security council votes to send three hundred observers to syria russia warns nations not to undermine the mission after the u.s. says only pressure on yourself regime will work. as a media blackout in france ahead of sunday's presidential poll ten candidates including the incumbent nicolas sarkozy are to battle for the top job in the country hit by social divisions and record unemployment. energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic commutes mineral resources the chinese premier on a tour of the nordic states. but next this promise is the latest edition of time with an oriental twist. hello konichiwa listings probably taking a look at japanese culture here in the russian capital although it's seven hundred thousand kilometers away but the moscow vice are fascinated by such subjects as are gali asian cuisine and japanese animation so joey martin amis i think take a look at various shots classes sports and personals starting off here at the japan foundation. although thousands of kilometers from moscow some people forget that russia borders japan the far eastern areas of t

has supported and fully the efforts that have been made by mr anon to bring peace to syria russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov recently said that russia has been urging syria to comply with the peace plan and to even lead by example but he said that western countries and arab some arab countries also need to do their part in to earn. the armed opposition in syria to comply with the peace process now just over the weekend seventeen nations gathered together it's a group that's referred to as the friends of syria they gathered for a meeting and reaffirmed their support for the opposition groups they also recognize the syrian national council as the legitimate representatives of the syrian people now a lot of rob said that this only undermines the peace process that is trying to be implemented in syria he also said that it is a group known as the friends of syria cannot replace the u.n. security council and it is only the u.n. security council that can really make a decision as to whether mr kofi annan wants peace plan is moving in the right direction or not let's take a listen to

tough to say the least secretary clinton said recently russia's refusal to support constructive action by the u.n. security council on the crisis in syria is keeping its president bashar al assad in power the u.s. 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 and that she was you know she once said she was disgusted by that position very graphic statements one would argue are really on diplomatic so that's the kind of environment that russian diplomats have to work in and that is a very tough environment or sort of some harsh words as you're saying susan rice she's known for having some pretty harsh language or as as far as it goes i mean it might seem a bit extreme to say there's blood on the hands of russia and china but this isn't anything unusual over susan rice is it. no susan rice is generally known for making undiplomatic statements and sometimes getting too creative with facts for example she once announced that leading government is a leading government troops were being issued lie aggro and told to rap

weeks calling on both sides in syria to stop fighting stop their troop movements and stop the use of heavy artillery in heavily populated areas from the very beginning russia has fully supported kofi annan six point peace plan for syria most recently russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov reiterated moscow support for the plan but mr lavrov indicated that the plan could be undermined by those that are showing more support for the armed opposition in syria russia is committed to implementing. and we constantly pushing the syrian government's secret steps in line with this. according to its the syrian government's to be the first to begin to pull that's a beautiful says this is dean and position to all of us he expects a wish list and some arab states simply seems to be all. responsible for the bloodshed in syria. just over the weekend seventy nations gathered together it's a group that's referred to as the friends of syria the united states indicated that it would increase its financial support to the syrian people now some gulf countries announced the establishment of a multimillion dollar fund to financially support those that are fighting president bash

pot calling on both sides in syria to stop fighting stop their troop movements and stop the use of heavy artillery in heavily populated areas from the very beginning russia has fully supported kofi annan six point peace plan for syria most recently russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov reiterated at moscow's support for the plan but mr lavrov indicated that the plan could be undermined by those that are showing more support for the armed opposition in syria russia's committee to implement goofy unknowns plan and we've constantly pushing the syrian government to seek front steps in line with. according to aides to syrian government be the first to begin to pull its of its forces this is the position. we expect will wish people in this and some arab states to simply seems to be all groups responsible for the bloodshed in syria now just over the weekend seventeen nations gathered together it's a group that's referred to as the friends of syria they gathered for a meeting and reaffirmed their support for the opposition groups they also recognized the syrian national. council as the legitimate representatives of the syrian people now a lover of said that th

