ten minutes past the hour here in moscow this is r.t. spain is set to pass its deepest budget cuts yet all amid loud public discontent hundreds of thousands of spilled out of the streets all across the country on thursday demonstrators clashed with police and broke windows in barcelona and let's not talk to our teacher who grieve standing by for us live in madrid we've seen massive public outrage but still the new budget is set to go ahead isnt it. yes it is there were budgets in those parts to be very deep and very severe that's because of the situation facing the spanish government at the moment they failed in two thousand and eleven to reduce that deficit down as much as they would have wanted this year they're saying they have to do ok down to about five point three percent of g.d.p. that's going to mean a lot of slashing when it comes to budgetary funds money that means that very few areas are likely to be safe from this now the spanish prime minister said it's going to be a very austere budget what i mean would like to see about th

later today r.t. so if you have enough to talk to afghanistan's finance minister on the cost of war both economic and social. we don't have to and do not want the international forces to be enough honest on fighting for us. he when in power longer be in the water have. a life it's not i don't think you can put a dollar figure on this. if you think billion two hundred billion three hundred billion is still in. the deficient of p.r. and you cannot make it give us to the public often diverse. state institutions putting growth to get there. is not easy. and you can watch that interview in full a little later today here. president obama warned iran this week that the window for dealing with its nuclear program through diplomatic channels is shrinking but he stressed again that washington still prefers to use diplomacy to get around to abandon its atomic plans this is actually building a case for striking iran without american support a move that. reports could put ties with its closest ally in the firing l

r.t. new york the u.s. is reportedly proposed giving israel advanced weaponry in return for tel aviv delaying a potential strike on iran bunker buster bombs and long range refueling planes were allegedly off during your whose latest visit to washington israeli prime minister said his country hasn't decided to attack it but it signaled that patients will turn around was wearing thin barack obama in turn stressed the need to let the plane missing and economic sanctions run the course of khan's following an agreement between iran and several international powers and to restart troops on iran's alleged weapons program as in washington from the national iranian american council says it's crucial for regional stability but israel's warlike cries are muslims. after three decades of little or no communication between iran and the united states there's no question that it's going to be a very challenging task that both sides are facing and you know i think being on the precipice of war has to really focus the attent

watching r.t. it's good to have your company today some other global headlines of grief with the r.t. world update for a suicide bomber in northwest pakistan has attacked a funeral being attended by an anti taliban politician at least thirteen mourners are being killed and about thirty others wounded the politician escaped unhurt secular leaning i won the national party holds power in the region conservatives leaders have been targeted in the recent past. the fire has torn through two adjoining neighborhoods in the proof capital destroying more than five hundred homes emergency services struggled for hours to control the police with just left over one hundred thousand people homeless no deaths are being reported local authorities setting up camps for people who have been affected. quite up like our top story here in r.t. other russian presidential elections of two thousand and twelve from politicians to the media across the world the election run up was an opportunity to make a statement from our p

r.t. . ask him what you think about activists fighting for internet freedom are members of hacker groups like anonymous heroes or criminals have your say and r.t. dot com that's where the moment the sort of results are an overwhelming majority believe anonymous a good as they have found another way to show government people's displeasure around twenty percent of their ability to change much and seven percent think that the fact is a nothing but criminals and their place is in jail at doherty dot com because you're both good to hear from me. but let's have a quick look at some other news making headlines around the world at this stage of the day a world update a pair of suicide bombers have struck an army base in southern yemen killing one soldier and injuring three others they drove a truck packed with explosives into the camp reportedly getting past guards by saying they had a prison commander it's the latest in a string of blasts targeting government forces of his defense ministry says al

this is r.t. even accession has become something of a roller coaster ride for latvia hopes of a baltic prove instead giving way to a brain drain with the country's young and talented leaving in search of better opportunities elsewhere i was r.c. jake agreed as reports many young jobless stream are only departing. formerly known as a booming bolcik that is economic gains of mass the greater problem longer serving the very survival of the nation was spending some time drunk on foreign money that is now waking up to a bit of a hangover basket was a has been a steady influx of tourists to the country there's also been an increasing outflow of skills to mystic labor low birth rates play their part but more damaging is the exodus of workers to greener pastures after latvia join the e.u. in two thousand and four when opportunity arose surrogate he left his homeland for a job in publishing in london as special k. course country because i was struggling to get a job pay let's say six hundred pounds seven h

