a professor on middle eastern and african history tell of if university thank you for coming on r.t. today when the revolution began in syria israeli politicians and commentators made it clear that they preferred at the stability of assad's rule to a revolutionary transformation why's that. yes that's right i mean the perception here in israel was that israel prefer stability you could argue you can say that they've been you know but you know the assad regime was committed to maintain peaceful border always israel the israeli syrian front porch very was very quiet i mean the behavior of this regime was quite rational and to some extent moderate a halt to its relations with israel i think also played to syrians to the deed that maybe even now with these two prefer the stability of jumping through there are known they look at what happened the need. they look toward these have been known then they say with all due respect you know. they prefer to do it with the stability they got to. you. professor professor i do apologize a professor at yale as you said it's our fault on this and we've got

wish we had more time for this a professor at university in jordan thank you for joining us on r.t. today thank you thank you very much. well we also have an entire section dedicated to syria on our website c dot com also online we're asking for your thoughts about the outcome of russia's efforts to unravel the complex situation there let's bring up the numbers from our web site see how you're voting out this hour more than half of you believe the west will find a way to remove assad regardless of peace talks while a fifth think that even if an agreement is reached the opposition will not honor it now the rest of you split it almost evenly between where the talks between us and the opposition will fail although both parties will reach a much needed compromise of this hour do cause your vote we're standing by it odd dot com. now a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital as outrage sweeps britain after the european court of human rights blocked the deportation of qatada dubbed osama bin laden's right hand man in europe it's the latest in a string of questionable judgments that hav

thanks for coming on r.t. today merkel will obviously try to convince the chinese to support the western position on iran and not to undermine the use oil embargo do you think beijing will listen. well i think beijing has made it very clear you know he doesn't believe in this kind of electoral economic sanction in any way not only against iran but in general even in the case of north korea for example therefore i don't think he will energy biology duce kind of persuasion all age will be persuaded by your. arguments or visit so as you say angela merkel's angela merkel's visit to beijing will not sway china to support the west with its approach to iran let's talk about syria china has been against a resolution in the un is anything that germany can do to change china's position on syria do you think i have a family it's very interesting that there are some kind of arguments so whether. germany swayed china security council member to change its position again i can't see any possibility of although i think it's importa

professor at university in jordan thank you for coming on r.t. today the u.s. is looking for ways to help the syrian people but barack obama said america is not going to arm the opposition do you think a helping hand offering weapons could be extended by other countries the gulf states for example. well i think that this pretty clear the rebels have been received receiving arms from abroad and syrian television has been showing almost daily shipments of arms being smuggled into syria via lebanon turkey and other border crossings so where is all of these weapons coming from these weapons are coming from all over the place and since the rebels are being supported by the g.c.c. and by nato it is safe to assume that they are getting their financing and their weaponry from the same sources that are offering them political cover and financial backing so as you're saying if weapons really are indeed coming in across the border from lead but on and turkey then those barhai in these weapons shipments what are their motives here are all they striving for the assad regime

of the topics covered by washington's newly appointed ambassador to moscow and hear what he told r.t. today at. any time. an approving success russian scientists revive a prehistoric plants and see it drive off of thirty thousand years lots in permafrost. israel's intelligence service has reportedly said that iran's nuclear program is.

i thank you for coming on r.t. today the latest angle we have on this story is that al qaeda is now saying that it's extending its support to the syrian opposition as washington is now preparing to back the opposition it does seem perhaps a bit bizarre at first that they're both supporting each other in this against the assad regime america ultimately backing its enemy in the war on terror. i don't think that the idea is to fall out of the politics in the region all over or all over the i mean there where many branches of a choir are in fact related to the cia directly and mainly if you know that god had been created regionally why then is the united states i mean one of the regiments in around accordingly i think that the reds is behind a car there in syria as it was behind in libya it is the same by the way and that's why you know i think i've got to tell you trying to manipulate the palestinians there are people that iraq are there is i guess then is it because it is some form of and didn't compromise between the that

from journalist lizzie feelin now joining joining us live from london i thanks for coming r.t. today the free syrian army now claiming responsibility for these enormous blasts in syria today do you think there's any chance that could change nato states attitude towards the armed opposition groups in the country. well i mean i would say that this attack was directed from. paris and new york it's quite clear that the explosions i mean the explosions themselves were huge i've spoken to people in aleppo today who are in fear for their lives and there were people up to twenty kilometers away who felt the explosions so let's look at the evidence for the fact that this attack was actually directed externally of course that was carried out by so-called free syrian army insurgents but first of all i'd just like to say that this is clearly a response to the russian and chinese veto is a message from the west that if we don't get our way through the united nations security council we are going to go ahead with these stabilizing the country syria by any means possible so first of all we've had.

