and they include russia and china and venezuela and zimbabwe and north korea and iran and syria. it was company that one would -- it's very unique company that russia and china typically don't like to find themselves in. that has been followed by continued strong action out of the human rights council and repeated international unity with the glaring exception of russia and china on issues related to syria. i think the combination of that kind of isolation has given them, particularly the chinese perhaps to a greater extent than the russians, some pause. they are both embarked on public relations efforts, particularly in the arab world, to try to mitigate the consequences of their actions. and i do think that should -- that the appointment of kofi annan and the efforts that he's trying to make provide a potential, underscore potential, point of convergence among the members of the security council. so we're discussing this week not a new resolution but a strong what we would call presidential statement to lend support to kofi annan's efforts. it will be interesting to see whether

these contracts that were signed today these twenty seven in particular did focus on china's mining corporation and russia's metals of east siberia company and. they're very big contract with the eastern energy company and the state power grid of china which signed a long term project totaling about twenty five years which would under the contract be russia not far eastern company will supply electricity to china through interstate electric transmission so yet again another positive move certainly seeing those relations strengthen and continue so all in all very good news carol thanks very much indeed for that live update there from central moscow current iraqi. they consider themselves descendants of an ancient tribe which has been in existence in the promised land for thirty thousand miles of years some of the journey back has taken years but at the end of the pilgrimage they're faced with government oppression in the very place they thought of as home. follows their struggle for recognition. deep in israel's negative desired other women and of an ancient people trying to build a modern homeland but these

russia. and given china's interest and resources are natural and energy and so on and my guess is that fair amountof that will actually take place in siberia. but russia and china recently completed a series of military drills do you think this corresponds with the us expending its military footprint in the pacific well you know these are only strategic ambiguity and the response answers and certainly the u.s. spirit to asia so call. the i think the cooperation the sino russian drill has to be looked at in that light as a response or all the deals are going to be managed in national currencies that this kind of cooperation enable china to drop the dollar as a main reserve currency. why it's difficult for china to completely get away from the dollar they're holding too many too much dollar but they ventures something like sixteen or more bilateral what they costs want currency agreements and russia is one of them and all of these. is to allow the bilateral trade between the two countries to do without having to convert the amount into dollars first but they use it to build your local currencies and

diplomatic pressure is being brought on russia and china, particularly russia has a long standing relationship in that part of the world with syria, to bring pressure on them to exercise whatever influence they can to try to ensure that they abide by the annan plan. there is some progress made on that front. the additional steps that are important is that the international community continues to be very unified in taking action against that regime. there are additional sanctions that can be applied. we have applied some significant sanctions, they are having -- putting great pressure on the regime itself. that pressure needs to continue. the third thing that i would indicate is that this is a broad based insurgency. and i think it's fair to say the intelligence community feels because it is a broad based insurgency, yes, he can strike back, he can try to continue to hold on. but ultimately his days are numbered and ultimately he will be taken down. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. that's all i have. >> the committee will recess now until we're able to return after the votes. thank you

sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister and mr young they cheat the furnace of china what is this trilateral for and its russia india china the rick format is it still relevant when we have the brics and while all the media attention is dragged to the brics well each grouping has a significant sum for its own brics yes it is one of the most important groupings it which has caught the imagination of. the world leaders and recall so as so sad so but as you know and the india feels that it is extremely benefited by its association with the go to russia and change now in the big cream what the big pharma you know i had very extensive discussions yesterday. for minister level of. foreign ministry activity and we have learned three children's perspective on clouds are pretty developments across the region we talked about syria we talked about. ideally for mentation that are going on in mathematica and it really is a hot spot signal to. the two other partners and ricks i mean russia and china also are the principal partners in the shanghai cooperation of this actually they were actually the founders used to be the sh

sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister and mr young they cheat the firmness of china what is this trilateral for russia india china the rick format is it still relevant when we have the brics and while all the media attention is drive to the brics well each grouping has a significance for its own brics yes it is one of the most important groupings which are scott the imagination of. the world leaders and recall so has serves its own purpose and india feels that it is extreme to benefit it but it's association with both russia and chain and their big crema their big pharma you know i had very extensive discussions yesterday. for minister level of. foreign minister yang jiechi and we have learned perspective on cantor privy developments across the region we talked about syria we talked about. the freedom and peace of going on enough of sicca. radius of the hot spot signal. the two other partners and ricks i mean russia and china also are the principal partners in the shadow i cup ration of there's a surely they were actually the founders used to be the shanghai five now it's wider it's becoming wider and

