many in bahrain have condemned the protest. >> there are two problems in bahrain. the first is the inequality between bahrainis [inaudible] all these issues are the major issues in bahrain. sometimes, there are wars. >> the king of bahrain commission and international report. it promised sweeping reforms. senior lawmakers and policemen have been brought in from outside. cameras have been installed and police stations -- installed in police stations. these demonstrators state some of those have still not been reinstated. the shiite majority suffered discrimination. the government has been slow to redress this. the rest of the country is growing increasingly weary with the nightly clashes an ongoing civil disorder. >> with a man in the studio is a -- with me in the studio is a bahrain spokesman. it is the first anniversary. why is the government so worried about activists turning up at parole roundabout? -- at pearl roundabout? >> the government understands the difference. the government guarantees the right of freedom of protest, but there is a line. it does not con

it was deja vu for protesters in bahrain as of the anniversary of the country's uprising was met with a brutal crackdown by elites. iran a stepping up its nuclear program at an underground site near the sit near the city of home by installing thousands of new generation centrifuges according to reports and israel is stepping up its anti rather rhetoric and urging the international community to increase sanctions against iran israel accuses iran of being behind bomb attacks targeting its diplomats in india georgia and thailand earlier this week and already under enormous international pressure over its nuclear program denies any involvement the islamic state insists its nuclear work is peaceful and accuses israel of waging a psychological war that something here is paving the way for military action middle east expert ali risks says that israel's rhetoric will only provoke a tit for tat response. or think here iran is trying to send a message that it cannot be you cannot deal with iran in such oil iran has its own weapons while the west for example believes that it has weapons and ammu

rallies to mark the anniversary of pro-democracy uprising in bahrain are put down with tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western hypocrisy of the different votes in the region. one sided reports from syria claiming that only the regime for atrocities are seen by some as an attempt to hide the truth of the conflict sweeping rebel crimes on the carpet. and sizing up the rivals of u.s. leaders control china's a visiting vice president and a good way to continue paying for two nations by the other hand in a turbulent relationship. plus russia markets kicked off the trading session on a positive note with both the r.t.s. and i myself added around one percent we have all the details and this is. international news and comment twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. the pictures are familiar the regime forces cracking down on protesters but this time they emanate from bahrain just hours ago activists trying to mark the one year anniversary as a pro-democracy uprising were dispersed by heavily armed police and reports the weapons as well as the tactics may have been importe

rallies to mark the anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain are put down tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western governments hypocrisy of a different revolts in the region. one sided reports from syria blaming only the regime for atrocities seen by some as a temp to hide the truth of the conflict by sweeping rebel crimes under the carpet . and sizing up their rivals u.s. leaders could china's vice president meet with great he jinping to nations right for the upper hand turbulent relationship. and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. the pictures are familiar regime forces cracking down on protesters but this time they're emanating from bahrain just hours ago activists trying to mark the one year anniversary of a proto moxy uprising but dispersed by heavily armed police and those are bent reports the weapons as well as the tactics may have been imported from the u.k. . tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has change

about the anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain put down the tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western hypocrisy over different votes in the region. one sided reports from syria and the regime for atrocities seen by some as an attempt to hide the truth of the conflict by sweeping crimes under the carpet. and sizing up their rivals u.s. leaders can. vice president and the way to feel good paying the two nations by for the upper hand. watching r.t. a very warm welcome to you well the pictures are from regime forces cracker. down on protesters but this time they emanate from bahrain activists trying to mark the one year anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising were dispersed why heavily armed police have a bennett reports their weapons as well as the tactics they have been imported from the u.k. . tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned by one of britain's forme

sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all the licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett's r.t. london. or middle east expert eric alley says a different attitudes world powers are taking to bahrain's uprising easily explained by how useful the regime is to them. those countries which are regarded 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 presence present 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 and no one talks about this because it's a use

rather it is to mark the anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain are put down with tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western governments hypocrisy of a different votes in the region. one sided reports from syria blaming only the regime for atrocities seen by some as an attempt to hide the truth of the conflict by sweeping rebel crimes under the carpet. and sizing up the rivals u.s. leaders could joe china's visiting vice president and leader in waiting she jinping as of today sions fight for the upper hand in a turbulent relationship. plus more deals are being made there. picks up we'll tell you which sectors that most popular and business in twenty minutes. costing live from the heart of the russian capital this is. the pictures all familiar regime forces cracking down on protesters but this time they're emanating from bahrain just hours ago activists trying to mark the one year anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising were dispersed by heavily armed police. reports the weapons as well as the tactics may have been imported from the u.k. . tear gas and stu

