a foreign plot. at the united nations, duarte geraldino, wjz eyewitness news. >> a vote is not expected until later this week. >>> exposing the m

they say al asad should start talking with the opposition in the next two weeks so a national unity government can be formed within two months. the league also wants more time for its monitoring mission in syria and an increase in the number of observers. there is no sign the syrian regime will accept such a deal. >>> iran is being squeezed from all sides. sanctions are taking a toll, and its currency is losing its value by the day. at the same time a campaign seems to be under way using assassination and cyber war to destabilize the regime. now, this secret war is dangerously escalating tensions in the region. with more on this we're joined now by the president of the national iranian/american council and author of a new book. he joins us from our washington bureau. good to see you. i haven't seen you in a while. >> good to see you, don. >> so who is behind this campaign to destabilize the regime? >> well, first of all, we don't know if the intent is to destabilize the regime, whether it is to set back the nuclear program, or whether it is actually to escalate things uncontrollably into an ac