his job from the center for middle east studies joining us from beirut thank you for coming on r.t. today there are calls from washington to the rebels but it now appears that armed opposition groups could be linked to al qaida do you think the u.s. and its allies will continue to back the rebels with this being the possible situation. here short of the answer is yes it seems that the western blogs are working in the same way and they have the same target is to destroy the regime in syria. personally i was not surprised to hear a. statement of the windy because yesterday we hear an american response who said that was behind that their orders operation and it will then we heard yesterday also an iraqi. who said that many groups of insurgents moved from iraq to syria and applied never denied it's a prisoner's. card they're never denied that support to die and certainly in syria and the opposition also united staes denied today or yesterday that. united states or the western bloc provide what is certain doesn't come under instruction from our neighbor doesn't it seem a bit bizarre that if in

it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today the u.k. supreme court is expected to consider an appeal by the wiki leaks founder julian assange against his extradition to sweden of allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten the future of the world famous whistleblower is as unclear as ever but questions being raised over sweden's legal system and its ties with the united states are these details now with our party's top bottom. in the face that launched a thousand leaks julian a son does exposure of tens of thousands of secret documents has embarrassed governments the world over but the wiki leaks phenomenon is no longer his most pressing concern the swedish authorities want to question a songe over allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten prosecutors have been criticized by a son just supporters and international civil libertarians with allegations of cumbersome contradictory and slow legal process huge arguments have also broken out over the nature of some of sweden's laws on

i thank you for coming on r.t. today the latest angle we have on this story is that al qaeda is now saying that it's extending its support to the syrian opposition as washington is now preparing to back the opposition it does seem perhaps a bit bizarre at first that they're both supporting each other in this against the assad regime america ultimately backing its enemy in the war on terror. i don't think that a clear idea is to follow through the united states boutiques in the region all over or all over the i mean the. many branches of of canada are in fact could lead to the weekly and mainly if you knew there had to have been because he had to do originally the united states i mean. accordingly i think that is behind inquiry that in syria as it was behind that in libya it is the same by the way and that's why you know i think the cards are still trying to manipulate the people there to want a card that is there is the it's because it is some form of the in the compromise between the that she will have. so as to show th

with the conflict in syria they yell it i wish we had more time we don't thank you for coming on r.t. today the television of sitting. back shortly here with more news for you for now though let's get over to katie and the latest hourly business update. welcome to the business program of this hour welder down scientists futurists and entrepreneur as are in moscow discussing the russian economy and its prospects of becoming a global financial hub most of them believe russia has the results is to succeed in a culture of over poles not without. the auditorium was jam packed with business owners and exports hungry to get an outside view on the russia's investment climate a walk can be done to improve it all the foreign specialists agreed on the one thing and that is that russia has a lot of potential but the problem is how to realize it more investors are lined emerging economies like russia right now because we're seeing that's the best place to support cash given the economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. at the moment of russia locks the global competitive edge and many of the russian e

now talk to ali risk of middle east expert joining us live from beirut thank you for coming on r.t. today an israeli website reports that the british and the qatari special forces in syria that they're assisting the rebels now if these claims are true are considering western states and the arab league saying they're against the libyan style scenario in syria where could this lead to do you think. i think it tells you how desperate actually the forces have become whether it be the us or whether it be israel or whether it be the so-called arab moderates certain arab sunni states i think that now after the russian veto would offer the chinese veto a bill to severe blow to their own now they're in a desperate in the state of the world they're probably well there are probably stop at nothing to try and get a regain their momentum once again because as i said they have lost a lot of momentum due to the veto so this will probably mean more escalation on the ground some more covert military operations a hand on the political level we've also heard that some arab league countries all the arab leag