again the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution on syria the most recent one drafted by russia and co-sponsored by eight other countries the resolution calls for and authorizes up to three hundred unarmed un minute military observers to go to syria and monitor the truce the cease fire that was put in place april twelfth between damascus and the opposition groups this resolution also calls on the syrian government to meet its responsibilities and pledges calls or is in the six point peace plan laid out by u.n. joint envoy mr kofi annan on russia of course of believes that this most recent development in syria is a step in the right direction but it is a good resolution is a fundamentally newsgroups the system went in syria in showing that consensus. and main goal should be to comply with the resolution any deviation in terms of being so you should have the mandate is unacceptable libyan model should remain in the. in the meantime u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice left the meeting on saturday not showing as much optimism as russia and many other countries had susan

tense to say the least secretary clinton said russia's refusal to support quote unquote constructive action by the u.n. security council on the crisis in syria is keeping its president bashar al assad in power the u.s. 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 and that she was discussed that her words very graphic statements one would argue are totally undiplomatic susan rice is generally known for making on diplomatic statements and sometimes getting too creative with facts for example she wants announce that khadafi troops were being issued as niagra and told to rape as a measure against terror but interesting u.s. military and intelligence officials said there was no evidence no basis for miss rice's claims anyways their policy makers here who are very pro intervention and they tend to blame russia for all that's happening in syria so that's the kind of environment that russian diplomats have to work in and it is a very tough environment i suppose pushing for a political solution with the guy a lot between the

syria. we welcome russia's position regarding the conflict in syria would continue. we will continue working with russia and we will continue to pursue but far we will maintain consultations on a daily basis. most of our questions were the first questions in a sort of profit or what's your stance on the current. event or action between serious authorities and international humanitarian organizations and for me and the second question for both ministers why do foreign media often focus on. operations by government forces rather than the opposition i thought i would live with. one of them up and you've. got the only other anybody at home with. the media you could believe the government . is going to the super bowl so think of your question transcends of which area and situation and conflict with all kinds of international red cross can meet . the operating in its is an independent organisation and it succeeds is examined straight goods if you can. do your job executively you. are quite positive results for. a while he one of the most. why would you hire you he a shout o

saudi arabia or france nor britain not turkey would be doing anything in syria without a very greedy load or goal from washington russia which is a major backer of peace plan is again criticize syria's government and its rebels for breaking the cease fire the foreign ministry in moscow also accuse some opposition fighters who refuse to lay down arms of resorting to terrorism and it's not his exam the boy who found those still at large little patience for neutrality . a lifetime of work burned overnight. this facility is one of a growing number of businesses in syria destroyed by those claiming to advance the cause of that revolution this factory was a classic example of syrian interpreter ship one hundred and fifty employees producing textiles for furniture and it was never turning out a lot of profit but provided a distiller living for its people all of which is now gone not rats no warnings one evening in fabry a group of young men threw a lot of cocktails into the building the owner says they had just enough time to evacuate the workers to safety but the rest of the in mean he just watched his entire fortune go up i

i think as we look to the issue of syria, we know that russia and china have blocked two united nations security council resolutions with respect to syria. and certainly i think that takes us to 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 advisers to syria and have deployed naval forces off the syrian coast. so my first question is, mr. secretary, how would you say that russia is supporting syria's military today? and then secondly, i want to switch to china, which unavoidably takes us to the issue of north korea. north korea's recent ballistic missile launch failed. many people sighed with relief, but 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 forward their new road mobile missile. secretary gates previously indicated that north ko

security council unite in order the deployment of a massive observer mission to syria but russia and the u.s. divided over the details of moscow hopes the monitors can oversee a u.n. brokered peace plan washington warns it may still take action against a c. . plus bahrain is on high alert to safeguard the formula one grand prix racing ahead despite a wave of antigovernment protests. at least one dead tens of thousands of taking to the streets to demand immediate democratic reform. and a big impact on the small screen the world watches julia. makes his debut here on odds he giving voice to those ostracized by the mainstream media was already stirring up the global reaction. now as the french go to the polls today in the first round of choosing a new president we talked to. one of the leading candidates the interview is coming up next here. today we're joined by my viewpoint he's a presidential candidate for the upcoming fresh elections found in his own party called league centering around the platform of sovereignty for france i thank you very much mr weiner for joining us today the f