rallies to mark the anniversary of approached him ocracy op rising in bahrain are put down with tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western hypocrisy over different revolts in the region. and sizing up the rivals u.s. leaders swap almost smiles for china's visiting vice president and leader in waiting as the two nations vie for the upper hand in a turbulent relationship. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's great to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital and twelve noon in damascus syrian state t.v. has announced that a referendum on a new constitution will take place in eleven days that's as reports of new outbreaks of violence continued to pour out of the country with tanks being deployed to the fourth largest city of hama and an oil pipeline blown up in homes well are from the ocean is in syria now joins us live on the line maria the assad regime seems to be keeping its promises it's now announced the date of the referendum eleven days as we've said but at the same time some alarming reports coming

rallies to mark the anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain put down tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western hypocrisy over different votes in the region. one sided reports from syria blaming only the regime for atrocities are seen by some as an attempt to hide the truth of the conflict by sweeping rebel crimes under the carpet. and sizing up the rivals u.s. leaders could joe china's visiting vice president and leader and way to xi jinping as the two nations vie for the upper hand in a turbulent relationship. plus gas from. the past is that your use of your supplies we'll have more of that in business twenty minutes. this is out here very warm welcome. now the pictures all familiar regime forces cracking down on protesters but this time they emanate from bahrain activists trying to mark the one year anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising were dispersed by heavily armed police and as i have been it reports the weapons as well as the tactics they have been imported from the u.k. . tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but

now was a move for testers in bahrain as a universe of other countries uprising was met with a brutal crackdown by police. iran is stepping up its nuclear program at an underground site near the city of qom by installing thousands of new generation centrifuges according to reports and israel is stepping up its on tehran rhetoric and urging the international community to increase sanctions against iran israel accuses iran of being behind bomb attacks targeting its diplomats in india georgia and taiwan earlier this week to rile ready under enormous international pressure over its nuclear program denies any involvement the slimy state insists its nuclear war. it's peaceful and accuse israel of waging a psychological war that some fear is paving the way for military action political analyst chris bambery explains what he thinks israel is up to. and i think what they're really trying to do is trying to up the ante so the americans will do something they aren't capable of taking out around nuclear program they don't have the means to do it best they could memorize a hit and run and run atta

rallies some are not averse to a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain are down with tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western democracy over different revolts in the region. and sizing up the rivals u.s. leaders stomp on smile for china's visiting vice president and leader and waiting as the two nations find for the upper hand in a turbulent relationship. it's three pm here in moscow this is r.t. coming to you live with our top story this hour syrian state t.v. house announced that a referendum on a new constitution will take place in eleven days that's as reports of new outbreak of violence continue to pour out of the country with tanks being deployed to the fourth largest city of hama and an oil pipeline blown up in homes. correspondent in syria roof an ocean has more. there is a goal the national referendum on the country's new constitution has been announced in every day that are expected to be held. in government and probably confirms a document that has been drafted to end the monopoly of the ruling party people who govern people according to the. initial levels

last year pro-democracy protesters in another arab country in bahrain thought they got what they wanted after being promised reforms including among the police force but twelve months later activists trying to mark the anniversary of the uprising found a crackdown was as harsh as before only difference this time was the same tactics and arms police use where this time brought from the u.k. those supposedly there to help bring democratic change artie's ivor bennett has more from london. tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests will crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned by one of britain's former top cops jon the eights used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have borrowed or behavior despicably the latest trick is to throw cans of tear gas into the homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died

sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett's r.t. london well that has a for now for more on the stories we've covered this go to r.t. dot com slash usa and i forget to check out our page the address is youtube dot com slash r.t. america and as always you can reach out to me are follow me on twitter by going to at the caf and of when i hear what you thought of the show us this evening stay tuned we'll be back in just a half an hour. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. culture is the same of you i can tell if i can build another one of them was all for intel

has considered bahrain a strategic ally. we need to go forward in a constructive and positive way but we also want a stable society, one where people are functioning freely. >> i spoke to the country's justice minister and asked him if the two sides can be reconciled. >> the doors are opened. now, there is lots going on to bring people together. unfortunately, the gestures that have been disseminated since the beginning has always been met by boycotting and even provocation and this amounts to a kind of incitements to violence. >> as night falls, the day the ritual protest starts all over again. the police say they have taken on board the criticisms leveled at them. in one year on, as the anchor bills, time is running out for this tiny country along a dangerous sectarian fault line. >> that is all for this week. for all of us, goodbye. >> makes sense of international news at bbc.com/news. foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers

over sixty five people actually died from police brutality activists in bahrain insist their protest was peaceful their aim to reach the iconic pole roundabout in the capital manama they say they were met by tanks toxic gas and rubber bullets what we witnessed on the ground as not. the front or from. previously but it's been extended through the toxic gases and use of poisoning. mr john is contributing we should see a positive things at the ground what we are seeing today is nothing except that it may not just be british tactics bahrain's easing but weapons to government figures show the u.k. sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. a middle east expert says the different attitude world powers take the reins uprising is easily explained by how useful the regime is

