talks exclusively to r.t. in his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. it's good to have you with us here today on r.t. . live in moscow international envoy on syria kofi annan says it's too early to bury the u.n. peace plan in syria his comments came amid loud skepticism in the western and arab states over thursday's deadline for a complete sea. fire in the syrian civil conflict. closely developing us me following the developments for us here on r.t. peter so what exactly did kofi annan have to say. well he was kofi annan said there was still time for his six point peace plan to be put in place he said that beat the deadline of six am on the twelfth of april was still a viable deadline and he appealed to both sides both the opposition and the government forces to put down their weapons and to as he is to the point solve that peace plan that he was the the main architects both despite criticism from the west kofi annan the former u.n. secretary general saying his plan was still very much aliv

this is r.t. now a twenty two million dollar fine the punishment for perhaps america's most controversial financial giant the penalty came after revelations that goldman sachs gave inside information to preferred clients allowing them an unfair advantage and as always the kaiser report has the lowdown full show is coming your way later this hour here on out. it makes sense that the commission was able to negotiate a penalty settlement over four times the two thousand and three penalty settlement so yes goldman sachs already paid a penalty in two thousand and three for this exact same tactical violation but they have more leverage now because of the financial collapse to plead with goldman sachs to pay a little bit more money this time around. little more money for your law breaking in your career going to be your go through those who do school good reviews what do you. you know this is outrageous that the f.c.c. is begging goldman that to write up the fine if they're caught the ball well yeah inst

go r.t. . the us the philippines have staged a joint military exercise storming an island in the south china sea near a marine area disputed with beijing america's been upping its armed presence in the asia pacific region despite growing protests from china asia times correspondent pepe escobar told us that is the latest attempt by washington to provoke beijing. it's a concerted white house state department cia pentagon agenda and the agenda is confrontational militaristic they're not crazy enough to start a war in the south china sea what they want to do is to keep provoking china because the south china sea not only in terms of being a national strategic interest to china is a very important oil and gas tanker route so everything that includes the arabian sea the south china sea and the western pacific which china sees an. immediate area of influence and area of interest the u.s. navy's going to be there and they will be looking for trouble that's for sure. that has always been a threat and r

now here at r.t. we always love it when you get involved with stories here particularly the stories we're covering on air and the one of the moment is regarding. dot com we're asking how far you think this is for legislation will go here are your numbers for the past one hour more than forty percent of you at this point think it will become law but only after the presidential election. there are believe it will spread its influence beyond the u.s. the rest are almost equally divided between thinking that obama will veto after the senate vote toned down over the fact there still is time dot com and cast your vote. and so you can make an informed choice we've compiled an extensive background on system for you how it differs from previous cybersecurity supported and why you can learn all of that online also there though have a look at a. rather unique take on the issue. in the secret laboratory. was able to build a most sophisticated. doesn't sound anything. to teach me the creation of why you should car

this is r.t. now india has successfully test fired its first long range intercontinental ballistic missile which could potentially carry nuclear payload to europe or even to china's major cities the country has recently been a defense budget amid a wider military buildup in asia and an increased tensions in the region while north korea's failed rocket launcher drew a storm of reaction last week india's test hasn't triggered anything like the same response asia expert explains why it has to do with. politic of the world is close to the united states certainly india is close to the west in general india continues to be an adverse to the of china and pakistan so the noises you heard in the west. the firing of the rocket not you do not hear about india the other thing is india is useful to the west to counter china and therefore. it monster the west if it doesn't ignore it doesn't produce a the and yet either. in a few moments is the world update here on r.t. but for now one of three members of a femi

side of things at r.t. and r.t. dot com tonight is still in this witch hunt one of our correspondents is tagged in a list of the country's enemies what's that about well you can find out as well so talon considers a threat to its security as well online. and dramatic pictures here mt etna rupturing again in sicily we've got this amazing video of europe's exact volcano online for you tonight at r.t. dot com. china said to help around the counter the e.u. all embargoed the shooter come into force in july beijing says it will now deliver the first of twelve huge crude carriers to iran next month to expand its tanker fleet as many firms refused to transport iranian oil because of western sanctions investment advisor patrick young spoke to me told me the embargo will harm the e.u. more than iran. it's absolutely tragic for them because just the point in time work all of the other colors of their civilization are gradually being kicked because the fiscal permanent is a total disaster they find that the oil that they cut a