marandi from the university of tehran joining us live now from eleven am i thank you for coming on r.t. today do you believe that iran would risk getting involved in a conflict in another country according to these reports from the chinese media. no definitely iran has no troops in the country iran has never had troops involved in the problems within syria this is. basically western propaganda. someone in the chinese media has been receiving information that is completely false in general the information that is produced in syria and in the mainstream western media comes from sources that are highly questionable such as the syrian observatory for human rights which is based in london and it just for example the other day claimed that in syria. babies inc incubators in hospitals were were killed were murdered by the government and this is the second time they produced propaganda and reminds of one of what western the western media did in. before the war in iraq as if i may go with my but i do apologize for interrupting but you bring in the issue of propaganda here that these reports allegedly

senior reporter for the bureau of investigative journalism good to see you thanks for coming on r.t. today president obama recently said that drones are used strictly to target terrorists also saying that drones have not caused any number of vast number of civilian casualties or how do you read into those statements by the american president were as you know rubio has been investigating. concern for many months now and the figure that we believe to credibly report to the camps with civilians killed somewhere in the region of room two hundred or four hundred civilians killed or well president obama's been in office and specifically the question of only targeting terrorists as a report just this week shows the cia has been targeting rescuers these are people coming forward who are injured previous strikes a move also been attacking funerals but i must be said these are aerial drone strikes are typically along a very rugged mountainous terrain of the afghan pakistan border where we have reports about targeting people who rail you know we've we've we've had another bad connection here at r t t

a director for the center for middle eastern studies live in beirut thank you for joining us on r.t. today thank you so. this is r.t. now the world's top whistleblower is taking his long legal battle to stay in the u.k. to the country's supreme court julian assange is wanted in sweden on allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten occasions that he denies the wiki leaks founder insists the case is politically motivated and in response to his website publishing top secret u.s. cables on the wars in afghanistan and iraq parties laura smith now reports from the high court in london. the building that you see behind me the supremes court could literally be last chance saloon full julian our sons at least in this country this is a two day hearing which began this morning is expected to carry on until the end of thursday in which he will present his case to the supreme court to try and have that request to his extracts tradition rescind days if he does fail here he can then take his case the european court of human rights in strasbourg but that is not a given this le

edmund ghareeb of international studies at american university in washington thank you for coming on r.t. today thank you. but we also have an entire section dedicated to syria on our website also online we're asking you for your thoughts about the outcome of russia's efforts to unravel the complex situation in the country let's see how the numbers are going up this hour on our web site us so far about sixty percent of you believe the west will find a way to remove assad regardless of peace talks almost a fifth think that even if an agreement is reached the opposition will not honor it and the rest of you are split almost evenly between whether the talks between assad and the opposition will fail or that both parties will reach a much needed compromise to let us know what you think kasha vote now we're standing by i don't see toward. just approaching quarter past the hour here in moscow outrage sweeps britain after the european court of human rights blocked the deportation of qatada dubbed osama bin laden's right hand man in europe it's the latest in a string of questionable judgments that of o

solder business school in barcelona about angela merkel's trip to beijing i thank you for coming on r.t. today let's start with the issue of iran beijing has been refusing to support the oil embargo that i just mentioned is there any incentive that chancellor merkel can offer to china to sway it not to increase oil purchases or even reduce than the u.s. treasury secretary certainly failed to do so. here's a look now as to be with you again i think the good is a very complex issue is not just a matter of asking china to create a purchase from iran's oil and the region. around consistently has been trying to developing what we believe nuclear weapons but at the same time i think we need more more parts. we should at the same time think cheney is would have our ship in finding a new source of oil so we need to give something in return in a way that's what the chinese side believes what it is interesting you bring up that point is that china could find hardships in trying to discover some other source of oil as we know it china is the third biggest buyer of iranian oil exports if indeed beijing di