eastern energy company and the state power grid of china which signed a long term contract totaling about twenty five years which would under the contract be russia not far eastern company will supply electricity to china through interstate electric transmission we've seen friday the end of the military drills in the yellow sea the general director for those drills pointing that out and saying that the naval drill was a complete success mainly focusing on those six day maneuvers and watching out for that air defense and really just involving exercises with that air traffic marine search rescue operation not to mention just last year between the two countries russia china relations we saw the contracts being signed where if further contracts were signed those contracts could be paid for in their own currencies therefore excluding the dollar excluding the euro we also see both countries sharing similar views on syria and on libya so that's another thing that both nations do agree very much on so yet again a very positive move certainly seeing those relations strengthen and continue so all in all very good news. still to come here on our t.v. u.s. s

take over the whole middle east in order to block both what we call eurasia means russia china and iran to block them inside asia and block them from any axis to the warm waters whether it's the mediterranean the indian ocean or the pacific so let me just see if i can just understand what you're saying here and put into layman's terms that the kofi annan six stage peace plan is a smokescreen and that nato the u.n. and america they are playing politics here and they just want to take over the region definitely and what with them occasionally why this is how we can understand . well because the american plan there is an alliance between what we call powers the united states on one hand built western europe on one hand. they are trying to block russia coalition of land powers russia china iran from having access to international money time trade routes and this is in order to enforce that sort of bargaining position for the first coalition in order to block asia the rising asia from being the upper hand in world affairs especially with the rise of putin to power now in russia with the pote

traffic marine search rescue operation not to mention just last year between the two countries russia china relations we saw the contracts being signed where if further contracts were signed those contracts could be paid for in their own currencies therefore excluding the dollar excluding the euro we also see both countries sharing similar views on syria and on libya so that's another thing that both nations do agree very much on so yet again a very positive move certainly seeing those relations strengthen and continue so all in all very good news. george who founder of international strategic alliances firm thinks china is edging away from its dollar dependency. it's difficult. to completely get away from the gallery there holding too many too much dollar but they banter is something like sixteen or more bilateral what they cost want currency agreements and russia is one of them and all of these. is to allow the bilateral trade between the two to do without having to convert the amount into galaxy for to use it to build your local currency and that is a internationalizing. internationalizi

russia and china are holding their first joint naval exercises both sides stressed the war games near the korean peninsula are not aimed against anyone nazis denise lawsky is on deck to explain what political waters are going beijing selling towards. i'm standing on board the russian destroyer of middle vinogradov and we are now in the chinese port of king it took us nearly a week to reach the starting point for the joint russian chinese maneuver it's called naval corp two thousand and twelve the russian convoy consists of four big warships armed with conventional weapons three destroyers and the flagship missile cruiser but they are basically what we are going to see here in the next few days is an exercise in cooperation between russian and chinese naval forces for the first time were four key areas anti-terrorist missions protection of marine lines of communication guarding of civilian vassals and joint supply operations the exercises are the bad building on what's both forces have been at each doing and of past couple of years in the gulf of aden to counter piracy chinese and russ

china and russia believe it's okay for the people. now that we have the resolution, it's important we take into account all these factors. the european union actions are welcome in regards to humanitarian aid and the funds being channelled by the commission under the responsibility of the commission. we now have to carry on the diplomatic approach under the guidance and we really do have to resolve this. >> thank you very much. madame gomez and i went to the syrian/lebanon border at the start of this month in order to meet part of the syrian opposition that has managed to get to beirut but to try to understand the risk of an implosion in lebanon as a result of tensions between shiites and sunnis. now what came out of this, i don't know whether -- but certainly what we heard was that the syrians fear a political interest in syria being played out between sunnis and shiites. they will have their revolution stolen from them. but the plan is the only other option from civil war. it's not a very satisfactory solution, but that's what they

