this is are you coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program . violence in syria continues unabated despite the arab league observers mission that start of this week security forces have reportedly opened fire on thousands of protesters with monitors giving conflicting accounts of government snipers involved activists claim dozens were killed in recent clashes in flashpoint cities all of which are also being visited by the monitors the u.n. says more than five thousand people have died in the ten month long and rest with damascus blaming armed gangs for the violence james editor of an independent news website based in japan doubts if the observer mission will bring any flaws of all results the final report will be a pretty much preordained conclusion that there will be findings that the assad government is not doing enough to to listen to the concerns of its citizens but personally i'm not sure what is more ridiculous about this story be the idea that the the autocratic suggs of the arab league states or.

have any new year to you wherever you are you watching r t live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now the world is welcoming twenty twelve with mass celebrations and final works all over the globe south america has already seen twenty eleven off while north america next in line with huge festivities to be held along the east coast first hundreds of thousands of packed new york's times square for a symbolic ball dropping at midnight this trail you was among the first countries to open those doors to the new year with glittering fireworks lightning the skies over sydney harbor. japan the two koreas and china picked up the baton russia has also met two thousand and twelve with a bang thousands of people gathered in moscow's red square to toast the new year and watch magnificent fireworks over the kremlin millions of revelers also gathered in cities all over europe for the countdown to midnight. with sell of.

i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the arab league fact finding mission in syria is waiting for the green light to continue its monitoring of tiffany's for another month the decision is due to come later on sunday as the observers report comes under scrutiny at the league's gathering in cairo that's a bit harsh criticism from opposition groups which say gives or remission has failed to curb bloodshed in the latest flare up at least fourteen people have reportedly been killed in a roadside bomb attack on a van carrying prisoners in the northwest of the country are join the observers as the visit of town near the syrian capital damascus now controlled by opposite.

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 report by the arab league monitors arab league president bashar al assad delegate power to his vice president and form a national unity government.

you're watching aren't you going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the arab league's monitoring mission in syria has been suspended due to a sharp rise in violence opposition activists suggested over its.

marina joshie welcome to the program. violence in syria continues unabated despite the arab league observers mission that started this week security forces have reportedly opened fire on thousands of protesters with monitors giving conflicting accounts of government snipers involved activists claim dozens were killed in recent clashes and flash points it's all of which are also being visited by the monitors the u.n. says more than five thousand people have died of the ten month long unrest which damascus blaming armed gangs for the violence journalist believes a lot of the videos and recent media coverage are there are viable. certainly the western media viewpoint that we must believe the we must believe opposition groups it seems that any mobile footage is no except as a source so only what they are being said about holmes different very different a great deal from weather reports we've been getting on t.v. channels of massacres continually going on what is no doubt is that thousands of.

it is not in the russian capital you watching live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program well the world is welcoming twenty twelve with mass celebrations and fireworks all over the globe north america has become the latest with huge festivities long along the east coast those are live pictures in fact from new york city where sauza is have packed times square.

it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie they will take a look at thetop stories of the week as well as the latest news of the arab league's monitoring mission in syria has been suspended due to a sharp rise in violence opposition activists suggest that over two hundred people have been.

what you are going to live from moscow eleven am here in the russian capital i'm marina joshie the arab league's monitoring mission in syria has been suspended due to a sharp rise in violence opposition activists suggest that over two hundred people have been killed and the past four days across the country.

it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching our team and i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the arab league's fact finding mission in syria is waiting for the green light to continue its monitoring of timothy's for another month decision is due to come later on sunday as the observers report comes under scrutiny gathering in cairo that's a bit harsh criticism from opposition groups which say gives or remission has failed to curb bloodshed in the latest flare up at least fourteen people have reportedly been killed in a roadside bomb attack on a van carrying prisoners in the northwest of the country are you sara for us join the observers as the visit a town near the syrian capital damascus now controlled by opposition forces. well the arab league delegation is think higher than they've been presenting their findings that despite the arab league mission monday having finished you can see they continue to travel around the country to look at what's. been seen as further evidence by some people that this mission is to continue possibly for another month one of the observers i sta

what you know if you live from moscow nine am here on marina joshie the syrian leadership has rejected the arab league 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 party sarah for reports of what exactly the regime objects to . it's not for civilization that's for heavy guns play the pieces by sides that is the conclusion of the report by the arab league monitors arab league they've also called on president bashar al assad delegate power to his vice president and form a national unity government with the opposition they've also called for international support by preparing their case for the u.n. security council and it's the extra push many people here in syria have been calling for. to protect a friend or two to homs the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital now many damascus suburbs are also embroiled in the conflicts between government forces and the armed opposition. well this is all that's left of many of the

