r.t. dot com and have your say. now the arab league says the syrian government has withdrawn its troops from cities across the country but the regional body stressed that security forces are still shooting at protesters and must stop immediately when a team of the league's observers is overseeing the implementation of a peace plans last month damascus agreed to end its crackdown on anti-government forces and release political prisoners let's not discuss the latest developments with patrick henningsen associate editor for info wars dot com thank you for joining us here on r.t. now there are currently only about seventy observer spread across the country so how they manage to cover such a large area and indeed confirm that the regime has pulled its forces back from residential areas well i think the arab league has sent a team of observers to syria. i do think it's more logically impossible for them to like you said cover the whole country and also to verify these alleged civilian casualties of dissidents who were killed

unrest with regime troops taking the upper hand now that's amid concerns the escalation of violence is down to outside players throwing fuel on the fire as r.t. sarah ferguson now reports. with the stance of gun fire and. yes of protests from the streets and the increasingly loud and numerous international opinions britain needs to lead the way in making sure we tighten the sanctions the travel bans the asset freezes on can be hard to hear the syrian. the syrian case has developed as every side wants to push away the responsibility to another tossing the ball back and forth. in the last few days the situation has become so unstable the finding people willing to talk quite know has proven difficult. we've had tanks entering in firing and just enjoy or we've had six people who've died we travel to the suburbs where some of the clashes have breaking out to try to get a clearer picture of what had been happening here in the last few days when one of damascus at the moment now we were traveling to a suburb called and we thought it was a friday. but we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel there at the moment the situa

you're watching r.t. now the ongoing tit for tat conflict between iran and the west has now officially reached the airwaves this comes after britain revoked the license of press t.v. iran's english language news channel the official reasons given by the u.k.'s top media watchdog include a quote number of broken agreements under paid but press t.v. says it's being silenced in a quote clear example of censorship the channel alleges it's been targeted ever since it negatively covered the costs associated with the british royal wedding as well as last year's london riots filled. media analyst believes this is only the next logical step in further isolating the islamic republic. if this had been separated from geopolitics with this would not have happened and some other kind of sanction would have been would have been made and the deal would have been struck so i think the press t.v. has been viewed through geopolitical terms and that is the breakdown of relations between britain and iran at the end of the day i t

r.t. london. now a story of a man also living in britain and wanted in the u.s. for his online activities wiki leaks founder and notorious whistleblower julian a son is about to take center stage once again well the man who made government's trouble now gets ready to question even more on his new exclusive talk show premiering right here on our t.v. this march will share his unique view on what the world of tomorrow will look like keep political players visionaries in power insiders will be among the guests of the wiki leaks founder stay with r.t. to find out exactly who will be joining him in march. but it seems all is fair when it comes to pre-election fever political wrangling and russia has spread into the internet taking a viral dimension that's movable activists try cutting edge tactics to win the hearts and minds of the people or to get there to get a job or has been looking at what's going on on the on line battlefield. but why does it want is that you were right is that laws are going to look at the very suits and ties and slogans called out from the poo

r.t. dot com slash business by for now. it's. if you're just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is artsy life for a postcard time for your headlines serious slams an arab league plan to solve the country's crisis the required president assad to step down damascus said the initiative was an interference in its own tunnel affairs and a quote attack on syria's sovereignty. the e.u. adopts unprecedented sanctions against iran which include a complete embargo on its oil the measure is europe's latest response to tehran's nuclear program which the islamic republic insists is for purely peaceful purposes . and croatia votes in favor of joining the debt stricken to e.u. the national referendum but a voter turnout and violent protests perceiving the vote show there are still deep divisions within the country. reached by helicopter but the stunning scenery of the caucasus nature reserve in southern russia definitely worth seeing but if you can't go there now probably not the best . have a look at it with a. special report on a. sou

can see that interview in full next hour here on r.t. . now america's occupy wall street activists will descend on capitol hill later on tuesday what the organizers hope could be the largest gathering yet it's four months since the first anti corporate protests grew into it and want it now to take care of what's down on how many young americans feel frustrated by the power wielded by the giant corporations. the dream of starting their own business may stay just the dream for most young americans armed with college degrees and loaded with hefty student loans they enter a marketplace dominated by giant corporations robert porter is a pharmacist he works for a company that provides help to poisoning victims he says he's glad to have a job that pays his bills but sees no chance he could start a business on his own now we sort of used to be able to go out like you said graduate start a business have a drugstore but i think those days are or are going away rapidly and personally i don't know any young pharmacist that are starting their own business