you're watching r.t. later on in the program same name same game our report from the lebanese city of tripoli asks if it's at a risk of facing a similar scenario to its namesake in libya this jews were events in neighboring syria. the government suspected of killing seven people in the french city of toulouse has been killed by a sniper by this over thirty hours after police surrounded his apartment reports say he died with a weapon still in his hand but the man claimed to have links to al qaeda and is believed to be a french citizen of algerian percent you suspected of killing a rabbi and three children at a jewish school as well as three soldiers in a separate incident police surrounded his apartment over thirty hours before storming yet he was said to be armed with multiple weapons or possibly including hand grenades more of these are now joined by belgian m.e.p. philip weiss our life thank you for coming on our team today some of said that the government may have felt isolated as a second generation i

r.t. starting at five pm g.m.t. on sunday tune in for the latest results analysis as well and reactions from the already there you can find additional information on our website r.t. dot com you have a look we have a special section devoted to the upcoming poll you'll find profiles. previous ballots and also the questions such as what makes an ideal president and the opinion of russians all this and much more at r.t. talk. a suicide car bomber has struck in the stop in the syrian city of daraa around killing at least two and wounding several others it's the latest in a series of bombings targeting pro-government neighborhoods it all comes amid reports that over one hundred most in every so many of them french quarter as they fled the city of homs parties where if a national has the latest. two days after the rebel forces pulled out from baba amr neighborhood in holmes phase a growing of revenge attacks by the rebels the chief of the free syrian army has sad that thursday's withdrawal was a

it is a good to have you with us here on r.t. rory suchet live in moscow the syrian president bashar assad has said he had lights to make what he called quote any honest effort to solve the crisis currently tearing his country apart however he admitted it would be impossible while terrorist groups continue spreading chaos and the statements come after his meeting with the u.n. and arab league envoy to syria kofi annan in damascus ahead of his make or break diplomatic mission call for an immediate cease fire involving both rebels and government forces in order to get talks started that was immediately rejected by syria's exiled opposition enjoys the support of some western and arab states including qatar which has called for international military forces to be deployed. to help to end the conflict however russian foreign minister sergey lavrov stressed again but any interference in syria's internal affairs is an exception. from washington now as details from damascus. hopes are fading already but this mission will succeed the lead

as russia votes for president r.t. looks at the five running for the kremlin top jobs picture and today's. flood of new jersey the two time presidents naturally prime minister and face of the united russia party. on the record putin points to stability he secured after the chaotic e.l.c. years the phrase for overseeing a booming economy the freestar mission russia's presence of the world stage plan for presidency modernization fighting corruption maximizing russia's impacts of international affairs controversy criticized for centralizing power in russia and staying at the helm to long for the old. for personifying the problems positions and aspirations of modern russia. presidential election two thousand and twelve r.t. . please. its. feet.

in a few minutes here an r.t. it's the world of it for you but for now if you bear in mind always more stories news and analysis and artsy dot com here's just a little of what line up for you there on the website this hour prayers are not porn egypt bans sex sites for destroying religious feelings and moral values liberal activists say it's a step towards shari'a law. and going to extremes all red terror and the russian orthodox church plans to check the work of vulture big leaders for signs of extremism to find out more on that at r.t. dot com. all right as i said time now for the world update some other international headlines for you in brief the rebels in mali have captured a strategic northern town just a week after the military seized power saying the president had failed to fight the insurgents they moved in on kiddle with heavy weapons and these are the same rebel forces who fought in libya for colonel gadhafi before returning to their homeland better armed than battle a battle hardened rather that the cou