it is eight am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie the arab league says the syrian government has withdrawn having weapons from cities across the country and released some thirty five hundred prisoners but the body confirmed snipers are still a threat and called for an end to the shooting activists claim hundreds have been killed since the monitoring team arrived last week during criticism both from within syria and the arab group an advisory body to the league said observers should be withdrawn because of the ongoing violence their mission is to grow for a peace plan for the country where the u.n. says over five thousand have been killed in ten months of widespread unrest analyst patrick things events in syria are being manipulated with western powers an arab allies backing insurgent groups to promote regime change. a lot of these so-called human rights reports definitely skewed in favor of whatever the current western policies coming out of the u.s. or london. what they would like to see happen which is.

it is one of the and the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie the arab league is reportedly leaning towards prolonging its monitoring mission in syria for another month and widespread accusations it's failed to curb violence the final decision is expected on sunday after the observers report comes under scrutiny at the gathering in cairo has the details the arab ministers are going to be meeting to present their findings the what's been happening in syria and to discuss what their next move will be the arab league mission which in the country to oversee the implementation of the arab peace but by syria's government that among other things that included the release of a political prisoner the withdrawal of the government troops and tanks from some of the towns and cities how successful this tired league mission has been it's just basic will.

if any of the russian capital you're watching are marina joshie the battle over syria shifts to the un security council in new york as its members are set to negotiate a new resolution on syria backing the arab league's peace plan moscow has slammed the document already saying the current tax may open the door for a levy style intervention archies marina explains the united nations security council will hear a report from the arab league today detailing findings from its recent monitor mission in syria this of course coming as an arab european drafted resolution on syria is already circulating among council members the draft was introduced by morocco on friday and calls in part for syrian president bashar al assad to transfer powers his powers to his deputy while a unity government is formed in preparation for new elections now according to reports this draft resolution also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply. i with the terms of the resolution now in the show in a show of western solidarity u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will

is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t on marina joshie iran has warned the united states it will take action if an american warship returns to its base in the gulf it left the area when iran started its ten day naval war games during which they successfully test fired a selection of different missiles iran also held an exercise that simulated shutting down the strait of hormuz though it said it had no immediate intention of actually doing so earlier tehran threatened to walk the world's most important oil route if the west stepped up sanctions against the country's nuclear program france says its story iran is developing nuclear weapons and is pushing for stricter so. on saturday u.s. president barack obama signed a bill targeting iran's oil and financial sectors sighed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says america is still going up tensions with iran. it is really the americans that are being provocative they are trying to make ordinary iranians suffer at the same time you see senior american officials and politicians constantly calling for the assassinatio

on marina joshie the arab league is reportedly leaning towards prolonging its monitoring mission in syria for another month and they had widespread accusations it's failed to curb violence the final decision is expected on sunday after the observers report comes under scrutiny at the gathering in cairo r.t. sara first has the details. the arab league ministers are going to be meeting to present their findings on what's been happening in syria and to discuss what their next move will be now the arab league mission were here in the country to oversee the implementation of the arab peace but by the syrian government now among other things that included the releasing political prisoners and the withdrawal of the government troops and tanks from some of the towns and cities how successful the sired league mission has been to play simple we actually followed the arab league mission in the final few days here in the country now there are questions raised as to the neutrality and the credibility of the mission certainly seeing the way that they operated it couldn't the question really just how in

you're watching aren't you going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the arab league's monitoring mission in syria has been suspended due to a sharp rise in violence opposition activists suggest that over two hundred people have been killed in the past four days across the country syria's state heavy has read for the damascus regrets the lives decision saying it may result in more bloodshed and the foreign military intervention that's has the u.n. security council is set to discuss a new resolution on syria calling for a regime change and warning of further action in damascus fails to comply on top of this the e.u. imposed yet more sanctions against syria is trying to further pressure president. now that we observers mission has been frozen people are preparing for the worst as are these correspondents our first record straight. over the last few weeks we've accompanied the observers on many of their excursions into some of the country's most restive areas here this prison on the outskirts of damascus these are the prisoners they've been selected for at least t

this is r t coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program tension between the u.s. and iran is being rushed up on what seems like a daily basis the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton added fuel to the fire calling to iran's recent threats to close a vile oil transit route in the gulf a provocation. looks at whether words could soon become action. the cold run of tension between iran and the west is simmering. it seems the slightest increase of heat could make it boil over into an all out confrontation. but where will be that boiling point the point of no return we're getting closer and closer to war with iran the iranians are playing with fire problems in a crisis if you get where any small thing can really set it off and it doesn't quell washington that the international nuclear watchdog is on the side closely monitoring iran's nuclear activities are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon no but we know that they're trying to develop a nuclear capability and that's what concerns us and our red line to iran is do not develop a nuclear weapon iran's main s