have today here on r.t. business is next with marino. hello and welcome to visit here on i t. now the price of flights to europe is about to get more expensive in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions the fault is impose a carbon tax on any carrier that flies inside or to the region and that has been strongly opposed by nearly every other major nations the plants are meeting in moscow to discuss their response and business houses within the democrat has the story for us. a trade is brewing in the skies over you like many conflicts before this is over both ideology and money. forty three nations including the largest economies in the world are fighting the e.u. unilateral move to charge airlines for carbon emissions the international air transport association which unites all major passenger and cargo allied says the system is unfair as it should be imposed globally not region the airline industry

r.t. well today we sit down with alan baruch a former israeli ambassador to south africa to discuss in-depth his country's foreign policy at where he thinks it will lead. there had his radio. who recently resigned from the government on grounds of principle he said he could no longer serve in a government whose policies he did not agree with ambassador thank you very much for joining us here in our team you resigned after more than thirteen years of service what was the final score when. and why. to greet the stuff of the foreign minister ministry of foreign and the banner for him was who. desires peace needs to be careful rule. and i thought that was very telling. of the psyche that. exists behind his political weight and i thought i could not. minister with this kind of statement is a statement supported by the majority of israelis i think we israelis we. we grew up. with you that. we need to be on alert. to any more most israelis live a life that is quite bad and you can of the environment here in the us or in europe western europe and you will find the israelis quite. easily integrating

r.t. already today on why any side of. them proving success russian scientists revive a prehistoric plant and see it flying off the thirteen thousand years locked in place for frost. israel's intelligence services reportedly said that iran's nuclear program is beyond the point of no return a must now be stopped through military action but after an i.a.e.a. mission to the islamic republic failed to resolve any of the controversy surrounding terrans alleged atomic weapons ambition the experts report they were not allowed to visit a key military site suspected of hosting nuclear related activities and to run insisting on the purely peaceful nature of its atomic program says the i.a.e.a. visit was for the purpose of talks and not inspections islamic state has stressed its readiness to return to the negotiating table a failed mission may well lead to more sanctions against iran as are his other but reports those penalties can easily backfire on the countries imposing them. filling up with your like this two years ago would have

r.t. on air today at online anytime at r.t. dot com. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says its two day mission in iran has failed to produce a definitive result and clarifying the purpose of to ron's controversial nuclear program the i.a.e.a. adds that this is due to its team not being allowed to visit a key military site to iran which insists its activities are purely peaceful inturn says the agency's second visit in less than a month was for talks and not inspections islamic state has also reiterated its readiness to return to the negotiating table the failure of the i.a.e.a. mission might pave the way for more sanctions against iran but previous experience shows that such penalties often and up hurting the countries imposing them as bennett now reports. putting up with this two years ago would have cost me around seventy five pounds if think that thought well it now costs over a hundred because petrol in britain's never been more expensive the average for a liter of diesel soared to over one pound forty three two dollars twenty five cents the previo

r.t. on air today an alliance any time at r.t. dot com. one news just in here in our t.v. there's been an assassination attempt on the president of the caucasus republic of a posse the task news agency sides a source in the republic's police a saying the president's car was fired upon by gunman as he was heading to his office in the capital so whom two of the leaders bodyguards are reported to have been injured and i will of course bring you more details on this as we get it here on r.t. . now a look at some other stores may have lines around the world more than a dozen soldiers were killed in clashes between the colombian army and rebel forces the revolutionary armed forces of colombia were far bombed a town of colloidal which lies within a critical supply route and drug corridor through the country southeast earlier this month a similar attack killed seven people. police in bali indonesia gained control of a prison after rioting inmates set it on fire up to one thousand armed security forces backed by dozens of armored vehicles and water cannons were used to restore orde

r.t. london. it's a good to have you with us today r.t.is coming to you live from moscow and still ahead for you this hour questioning the legality of u.s. drone attacks on pakistani territory they've been slammed for hitting civilian targets and violating pakistan's sovereignty we discussed the issue in light of a recent strike that killed ten suspected militants. frozen to death biting cold is ukraine in icy grip as the country suffers its most severe winter in years it's at this point killed more than one hundred people that was in last week alone. and egyptian military delegation has abruptly pulled out of a visit to washington in the latest sign of rising tensions between the two countries nineteen americans are among forty three angio activists banned from leaving egypt and accused of illegally using foreign funds to fuel the an arrest washington has already called the scandal quote a slap in the face and threaten to withdraw its military aid to egypt financial reports. egypt's new government crackdown on and you know is has raised m