the r.t. reporting from moscow i know one of the issues of this presidential campaign will be remembered for is the massive rallies that heralded a political awakening of russia's public and by all appearances they worked with transparency becoming a top government priority today however the protest movement is fizzling and support quickly fading parties are really going to kind of see what's behind the sudden drop. when the protestors unhappy with the results of the presidential elections took to the streets the day after the most took place some kept the police busy. to give them something they started to mouth stevie wanted two hours yes he was there was to get in your door i'm not going to leave the square i'm staying here until putin leaves where the tents go and there were no tents but there was a fountain which all by itself shows as a makeshift stage to make his statements from and from which police are moved him and several dozens of his supporters. the situation repeated itself on sa

a little later in the program here on r.t. we take a look at the latest twist in the saga of the greek debt crisis seem like light at the end of the tunnel for greece's wrecked economy has turned into a downgrade nightmare more on that and just to be very. in the meantime gripe about this push for diplomacy with iran over its nuclear program has failed to quell talk of a pending military confrontation statements from america's top defense officials suggest a strike is in the planning stages and could use a type of bomb never seen before and as artie's and started chatting to reports it looks as if history may be repeating itself. i know for a fish are popular among us war veterans like math it sure wrote something the nerves of some of the roughly one hundred seventy thousand american soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder the u.s. army frag has one hundred eighty three campaign ribbons on those one hundred eighty three ribbons and each represent wars when you compare that to the world at two hundred thirty six

this is r.t. now french police are still surrounding the home of the gunman suspected of killing three jewish school children a rabbi and three paratroopers in the southwestern city of toulouse the interior ministry has denied previous reports of his arrest while president nicolas sarkozy has now arrived at the scene the man and named as mohammed merah is reported to be a french national of algerian origin and claims he belongs to al qaeda and acted to avenge palestinian children according to police the suspect was identified via an ip address on his brother's computer meanwhile early wednesday morning the bodies of four victims of the shooting were flown to israel but their funerals have been taking place in jerusalem french and israeli foreign ministers were among those attending investigative journalist michelle connell says that france's military campaigns abroad are to blame for dividing people and only promoting hatred just like with the shooter. this is a political problem this is. cause th

r.t. game. when r.t. is coming to you live from moscow the international court on the middle east is meeting at the u.n. headquarters in new york today members are hoping to set out a road map for peace in israel and palestine it comes after israeli air strikes killed two militants and a teenage boy in gaza as palestinian rockets hit southern israel but the violence is continuing into its fourth day sparked by israel killing a high ranking palestinian resistance leader twenty one palestinians have died since friday in the worth of violence the region has seen for a year more of this because human rights activist derek graham are joining us live on the program from gaza thanks for coming on our team today so israel justifies these attacks despite the fact they've killed more civilians than militants and israel all agreeing that it has a right to protect itself and strike back against rockets fired against its own people what do you say to that. really come up with these statements every time they came up t

r.t. . americans call for an overhaul of vet electoral system ahead of this year's presidential poll following reports that millions of jupiter good to see stunned ineligible voters. and the rich credit rating agency telling grades greece to restrict to default shatteringly booming optimism of e.u. leaders following the swap deal pushed through by its work at live reaction on that story for you shortly here on. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day as syria's exiled opposition has once again rejected a call for dialogue with the assad regime saying the crisis requires a military solution the diplomatic appeal for talks this time came from the u.n. arab envoy kofi annan and he set to arrive in damascus this weekend and while the battle on the ground continues the war has moved on line as. reports. i think. one spirit. friday has become one of the pines cross the arab spring countries in syria this new tradition has gone even further with a

but just ahead on r.t. the moscow outing shows you the colorful world of moscow circuses and it's one of the actors is a taste of what's coming up in just a few minutes on. one of the stars of the show a very large animal but i will admit quite wary about meeting a drops african. and this is no creature i would like to get in the way of. it's fifteen years old and he just is fruits and bread so up i feel quite safe standing here and doesn't like meats. stuff edition of moscow out of the headlines here dotty up next. to. the. fewer chances book full of life. limited time. more optimistic. the theater where the ingenious opens their hearts to the rest of us. are real limits. to the berlin. the tonics clouds. plan to run from its intentions are honest. will north korea answer the phone for. the two thousand and twelve nuclear security summit. on r.t. . if. he believes. if people see he.