of the russian capital you're watching r t with marina joshie welcome. tehran's plans to hold or oil exports to some e.u. countries are still alive warns iran's oil minister and this despite the country's parliament temporarily postponing the debate on a possible cut of crude supplies to iran is aiming to deflect the flow of sanctions adopted by the west that have been targeting the country's oil industry by implementing the measures the u.s. and the european union are seeking to bring in ends to iran's alleged nuclear weapons program meanwhile a high profile group of i spect there is have begun their three day mission to examine iran's nuclear activities iran says the talks were you an atomic body officials the first in such a level in more than three years will prove its nuclear ambitions are peaceful professor side mohammad marandi from the university have to ron says the i.a.e.a. visit will not change the west's hardline approach towards iran. the a currently has full time monitors in iran and this is something that we rarely hear in the western medi

is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie with international pressure mounting on syria's president the e.u. is ready fresh sanctions against the regime russia says it will block any u.n. security council move to authorize military intervention in the country seeing dialogue is the only way out of the ongoing violence the syrian government and the opposition remain at loggerheads as time runs out for many in the country artists or for reports. but how do you stop the fractured country from falling apart a country where some cities now resemble a was a where the economy's on its knees and what children being shot dead on the streets . i mean. it's a question everybody's desperately trying to find an answer to you right now nobody knows what's going to happen some are calling for military intervention others a calling for dialogue this sit in case is not isolated. and i mention i mention the west and i mentioned the russian dimension. everybody has on interests but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov re-offend that moscow would not authorize a u.n. resolution i

it is eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie ten years ago america's infamous prison guantanamo bay locked up the first twenty detainees accused of terrorism seven hundred suspects have passed through cincinnati allegedly being abused and tortured there almost none getting a trial barack obama had promised he would close it by now but instead the president has signed a new law authorizing the definite detention of terrorist suspects christine has more. promise is made i've said repeatedly that i intend to close guantanamo and i will follow through on that promise is broken it is the ministration policy to try to close guantanamo we have certainly run into opposition the problem is he doesn't have a plan to do that or at least what to do with terror suspects they are suspects like moroc or not captured in pakistan in two thousand and one while working for an ngo that helps young people get off drugs he was sent to guantanamo and tortured for five years. after i had seen couple things got a couple couple people got killed in front of me some of them got

of the russian capital you're watching our marina joshie the arab league has renewed calls for the syrian government to and bloodshed and allow more observers in the country but the group monitoring the implementation of a peace plan stopped short of asking the u.n. for help the arab league mission itself has been heavily criticized for failing to stop the violence and reports many in the country say they're paying too high a price for change. a new year but no resolution here despite the presence in the country of arab league observers in ten months of bloody clashes the violence in syria continues to escalate i don't macalester what's our fault what's our people's part it's a sound that our children are dying it's a sense they're just ordinary people we simply want to have a man seen here his life doctor is a battling to save as a soldier charge it thing he dies he's just twenty five years old. was found early to mourn him and this is just one man one family across syria at the moment there are many more people experiencing exactly the same thing as the country edges ever closer toward

it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie well western nations want to change russian proposed u.n. resolution so it pushes syria towards regime change and that's according to russia's deputy foreign minister the west lays the blame for the bloodshed in syria squarely was the government but as our sara first found out the changing society there suggests the problem is much deeper. no midnight needs son to man was an activist he say sure networking sites such as facebook to call for peace in syria he phoned his family to tell them to watch him doing an interview on lake very famous but i saw him on to the and he looked well but it was to be one of the last times the family saw him alive and soon after that he was kidnapped he left home and never returned we found his body in the morning and his face was mutilated it's too painful for me to remember that moment it remains unclear who killed him and his family thinks it may have been militants he thought he was working for the security forces after seeing him speak on television but in reality he'd worked a

and that does it for me but coming up in about thirty minutes my colleague marina joshie will be here with a full look at your news but now it's off to cross talk with our host peter lavelle . with. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. and you. know we welcome rostov around peter lavelle almost immediately after the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago the commonwealth of independent states was established its original intent seen by many as a vehicle to witness the amicable divorce of the u.s.s.r. two decades on it is an organisation in search of a mission. to cross-talk the commonwealth of independent states i'm joined by stephen cohen here in the studio he's a professor of russian studies and history at new york university and in providence we crossed in a quiet petro he's a professor of politics at the university of rhode island all right this is crosswalks gentleman so you can jump in anytime you want stephen you're in the studio with me here in moscow let's talk about the significance of establishing the commonwealth of