syria russia a neighbor in the north was always the first country to come to our aid the events of august two thousand and eight are an example of that georgia attacked south a setia in an operation they code names clearfield if russia had not interfered to save its citizens we would have suffered extensive damage we will build up our relations with russia based on the principles defined by our own people we will forever be with russia the president and the government of people's trust that we will create will work to integrate into russia's infrastructure and cooperate with it politically economically and in the areas of defense in arms trade how do you assess the situation with russian tourists to georgia who are arrested for visiting south. what effect will the georgian law have on occupied territories. according to my information is this happened on several occasions i think it does not do credit to the georgian authorities as it's a violation of human rights the georgian authorities seized the opportunity to detain people on the sole grounds that they were only georgia's territory it

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syria conference. nina, why in the world should we think russia will change its stance on syria now? >> he put it quite nicely when he said nobody wants to be isolated, and russia is risking isolation because they're the -- there's the increasing cooperation of western partners. but also the arab countries. so, this is something that russia does not want to risk. also, there is the question that sergei lavrov has been acknowledging, that the situation in syria has been getting worse. he said it bluntly. hillary clinton, the secretary of state in the united states, saw this as a good sign of moving forward. >> talk to me about the frustration in syria. there is a cease-fire, but the violence has not stopped. >> there is frustration. no diplomatic measure seems to have worked. so far, hillary clinton pushed for a u.n. sanctions resolution solution. at the same time, both sides seem to be deadlocked, and all hopes lie with the u.n. plan. western partners are now saying they have to get more people on the ground. of course, you have to ensure their safety first. >> all rights. thank you v

security council you know is ordering the point of a massive observer mission to syria but russia and u.s. are divided over the details of a move moscow hopes the moderates can oversee a u.n. brokered peace plan while blocking one may still take you know other action against the masses. but the rain is on high alert to safeguard a formal one ram free which is raising ahead spider wave of vendor government protests and brutal crackdown that's left one dead tens of thousands taking to the streets to demand immediate democratic reform. but a big impact on the small screen the world watches a little lower joining us on this talk show makes its debut here on r.t.e. giving voice to those oscar sized by the mainstream media the show is already stirring up a range of global reaction. as the french go to the polls today in the first round of choosing a new president are talks and ecological and now one of the leading candidates and our interview show is up next. today we're joined by and i have to point your he's a presidential candidate for the upcoming french elections found in his own party

none of that is present in syria. russia and china remain posed to the resolution at the u.n. and that's a principle reason why there is no unanimousity in the security council. there's a minority that is still in one way or the other supporting resolution that would keep the regime in change. and so for all these reasons we're facing a different situation in syria than libya, we're also facing a syrian army and the regime which has no problem in killing, you know, as many people as it needs to stay in power. >> in brussels today, secretary of state hillary clinton calling for another round of sanctions. what has been imposed in the past and is there any sense that a new round of sanctions would be any more effective? >> sanctions are certainly weaken the regime, affects the regime in many ways in its ability to import, in its ability to export its product, but it is also true that sanctions on their owner not going to succeed in toppling the regime without any other action. this is a regime, in arab we have a saying he who is drowning will not be afraid to get wet. sanctions

the non-security council united ordering him to pull the i meant massive observer mission to syria but russia and the u.s. are divided over the tales of the move moscow hopes to monitor. brokered peace plan while washington warns of me still take unilateral action against damascus. brain is on high alert to safeguard a formal one dram treaty which is racing as the wave of anti-government protests and brutal crackdown this left one debt tens of thousands taking to the streets to demand immediate democratic reform. and a big impact on the small screen the world watches as whistleblower julian assange to stop job makes its debut here on our team giving voice to those ostracized by the mainstream media show is already a range of global reaction. as friends go to the polls today the first round of choosing a new president talks nikolaus you point out one of the leading candidates. he's next. today we're joined by the guy deploying on he's a presidential candidate for the upcoming french elections founding his own hardly called. centering around the platform of sovereignty for france thank you very