international news in coming live from moscow this is r.t. within twenty four hours a day syria's exiled opposition has once again rejected a call for donald with the assad regime saying the crisis requires a minute treat solution that diplomatic appeal for talks this time came from the u.n. arab envoy kofi annan who's set to arrive in damascus this weekend and all the battle on the ground continues the war has moved online notion of reports i. once purely a day of prayer writing has become one of the finds cross the arab spring countries in syria this new tradition has gone even further with activists online giving every friday its own very special name because they reflect the opinion of the street or of the syrian people and to the osce or send a message to the external world of all of the syrian situation. opinions of sane people but the days of names like dignity and honor from last march have come to an end with calls to arm the rebels and the president becoming the main message from those protesting against the regime so a lot of tortu

r.t. . coming to live from moscow under the threat of iran's nuclear ambitions could lead israel to attack the country that's according to a former head of israeli intelligence or shlomo gas it was the full interview in about one hour here on r.t. for now a preview. i think the room is a really a very serious. phrasing and i think. it's for the first. we are facing. that is almost the possibility. to be able to be forgiven for look good you. will be doing know the movie will be ready to strike. before we get done you with the business let's get some of international headlines for you in brief for the world and the israeli airstrikes have killed two militants and a teenage boy in gaza as palestinian rockets hit southern israel violence is continuing into a fourth day sparked by israel killing a high ranking palestinian resistance leader twenty one palestinians have died while two israeli supreme heard it was the worst of violence in the region for over a year now we understand that members of

national news and coming live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day at least one person is killed as israeli police used tear gas and water cannons against palestinian protesters marking a land day there remembering the death of six arabs killed by police in demonstrations against a land grab by israel in one thousand nine hundred six there's also been arrested various checkpoints in the west bank. is that one of them. the israeli police have pushed service into the palestinian city of ramallah they've managed to push back protesters and they formed a cordon to stop protesters coming any closer proper day we were witnessing ambulances ferrying injured people forward and backward we are hearing hearing reports of injured we also know that one high profile the palestinian legislator has been hurt in the clashes here at kalandia now the army and the police have been using water cannons and they've also been using a vehicle that when it sprays of water and all false mailing illiquid and that was in an effort to try and dis

but i won't cite r.t. dot com is a great source of news blogs and videos are some of the stories we've got lined up for you there today for example you paid student to stand trial for posting what's being called a grossly offensive message about the afghan war on his facebook page. and drug users in russia might face up to two years in jail with your story stuck up a battle against addicts that full story at r.t. dot com. not far from the business news with katie but for now it's been more than a year since the beginning of the uprisings across the middle east and while protesters initially rallied under the banners of democracy and many now find the arab spring has curtailed rather than broaden the civil liberties artichokes on a boy reports. no shortcuts the current mission bachman in beirut stretches for over seven kilometers giving exercises plenty of room to test their stamina is not only do most popular jogging banier across the arab world for some lebanese it's actually a symbol that their democracy

it was r.t. starts are syria and her full interview with mark regev is coming up in just over an hour's time here. well still ahead later this hour brain drain from the baltic it's a booming economy here is finding its brightest and best leaving the country divided by rampant unemployment. and dorothy grapples with the modern day problem of what's the best way of getting work if you come from a car getting trapped in a traffic squeezing in the fast but. they went inside the crisis in syria is still dominating international headlines and has been in the spotlight at the final meeting between the leaders of russia and the u.s. the outgoing president would be a live was meeting president obama on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit and so. the latest. it's the last meeting for president medvedev in his capacity as such as the leader of russia but of course the one subject which dominated by the meeting on the sidelines was the syria issue and of course the two presidents have agreed that the

this is r.t. if you welcome to the program but first a russians are going to the polls to choose the next president thousands of observers. tens of thousands of newly installed cameras trained on the ballot boxes across the country. well putting stations across russia have now opened so let's now talk to our t's and. see how has the turnout been so far. the latest information we have received from russia's sensualist election commission is that twelve percent of the russia's population has already cast their ballots indeed wender stand in some regions the turnout is higher than four years ago during the previous presidential election in some regions especially in the far east the turnout has been higher than fifty percent of the region's population now some of the presidential candidates have already placed their votes that is certainly the first one was who voted in his whole region across the us region early in the morning before flying back to moscow . very eccentric presidential candidate lead