r.t. dot com today we ask you why commerce failed to return after egypt's revolution last year so far prince to be believe it's because it's the same officials who are in power the answer to present a dark cloud running the country down a quarter think they're continuing on arrests is in the interests of radical groups some of you also believe that everybody should great system downfall it's like if you are so far say the unrest goes on because the people protesting on the streets will have no jobs to get into the figures now that change if you like cost your vote county dot com. you can see firsthand as events unfold in car as you say at r.t. dot com we're streaming the protests for you live on our web site. the u.n. is edging closer to a deal on syria with a new draft resolution softened to overcome russia's objections references to present i said stepping down and an arms embargo have been dropped from the revised text which is still pending approval when moscow continues to wall it will oppose any attempts even to hint at targeting the syrian regime parties honesty churkin it has more fr

r.t. tel aviv is up today here on r.t. and business is next with katie. welcome to the business program this hour global stock markets have had the best start to the year for almost two decades they've risen an average of five point eight percent in january helped by signs of accelerating growth in the u.s. and improvements in the european debt problems corporate results have also mostly been above expectations banks of miners have been the best performing sectors which shows up more than nine percent ok let's see how the oil market is a doing right now ok we're going to start with oil as you can see. prefab is a pretty flat group rises all next on news that u.s. stockpiles increased more than expected and gasoline it fell to a ten year as you can see lights. just a notch in the red on the brant is a notch in positive territory will be updating those details all day for you here on business update asian markets are on the rise following on from gains in the u.s. off to survey signals but global manufacturing improved in january carmakers are among the mai

seven thirty pm in moscow where bring you today's r.t. headlines from the week of the headline is decision day for syrian people as they take up take to the polls to vote on a new constitution a move that would bring an end to the ruling parties fifty year monopoly. thousands join hands in a massive flash bob for a fair elections in russia activists make a sixteen kilometer ring around moscow city center a week before the country chooses its next president. the u.s. atomic agency struggling to reach a conclusion on iran's nuclear weapons but u.s. intelligence agencies agree there's no evidence to iran is building a bomb but that hasn't stopped israel from threatening a military strike on iran's nuclear sites. thousands of students and teachers again march in anger at education cuts in spain as the euro crisis tightens its grip around the med but greece is breathing a sigh of relief after you leaders finally approved an eleventh hour bailout to stave off the fall. up next heading to central russia in a city home to some of the country's ol

r.t. . various have today here on our ticket is next whether his. allies you welcome to the business program here in r.t. the chiefs have not warnings from iran that the decision to impose an embargo will lead to skyrocketing oil prices the organization things that. branch should be about one hundred dollars david the global director of all that industry research as part said the worry is not so much crude prices will hit one hundred fifty dollars a barrel but that actually all. most of the people we've talked to in the market don't expect oil to get anywhere near hundred fifty anytime soon in fact the concern is really rather that oil will fall below that saudi arabia which of course has the greatest reserve of oil it can bring to market in the event of a disruption has made constant assurances that it's going to be able to fill any gap left by the iranians even if they attempt to close down the strait of hormuz which looks increasingly unlikely as the weeks go by right now there appears to be plenty of supply available in the event of a disruption

r.t. dot com today we ask you why call has failed to return after egypt's revolution last year. so far most of you believe it's because of the same officials who were in power under ousted president mubarak are still running the country now a quarter think of the country doing the unrest plays into the interests of radical groups about eighteen percent say the unrest continues because high unemployment persists and a slightly fewer of you believe that every revolution creates its own downfall those are the figures now but of course you can help change them. that's your vote at r.t.e. dot com. the u.n. security council is set to vote on a resolution on syria amid reports of escalating violence in the country earlier russia refused to accept a draft resolution on syria saying that it calls to facilitate a political transition moscow opposes any language inside the resolution that could be seen as backing a regime change in damascus or to use the latest from new york number you've been staying on top of this for us is the tide turning for the u.n. resolution on syria. well the tide