and online you're watching r.t. now russia has opposed a new arab european draft resolution on syria saying it can't be used as a basis for resolving the crisis the country's ambassador to the u.n. says moscow will carry on searching for ways to end violence there. has been following the latest meeting at the u.n. security council in new york. there has been a lot of discussion taking place primarily because a european arab draft resolution was circulated to the u.n. security council members in which it calls for the syrian president bashar al assad to transfer power to his deputy while a unity government is formed and prepared for new elections cording to reports this draft text calls for a political transition in syria it also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution now of course this is just a draft text that was written up by france and britain in consultation with morocco germany portugal the united states and qatar this is a draft that

r.t. . now let's get some other world news for you in brief here in our two time for the world update first to libya it's where the fighting has broken out in the center of the capital between two armed militia groups that's left at least five people died the clashes sort of started after former rebels based in tripoli arrested fighters who belong to a rival group in the city of misrata of this happening on new year's eve witnesses say the tripoli militia arrested six men brought them into a council building beat them up and detained them the resulting intense battle on tuesday involved machine guns rocket propelled grenades and anti aircraft guns an eight month civil war in libya did end in october but there are concerns of a growing hostility between rival tribal groups. the arab league has called an emergency meeting to discuss whether to withdraw its observers from syria france is voicing doubts over the effectiveness of the league's monitors in the country amid concerns that forces are stil

it is seven o'clock am on a monday morning here in moscow thanks for joining us you're watching r.t. now to our top story this hour fresh clashes between government troops and army defectors into syria have left at least eleven soldiers dead and more than twenty wounded the violence has also claimed the lives of ten civilians meanwhile ministers from the arab league met in cairo to discuss the progress of their observers mission in the country with the critics saying the body is failing to achieve its goal of ending the bloody crackdown opposition activists say at least four hundred people have been killed by forces loyal to president bashar al assad since observers started working in the country twelve days ago political analyst. thinks that the arab league is going to find a solution to the crisis that is sweeping the country but that more time is needed . the violence is two sided that there are attacks against government troops these realities on the ground need to be reflected by the observers the arab league observers and unless they have time to really see both sides of the story

season evens the gorski r.t. now that is where we end the sport this art world weather is up next scene shortly . culture is that so much definitely a future because it has to find the mark one thing turns on a wide range of issues the standoff between iran and western powers says fraction of that is the west preparing for a military confrontation. moscow reaffirms its push for talks to solve syria styling against any military intervention and pledging to ensure the un doesn't authorize. iran says it's ready to head back to talks about its nuclear program with western all sanctions looming in the us always to drag out the persian gulf. the well of knowledge dries up for a day as the world's most popular online encyclopedia joins the protest over u.s. copyright laws which we can pedia says internet free.

that's the business news the headlines are next on r.t. . now it's not about spilling blood if it's the war of the barricades from one side and fears blockade from the other. invisible border it has cut people from the land for twelve years. the conflict that divided serbia into two hostile parts is still not over. to. from the russian capital this is our top stories now the syrian president claims he's still in control. of insurgency but international pressure on assad to step down is mounting as more civilian deaths are reported across the country. was killed in a wrong no one has yet claimed responsibility is pointing the finger at israel and the u.s. the scientists working on the country's atomic program.

ruling military and its reluctance to step down we have more on that for you next hour here on r.t. . now considered innocent in his home country but a wanted man in the u.s. if handed over to the states and found guilty of online copyright infringement the u.k. student could face ten years in an american prison all because of a controversial extradition treaty between the two countries supposedly created to help fight terrorism there's been a report this student is not the only victim of the divisive legislation. from running a website in his bedroom with links to pirated movies to up to ten years in a u.s. federal prison richard o'dwyer is the latest victim of the u.k.'s controversial extradition treaty with america his actions aren't even a crime in britain that counters copyright infringement in the u.s. for the judge that was enough for richard's mother it was devastating. perry's going to impact the gulf states i know for the fact that you brigid site t.v. shack was seized by u.s. authorities last year this is what you see on the home page now he didn't host any illegal videos itsel

throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly here if an ocean or r.t. . now libya isn't the only nation coping with post revolutionary unrest it's back to egypt talk weird where hundreds of thousands rally against the absolute power of the ruling military and its reluctance to step down we have more on that for you next hour. but now president obama vowed to reform tax and find poverty while helping america's military during his annual state of the union speech much of the focus in this year's address was dedicated to the country's struggling economy and the press and problems in the quality embodied by the occupy movement obama also praised army advances abroad and the assassination of osama bin laden the speech is regarded as a pre-election chance for obama to sell his campaign to the public fester paul sheldon foote from california state university believes the address clearly demonstrates the policy priorities chosen by obama's administration because you know use that you little code for that we're going to have an enduring relationship . which means we'r

you're watching the weekly here on r.t. now the u.s. congress recalled two controversial anti-piracy bills this week comes after a massive internet blackout and hacker attacks on government websites millions of net users and web giants such as wicca pedia all joined together to stand against the proposed legislation dubbed sopa and pipa if passed the laws would have allowed top media conglomerates copyright holders to shut down large portions of the web at the same time the anonymous hacker group was retaliating against the shut down of file sharing site mega upload and claim to have brought down the websites of the f.b.i. and the white house aaron brown who worked with anonymous on the various operations believes that mega upload shutdown shows the government will act even without these laws in place the problem is the track record and all governments. is such that giving them power to do one thing is almost always interpreted by them so . i mean giving them power. so and the way that you know the radar make up locales in the open that

killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly reef an ocean or r.t. . now a new wave of violence in syria this time a massacre that killed thirty including children in the rest of city of homes the opposition claims loyalist forces delivered a barrage of mortar fire the u.n. security council will consider a resolution on friday supporting the arab league call to get president assad to go russia which has its own proposal at the u.n. says it won't support the western draft because if it doesn't rule out military intervention and sanctions moscow fears syria will succumb to the same fate as libya and wants to resolve the conflict through dialogue. there's further fallout from the notorious international online piracy pact that's being signed around europe french quit calling the active deal us rate in poland thousands marched in protests and even m.p. is there on the anonymous hacker groups mask to show their contempt like there is have to get reports from warsaw. with censorship the end sorry country if you trade agreement known as act which poland signed on

on the streets of new york a little later here on r.t. . now we continue our pathfinder series bring you the stories of foreigners who are successfully pioneering business in russia and today we meet the man who brings scores of world renowned actors and bands to the country bob van roekel used to be a restaurateur in los angeles until deciding one day to try his luck here in the country something he's never regret it. i basically ended up moving to russia all by accident in nineteen ninety eight i was asked by a russian friend in los angeles if i could bring a hollywood studio to moscow because mayor luzhkov was interested in building multiplex cinemas and wanted a hollywood studio partner i had friends that were running warner brothers they sent head of international theatres with me gosh my my first trip was very impressionable i couldn't understand how so many young people i was meeting were making tens of millions of dollars a year and some of them millionaires before they were thirty and these were some of the things that made me realize

media vocabulary is better than war and death i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . now a look at some other news making headlines around the world first to pakistan where the supreme court has charged the country's prime minister yousuf giuliani with attack contempt raising the possibility of his prosecution for proceedings were initiated for failing to carry out the court's order to open a corruption case of corruption probe i should say against president also of r.v.'s the dark money has been told to appear in court on thursday. violence has erupted between rival militia groups in the libyan city of gori young leaving at least three people dead and injuring around fifty clashes began when the local military council demanded a tribe handover members accused of aiding colonel gadhafi the fighting has included use of rockets and machine guns sporadic violence in libya continues even after the eight month long civil war which resulted in the death of some thirty thousand people as well as the killing of moammar gadhafi. a car bomb in the iraqi city of model has killed at

uniting the factor binding libya's former rebels has long gone since the toppling of the market r.t. now infighting among their ranks is spilling onto the streets five people have been killed in tripoli as two groups of fighters resorted to duns to resolve their differences meanwhile thousands of libyans remain behind bars waiting for the new violence to try them cry and move they need to jump ship boy to reports. i. it was one of the first amnesty of the new libya hundreds of men and women many of them sub-saharan immigrants released from a makeshift prison most of them spent several months in captivity for the crime of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. we are releasing those who didn't commit serious crimes there's been no one on their hands will be waiting for the prosecutor's decision when you have the richest were eager to pain the release as a goodwill gesture both the detention and the parole seemed entirely arbitrary some of the dictators supporters as these people to be just work for government agencies and others happen to be domestic helpers or government workers and