time now for the r.t. they will begin with afghanistan where twenty two have died dozens injured after two explosions in the country's a relatively peaceful western province of herat a car bomb ripped through a government building just as local businessmen were meeting with officials but hours later in the more volatile south three suicide attackers tutt targeted a governor's office two of the bombers were shot dead but one did manage to detonate explosives and that killed eight policeman. when you psychiatric test is found that mass killer anders breivik is sane contradicting an earlier assessment so we before the thirty three year old a norwegian goes on trial confessed to last year's twin attacks of planting a bomb in oslo which killed eight opening fire at a youth camp outside the capital leaving sixty nine dead. europe's human rights court has ruled that five terror suspects can be extradited to the u.s. from britain among them is radical islamist cleric abu hamza al masri who is reportedly linked to

large an r.t. reports of fresh shelling in syria as you can observe is the set to enter the war torn country after a security council resolution grants them passage. carboy longer attack the presidential palace western embassies and nato bases are hit by a large scale taliban on school today militants claim it's retaliation for a u.s. soldier massacring afghan civilians and burnings of the. access denied demonstrators viewed as a threat to the intel of the. foreign activists some live in israel to hold peaceful demonstrations in support of the palestinian people need to toughen spawns from the israeli police join me for more in just a few moments. and it's the biggest holiday for millions of orthodox christians who celebrate easter sunday the day they believe marks the resurrection of jesus christ . hello welcome is ten pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. and this program is called weekly a round of news of the top stories of the last seven days with me. first the damascus says it will respond t

of jamal it shares his views with r.t. on what has changed in america during the thirty years he's been spending behind bars and what his aspirations may be for the future. but israel calls him a threat to world peace later in the program we report on the scandal surrounding a controversial poem by a nobel prizewinning or. it's exactly two years since the deadly plane crash in russia's small region which claimed the lives of the polish president lech kaczynski together with most of the country's political elite all ninety six on board were killed in poland's worst disaster in decades after his election to shift now brings us more on the commemorations being held both in warsaw and at the crash site. commemoration events are taking place at the site of the awful tragedy which happened two years ago in western russia nearby the city of almost two hundred relatives of those who were killed in that plane crash also here to lay flowers in greece at the site of the awful tragedy hundreds of thousands will be mourning the dead in

but of course here at r.t. we're always eager to know your stance on the story we're taking for example today at r.t. dot com we're asking you were whether syria will see a complete ceasefire this week let's bring up your numbers from our web site r.t. talk com here's how they stack up at the moment about forty just over forty percent of you say the syrian national council will push for a libyan style intervention scenario in the country about about a third think that neither approach the assad's forces nor the rebels will lay down arms just now for this our fifth just over a fifth believing the rebels will have to back down to maintain the cease fire just under three percent of you the bare minimum of the opinion that international pressure will successfully bend to the conflict. we're coming to you live from moscow with the e.u. deluged in debt it's not only governments looking for crisis cash as bank credit dries up for those in desperate need companies providing so-called payday loans are booming offering m

s talk show here on r.t. at eleven thirty am g.m.t. now the start of the speaking to the loss of her in the left wing commentator savoy reject and david horowitz conservative writer and campaigner with some heated debate on a range of issues including wiki leaks the beauty is seen in the u.s. and the conflict between israel and palestinians they're forgetting mr previous program you can just log onto a dot r.t. dot com to watch it in print. now as the conflict in syria rages on the foreign agencies such as n.g.o.s have been quick to provide their own versions of what's happening these reports are often unconfirmed that the n.g.o.s themselves aren't held accountable for what they say but that hasn't stopped nato from being swayed before weighing in with deadly force resulting from what nine reports. it was billed as a necessary humanitarian intervention requiring nato warplanes to rain bonds on libya before the u.s. led attack on the market alfie's forces. came unconfirmed allegations from western funded non-governmental organizations h