r.t. dot com today we ask you why colum has failed to return after he just revolution last year so far most of you think it's because it's in the same officials who were in power under ousted president mubarak are still running the country now about a quarter of new think that continuing unrest plays into the interests of radical groups eighteen percent say the unrest continues because high unemployment persists and slightly fewer of you believe that every revolution creates its own downfall those are the figures now but you can help change them. cast your vote at r.t. dot com. russian diplomats refuse to accept a security council draft resolution on syria saying that it calls quote to facilitate a political transition moscow opposes any language inside the resolution that could be seen as backing regime change in damascus. as the latest from new york. as the security council enters its for its fourth day of negotiations major powers are still divided over how this resolution should be drafted and what wording should be used now the russian foreign ministry said that moscow is still committ

r.t. dot com today to sneeze and videos any time you like and some it was just a click away deal a devastating blow to the world's second largest stock exchange to take out its website. and close minded world of come to another chernobyl style disaster reveal fresh claims ever filed on the russian nuclear sub more r.t. dot com. turkey has no plans to consider alternative oil supplies will continue to import fuel from iran despite the countries in nato membership officials have firmly disapproved of calls for a strike against tehran are reluctant to go along with what they see as western economic bullying jihan news agency chief i made it she says anti iran hysteria does no good for the entire region. it will be a very important headache for turkey because turkey is part of nato and because of that turkey has certain responsibilities but iran is very important neighbor that two countries iran and turkey did not have war for centuries it's very difficult to get a settlement it is foolish and by attacking iran which is more than eighty million population big country but as far as i know the curre

r.t. dot com today we're asking why you think the calm has failed to return after the revolution in egypt last year so far most believe it's because it's the same officials who were in power under mubarak under mubarak but are still running the country a quarter think that continuing on the rest plays into the interest of radical groups eighteen percent also say that the revolution creates its own downfall and have the same number saying the unrest continues because high unemployment assists those are how the numbers stack up right now you can change them if you like by casting your vote at r.t. dot com. you can also see the events unfolding first hand in cairo by check out the streaming video at our website that's on our teeth dot com. moscow says it can't support a new draft resolution on syria although the text has been softened to overcome some of russia's objections the kremlin says it still falls short of addressing moscow's main concerns are marine important as the latest from new york. as the security council enters its fourth day of negotiations major powers are still divided ove

r.t. dot com today we're asking why you think the comma's failed to return after egypt's revolution last year so far most of the voters believe it's because it's the same officials who weren't power under mubarak that are now still running the country a quarter think that continuing on arrest plays into the interests of radical groups about seventeen percent says unrest continues because of high unemployment person staying in fewer think that every revolution has its own creates its own downfall those figures are there on the screen you can help change them by logging on to our team casting your vote. can also see the events unfolding firsthand in cairo on our team dot com where we're streaming the protest live on our website. moscow says it can't support a new draft resolution on syria although the text has been softened to overcome some of russia's objections the kremlin says it still falls short of addressing their main concerns. has the latest from new york. as the security council enters its for its fourth day of negotiations major powers are still divided over how this resolution should

r.t. dot com today we're asking our viewers why the calm has failed to return after egypt's revolution last year so far most of you think it's because it's the same officials who weren't power under the mubarak regime that are now still in power in the country a quarter think continuing on arrest plays to the interests of radical groups eighteen percent think that every revolution creates its own downfall the same number of say the unrest persis because of high unemployment those are the figures now you can change them by casting your vote log on to our team dot com. you can see the first hand events unfolding in cairo also at r.t. dot com where we're streaming the protests live. the u.n. is edging closer to a deal on syria with a new draft resolution softened to overcome russian objections references to president assad stepping down arms embargo have been dropped from the revised text which is still pending approval moscow continues warning it will attempt any it will oppose any attempt to even hint at targeting the syrian regime or he's anastasio churkin it has more from new york. after s