question on the dot com russia and china bolstering economic ties with almost thirty business contracts worth fifteen billion dollars side of the trade investment forum in moscow this in addition to expanded military links and an agreement on global diplomacy goals as artie's current erasure reports. a very interesting move definitely bringing a sense of more focus towards the eastern european side of the world russia and china and we've also seen the president elect what the metaphor doesn't and president medvedev really praising china sort of saying that it should be the main focus and saying that it is a place of rapid development a very big contract with the eastern energy company and the state power grid of china which signed a long term contract totaling about twenty five years which would under the contract the russian not far eastern company will supply electricity to china through interstate electric transmission we've seen friday the end of the military drills in the yellow sea the general director for those drills pointing that out and saying that the naval drill was a comple

that takes us to in issue of a question with regard to russia and china. we've seen public reports that russia continues to arm the syrian military and have sent russian advisers and deployed naval forces of the syrian coast. my first question is how would you say russia is supporting syria's military today? and china, which unavoidably takes us to north korea. missilerea's recent launch failed and many people side with relief but that is misplaced belief in that we know north korea continues its quest for missile technology. on of service -- on observance of the founder of the dictatorship brought forward their new missile. secretary gates indicated north korea is becoming a direct threat to the united states. i wrote to secretary clinton and general clapper and ask my letter be made part of the record. my concern is what appears to be china's support for the missile, specifically a launcher system that appears to be of chinese origin. my second question is can you tell me of your concerns of china's supporting north korea's missiles and is north korea a d

you know what must have been for a very large share of the arctic china's would be seen as a conflict thing in any way. i guess russia will be you know very business like manner you will see the next in my benefits and we will treat china and you called the east is even competition with. so interested and we have seen china has already chosen an american to explore the arctic and its resources exactly because the american knowledge so i think russia will continue to be in the business right now no. anything. and it is seen and we do not discriminate against certainly is a fascinating subject for discussion here on r t a professor of political analyst at the hong kong city university thank you for joining us and through. that as i get to some of international news for your own group the r.t. world updater right now being kicked off by protests in cairo as to rear square thousands there once again a rallying against the ruling military and presidential candidates who serve under out of leader hosni mubarak liberal groups call for the rally before mubarak's vice president omar some a man was barred from standing along w

ambassador to the united nations susan rice went even further saying russia and china have quote blood on their hands for refusing to go along with an intervention in syria their policy makers here who are very pro integration and they can still blame russia for all that's happening in syria at least in their public statements in the meantime moscow's pushing for a political solution with a dialogue between the opposition and the complement whereas the u.s. and the u.k. for example and the arab league cans to prompt the syrian opposition not to hold any talks with president assad and to continue fighting the sensually even as if they say they're also for a political solution because it's will lose their lives trying to influence the syrian opposition teams with your position inside the country and the exiled opposition but it's absolutely clear that some of our international partners tell them different things and prevent the opposition from making any concessions this is room so i'm seeing a lot of rauf also warned western and arab nations against arming syrian rebels saying quote eve

of those simply portraying russia and china as the greatest offenders against world peace by defending syrian government and to try to get them a bad face in the idea in the eyes of the world community and i don't think that's going to wash either but if the u.n. that fails to take decisive action on syria when to be up to the country's neighbors like taken to intervene in result the conflict by force no turkey has no business intervening in the affairs of a softened country even if it's its next door neighbor these are. the dead the rebels are being armed from outside and they would be nice sent in from outside they've been trained by the cia by french intelligence by british intelligence and sent in there to create these incidents these random shootings of civilian buses school children and so forth and then to blame it on the government so that i documented from numerous sources travel directly from syria as an independent foreign journalist and i think this is what's going on you have you have journalists from al-jazeera resigning in protest because al-jazeera under pressure from t

the real force of peace and understanding now in the world is russia and china rather than the west i mean the west has been actually trying to instigate trouble not only in syria but in the whole arab region and everybody all arab citizens know that they know that if there is. a credit to any power that has actually brought some sort of peace and understanding it is russia particularly russia and china so i think that these claims. well are hollow they they are. not actually credible claims they only actually we are witnessing a new relation of force a new situation world situation in which the us is not the only player in the world and this is very encouraging so i think that if i may just jump in for a moment i do apologize for running very very low on time here but the syrian government is saying that it has defeated those seeking to bring down the regime do you think this is why it agreed to the ceasefire moments ago you are saying the west has been trying to aggravate syria is that how the assad government sees it they've been ultimately successful against western people who are