groups r.t. madrid spain. and in the us critics also claim that justice is rarely so when it comes to matters of police brutality a recent report by international human rights groups claim that the persistent use of tasers by officers are to blame rather for five hundred deaths in america over the past ten years jim cavanaugh the managing director of reason dot com says strict national guard lines are needed in order to protect the public from extreme police measures. there are questions about our situations that in the past might have been resolved by you know let's hang back and wait till this person comes down let's. pick him up at the next block after he runs out of breath or something like that become situations where officers clearly move in and just try and take possession of a person in a way that they wouldn't have in the past we have a lot of video of that that is the big question i mean we why do we have to have this kind of force against people who are not on of the one of the people is a guy in sa

still to come here on r.t. the headlines and then it's time for tempers to flare that can only mean one thing crosstalk is coming. wealthy british style. is not. like that. market.

it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm sushi life in moscow in egypt up to a hundred thousand demonstrators have again rose to roost square to protest at the ruling military council the rally involves supporters from opposite ends of the political spectrum with secular activists rubbing shoulders with islamists old joined in a common cause james corbett a political analyst with a special interest in the arab uprisings told me just a bit earlier it's the lack of democratic prospects that's driving many people to the streets. at the moment it seems to be teetering between either the continuation of the ruling military junta and they're obviously trying to assert their authority with a recent decision to. any of the presidential candidates including the muslim brotherhood preferred candidate from the from the elections or brotherhood of course also quite popular because a lot of discontent with the way that they've been handling things i think in either event it seems to be a more autocratic outcome which is why the

cross-talk is later today here on r.t. i thin out north korea is digging a new underground tunnel in preparation for a third nuclear test of this according to a south korean intelligence it's believed the task will follow the long range missile launch planned for later this week john yang allowed foreign reporters to see the fully prepared rockets which should says will be used to put a communications satellite into war with us and south korean officials however believe it might be a covert ballistic missile test japan is also threatened to shoot down the rocket should a cross into its territory dr simbi all the research and age of specialist says there's no reason to believe north korea is actually testing its nuclear capabilities. by rockets can either deliver a missile although satellite so the technologies are enormously overlapping there's no doubt i think there's a satellite has no doubt that the last one was a satellite as. you can easily tell. from the trajectory if you look at the trajectory of the rocket you can

sylvia r.t. brussels. skepticism a major issue in the french presidential election member states and the awaiting the outcome of the vote on our website at www dot com we're asking what the main challenge for next french leader would be so let's say the main task will be bearing the eurozone debt burden both of you think the most difficult task of kickstarting the economy and the rest of it's almost equally spread amongst the biggest challenges in defusing tension of integration and involvement in foreign conflicts. cairo's tahrir square will fill with anger again on friday as addiction islamists vent their frustrations towards the country's current military rulers are the same people who are condemning the current leaders for failing the demands of the revolution themselves stand accused of trying to monopolize power etc first now reports from any objections the ongoing political wrangling is pushing democracy to the sidelines. that protests nation after the revolution toppled president mubarak gyptian si

you're with r.t. we're live here in moscow with twenty four hours a day still ahead in the program this hour. these train tracks are one of the few successful parts of a project to try to bring transport to the russian far north of further down the line the project having cost thousands of lives. we explored the grim parts of the past in one of the farthest reaches of russia in the close up series also. rounding off the week on a high we expect strong company result to push world markets into the black of the many different stalls business news in ten minutes. but first france heads to the polls on sunday and investors are hanging on the result desperate to know how the outcome will affect the e.u. from challenging its project discipline to leaving the e.u. altogether criticizing the union has been a trunk card for all the candidates but. it hasn't been the perfect marriage but they agreed where it mattered most of the time. tandem seen as key in e.u. decision making. and yet the france's relationship