on r.t. . north korea's space rocket launch and hunts for next month is expected to be a major issue at the upcoming international security council in seoul the u.s. and its allies are worried the north's plan could be a cover for a nuclear weapons test or undermine diplomatic efforts to deal with its nuclear program and also. deal with washington under this the u.s. would supply north korea with food aid a lot of reasons you really meant which meant japan is also deployed its missile defense system saying it will shoot down any rocket threatening its territory but former european parliament member board believes is overplaying the danger but it clearly the the u.n. could take action but what quite what it does i mean it's got fairly for sanctions on north korea already north korea is actually alleviating the risk tribute to japan because it shifting this launch from the east coast to the west coast so it will not fly richard partly in the same way it's possible for the launch to go wrong becau

in just a few minutes here on r.t. it's katie with the markets before now let's start with new york and head into the r.t. world update it's the big apple where police have closed the city's union square to clear clear it out over occupy wall street protesters for the second night in a row last rights raid has seen at least six people arrested activists moved to the square after they were forced to leave their previous base at zuccotti park they're demanding the resignation of the city's police chief what they call brutal tactics against the occupies. rebels in mali have appeared on state television saying they've taken control of the west african country they've announced a nationwide curfew and have suspended the constitution the troops staged a mutiny on wednesday taking over a state broadcaster and attacking the presidential palace soldiers around three of the government's handling of a separatist rebellion in the north of the country. colombian troops of killed thirty nine rebels in operations over the past two da

r.t. spain. parlor a phone whose a crisis management specialist in brussels says the sanctions including swift decision to block iranian banks are unlikely to force to iran into a corner. the swift system is more used in the european or transatlantic terms. as we know from the news. iran is already making agreements with india and china to have exchanges. currencies and for other systems and so what will not be sold to europe will be sold elsewhere this core of these probably wanted to be pushed to call seriously on the negotiations that is all a number of issues that have been under discussion now for several weeks if not months that involved in the middle east and creation the issue of sunshine in iran is something that comes from the united states and europe following because there is no other way out for you republican i mean they can increase this to try to facilitate the negotiating table but it will not magically change the course of action. will be taken in tehran anyway. staying with the

to stand by for us all evening here and all day with r.t. up to the minute coverage of the russian election right from the heart of the capital as the votes are cast and counted. it's not a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital let's go to some of the other week's top stories for you here on our fears of foreign role in the syrian violence escalated this week government forces say they've arrested more than one hundred mercenaries mostly arabs but also some europeans that attempts to smuggle weapons into the country are reportedly being stepped up. as the latest on this. but the borders doors and windows do est despite international isolation syria's borders have remained opened and easy to pass through and that may have played a crucial role in the militarization of the country's conflict almost immediately after the crisis began here last march there were reports of graphic has been smuggled through to arm president other side's opponents one thousand dollars for a truck full of reference capable of delivering wholesale destruc

r.t. game. finance ministers from euro zone countries are meeting tonight to discuss final approval for greece's second bailout but with spain also on the agenda but writer and journalist with well i'm sure a lot of says the madrid isn't likely to find itself in the same situation as i things. at this point spain has nine zero conflict with with brussels because the new prime minister has decided that he will not go for the for the deficit target that was set by the european union for this year he says he will comply next year but not this year spain does not have a very high dept of spanish steps actually slower than that of germany or britain or many other countries the deficit is it's not very i mean it's not a small thing it's around eight percent probably which is high but it's not a strong nickel it's not terrible the problem with spain is unemployment which is so different thing because the problem with unemployment in spain is not caused by the crisis it has been of aid to stream really