killed and when i think it is the suppression of the truth we don't see it we see this on russia today r.t. we're very happy for the station that does tell the truth but you don't see stuff about bradley manning on corporate media you don't see stuff about in and out or. antiwar palestinian activists who are being persecuted by the obama administration in the justice department so. i think it's the truth they want to suppress the truth they they don't want the average american to find out what's really going on in in the words of aggression and with our own civil liberties here at home and something else that we haven't been seeing on you know the big three networks i guess you could call them is a bill that's floating around here in washington that's actually called the whistleblowers improvement act although the only people who would improve things for would be those committing the wrongdoing of this bill it's requires employees who see some wrongdoing in their companies to first report those wrongdoing to their employer before they take any regulatory agencies it would also take away in

r.t. on air today and online any time. also allegedly he needs whistleblower nobel prize nominee bradley finally gets a trial after spending nineteen months in custody get all the details at our t.v. dot com. and a blooming success russian scientists revive the real story of plants and seal after thirty thousand years locked in for more problems. israel's intelligence service has reportedly said that iran's nuclear program is beyond the point of no return and must now be stopped through military action that's after a night. republican failed to resolve any of the controversy surrounding a legit atomic weapons ambition the experts reports they were not allowed to visit a key military site spectate of hosting nuclear related activities to iran insisting on the purely peaceful nature of its atomic program says the i.a.e.a. visit was for the purpose of talks not inspections islamic state has stressed its readiness to return to the negotiating table a failed mission may well lead to more sanctions against iran but as our report

with today's top headlines and recapping this week's top stories this is r.t. with our weekly update glad to have you with us russia and china have given a firm no to the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria moscow has defended its move saying the draft fails to deliver a balanced approach to be unrest and will bring even more bloodshed that says those who were behind of the document are now ganging up against a veto states. reports from new york. in a matter of just five minutes after the meeting began russia and china both wielded their veto powers not supporting this draft resolution that was written by the arab league european countries while the draft resolution was supported by thirteen members of the security council russia was asking for some amendments according to russian foreign minister sergei lavrov those amendments were not excessive and mr r. lover of said that russia was urging the west to accommodate moscow's concerns to reach a compromise on this draft resolution china during the meeting that supported russia's amendments and said

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but torture tactic and battle provocation later today on r.t. we explore the misuse of music to promote violence as a preview of our special report songs of war. it's all designed to keep you closed in your own small world as a prison. you know you leave somebody in there for a couple hours like that in stress positions. you have this fear of the unknown and the stress sort of building a. scene interrogations go on ten twelve hours a chose songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica slayer the two songs would be angel of death and raining blood to me there was a war coming up here into iraq to me in the. journey pool of the bodies to the floor which is the rock n roll band who is fitting for the job we're doing. he knew has suspended the ratification of a controversial anti computer piracy agreement questioning its legality to be investigated to see if the document is compatible with human rights and freedoms and then as an actor the bill has been heavily criticised by a web freedom activists sparking multiple protests across europe it pa

r.t. . well earlier today josh gerstein white house reporter for politico weighed and on the seeming rise and fall of these different amendments take a listen. well there's basically two totally different sets of rules in fact in this country most places if you're not buying from an actual gun dealer you don't need any identification whatsoever in a private sale or to buy a gun at a gun show there's no obligation of the person selling to even check who you are at all with any type of identification and as you just mentioned in that report you've got laws going up all over the country requiring that you have a photo id to vote which kind of surprising number of americans don't have so why i put more regulations on voting instead of more regulations on owning guns. well i don't think it's generally considered an either or although there was a mention there of felons and criminals and in fact it's much easier for felons and criminals to get guns to get their gun rights restored in a lot of places than it is for them to be able to cast a ballot there is this concern among conservatives among repu

and brings up today here on r.t. as this is next with karina. welcome to business here and i tell you thanks for joining me this hour entrepreneurs will get a chance to tell prime minister pushing a what they're hoping for and the next administration it will be later in the day and evasion and high technology have been a top priority for the us government and foreign specialists agree that russia has potential but words put into practice. right know in russia the same as in berlin germany everyone is looking for this engine of job or a huge event in the basement and the will is there what do we have done to sell it come by leave evil in thirty forty years you could do here in three four years the most important thing is the culture that on corporate north ship and start up is good then. school of the. different foundations that fund the company we need more of them there is a lot of wealth in russia then we have to curry a sort of it atmosphere and education that the well could be you could just start up the world. let's have a look at the marke