temporary solution now looking more and more like a permanent fixture in washington christine for zero r.t. . now is of course a somber universe anniversary the guantanamo bay prison opening but it raises a lot more issues about this society and where we are as a country and where we're going as a country that like to bring up with our next guest bring into this conversation jason leopold he's the lead investigative reporter for truth out dot org and jason you know i have been looking through sort of the old clips of having on the program and we always love having you won but it seems like time after time we have these are questions with you on one guantanamo anniversary or another and very little changes in terms of the actual discourse or debate so instead of doing the stereotypical regular you know obama failed to fulfill his promise of closing that prison segment and i don't want to absolve the president from failing to fulfill that promise let's talk a little bit more about what guantanamo's existence means for this country and how in my view at least it seems like it's almost been normalize

through the arab world toppling regimes and sometimes bringing even more discontent and frustration r.t. now talks to the author and scholar jean sharp about whether nonviolent revolution is actually a possibility and if outside military intervention can ever bring peaceful democracy that's a special interview next on r.t. . i'm sitting down with gene sharp his book from dictatorship to democracy is seen by many as a guide on how to carry out a revolution through nonviolent means it's often referred to as the bible of color revolutions dr sharp looking at how revolutions unfold in the arab world do you see it as transition from dictatorship to democracy i see your first step in the trades is the sense of bringing down the old system the old dictatorial system and it doesn't seem to you that people there are trading one form of oppression for another that happens. if that happens then it's a good set to bring down the old oppression. but it's not citizens so they have to be very careful always seems the egyptians weren't very careful what they have now is their military brutally cracking down

r.t. dot com. now twenty minutes past the hour here i want to moscow's busiest airport is relying on a special breed of canine to help fight terror with a sense of smell unmatched by any other dog these furry crime fighters spend their days sniffing out explosives he's pretty want to paint them. as it put their nose as to the test. among those four legged friends on the front line in the fight against terror these dogs are special breed part musky part jackal and it's their sense of smell which makes them perfect for sniffing out explosives in an airport terminal or when it turns out that of all the canines it's the jackal that has the best sense of smell so it was logical to use that to improve the sense of smell and dogs like you basically are grafted or won't be sense of smell to a domesticated animal of what their husky heritage means that they can handle temperatures as low as minus seventy degrees centigrade while the jackal side of the family provides them with equally impressive abilities and h

r.t. the veil on israel. to pakistan now where america has suspended as the political in the two countries deepens islamabad a shutdown as border to nato five weeks ago hampering the alliances war effort in afghanistan artie's military contributor says the u.s. and its allies should rethink their strategy if indeed they want to defeat the taliban. now when the new year has just clicked in let's take a look at what to expect for the united states and there are nato allies of ghana's stand and pakistan the white house has to realize that the only way to improve their relationship would be to minimize its political and military affairs in pakistan and afghanistan and if there is any excuse for the u.s. military presence in afghanistan it has nothing to do we have the terrorist threat it is the threat that is the only justifiable reason for the u.s. military forces to deal directly affected and officially just after twenty past the hour here at moscow just what does it take to become a successful entrepreneur in russia in our ne

r.t. television. now the winter sports season is in full swing but a new viral video hit shows it's not just the jet set on the slopes of france all switzerland who like to get involved because this footage it shows how a thrill seeking crow was just as keen to enjoy its bit of adventurous the bird appeared to be using the lid of a jar as an improvised snowboard and enjoyed its first run so much it decided to have another go though of course there was no ski lift provided in the snow might not have been as fresh as you'd find in the french alps. i think that's what you call snow birding now a reminder of the top stories coming your way very shortly but in the meantime it's the business update with daniel. welcome to business a new gas war is looming off the moscow ruled out ukraine cutting supplies kiev signed a contract to receive fifty two billion cubic meters from russia in twenty twelve but made a surprise announcement this week that it would only take hold that ukraine's leadership has its struggling