this is r.t. tensions are soaring in egypt less than a month before the presidential election and the latest round of violence islamic protesters clashed with security forces in cairo at least one person reportedly dead at this point the protesters want the ruling military council to surrender power which it's been wielding since the ousting of president mubarak on sunday the egyptian parliament suspended its session in protest against the military appointed government generals are accused of trying to cling on to power while barring several leading candidates from the presidential poll but one of them was reinstated after an appeal despite being a former mubarak official middle east blogger thinks the military is trying to strangle the revolution. the interpretation in egypt at the moment is that this is the military's push to maintain a credible candidate credible that is from their point of view someone that could take votes away from the islamist candidates and other candidates and possibly al

told me earlier here in r.t. that she believes that one sided efforts on the line the importance of the observer mission in syria when we consider a lot of the other regional neighbors of syria provoking violent conflict in syria and suggesting that they want you arm the rebels and continue and actually increase the level of violence that's happening in syria so we have this whole region that actually instigating violence and we have the so-called friends of syria so those two efforts happening you know it's actually very refreshing to have a u.n. observer mission and they've actually been willing to talk to both sides and that has the support. of president bashir our third as well as some of syria's allies so this means that actually the u.n. observer mission could possibly produce some results it's talking to everybody people are taking it seriously and so this is very promising indeed to see the development. party life here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day still ahead for you this hour occupy activis

go r.t. green. party dot com is our website and the place to be for analysis and updates on that story and many more to online now a very different kind of fashion victim is fury over these new t. shirts which are going on sale jewish groups say that disturbingly similar to the clothes which the nazis forced prisoners to wear during the holocaust show you've got a few but that story let's know what r.t. don't call them common in all the stories you see on our website plus the tempting looks of some ukrainian women it's now driven some dutch advertisers to try to encourage women not to let their husbands go to your low twenty's twelve months gamble we've gone and that's that's not enough and well find out why at r c dot com making up to go along. for years at the top of russian politics. one last chance to quiz the president before he leaves the kremlin. journalists from across the spectrum go head to head with dmitri medvedev thursday from eight am g.m.t. on r.t. . the u.s. to the philippines have s

straight over to the r.t. business desk there is daniel bushell to tell us more got some details about b.p.'s problems in russia yes we remember the horrors b.p. caused in the gulf of mexico now it's russian j.v. he's accused of hundreds of spills by the government seven hundred fifty in the country's biggest field in siberia the regulator blames the poor condition of its pipelines it's given the company one month to come up with a plan to solve the problem. the market's no rush to stop this week's wrote the law all price once again means uncertainty for this crude and the economy financials are leading gains it's recovering some of this week's losses but those crude prices . energy majors metals firms m.k.s. posted a net loss of four quarters of four ok exchange rates the euro's down on the dollar for the for all the rules mixed against the main currencies and britain's unemployment rate fell to eight point three percent here's a look at how that's affecting the european markets for the index down investors a

it r.t. dot com. a long running feud over all money between a rock and it's the top of the kurdish region is deepening tonight the kurds of hole to add fuel deliveries claiming the government's failed to pay for nearly a year now but baghdad in turn accuses them of denying the country of the vital revenue it gets for them exporting the oil it's a complicated story let's shed some light on it with mike ready he is the with the london based antiwar group democracy village mr bradley good evening thank you for being on r.t. now this oil of dispute comes weeks after the kurds divided in the full independence from baghdad how do you see all this escalating. policy this is been on the cards for some time the kurdish region has been under the call that they've reached with the central government in baghdad last year has been shipping about fifty thousand barrels back to the central government for export of iraq since last may that have been paid for any of this so the other producers in the north which is ac