russia china find out what the big guns are. a few minutes and what kind of challenges future potential astronauts meet their way to becoming space time yes. the u.n. is beefing up its observer mission to syria as a balance there continues unabated political leaders of the rebellion against a mask calling for military intervention something many people on the ground refuse to accept. reports. almost everyone in syria these days is in opposition to something ready to lash out at opponents at any moment and seventy six year old my feet mohammad is an opposition to that he says syrians are so worked up about politics that it's become difficult to make people smile but he found the way. i like dancing in the streets and i like the reaction it produces in people i feel free this way even he can stay away from politics when i ask him about his biggest concern is ask syria should not dance to somebody else's tune. we don't need any countries meddling in our affairs no need to hear. about the prospect of a leap year style intervention s

separate arlette all transfers between say china and iran or russia and iran so our sanctions haven't really worked we've given it our best shot diplomacy hasn't worked sanctions haven't we're sabotage assassination a lot of things growing up and around there's a lot going on cyber warfare looks like the israelis have launched another round of the stuxnet for virus or some variation on that so i still expect something like that perhaps by the summer now if i read the book correctly the one point that you identify as the really the soft underbelly in all of this would be if china dumps u.s. treasury bonds they've got over a trillion and if you add in the agency debt the fannie mae and freddie mac. and you point out it could be a lot more and this is kind of their nuclear option if they go to market they don't those securities it would crash the dollar and this would cause obviously some men this. may have now if china follows through is there a connection there are they motivated to do so is it is it do we enter the fog of currency war where people start making decisions and you know w

trade and their local currencies so the five leaders of the brics nations of course are brazil russia india china and south africa and they were very vocal including close allies like india indian prime minister singh said we must avoid political disruptions that create volatilities and global energy markets and affect trade flows and this is written in response to the threats against iran and syria but they do also go on to suggest that a central bank for these bric nations and an alternative to the us dollar so all those who are critical opposition for the us dollar and our guest in the second half the show jim records will go into this book currency war details this he predicted this would be the case and it is in fact happening and the dollar as the currency used it at one point was seventy percent of all global transactions us just continuing to go down and down and down and this takes away the us barrier from competition which is destroying the u.s. competitiveness more than it's already been destroyed well so let's see what they said the five leaders signed a pact that they hope will reduc

. >>> china and russia fought during the cold war for leadership of the communist world. now their navies are finding common ground on the yellow sea. naval personnel from china and russia have launched joint drills. political analysts say they're trying to counter the growing u.s. presence in the asia pacific. nhk world reports. [ applause ] >> reporter: a scene like this was almost unthinkable during the cold war. senior officers from the chinese and russian navies gathered together to run drills. commanders began by plotting strategy. they will hit water for drills through the next four days with defense and submarine tactics, search and rescue. china and russia have participated in four military drills since 2005. these are the first for the navies. chinese commanders have deployed 18 vessels including two submarines. the russians have sent seven ships, including a missile cruiser. they say the two powers want to emphasize their military ties to counter the u.s. armed forces. pentagon regions adopted the new strategy last year that puts a renewed focus on the asia paci

diplomatic pressures being brought on both russia and china, particularly russia. that battle longstanding relationship and that part of the world with syria, to bring pressure on them to exercise whatever influence they can to ensure that they abide by annan plan. so the -- so there is some progress being made on that front. the additional steps that are important is that the international community continues to be very unified in taking action against the regime. there are additional sanctions that could be applied. we have applied some sanctions and they are putting great pressure on the regime itself. that pressure needs to continue. the third thing i would indicate is that this is a broad based insurgency. i think it is fair to say that the intelligence community feels that because it is a broad based insurgency, yes, he can strike back. he can continue to try to hold on, but ultimately, his days are numbered and openly, he will be taken down. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> the committee will recess know until we are able to return after votes. thank you very