r.t. london. now a twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow a u.s. drone attack has killed at least four islamic militants in pakistan the missiles which struck late last night hit an insurgent compound in north waziristan on the afghan border this comes just two months after an american airstrike killed two dozen pakistani troops adding to the already tense relationship between washington and islamabad the white house said the november attack was an error pakistan rejected the findings saying the strike was deliberate. meanwhile pakistan's prime minister has fired his defense secretary as tensions between the government and the military grow chris would say a senior reporter at the bureau of investigative journalism at city university in london says it's not about the reliance on american aid means it will continue to tolerate the drug attacks and i think relations remain fraught between pakistan military and government i think the drone strike issue here is a separate war. been significantly spoken as one of the veteran washington in recent days ab

r.t. jerusalem. just now turning twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow still to come for you in the program here on r.t. scotland pushes ahead for its quest for independence but london of ours to make any split from the u.k. a costly move for the modern day bravehearts wanting to go it alone. the u.s. congress has recalled two controversial antique piracy bills this week after a massive internet blackout and hacker attacks on government websites millions of net users and web giants such as wicked pedia joined together to stand against the proposed legislation dubbed supper and paper if passed the laws would have allowed top media conglomerates and copyright holders to shut down large portions of the web at the same time the anonymous hacker group was retaliating against the shut down of file sharing site mega upload and claim to have brought down the websites of the f.b.i. and the white house brown who worked with anonymous on various operations believes the upload shutdown shows that the government wil

people will be out on the streets in twenty twelve in europe america and around the world and you see now a r.t. moscow. now to the events that shaped two thousand and eleven and are expected to dominate the new year russia saw their year close amid protests with demonstrations over the results of russia's parliamentary elections the people returned to the polls in march to vote for the country's next president artie's karin tara cheney explains what's behind the protests in russia. happy new year to everybody very interesting first to say a very fond and very regulated new years here on red square everybody laughing yelling fireworks going off but more importantly with the protests this year in december amidst many many sort of claims of ballot box stuffing that coming in after the december fourth parliamentary elections where united russia did win two hundred and thirty eight of the four hundred fifty seats in parliament. protesters took to the streets first on december tenth where. ministry reporting twenty five thousand protesters of course the opposition counting somewhat fifty thousand pr

r.t. moscow. now at one twenty one am here in the russian capital up next we'll talk to former german chancellor and the current chairman of the north streaming gas pipeline hard schroeder he tells us here at r.t. all about the benefits of energy cooperation between russia and the e.u. and discusses ways for the eurozone to try and escape its ongoing debt crisis. gerhard schroeder was charles love germany from one thousand nine hundred to two thousand and five he's now chairman of the board at nordstrom's russia's new gas pipeline under the baltic sea europe mr further why should the e.u. increase its dependence on gazprom. i know. we're not talking about russia's dependence we're talking about cooperation between russia on the one side and the european union on the other in the energy sector stream is viewed as a priority project both by russia and the e.u. because it's been part of europe's energy networks since two thousand and six recognized by the european parliament and the e.u. council of energ

for us there now this is r.t. and now it is time for moscow out quite a ways out in fact.absolutely beautiful welcome to florence and the famous bridge on this week's program we'll be continuing our exploration of russian culture and influence a broad from famous people who live here to curb russians who live and work in italy and who wouldn't be happy here with glorious winter sun sensational food culture overload the beginning of the nineteenth century saw a number of russian wealthy families. italy has always held a special attraction for russians many tools of each of these the cultural center of the world and with its breathtaking architecture food and style it gets you thinking there may be some truth in that today dozens of companies offer excursions by plane and bus loads of russians of ice cream which. was famous landmarks which the conservation bridge in the fancy museum because you're not saying that everyone will be increased from the first visit here. it's amazing here we're especially impressed that despite so many tourists the city is still clean quiet safe

in iowa christine for south r.t. or now natasha is here with the latest from the world of business. almost twenty five minutes past two pm here in moscow you're watching business r.t. emerging markets are suffering from their biggest capital outflows since two thousand and eight investment advisors or of capitals in the past four months it reached two and three quarter trillion dollars and russia is no exception money is believing faster than predicted but speaking at the dallas economic forum the head of the country's direct investment fund told r.t. the negative trend should reverse after the presidential elections of march. people if we can evolve you know we got the election. to the successful people all to come it will do the elections for you to do it yourself she risks we believe we do so will we recover they could include hope to do like to bring you those russian magritte called the stories told me because what do you do when you go for blood serves the slow discussions with the leading investors in the world lead you to have to rush we would do would open up literally secon