and at rallies marking a year since the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain protesters face it another harsh crackdown with police using tactics and weapons imported from the u.k. . nine pm in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on our team our top story iran has reportedly warned six countries it may stop supplying them with oil in response to a series of sanctions that include an embargo on terra is key export an iranian official added the only reason they're not halting crude sales immediately is europe's extreme cold temperatures are he's jacob riis reports from greece one of the countries believed to be the subject of the oil cut by terra. the latest report said what we hear is the arabian foreign ministry has cooled up these of basses of the six nations be concerned and told them that cuts will happen but not right away or they will face a ban on exports their nations but they'll be given some leeway in that sewing said what they term humanitarian reasons the cold snap has been sweeping across europe but will no doubt if implemented preempt somewhat those sanctions

and the rallies marking one year since the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain protesters face yet another harsh clampdown with police using tactics and weapons from the u.k. . and from all business desk the russian markets close in the black lips and by high prices and for them isaacs and an almost event we'll have more on that and other stories in our business bulletin in twenty minutes. here with r t why from moscow. where at seven pm good to have you with us on the nice now with our top story this evening iraq has reportedly warned six e.u. countries they might stop supplying them with oil in response to a series of sanctions which included embargo on tehran's export the ban was not supposed to come into full effect until the summer but the islamic republic has repeatedly threatened to bring them to an immediate halt jacob greaves now joins us greece one of the countries allegedly subject to this possible caught by tehran jacob so if and when a cut in oil supply is actually happens how would it affect the debt stricken e.u. . well it. is quite fast now of course the latest reports here

a rally is marking one year since the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain protesters face yet another harsh clampdown with police using tactics and weapons from the u.k. . but ramping up the rhetoric israel's prime minister calls for a stop to what he calls a rainy and aggression spite a lack of evidence linking tehran to the recent bombings in india georgia and thailand. left from our studios in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he's. now it's four pm here in the russian capital two pm in damascus and syria's president bashar al assad has ordered a referendum on a new constitution to be held in eleven days that's according to the country's state run news agency but it could put an end to the one party rule of the president's baath party and shrines in the country in the current constitution the announcement came to mid reported violence in the cities of homes and home on some of the fiercest in the months long on rest are serious a notion of reports from syria today called a national referendum on the country's new constitution has been announced in every day that are exp

bahrain seems like a laggard compared to egypt, obviously another north african country. >> bahrain is an exception among the arab monarchy. it is the only one where there has been significant unrest and that is because of this majority, minority situation where the population is there a much underrepresented and discriminated against. this has been going on for decades. they have been unhappy with that situation. most have been pretty stable. it is really the presidential republics where we have seen so many leaders overturned. >> thank you very much for coming in. >> the revolution may be over in libya but the problems persist. still to come on tonight's program, we report on the flight of thousands of illegal migrants on a quest to reach europe. they are detained and trapped in limbo. >> police in thailand say a man they believed to be in the iranian has lost both his legs in a bomb explosion that went off in a crowded business district in bangkok. the man was about to throw a bomb at police when it exploded causing him serious injuries. the u.s. has condemned the blast and voiced c

sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off the bennett party london i had for you this hour here in r.t. cutbacks and chaos down trodden by new spending cuts which they say were only make their dad woes last long into the future. for that the chinese vice president's been touring america this weekend hailing ties between the two countries the u.s. media aren't quite as positive after vilifying the communist country which holds more than a trillion dollars of american dad in his coffers but for the white house business comes before public opinion as art has guided to count reports from washington. what a better way to celebrate valentine's day than with a partner who lends you money nonstop provides you with cheap labor and host of thousands of your factory to the remarkable development of china u.s. re

and that rallies knocking one against the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain protests thank you nothing to clamp down with me seizing tactics and weapons from the u.k. . international news live from moscow this is our she was me here thanks for joining us for us to iran has reportedly warned sixty you countries that might stop supplying them with oil in response to a series of sanctions which include an embargoed until iran ski export and iranian official has added to the only reason they're not stopping cruise sales immediately is europe's extremely cold current temperatures jake agrees reports now from greece one of the countries believed to be subject to the oil by tehran. because the latest report said all we hear is the arabian foreign ministry has cooled up these are bastards of the six nations concerned and told them that cuts will happen but not right away or they will face a ban on exports to their nations but they'll be given some leeway that's owing to what they termed humanitarian reasons the cold snap has been sweeping across europe but will no doubt if implemented preempt