is receiving from russia and china on this? >> it is not effective in syria, but it is effective in new york at the security council. the americans barack obama and secretary of state hillary clinton are working within the framework of community. that is how they are wrapping up the pressure on the chinese and the russians. their image is very important, because they have a lot of resources in that region, and even the russians are trying to -- starting to about to that international pressure. >> but does the u.n. statement change anything really? >> there is quite a change -- there's a slight change in quality. this time there is a real time table in there, real deadline, april 10, when the syrian regime has to withdraw its troops. that implicitly means the russians will have to follow up with something if the syrians do not keep their promise. >> there is some concern about assad keeping his promises. what if this annan plan does not work? >> no word on that from u.n. officials. they just say we will have to wait and see. the

an equally small amount comes from russia. china in forces tough limits on its rare earth exports. critics accuse it of deliberately driving prices. a complaint was filed with the world trade organization last month. china says it will implement what it calls a reasonable price mechanism, but also give the government more control over the sector. >> some business news now. a japanese newspaper is reporting that sony plans to sack 10,000 people worldwide, 6% of its global work force. half the cuts will be in the chemical and lcd operations. the company has experienced a loss of 2 billion euros for the last business year, marking four years of losses. the european stock markets were closed because of the easter holidays, but new york was open. the dow jones industrial average down 0.5 -- 0.75%. and the euro is trading at $1.3115. for the price of 811 million euros -- no details have been released about the nature of the patents, but industry insiders say they most likely involve social networking, instead messaging, and e-mail technology. microsoft may be preparing to adapt its window

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for morning market speaking more to markets like china russia brazil. almost. everywhere in the war things developing countries for the e.u. from the world resources for years so little commerce like china. and i would be financial and economic if. the primary goal. here. though. and very much has been that i would. trade relations with europe. and the be and. need to be everywhere so i would be the primary go away to. get access to resources and through the trade i can find and we can come to. now take a look at some other stories from around the world thousands of fishermen in chile have gathered to protest against new fishing morry forms the government passed a bill in march to help sustain the country's salmon stocks and prevent overfishing a lot has been criticised amid claims that will have a negative effect on efforts to bring jobs back in the sector. more than a year after its last mission the space shuttle discovery has arrived at its final resting place the smithsonian air and space museum just outside washington in nearly thirty years of service the u

traffic marine search rescue operation not to mention just last year between the two countries russia china relations we saw the contracts being signed where if further contract . resigned those contracts could be paid for in their own currencies therefore excluding the dollar excluding the euro we also see both countries sharing similar views on syria and on libya so that's another thing that both nations do you agree very much on so yet again a very positive move certainly seeing those relations strengthen and continue so all in all very good news. current to russia that they consider themselves descendants of an ancient tribe which has been in existence in the promise land for thousands of years for some the journey back has taken years but at the end of the pilgrimage they were faced with government oppression in the very place they thought of as home. follows the struggle for recognition. deep in israel's negative desired other women and seven 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 thems

takes to us an issue when we look to the world and instability of a question with regard to russia and china. with regard to russia we've seen public reports that they continue to arm the syrian military. have sent russian advisors to syria and have deployed naval forces off the syrian coast. my first question is mr. secretary, how would you say that russia is supporting syrian's military today? secondly, i want to switch to china. which unavoidably takes to us the issue of north korea. north korea's recent ballistic missile launch failed mchl people sighed with relief. i think that's probably misplaced relief and that we know that north korea continues its quest for missile technology and most recently in the observance of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the founder of the dictatorship brought forth a new missile. secretary gates previously ated that north korea is becoming a direct threat to the united states. i recently wrote to secretary clinton and general clapper over my concern what appears china's support for the new north korean missile. >> without objection, so ordered. >> th

even if they do, syria has more supporters than russia and china.it has the army support, and that is decisive in a civil war. >> thank you very much. >> in the u.s., fla.'s neighborhood watch it volunteer george zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the killing up and on arms black teenager -- for an unarmed black teenager. >> the case has sparked a fierce debate in the country, with demonstrations calling for george zimmerman's burress. >> george zimmerman and it himself into police on wednesday. he faces magistrates later on thursday. he told police after the shooting on february 26 that he acted in self-defense. after re-examining the evidence, prosecutors decided to charge him and emphasized that had nothing to do with public pressure. >> we do not prosecute according to public pressure. we prosecute according to the facts of any given case and the laws of the state of florida. >> he said he was concerned he would not get a fair trial. >> i think he was troubled the state would not discharge him. the prosecutor knows the evid