r.t. as sarah first now reports. with the sons of gunfire and. oh yeah the face tests from the streets and the increasingly loud and memories international opinions britain needs to lead the way in making sure we tighten the sanctions the travel bans the asset freezes on can be hard to hear the syrian. the syrian case has developed and every side wants to push away the responsibility to another tossing the ball back and forth. in the last few days the situation has become so unstable the finding people willing to talk right now has present difficulties. we've had tanks entering and firing and just where we've had six people who've died we travel to the suburbs where some of the clashes have breaking out to try to get a clearer picture of what had been happening here in the last few days in one of the damascus at the moment now we were traveling. we thought it was a friday. but we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel. with the situation so volatile it goes to show you really. don't know what's going on in these areas

r.t. dot com. now ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital thousands of egyptians are gathering to mark a year since the uprising that toppled president mubarak but it's also a landmark day in the country as almost thirty years of emergency rule is partially lifted although some keep police powers will remain but ending the draconian laws being one of the protesters key demands our correspondent and he said always standing by for us in the central cairo and he said we are seeing thousands of people in tahrir square but are we talking more frustration well more celebration. but that's the thing activists here actually warning people that have come out not to let those turn into a celebration because according to them not very much has changed within the last twelve months in fact many of them say that they feel that their revolution has been hijacked that the military is still in power like you said thousands if not tens of thousands of people on talk clear just as there was exactly a year

village is perched on the edge of the sea but in a quite different sense it's now clinging to the edge of existence tom barton r.t. . orthodox believers around the world are celebrating christmas including those here in russia and we can now bring you live pictures from the cathedral of christ the savior which is by the moscow river just along from the kremlin. and to talk us through what's going on in russia's main cathedral we can now hear from r.t. correspondent karen. and the editor of russia profile magazine on the result on samara and smell listen to their. days all at the editor of russia profile leading religion expert and reporter right here where it's january sixth two thousand and twelve and what are we looking at well we are we're watching the direct broadcasts from the prices save a cathedral where kirill. going all rush began about twenty minutes ago to celebrate the christmas service and one of the most often questions asked is why is christmas here celebrated at rush hour on the sixth seventh and not on the twenty fifth well it is celebrated on the twenty fourth when you faiths that's december but

r.t. dog. now as we do russia is against any foreign military intervention in syria that's made qatar's a recent proposal to send troops into damascus and u.s. calls to increase international pressure on president assad to step aside however syria is now saying they let arab league monitors extend their mission and. mandate expires but alas this won't allow any change in the scope of their grief the monitors tasked with ensuring compliance with the peace plan said to present their findings later this week and the less the mission has drawn criticism from inside syria failing to help stop the violence in the east experts at the risk of states are being steered into the highest court. while the arab league was very clear it has said that the that there was cooperation from the syrian side it also has said that there have been groups however there will be pressure from the west to take an attitude or take a position which is more handy harshad so i'm not sure if that be the report will reflect truly t

r.t. . time now for some world news in brief for you this hour and first to nigeria where days of sectarian violence have killed at least forty four the latest attack occurred when the radical muslim sect boko haram targeted a church service in the country's northeast killing at least fifteen of the violence comes after the group promised to kill christians living in nigeria's not and in the north the president has declared a state of emergency for areas affected samy unrest is worse than the country's civil war which took place in the one nine hundred sixty s. . an afghan investigative commission says the american military abused detainees at the country's largest detention center inmates at bagram prison say they were tortured and held without evidence at the u.s. run facility president hamid karzai has demanded the u.s. hand over control of the prison to afghan authorities within a month and the u.s. says it will investigate the claims. africa's oldest liberation movement celebrated its one hundre

interview with russia's presidential envoy to africa on air in full in just about twenty minutes from now on r.t. . gulf nations pulling their arab league observers from syria even though the mission's been extended for another month the saudi dominated gulf cooperation council also wants the un's most powerful group to now put pressure on damascus to to end the bloodshed syria's foreign minister accuses some arab states of joining an international conspiracy against the country and of a blatant interference in series internal affairs damascus insists it will continue to take all the necessary steps to protect the country against what it calls chaos syria's already rejected an arab brokered peace plan calling for president assad to step down while the use impose more sanctions to further squeeze the regime result the syria furth report says to syrian people were. trying to shine a light on what's happening in the country the observer mission looks set to continue now for another month but every day here is proving more and more of a challenge for the people. due to the european sanctions in swed

militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of a new beginning for libya are fading quickly. r.t. . let's now take a look at one of those making news around the world the good government is lying to me the taliban in the coming weeks to start peace talks it's going to be the first such discussion since taliban forces who ruled afghanistan from one thousand nine hundred ninety six till two thousand and one were ousted in a u.s. led invasion the taliban had previously refused to recognize the government of going to president hamid karzai earlier on sunday talk about it had held a meeting with the u.s. officials in qatar to pave the way for that meeting. thousands have rallied in central pakistan to demand that the government keep supply routes used by nato forces in afghanistan closed down remains independent from the u.s. policy in the region speakers at the rally claim the u.s. has started propaganda to persuade the authorities to do the opposite and become closer to washington islamabad house close a border crossing to supplies were native troops out of the u.s. bombing of two p

for a good evening to you from moscow it's ten pm here now you're watching r.t. with me kevin now in on the top story in libya loyalists of the late gadhafi of retaken their former stronghold of bani walid after clashes with the new government forces fighting between supporters of the new and the old regime has been seen in cities indeed across the country as artie's north africa correspondent refreshing or explain. in the last few days the situation has been very tense and dangerous and with. the number of anti government protests and clashes between the pro-government forces and the forces loyal to the ousted leader more medicaid are free taken place at different.

r.t. london. now for a brief look at some other stories making headlines around the world a bomb blast has killed at least thirteen and wounded twenty at least in pakistan the explosion happened in the midst of a religious procession in which hundreds of shiites were marking the end of a period of mourning it it's believed the bomb was planned ahead of the gathering and time for maximum impact after the blast mourners began throwing rocks at the police so in turn deployed tear gas to control the crowd. must demonstrate the continuing in rumania preferred day with riot police firing tear gas in an effort to control the crowds at least nine of buildings and so dozens of arrested protesters are rallying against strict government imposed for service as well as the health care reforms but also calling for early elections in the resignation of president by cisco. a special breed of sniffer dogs become the latest recruit in russian airports to help try and tackle terror with one of the best snouts in the dog

now here on r.t. an in-depth look at the ongoing strife in the arab world and a few possible solutions. are not so he speaks to russia's main envoy to africa and that of mikhail margelov the conversation is now. you know my idea of chairman of the foreign affairs committee of russian federation calls and also presidential envoy to africa.

r.t. dot com. to egypt now there the former head of the un's nuclear watchdog mohamed el baradei has called off his bid for presidency says he's not going to run as the old regime is never really gone away. been seen by many as one of the front running liberal candidates but one of gyptian commentators says he never really stood a chance of leading the country. brothers stance to to not run for for presidency and withdrawing his candidacy is an extension to stance during the mubarak rule where he refused to be a presidential candidate in light of corruption so what he actually means by withdrawing his candidacy is to send a message out that the regime has still not fallen and that the scaf are mubarak's extension and that the regime is extremely corrupt and so he hopes to bring light to the fact that nothing has changed in the regime he didn't have much of a chance under the current regime because it's was still the same chances as he had during the mubarak regime the military wanted to maintain control over ev

leaders have a hand in cooking up the greedy and can also leave a bad taste in many now it's very important r.t. new york. now to some other stories making headlines around the world this saturday fifty three people are dead and over one hundred wounded in a bomb attack on sea of cold rooms in southern iraq according to local officials the terrorists in police uniform approached the checkpoint and blew himself up in the middle of a passing crowd hundreds of thousands of shia believers are making their way to a shrine in the city of karbala to mark one of the just festivals scores of pilgrims have reportedly been killed in sectarian violence in the past few weeks despite stepped up security. at least three people have been confirmed dead after a cruise ship carrying over four thousand passengers ran aground off italy's northwest coast sixty nine people are still unaccounted for most of those on board the coast of concordia were evacuated on lifeboats or swam ashore the vessel hit a sandbar near the island the video late on. tars a mere hamada been. funny has become the first arab leader to openl