pulled out of a double r.t. dot com athens may have hoped to have discreetly gallows but it seems the noose may have been tightened further around its neck. that's part of the movie's credit rating agency declared greece in default of its debt it comes in response to the country carving out a deal with private creditors that will write off over one hundred billion euros moody's reaction runs counter to battered e.u. leaders who held agreement to be the end of greece's economic woes however another rating group fitch slammed the year kratz efforts and showed no mercy to the struggling greek economy by downgrading athens to restricted different christophe's detritus and athens based journalist told me earlier that he believes the bailout plan will collapse unless the government finally starts to look into the core issue of attracting investment into the country i think that the greek government and the group would clearly shows as the model. that this lot of all these folks who saw the piece go if you go this othe

this is r.t. you can catch up with more analysis and developments from the summit of thought something of a story we have lined up for you right now including a giant oak solar tornado five times the size of earth just being caught on tape by nasa for the very first time so want to get incredible speeds i get those startling pictures on the story on our website. right is in the storm the first ever polar so-called snowmobile race in siberia for spectators a chance to glimpse life in the for. find out all those details again on our web site. west african leaders are in mali trying to find a way to restore order after last week's military coup several thousand people protested in the capital by moscow against what they see as foreign interference in their country but takeover was led by soldiers unhappy with the way the president was handling an insurgency they have already unveiled a new constitution and pledged freedom of speech and movement their actions have been condemned internationally and th

with r.t. are still to come for you this hour when promises just don't cut it anymore markets ring the alarm bells with yet another downgrade for briefs it's going to be new out of its euphoria over the fiscal compact it says will ease its debt woes. plus in the u.k. users of a file sharing website are threatened with jail terms reserved from murderers just for downloading music as another portal falls victim of the internet crackdown. barack obama is leading the world guessing about whether the u.s. will launch an attack on iran's nuclear activities has in decisiveness on the matter has vexed those for and against a strike but he's a guy named you can report on the conflicting pressures on the president ahead of some crucial meetings with israel's leader. president obama's walking on a razor's edge on one hand members of his administration keep saying the war with iran would be a mistake u.s. military i think. it's. going to iran and iran not only would be premature. on the other hand presiden

right before we get to marino with the putin's op ed for this hour let's get to the r.t. world update will start with north korea which has begun preparations for a rocket launch show tool for april this according to satellite images taken by a private u.s. firm washington says the exercise is actually a long range missile test than is in breach of u.n. resolutions with japan saying it is ready to shoot down a north korean rocket if necessary but young insists it's intended to send a satellite into space for scientific purposes meanwhile north korea has fired it to short range missiles our office west coast on thursday. west african nations of issued an ultimatum to the leaders of a military coup in mali to relinquish power within seventy two hours or face sanctions proposed measures would include closing off land borders with the country and freezing marley's assets a lot of who was led by soldiers are unhappy with president hu money today its policies because of the clear leaders have since unveiled a new constitution and an art elections in which participants would be

speaking with r.t. richard vamp or fleet but elsewhere nothing could separate rubin i'm visiting lokomotiv moscow is the size played out a ball draw in cars and the host came close to breaking the deadlock a couple of times but luck is brazilian keeper made kept his goal intact for the second game in a row and dennis who she coughs or his long range at it for the visitors denied by the would work in the second heart the teams remain level on points with rubin in sixth place behind the railway men only on goal difference. but at the other end of the table ten men will stop replaying ten spot from terek after beating korea said yes of one nil to color child's first half strike proving to be the winner cross-talk were reduced to ten men midway through the second half alexander a cat scan sent off for a second book abilify ends but his side did manage to hang on for a victory. in england there's been a change at the top manchester united have really pro managed to city and lead the table by a single point w

arab envoy is in syria promoting an all inclusive dialogue with r.t. as maria financial reports there are those still trying to hinder the efforts. after several recent differences between western and arab views and those of russia and china on how the long running syrian conflict should be handled we are now seeing some consensus spoken after the meeting with his arab counterparts russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has said they have an out a common plan that sends a clear message to all the sides being involved in this crisis the solution to this goal we've agreed a joint position of five main points first just violence wherever it comes from second to create an impartial and independent monitoring system that no external interference which forces the unrestricted deliberate humanitarian aid to syrians and finally the firm support of cause to start political start between the government and position you've seen as it's sort of the new group of the joints you arab league envoy sconce the only peace mission here in damascus both sources and within