r.t. dot com is asking how far you think that display she will get well let's look at the results on the screen so far more than forty percent of you think that it will become law but only after the presidential election a little under a third believe it will spread its influence beyond the u.s. as other countries adopt similar laws rest or speak with a divided between thinking about what will veto this bill after the senate vote all that atoned version will take. cast your vote. so you can make an informed choice we've compiled an extensive background on the system for you how it differs from previous cyber security actually who supports it and why you can also learn all of that online of course at the moment r.t. dot com also there is unique take on the issue. to build a new. mission to teach creation. why you should care only. spain is now in a crisis of enormous magnitude with unemployment twenty five percent of even nigeria the government's mission however is seen merely as an acknowl

in a few moments it's the r.t. world updated for an hour once the death row inmate when we are all jamal is now serving a life sentence convicted for shooting and killing a us police officer back in one nine hundred eighty one for the last thirty years a former journalist and black panther has proclaimed his innocence and gained international support for his case along the way since conviction supporters of rallied behind him to seek justice claiming he never received a fair trial now r.t. is the first t.v. channel in the world to speak with a man since he was taken off death row the exclusive interview in its entirety is coming up later this hour but first though a preview from our reporter anastasiya chuck. evolutionary journalist and activist an honorary citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france many average miles cases such as the one of the most debated in modern legal history accused of killing a police officer in the one nine hundred eighty s. mia has spent almost thirty years on

just to remind you right now on r.t. dot com all are stories of that in case you missed anything on screen and there's plenty more there to including landing a plane or texting on your mobile apparently an australian part of the matter was far more urgent than out of his distraction turned into disaster at r.t. dot com. you also have books around the clock like sweeps of russia libraries and bookstores staying open all night long check out the events planned for bookworms and r.t. dot com. china's geo political ambitions are seeing in terms of the fight for the vast energy resources of the arctic on a visit to europe the country's prime minister is expected to look for backing from nordic states for beijing's bid to gain a foothold in the i.c. region as a first step the world's biggest energy consumer is seeking permanent observer status on the arctic council currently consists of eight countries with stakes in the arctic the shrinking of the polar ice cap which makes the region's vast when the resources more accessible

interview on r.t. was bound to face criticism and praise from around the world and it's done just that the world's most famous whistleblower tract of controversy many jews choice of guest and the channel chosen to prove the show and he's going to gauge is the response for most american media julian assange is guilty without charge reckless traitor and a threat to our national security interests sleazeball named julian assange who is bent on damaging america how did this guy just land his own t.v. show the implication is assad is a russian agent whose anti-american mission is now out in the open for all to see and accusations kept flying as the whistleblowers very own show premiered on tuesday but all stars. i saw it coming but it's true. enemy combatant traitor. interviewing. terrible radicals. i think that's a sort of it's a pretty trivial car. flick to actually look at how the show was great and. we have complete control of the guests of his first show was the head of hezbollah as ignited by the us i

are you with r.t. not far from katie with the business but for now the controversial and counterfeiting trade agreement or actor may soon prove to be dead in the water a vote on it is jew this summer the n.e.p. responsible for monitoring its progress has already said it should be rejected the international bill has ended and forcing intellectual property rights and fighting internet piracy twenty two countries in the e.u. signed up to be agreement however europeans rose up against it saying it would give big corporations unprecedented control over their personal data political commentator samuel says the treaty exposes the undemocratic decision making inside the year the real problem with access specifically is how it shows that you're opinion it's effectively allowed to do politics without any reference to national populous it's so the fact is that this is a piece of you know it's a trade agreement that will. not be gay sions on european countries to make you know in certain ways but it still is europ

kicks off the r.t. world update for us here and five suspected insurgents were killed during a gunfight in the in the south of the country offices surrounded insurgent hideout a shoot out comes after three coordinated car bombs in the region last month separatist tensions have been high and stuff in thailand with local muslims resenting the heavy police and military presence. north korea has a pledged to wipe out south korean president lee myung bak during a massive rally thousands packed kim il sung's square for the parade one day after the north demanded its neighbors apologize for alleged insults during recent anniversary celebrations across the border tension supreme high since lead took office in two thousand and eight and cancelled aid to the north. norwegian mass murderer anders breivik has told the court on the fifth day of his childhood his car bomb attack was a failure eight people died in the explosion. but fred says he had hoped that more would be killed he told the court the bombs failure w