and at rallies marking the one year end of the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain because the stakes here in the other country down with police he's in tactics and what happens from the u.k. . and a very warm welcome from all of us here in moscow this is all she with me our thanks for joining us first iran has reportedly warned six you countries it might stop supplying them with oil in response to a series of sanctions which include an embargo on tehran's key export and iranian official has added the only reason they're not stopping crude sales immediately is europe's extremely cold current temperatures are she's drake agrees reports now from greece one of the countries believed to be subject to that oil could bite her on. the latest reports here what we hear is the iranian foreign ministry has cooled up these impasses of these six nations concerns and told them that cuts will happen but not right away or they will face a ban on exports to their nations but they'll be given some leeway and that's what they termed humanitarian reasons the cold snap has been sweeping across europe it will g

and rallies marking a year since the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain protesters face yet another harsh clampdown with police using tactics and weapons a. midnight in moscow tries a good to have you with us here on r t our top story iran has reportedly war in six states it may stop supplying them with oil in response to a series of sanctions including an embargo on terror on this key export iranian official also added that only reason they're not stopping crude sales immediately zero six stream lee cold current temperatures are he's jacob greaves has more from greece. the latest reports here what we hear is the iranian foreign ministry has cooled up these embassadors of these six nations concerns and told them that cuts will happen but not right away or they will face a ban on exports to their nations but they'll be given some leeway in that so into what they term humanitarian reasons the cold snap that's been sweeping across europe it will no doubt if implemented preempt somewhat those sanctions imposed by the e.u. back in january and due to be implemented in july six nations in questi

and rallies marking one year since the pro-democracy uprising in bahrain protesters face yet another harsh clampdown with police using tactics and weapons from the u.k. . does iran stops oil exports to six european states in retaliation to the sanctions as international rhetoric is ramped up to further family claims of friction with the islamic state. and business world watching oil prices the jump nearly two dollars a barrel we've seen one hundred nineteen dollars thirty five cents shortly after the iran announcement join me for more on that at all but. it's five pm here in moscow this is archie coming to you live from nice now with our top story this hour syria's president bashar assad has ordered a referendum on a new constitution to be held in eleven days according to the country's state run news agency it could put an end to the one party rule of the president's baath party in shrines in the current constitution the announcement came amid reported violence in the cities of homes that hamas some of the fiercest in the months long rest are just maria financial reports from syria.

a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests will crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdowns been planned by one of britain's former top cops john the eights used to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have borrowed or behaving despicably their latest trick is to throw cans of tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death tear gas or use out of doors and i think for the british police officer overstimulate is retired to be associated in any way with his is his role yes resigned from scotland yard last year in early fix him of the phone hacking scandal he popped up in bahrain in december as part of the regime's p.r. campaign to clean up its image a campaign pushed hard it seems by yeats himself he recently told the daily telegraph his new charges had a well rehearsed plan for the anniversary of the uprising adding the concept of reasonable re

sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to septemberlast year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time 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 am

>> bahrain is an exception among the arab monarchies. it is the only one where there has been significant unrest and that is because of this majority, minority situation where the majority population is very much underrepresented and discriminated against. this has been going on for decades. they have been unhappy with that situation. most of the other monarchies have been pretty stable. it is really the presidential republics where we have seen so many leaders overturned. >> thank you very much for coming in. >> you welcome. >> a quick update now from syria. there are reports coming in from opposition activists that the government-led offensive has begun on residential hamaa.orhoods in the revolution might be over in libya but the problems still persists. still to come, we report on the plight of thousands of illegal migrants on the quest to reach europe. they are now detained and trapped in limbo. police in thailand say a man they believed to be an iranian has lost both his legs in a bomb explosion that went off in a crowded business d

and police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reforms the police have borrowed or behaving despicably their latest trick is to throw cans of tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death tear gas or use out of doors and i think for any british police officer or overstimulate retired to be associated in any way with that is it's wrong yes resigned from scotland yard last year an early fix him of the phone hacking scandal he popped up in bahrain in december as part of the regime's p.r. campaign to clean up its image a campaign pushed hard it seems by yeats himself he recently told the daily telegraph his new charges had a well rehearsed plan for the anniversary of the uprising adding the concept of reasonable reaction to provocation has been reinforced. as for the uprising itself he said this isn't organize protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets claims hotly disputed by london's bahraini community i mean you get thousands and thousands of people. demanding their rights. you seem to for

sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett's r.t. london. well capital account is up next on our teaser let's check in with the host with the most lauren lyster to see what's up on her agenda today lauren what you got cooking for us lucy we have a great show i heard you talking a little bit about iran and about kind of the military implications of all of that we're going to talk about oil and these sanctions i'm sure you saw all of the reports today about what iran is or isn't doing about cutting off oil to europe we're going to look at it yeah the consequences of sanctions from the west this one consequences it's about time we look at them and how they're exactly worth it to people on the streets of greece who cannot pay for gas and are in a depression or people in the u.s. who a