live from moscow this is r.t. u.k. motorists are caught in a panic by rising petrol prices and a threatened tanker. drivers strike it with fuel costs escalating france is now in talks with britain and the us on a possible release of its strategic oil reserves to push the price in style or scooters on the snow across the live to london correspondent i bet. if you tell us what's been going on in the u.k. how possible is it that a fuel tanker strike could actually go ahead or there's nothing official yet no date has been said but it's certainly looking increasingly likely because the union to which the tanker drivers actually belong to unison they said yesterday that the drivers actually voted in a vast majority in favor industrial action which would really hit the country hard because these this union supplies around ninety percent of petrol stations in across the u.k. with fuel and that's really helped panic buying amongst motorists is not so much the threat of industrial action it's more the government's handling of th

on r.t. . by washington's relentless pursuit of wiki leaks founder julian assange that edge the whistleblower bradley manning is no secret but now as things are in a court now reports of a two man has gotten us journalists worried or they too could soon find themselves behind bars. he's an australian citizen in the custody of britain fighting extradition to sweden julian assange just eight plays out like a game of chess and no one wants the king of wiki leaks more than america wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks when he leaves since january two thousand and eleven washington has had plans for a song i secret uncovered earlier this month after five million confidential emails from the global intelligence company stuff or were published by guess who we are in a defendant is outside of the us they'll get an indictment which is secret they'll see all the charging documents the indictment they will ask corner arrest warrant and that matter will also be sealed that way the u.s. stands behind a big large

on r.t. . better off dead that's the message from the israeli military when it comes to their own kidnapped troops since last year's deal which saw one israeli soldier exchange for more than a thousand palestinian prisoners the military has now put in place a new protocol as artie's policy or explains it calls for soldiers to kill themselves rather than be taken captive. it's that time of year again when no one's called up to put his life on the line for his country. when you go before. you understand that you write your book and six israeli soldiers never did come back another nineteen were turned in prisoner exchange deals for two of the kidnapped soldiers presents a huge problem on a strategic level for for our country which is why in the one nine hundred eighty s. the israeli army introduced its hanibal protocol it says i.d.f. soldiers must prevent the kidnapping of a fellow soldier even if it sees him killed no soldier and the china fifty one will be kidnapped at any price at any price und

on r.t. . north korea's space rocket launch announce for next month is expected to be a major issue at the upcoming international nuclear security council and so the u.s. and its allies are worried that could be a cover for a nuclear weapons test could undermine diplomatic efforts to deal with its nuclear program and also last month's deal between washington under that the u.s. would supply north korea with food aid and data freezes ukraine in richmond japan has also deployed its missile defense system was. threatening its territory before with european parliament member board since tokyo is playing the danger. of a truly the the un could take action but what call it what it does i mean it's got fairly serious sanctions on north korea already north korea is actually alleviating the risk because it's shifting this launch from the east coast to the west coast so it will not fly over japan in the same way it's possible for the launch to go wrong because the previous two have gone wrong the first o

in a few moments is the r.t. world out there but for now two professors have created a public storm in the u.k. that all of us over an article advocating the use of so-called after birth abortions they say it's merely an academic discussion with a medical journal which published the article defending the debate but for some with the idea is a step too far as artie's either bennett reports. surely three pos was eight months pregnant when she found out her son would be born with down syndrome even as late as that the only advice she got was to have an abortion doctors tried to persuade her sam's condition would be a struggle not worth living but six years on the only struggle mother and child have had was ignoring that advice i could start all over again and i was choosing not to say and i was treated as something from puter. up malice he actually i was treated as if i was just stupid. it is very sad to think that they are the people who are giving advice. they have a duty to everyone taking an eye to preserve life