absolutely and absolutely right and they are absolutely right friends of syria. russia venezuela china. you know countries who have been supporting a peaceful and peaceful settlement for the dispute in syria if those so-called friends of syria have gathered first in tunisia and now in istanbul who actually enemies bitter enemies of syria are supporters and friends of syria they would have a start the nuclear power plant gun that the media provocation initiated by qatar and saudi arabia mainly al-jazeera and al-arabiya t.v. channels they would have stepped arming those militias in turkey and training them in turkey and some other neighboring countries namely lebanon turkey and probably jordan and iraq if you had a friend of slip then you would help the government. accomplish a peaceful solution to this crisis because people have gathered in istanbul are the same we have gathered previously in tunisia there is a group where he lives. and there were members and they are actually trading with the innocent the blood of innocent civilians who have been killed almost seven or

security council you guys in ordering the point of a massive observer mission to syria but russia and the u.s. are divided over the details of the move basco hopes the monitors can oversee a u.n. brokered peace plan while washington london may still take unilateral action against the nastiness of. the pots bahrain is on high alert to safeguard a formula one grand prix which is racing ahead the spiral wave of anti-government protests and a brutal crackdown that's left one day tens of thousands of taking to the streets to demand immediate reform. and a big impact on the small screen the world watches as whistleblower julian a song from makes his debut as a t.v. host here on our team stirring up a range of global reaction. now as a friend go to the polls today our first round of choosing a new president artie talks to me to lead the point one of the leading candidates. is up next. today we're joined by nicholas young he's a presidential candidate for the upcoming fresh elections founding his own hardly called the republic something around the platform of sovereignty for france thank you

russia. the official. from the. video. feeds with the palm of your. latest news on the week's top stories. in arms shipment apparently bound for opposition forces in syria as russia accuses rebels of trying to destroy the u.s. brokered peace plan. looks to fall right supporters after losing the first round of the french presidential vote socialist candidate. less than a week of campaigning left until the final ballot. in ukraine the release of the photo images of men they think are responsible for multiple bombings in. friday that left thirty injured officers are reopened investigation into a similar bombing in the city. leaving the attacks could. lie detector experts from the u.k. say the country's police have the wrong suspect in the killing of former f.s.b. agent alexander litvinenko six years ago. next with kate stay with us. hello welcome to the sports and these other top stories. six of the best fernando torres scores a hot trick as it is called chelsea's trash q.p.r. six one in west london darby paul taught them the big club until in english premier league. while i hope snooty crowned champions the needs in petersburg set their sights on a new ex

has fully supported kofi annan six point peace plan for syria most recently russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov reiterated mosque aus support for the plan but mr lavrov indicated that the plan could be undermined by those that are showing more support for the armed opposition in syria and russia is committed to it so implementing goofy unknowns plan and we can see the syrian government's secret steps in line with proposals according to each of the syrian government to be the first to begin to pull its of its forces this is position. he expects and wish to call this and some arab states simply seems to be all. responsible for bloodshed in syria. just over the weekend seventeen nations gathered together it's a group that's referred to as the friends of syria they gathered for a meeting and reaffirmed their support for the opposition groups they also recognized the syrian national. council as the legitimate representatives of the syrian people now the lover of said that this only undermines the peace process that is trying to be implemented in syria and also said tha

and a week in review lebanon seizes an arms shipment apparently bound for opposition forces in syria as russia accuses rebels of trying to destroy you and brokered peace plan. nicolas sarkozy looks to the far right for support after losing the first round the french presidential election to socialist candidate francoise hollande less than a week of campaigning left until the final ballot. police in ukraine release a photo of it images of the men they think are responsible for multiple bombings and i perpetrate on friday that left thirty injured officers of real but it investigation into a similar bombing in the city last year leaving the attacks early. lie detector experts in the u.k. say the country's police have the wrong man in the killing of former f.s.b. agent alexander litvinenko in london six years ago. up next israel ratcheting up the rhetoric against iran despite no definite proof tehran is building a nuclear weapon up next we ask a former u.s. army colonel how far both israel and the u.s. could go when it comes to dealing with iran. we're sitting down with douglas macgregor every tir

