they could not handle it. >> the vladimir putin press secretary told us that he had recently written to the president and apologize for his misdeeds. this has not been verified by the family. barizofski was found dead in his home near london. >> heavy snow is destructive life across the u.k., roads closed, flights delayed, power but you needhomes to bring. theof the worst diseases of 19th century, in recent years doctors thought they had beaten tuberculosis. now they're warning that with the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis, the disease is back and killing 1.5 million people every year, most in the world's poorest countries. bacterial infection that typically a taxi lungs, and the infectious and if left untreated it kills half that ketchup. hard to treat, many of the to not know, and there is usually a six month treatment this the coughing develops is a very long treatment. >> treating patients on the drug-resistant tb is expensive, too long, and in some cases impossible. disappointing researchers, they said that without new drugs the spirit of drug-resistant strains would strengt

he wants vladimir putin to rethink his support for the assad regime.t is a different frenchman whose company vladimir putin refers -- prefers, gerard depar diueu, who made another visit to russia earlier this week. he is treated as a hero wherever he goes. his presence has dominated french-russian relations of late. >> the french president has to ignore that and focus on his work. his main challenge is to expand trade relations between france and russia. france, right all eu countries, is in a crisis and needs new markets. >> is another of hollande -- that is another of hollande's priorities on this visit. >> in germany, the man who wants to replace angela merkel as chancellor in september is in hot water over italy's e -- election. >> he spoke of the near winners as clowns. one of them, beppe grillo, is a comedian, so he might not be that defended -- offended. >> the other is silvio berlusconi. he is a two-time former prime minister. >> the italian president's state visit to germany has been overshadowed by the diplomatic incident created by peer stei

enterprises some of which may be of interest to russia during the meeting russia's president vladimir putin said the vile our bilateral trade between the countries has a lot of potential he sees it reaching fifty billion dollars russia's minsk largest economic partner while bella reuss is russia's second largest after ukraine unless minsk convinces russia to give out a new loan it faces a devastating devaluation of its national currency in the coming months it already saw its currency drop two hundred percent in twenty eleven. norway's six hundred fifty billion dollars sovereign wealth fund the world's biggest by the way is bullish on russia or rather on its bonnes norges vanka

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. >>> plus, the real-life action hero vladimir putin teams up with the fake action hero steven seagalor a photo op to remember. >>> first, our top story here at 5:30 a.m. in new york city. so much of what lies ahead for the catholic church now rests on the shoulders of pope francis. the former archbishop of buenos aires was elected by the college of cardinals yesterday in a strong message about the religion's changing dynamics. jorge mario bergoglio is the first pope from latin america, where more than 41% of the world's catholics live. he was selected on the fifth round of voting at the secret conclave. his name announced to a crowd of over 100,000 gathered at st. peter's square. as nbc's lester holt reports, the new pontiff begins his mission by introducing himself to a global ministry faced with significant challenges. >> reporter: when the cardinals filed into the sistine chapel on tuesday, he was regarded as a long shot at best. at 76, jorge bergoglio was thought by some to be too old. but if his name was unfamiliar and caught most gathered on st. peter's square by surprise, ther

. >> the bill needs to be voted on two more times before president vladimir putin can sign it into law it is unlikely to file. -- fail. it is backed by the russian orthodox church. al jazeera, moscow. >> produced police say they found no chemical or radioactive contamination at the home of the dead russian dissident. the kremlin critic's body was found at his home on sunday. there has been reports that the former tycoon became enemies with leading food and after helping him to -- vladimir putin after helping him rise to power. >> the call that i received at 8:00 in the evening yesterday -- and i trust the source, because he is a high profile person in the uk -- he told me that berezovsky died, and it was suicide. another source called and said it was a heart attack. the way that berezovsky died is secondary. another late blast of winter has stopped more snow on the uk -- dropped more snow on the uk. areeratures across britain expected to linger around freezing for the next two days. let's go to mexico now, the latest of our water pressure series. two decades of drought in the northern

he emigrated to britain in 2000 after vladimir putin came to power. russian courts convicted and jailed him in absentia on embezzlement charges. he lost a massive damages claim against a chelsea club owner. tois not very often that pope's get together. in fact, it has never happened in modern time. pope francis to a drop in for lunch with his predecessor with a message, we are brothers. but the two men are very different and catholics will be watching closely in the coming months. pope benedict has been at the papal retreat at hasselbeck and also since he went into retirement. >> pope francis and his predecessor are longtime colleagues, but their roles have changed since their last encounter. saturday's meeting between the wast and present pope's interesting. benedict offered pope francis the dealer at the chapel to pray, but francis declined, saying, we are brothers and insisted on bringing side by side. but there was disappointment in the crowd in the square that had gathered in the hope of seeing the two men together. new pope francis has attracted