and on our website r.t. dot com you can follow the whole story watch the videos or see the photos from the crash site or as well as listen to the testimonies from the witnesses so here's a taste of what else those lined up for you there right now could the next war zone be up apocalypse find out why that is a real possibility the weapons of the future aim to make nine to control a battlefield tactic. and a controversial u.s. agricultural giant declares a war on the entire state of vermont threatening to sue for a bill regulating genetically modified food is part. of that. before we get to the world out there let's turn our attention to north korea a south korean news agency reports the north is preparing a new underground nuclear test it will allegedly follow the long range missile tests planned for later this week in a rare move foreign reporters were allowed to see first hand the fully prepared rocket at the launch site the north aim is to put a communications satellite into orbit but the u.s. and south ko

r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine and r.t. is coming to life in the heart of moscow on the way for you in the program why cairo is iconic central square is still in a revolutionary mood but with a less than a month to go before egyptians vote for the next president protests and clashes continue as people demand change we have the latest from cairo coming your way interest a few minutes. and we report on wife beares grow in europe the anti islamic ideology is on the rise especially with the trial now underway in norway mass killer. russian m.p. under lugovoy who the u.k. considers the main suspect in the killing of former f.s.b. officer. has now passed a lie detector test the evaluation was specially conducted by british experts to see he had nothing to do with the murder our london correspondent laura smith now looks into how it might change the inquiry into the killing. stephen did you do anything that led to the death of alexander litvinenko no. were you involved in alexandria listening cause death no. you have never had any

party so i could have you with us today here on r.t. after a short break it's dimitri with the hourly business up there. if . me is an evening. download the official ante up location show on phone oh i pod touch from the top story. one cianci life on the go. video on demand policies in mind old goals and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the call. there hasn't been anything good on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact of. the food the source material is what helps keep journalism honest we. we want to preserve. something. blue and welcome to the business updates here on our see all eyes of course have been on the bond markets in europe notably on the italian bond sale and a common assessment of the results of today's italian bond auction was to say that it was quite poor but not as bad as some had feared now borrowing cost jumped over one percentage point and we have seen the italian treasury sold four point eight billion euros of paper against the maximum target of five billion well the european central bank

all still to come for you here on r.t. in the meantime nature is getting more help from rush hour in the afghan war the ministerial meeting in brussels the sides discussed expanding a vital transit of military cargo to afghanistan through russia's territory now moscow's provided the alliance with air corridor also roll way routes the link is. what nato supplies from crossing its territory after the strike that killed twenty four study soldiers six. others. to withdraw troops from afghanistan it sounds itself in the. of a string of scandals involving extreme breaches of discipline by u.s. troops washington says recently published photographs of soldiers posing with the remains of afghan bombers show an isolated incident of young people caught up in the moment let's not talk to the developments there in afghanistan john rhys's two active member of the stop the war coalition there in london now let's first of all talk about nato extending cooperation with moscow indeed the other way around moscow extending cooperation with na

and r.t. this morning follows in sly the flood for president assad in the syrian capital while the u.n. plane is damascus resumes in the violence. but the regime claims terrorist activity has been sucking as the rebels twenty two sons the united nations to put could keep all of this coming up in just a. whole sort of merges tear gas and water can abuse on crowds in bahrain on friday as thousands marched in support of the jailed anti-government activists but. at last it was. settled spain's lost livelihoods relentless cuts and record jobless leave investors cagey over whether the euro zone's fourth largest economy could really is stable but. come for me kevin owen it's just after midnight here in moscow you're watching r.t. and our top story to mask is playing terrorist gangs for the recent spate of violence in syria saying they've increased their activity ahead of the ceasefire deadline however the u.n. condemns the syrian authorities for the killing despite the pledge to pull back running of