top prosecutor says the government may surrender tonight live analysis of that story shortly here on r.t. . a mornings that oil shortages will lead to skyrocketing prices as tensions in the middle east put iranian crude supplies in jeopardy threatening to destabilize the world economy our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is twenty four hours a day so the u.n. security council has agreed on syria adopting a nonbinding statement appealing for a cease fire a move which endorsers special envoy kofi annan peace plan also calls for secure humanitarian access to the country but the u.s. and its allies are still backing the opposition which isn't as harmless as washington likes to think he's put a sneer explains. in a publication by human rights watch they reinforced the position that moscow has been holding since the middle of last year and that is that there are elements within the opposition in syria who are not peaceful at all in fact they are clearly cut throats in addition to this the result kreider that is operating in syria against the syrian pr

analysis on the very latest developments here in r.t. two explosions have hit security complexes in the syrian capital killing a number of civilians and police state television says the attacks in damascus were carried out by suicide car bombers it's the fourth suicide bombing in the syrian regime stronghold since december comes amid reports that al qaeda is operating in the country its acts took place special envoy kofi annan urged the un's most powerful body to act cautiously on the syrian crisis and support his peace mission prior to his security council briefing russia said it was using its contacts with the syrian regime to get them to cooperate it's also called on western powers to do the same with the opposition group is the latest. special envoy kofi annan said that he will be sending his team to damascus as early as this weekend to begin to scotching plans his plans to deploy international monitors there he said the first objective is to of course stop all the violence and bloodshed taking place in syria and to establish an impe

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right off we go to the r.t. business stash now for the hourly update on the markets and over to you daniel is it a feel good friday or just a case of seeing red. seeing red unfortunately it's been red across practically all markets all week and the oil price has been a big influence in fact the list take a look at crude now it's again on the rise which is bad news for global recovery from the lowest close in a week that is the supplies may tighten with persisting tensions in iran one key factor the international energy agency is not planning to release emergency crews. there's recent price rises and europe's having another worst run since investors are hesitant as they await us home sales data later today on the exchange rates the euro's gaining a bit to get the dollar the ruble mixed against the main currencies against the greenback but losing against the euro and the russian markets the bells ring back from earlier losses would be able to point two percent this hour there's some individuals here move was. slig

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r.t. spain. well despite western the measures iranian oil is still thought on its way to be such as. any next in line for u.s. sanctions despite being one of washington's most important nights at r.t. dot com. it's a push to tighten the screws on. the un's most powerful groups to get an update on the syrian crisis from envoy kofi annan diplomats hope his joint u.n. arab league peace mission will breathe new life into stalled security council talks aimed at ending the year long violence last weekend his proposals to push the syrian authorities on their position. to fighting on both sides humanitarian access for civilians and for talks to begin the syrian government says it gave him a positive response. to the door for dialogue with syria but it's all analysts show he says america and its allies supplying supporting one side of the conflict could hamper any peaceful solution there aren't special forces. from nato countries. cia operatives are there this is all sources incidentally it's not it's loo

r.t. surfin junction is wrong. i don't see comes amid increasing tensions in the region after israel's targeted assassination of two resistance leaders palestinians retaliated by launching an estimated eighty rockets are reportedly launched from gaza into southern israel killing at least eight israelis israel's air force or sense struck several locations and guards killing at least ten palestinians and two . well you can explore all the stories we're covering online here's what's available for you right now at r.t. dot com a poland releases its final report on the air crash that killed the country's president most of the political elite almost two years ago in russia are those details stunning wife you know it or r.t. dot com. also unavailing freedom iranian feminists stripped off for a calendar promote their fight against sexual oppression find out how the north origins responded to their provocative steps that our website. the central asian country. kilgour stunned experience popular unrest long before the arab s

on our website r.t. dot com you can find plenty more news nvidia's here's what's all waiting for you online. cashing in on incarceration more federal jails in the u.s. go private as profits rise in line with a growing prison population but there's concern over the conditions for inmates. plus i derian villagers discover an unidentified object that's fallen from the skies sparking rumors and speculation i know more at r.t. dot com. the u.s. and britain have accused iran of supplying weapons to syria russian however has warned against turning up the heat on the islamic republic which is under heavy international pressure for its nuclear program and international consultant adrian so bougie says the decision to attack iran could already have been made but has been very strategy all along not only with respect to iran but also with respect to syria and even iraq if we go back to two thousand and three and before. the problem that now the united states has is that it is at loggerheads with its main ally in th