watching on the line from moscow i'm marina joshie the global hacktivist group anonymous has hit some of the most prominent websites in the u.s. including those of the white house the f.b.i. and the department of justice major film and music companies have also been target its hacks come in retaliation to a federal raid on the massive file sharing service megaupload which has around fifty million daily users the web sites bosses have been arrested and are now facing prison sentences the move comes hot on the heels of a mass blackout of thousands of websites including media in protest against controversial new web control laws washington hopes the bills will be approved by lawmakers to curb illegal downloading and protect copyright but critics say this will lead to censorship on the internet very it brown his worked with anonymous on various operations before says the latest hacker attacks are just the beginning. of the problem is that the track record of the u.s. and all governments. in such that given the power to do one thing is almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of

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 form a national unity government with the opposition they've also called for international support by preparing their case for the u.n. security council and it's the extra push many people.

you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now president barack obama has signed a controversial to fans bill that basically allows the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects the us president said he had serious reservations on some provisions regarding the treatment of detainees but as marina board nine are reports during his time in office obama's shown he's not always good to his word. long before he became u.s. president or a nobel peace prize winner barack obama was a constitutional law professor we have never been more energized by. a civil liberties champion turned charismatic candidate who vowed to reverse the abuses and policies of his predecessor george w. bush four years later many civil rights advocates who once cheered yes we can are finding themselves saying no you can't not only has the obama administration blocked torture accountability and refused to investigate and prosecute. he's he's basically maintained indefinite detention he's revived military commissions. and as we've seen as well he has expanded targeted killing

what you coming to live from moscow eleven am here in the russian capital i'm marina joshie the arab league's monitoring mission in syria has been suspended due to a sharp rise in violence opposition activists suggest that over two hundred people have been killed in the past four days across the country syria's state t.v. has reported that damascus regrets the league's decision saying may result in more bloodshed and foreign military intervention that's as the u.n. security council asserted. also a new resolution on syria calling for a regime change and warning of further action if damascus fails to comply. russia has opposed document saying it can be used as a basis to solve the situation on top of this the e.u. imposed yet more sanctions against syria this week to further pressure president asa decision to freeze the observer mission comes after gulf nations withdrew the arabs are worse leaving people to prepare for the worst as artists sara first now report. saying they get by and heading home they've said it's from the gulf states lethal the airport then mission in complete leavi

it is not i am the russian gavel you're watching r t on marina joshie there obliques says serious government has withdrawn heavy weapons from say his across the country and release some three hundred three thirty five hundred prisoners but the body confirms snipers are still a threat and called for an end to the shooting activists claim hundreds have been killed since the monitoring team arrived last week drawing criticism both from within syria and the arab group advisors to the least said observers should be were from because of the continuing violence their mission is to ensure compliance with the peace plan of the country analyst patrick henningsen thanks events in syria are being manipulative with western powers and arab allies backing insurgent groups to come out for him change. a lot of these so-called human rights reports definitely skewed in favor of whatever the current western policies coming out of the u.s. or london and paris of what they would like to see happen in syria which is many. people in the u.s. state department and the u.k. foreign office and the u.n. want to frame th

it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie they will take a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest news and the arab league's monitoring mission in syria has been suspended due to a sharp rise in violence opposition activists suggest that over two hundred people have been killed in the past four days across the country state t.v. has reported that damascus regrets the league's decision saying it may result in more bloodshed and foreign military intervention meanwhile an arab you were peon draft resolution on syria which drew russia's criticism is being. revised and the u.n. security council the initial text was calling for regime change and warning of further action damascus fails to comply with it on top of this the e.u. imposed more sanctions against syria this week to further pressure president asa. decision to freeze the fact finding mission comes after a gulf nations withdrew their observers leaving people to prepare for the worst as artie's sara for three ports. saying they get by and heading home they've said it's from the gulf s

you're watching aren't you coming to you live from moscow it's ten am here on marina joshie europe stop power a couple have called on the euro zone to boost growth to stop the debt crisis from spreading and ensure the very survival of the region's single currency at a meeting in berlin angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy said it was just as urgent to reach a fast agreement with greece's private creditors before a more bailout money can be handed over athens has insisted it faces default and could have to abandon the euro if it doesn't get more cash by spring the e.u. now needs to iron out a treaty agreed upon last month which includes the threat of sanctions tougher surveillance and makes budget rule breakers answerable directly to brussels but many euro skeptics say putting more trust in brussels would be an error as artists are so you know reports. when times are this hard every cent counts for the seventy two year in a row the european court of auditors refused to give the e.u. accounting books a clean a bill of health the court found that in two thousand and ten three point seven perc