but on these stories can be found at any time on our web site r.t. dot com it's a taste of what's online today guilty as charged colonel gadhafi is inferential son saif al islam faces the most serious accusation in libya has managed to back with it since he's failed to take a license to his camels. and that's why that i mean for that suppressed bill gates raises the lid of controversy by paying to term sewage into drinking water details on the website of. the johns but the price of juicing the flying car just changed seventy nine thousand dollars. website and. there hasn't been anything yet to be. used to get the maximum political impact on. the food source material is what helps feed journalism we. we want to preserve. something. america's prisons are overflowing but many who are kept behind bars just children thousands of you try those i thoughts in the u.s. every year and somewhat different life sentences in the country's harshest prisons men even find themselves becoming victims of sexual violence and suicide as one reports authorities in western

on r.t. international well we're asking you as we always like to do every day with the big stories of the day what you think about it what you think the international community should do to resolve north korea's rocket controversies and a website tonight where you can cast your vote in our online poll about how the issue should be dealt with what do you think this is we've been telling the majority still to say doesn't change much over the last sixty just over sixty percent of you saying turn in cheek the world should show goodwill by giving the north or south already it all but saving the money. for the meantime a quarter of you suggesting turning a blind eye to it seven percent you can say this deploying every missile systems in the region is the best solution the rest of the minority the six calling for the sanctions against pyongyang tell us what you think by casting your vote at r.t. . this is r.t. and still to come a blow to e.u. attempts to curb iran's nuclear program and china saying

groups r.t. madrid spain. and in the united states there's also a strong concern over how far and with how much immunity police can push their sweeping powers one recent human rights group reports blame law enforcement officers for tasering five hundred people to death over the last decade tim cavanagh the managing director of reason dot com says for americans the first reaction to police is not trust it's fear. there are questions about our situations that in the past might have been resolved by you know let's hang back and wait till this person comes down let's. pick him up at the next block after he runs out of breath or something like that become situations where officers clearly move in and just try and take possession of a person in a way that they wouldn't have in the past we have a lot of video of that that is the big question i mean we why do we have to have this kind of force against people who are not all of the one of the people is a guy in san bernardino county named alan kept part this gentle guy

watching r.t. live from moscow now they consider themselves descendants of an ancient tribe an existence in the promised land for thousands of years however returning to home soil they have been faced with government oppression and struggle to be properly recognized artist falsely or heard their story. deep in israel's negative desired other women serve an ancient people trying to build a modern homeland but these mostly black americans are not jews nor do they profess to be instead they call themselves african hebrew israelites descendants of ancient israel we sang about the river jordan we didn't sing about mali or song timbuktu we sang about jericho jerusalem and canaan's land. and the songs were passed down through the generations born and brought up in the united states they believe that when the ancient jerusalem temple was destroyed by the romans their ancestors fled to east africa from where they were taken to america as slaves in one thousand nine hundred sixty six chicago steel worker ben

well still ahead here this hour an r.t. occupy activists joined a chorus of those protesting against the world's biggest spy base in the u.k. . we're seeing is americans developing a new form of girls and we explore what's fueling fears of operations in a british american something could lead to a new kind of international power again plus. they will hold russian reserves it fires in the arctic under a new deal we interview the head of the american oil firm in business at twenty past the hour. all that still to come for you this hour but first nato is getting more help from russia in the afghan war and in a ministerial meeting in brussels the sides it discussed expanding the vital transit of military cargo to afghanistan through russia's territory now moscow has provided the alliance with their corridors and railway routes the link is vital as pakistan blocked an acre of supplies from crossing its totally after an airstrike that killed twenty four pakistani soldiers six months ago and as the alliance appears to withdraw tro

in a few minutes it's time for the r.t. world are there but for now spain is going ahead with the cost cutting reform of health care and education introduced on monday despite loud protests from the country's opposition whether it is also pushing through an ambitious project to build a lot of vegas style casino complex in order to fill its coffers. reports that could turn out to be a long shot with very poor odds. and lighted by economic woes the spanish government may be about to take a peek gamble it's called seeing an american tycoon known for his problems in developing gambling mecca last vegas it's somewhat ironic because this is a country where gambling was really in for so many years for more research so that doesn't seem to to to matter much now the problem i see is that we are always complaining about our economic model the fact that we rely too much on the tourism industry on the construction business and here we are again with another project a billionaire wants to bring a colossal casino or shoot a spanish rules