none of that is present in syria. russia and china remain opposed to security council resolution at the u.n., and that has been sort of a principal reason why there is no unanimousity. the arab league itself is divided into a majority that is against the syrian regime, but a minority that's still in one way or the other supporting resolution that would keep the regime in change. and so for all these reasons, we're facing a different situation in syria than we are in libya. we are also facing a syrian army and regime which has no problem in killing, you know, as many people as it needs to to stay in power. >> as you know in brussels, hillary clinton calling for another round of sanctions. what has been imposed in the past, and is there any sense that a new round of sanctions would be any more effective. >> sanctions are certainly, you know, weakened the regime. affected the regime in many ways in its ability to import and its ability to export its products. but it is also true that sanctions on their own are not going to, you

are to see damascus syria. russia and china are holding their first ever joint naval drills taking place in the yellow sea near the korean peninsula gulf of sellers will take part in exercises which will simulate the rescue of high tech vessels and these submarine operations these boards he is following the work. i'm standing on board the russian destroyer. and we are now in the chinese port of king and it took us nearly a week to reach the starting point for the joint russian chinese maneuvers called mabel 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 we are basically what we are going to see here in the next few days is an exercise in cooper ration between russian and chinese naval forces for the first time ever four key areas anti-terrorist missions protection of marine lines of communication guarding of civilian battles and joint supply operations the exercises are the fact building on what's good

security council votes to send three hundred observers to syria russia warns nations not to undermine the mission after the u.s. says only pressure on the assad regime will work. as a media blackout in france ahead of sunday's presidential poll ten candidates including the incumbent nicolas sarkozy out of battle for the top job in the country hit by social divisions and record unemployment. and energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and its untapped of mineral resources and the chinese premier on a tour of the nordic states. that's it for me i'm going to use team for the moment we'll be back with more for you in half an hour from now in the meantime as promised max and stacy exposed the dark secrets of the global financial industry the cause reports the next. actually eyes are this is the kaiser report so how about a punk do you feel lucky states your work rights. are you seeing me being a hologram i see i see little i see tell me more well max i want to turn to this little clip of a performance given only in the last week. yes when you see there that's two packs a

russia has a long history of having provided military assistance and economic assistance to syria. the good news is that russia is now working with us to try to get a cease fire and hopefully put that in place and they are, i think, at least working with the international community right now. but the reality is that russia could have a much more significant impact on syria and on assad if they were willing to assert that. >> thank you. >> thank you. miss speier. >> thank you, mr. secretary and general. let me ask secretary panetta, what violence has not abated. the initiatives by the u.n. special envoy annan have been undertaken when do we determine that they are not successful and move on to plan b? >> i think that's what secretary clinton is dealing with in paris as we speak, which is to look at that situation to determine what the next steps are with regards to the annan initiative. i think there's an effort to try to obviously deploy monitors that can go in and determine whether or not those violations are taking place. and there is also consideration of perhaps a peacekeeper in

joint envoy mr kofi annan on russia of course of believes that this most recent development in syria is step in the right direction u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice left the meeting on saturday not showing as much optimism as russia and many other countries had susan rice took to her twitter feed to say that deployment of three hundred or three thousand unarmed observers cannot on its own stop assad's quote murderous rampage susan rice said external pressures are additionally needed to solve the problem in syria the us ambassador also said that washington and its allies are preparing for action that will be required if assad persists to quote slaughter. said that these efforts that are trying to put pressure on an already stressful situation does not help bring peace and security to syria they're missed an opportunity to signal to a position they give criticizing the government saying that's on your bald what they expect the opposition which isn't for the old line very clearly in the security council resolution. which they themselves had just a vote of for a noble's bu