as a look to the issue of syria, we know that russia and china have blocked two resolutions with respect to syria. i think that texas to an issue -- that takes us to an issue of when we look to a world -- -- russia and china. that looks to an issue of when we look at the world in regard to russia. they have sent russian advisers to syria and deployed naval forces. how would you say that russia is supporting syria posed a military today? secondly, let me switch to china which takes it to the issue ofnorth korea's recent missile failed. i think this is probably misplaced really. -- relief. we know that north korea continues its quest for missile technology. most recently the hundredth anniversary of the founder of the dictatorship that brought four of their mobile missile. secretary gates -- for word of their mobile missile. secretary gates spoke of this. he said north korea is becoming a direct threat to the allied states. i ask that my letter be committed to part of the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> my second question is tell me of your concerns of china's supporting north

russia and china conclude that major joint military drills we look at their significance in the wake of similar war games conducted by the u.s. . last new cyber security act clears a major hurdle in the u.s. as critics question who the move is meant to protect and how father government will go to uphold it. the father of alexander litvinenko the former russian security officer who died of radioactive poisoning in london in two thousand and six says he knows who's behind his son's death he spent forty shortly before british lie detector experts concluded that scotland yard's main suspect in the alleged russian and he undertook a boy was not guilty a correspondent kathleen koch over has more now on the case but so ties between moscow and london plummet to a new low. the promise i'm still not entirely clear you how can you come here and bang the drum for british business while the suspected killer of alexander litvinenko is being protected by the russian state this issue hasn't been pock the fact is that the two governments don't agree and the poor me i would like to remind you that art

the yellow sea has become an area of recent international focus as russia and china continue to stage military maneuvers it comes right after the u.s. and philippines conducted joint war games in disputed waters but far from the chinese coast raising tensions with beijing. has been following the developments. i'm standing on board the russian destroyer deadmeat all vinegar out of the just completed its mission as part of joint russian chinese maneuvers in the yellow sea as you can see i'm standing on the how bad that usually carries two was ship based helicopters they were deployed to perform surveillance and to escort the whole russian convoy for a large warships on to support about falls together with the chinese convoy with about twenty warships several thousand thalers took part in the maneuvers there is a deeper meaning of course besides the obvious advantages of performing a large joint mabel mission these exercises have given. a chance to fly their flags in the asia pacific where the growing presence of the u.s. navy has recently become a concern to both china and russia this t

the west is trying to portray china and russia as as the enemies of human rights. to the video military intervention in syria i think what they basically don't be vented in needlework and it goes on so the first one is from from essentially. the syrian rebels and for me as an air force for them as they do we do you know which i think would be detrimental to the syrian. you have a extensively covered covered the arab uprisings thanks for coming on our team today and. france. heads to the polls on sunday and investors are hanging on the result desperate to know how the outcome could affect the debt ridden e.u. from challenging its budget discipline to leaving the e.u. altogether now criticizing the union has been a trump card for all the candidates with its reporters artie's tester a surveyor. it hasn't been the perfect marriage that they agreed where it mattered most of the time. a tandem seen as key in decision making. but france's relationships with berlin and brussels have hit a rough patch the french election if you look at the campaign in france i think because

she tells russia and china they have blood on their hands.ut where president obama is making wealth an issue in the re-election campaign and outrageous videos of government workers making fun of their job. this time pay attention to who leaked them and why. tomorrow is the deadline for syrian forces to begin pulling out of cities across the country, but over the weekend syrian officials began imposing new conditions including insisting they get a written commitment from opposition groups to lay down their weapons and no let up at all in the violence. check in with the u.n. ambassador susan rice. if the syrians fail to keep their word, what happens then? >> john, we have been watching this situation with great concern as it obviously has been a window in which the sir can government is escalated the violence rather than diminishing it as they're required to do in order to adhere to commitments tomorrow. from the u.s. point of view we'll view these developments as a blatant breach yet again of the syrian government's commitments, and we think t