go r.t. crean. still had on the program following the money we report on how soaring unemployment forces on americans to seek jobs and i've found growing market from home in india. also coming up and support next hour conquering of the elements we follow a team of young explorers to one of the coldest regions on earth as they ski to the north pole and have plenty of fun along the way. international peace envoy kofi annan has warned there is still an unacceptable level of violence in syria despite the agreed ceasefire he also called for a speedier deployment of an advance team of u.n. monitors that would verify reports of bloodshed by both the government and armed rebels and as archie's going to can reports the observers as mission is a crucial part of any peace process. kofi annan has expressed particular alarm at reports that government troops entered the syrian city of hama firing automatic weapons and said eve confirmed the firing is unacceptable earlier the spokesman for the envoy said the syria

this is r.t. once a death row inmate spending life behind bars for shooting and killing a police officer the case of former journalist and black panther momi are just going to attention around the world he says he's innocent and for decades supporters of rally behind him of what they see is a quest for justice we are the first t.v. channel in the world to speak to up to jamal since he was removed from death row he gave an exclusive interview to our viewers honestly here are her impressions of revolutionary journalist and activist an honorary citizen in over twenty cities with a street named after him in france move me up would you miles case is said to be one of the most debated in modern legal history accused of killing a police officer in the one nine hundred eighty s. lumia has spent almost thirty years on death row this january he was taken off death row and is now serving life behind bars without parole and for the first time since his transfer he spoke to us here at r t he gave us an exclusi

some breaking news here in r.t. this hour russia's biggest oil firm the state owned ross nafta and us tonight exxon mobil are joining forces they have signed a landmark partnership deal to develop the arctics protection the rich untapped reserves well the joint venture was signed in prime minister pledging their interests official residence it also gives us no access to it from projects from north america and you know how on development hard to recover the serbs deal is worth around a billion dollars it's now trying to partner up with b.p. last year but it fell through as the british oil major became entangled in a legal battle with its existing russian partners b.p. more on that major geo business bulletin coming up for you in just a few minutes well people on the hard left and right of politics rarely find anything to agree on but in france that's exactly how candidates are wooing presidential votes those tests are simply a reports from paris that's causing support for the week away from the front runner favorites

here on r.t. of course in this time we'll be speaking to professors lavoy he's a philosopher and therefore in commentator also david horovitz he's a conservative writer and campaigner on global politics and also going to discussing whether we can leaks was guilty of treason. another week another scandal for nato forces in afghanistan the latest uproar is over new photos showing american soldiers smiling and posing with corpses of afghans said to have been suicide bombers the white house maintains it's just another isolated incident something antiwar activists strongly disagree with this is what happens when an occupation last for ten years and is manifestly failing i imagine that the morale of the troops is that rock bottom layer of our salute you know idea what they're doing there they know that the populations in their home countries whether it's this country all the united states are overwhelmingly against the war and this is borrowed to produce. a situation where the occupation becomes more br

r.t. dot com we've put together an extensive background on this for you to support said what separates this bill from other cyber security act all the answers are available online and there you'll also find. you can take issue. with a good lover a tool. to build its most sophisticated robot which on it really doesn't give a darn about anything. to teach creation why it should care about humans. which is why you should. only. spain has plunged into what the government calls a crisis of huge proportions with its jobless rate rising towards a record one in four boasting the highest unemployment in europe the country's deficit and the deteriorating economic situation are only likely to be met with a backlash from angry spaniards but as jacob grieves now reports the more public frustration grows the harsher the authorities response becomes. spanish police forcibly arresting a student whose main crime filming what he interpreted to be police brutality. by the police as usual stopped a family of