he is due to meet russian president vladimir putin. robin forestier-walker has the latest. his first tour is a very symbolic one. choosing moscow in the same way that president putin chose beijing. these countries have a lot in common, strategically, symbolically, and pragmatically. they are in step when it comes to security council issues like syria and iran. they are both keen to counter the united states power and influence in the asia-pacific region. and they will be looking to sign a number of agreements on trade and energy. the russians very much need chinese assistance in the far east. what we might expect out of this could be a pipeline from russia into china. the russians need to diversify their energy. they are too dependent on the europeans. the chinese are the world's top energy consumer today need russian gas. they will be potentially looking to sign deals on the subject of arms. big exporter of arms to the chinese. that fits in with their geopolitical alignments. the russians really have -- really need money from the chinese to help develop their far east, whi

certainly let's not forget that vladimir putin picked china as his first stop in this term as president now the favor is being returned sitting paying his first visit abroad here to russia certainly not a coincident at least that's not the way it's being seen but as a sign a symbol even a message perhaps to other leaders to other nations that this partnership is a strong one and it's only growing at the forefront economic cooperation and a joint interest to break the washington consensus around the world and transform the global stage into a multi-polar one. pushing two powers together a common goal to shift global balance is forging a tie between russia and china that could soon be unbreakable a new chinese leader his first stop moscow some think surely washington must notice but is brushing off no they don't take it seriously at their own peril russia and china fellow brics major trade partners and team players at the u.n. security council are there too often stand up against intervention and to gresham mosco and beijing are seen really impacts of nature back to tax and they don't wan

us and president vladimir putin has to host his governments look at restructuring a two point five billion year i lent extended to cyprus in twenty eleven this film is the agreement over the weekend of a ten billion year i paid out under the agreement or deposits of. less than one hundred thousand euros will be secured was the percentage to be levied on large deposits in the bank of cyprus the island's biggest lender will be resolved in the coming weeks now the agreement calls for a restructuring of two of the country's largest banks popular bank of cyprus bank of cyprus as well as a downsizing of the nation's overall banking sector ok i'm off to hours of tense negotiations between the cypriot president. of the european central bank and i.m.f. leaders russians are believed to account for most of the nineteen billion euros of known a you money held in cypriot banks on the east mediterranean nation has officially asked russia to extend its two point five billion euro loan by five years to twenty twenty one year areas the smallest economy borrowed the funds in december eleventh and has also s

the organization including egypt and russia's president vladimir putin has also met with his egyptian counterpart the ties between the two countries are quite strong both economic and cultural last year or egypt was visited by around two and a half million russian tourists despite all the turbulence in the middle east and northern africa these issues have also been discussed including of course the conflict in syria. responding to the bric summit charles robinson global chief economist at renaissance capital says the idea of the group's own bank comes as the result of the slow pace of change at established institutions the architecture. of finance who set up in the mind you want to use to reflect the reality then which is obviously american power you can use power and europe in general so there are changes happening to the i.m.f. and to the world bank still we know that the head of these organizations is an american and as a european even though they've been a strong challenge i think the brics are saying they can't be bothered to wait any longer for the i.m.f. and world bank to chang

to join the organization including egypt and russia's president vladimir putin has also met with his egyptian counterpart the ties between the two countries are quite strong both economic and cultural actually last year he just was visited by well two and a half a million russian tourists despite all the turbulence both in more than africa and in the middle east and it's expected that these issues are also going to be discussed including the crisis in syria. t.j. got this going off air live from the bricks summit in durban south africa thank you . well i responded to the bric summit charles robinson the global chief economist of a renaissance capital he says the idea of the group's own bank comes as the result of the slow pace of change it established institutions the architecture of international finance who set up in the 1940's to reflect the reality then which is obviously american power the u.k.'s power and europe in general so there are changes happening to the i.m.f. and to the world bank but still we know that the head of these organizations is an american and is a european ev

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vladimir putin is a very important powerful player let vladimir putin today has more constrained than vladimir putin himself just ten years ago or five years ago. and so, power is there but it's easier to get and hard to use and far easier to lose. >> host: what is driving this decline? >> guest: the common wisdom about this is the main driver behind the erosion of power how fleeting it has become in the social media. and through facebook and all of that we have seen that in of the arab spring. of course i don't deny that. it's very important. the internet is a very powerful informational tool that has altered the way power is acquired and used and deployed. but there are other things going on. the internet very often is just a tool that the realities have made more important. and i am thinking for example of the increasing size of the middle class around the world. there is a very important restructuring of the social structures on the socio-economic distribution both negative and positive and the rich countries the embattled shrinking in the countries that are expanding very rapidly

. >>> also, vladimir putin's bodyguard getting into a scuffle with a security guard in south america. their latest economic summit. we'll tell you why and what putin did about it. wait until you see this. back in a moment. ♪ you know my heart burns for you... ♪ i'm up next, but now i'm singing the heartburn blues. hold on, prilosec isn't for fast relief. cue up alka-seltzer. it stops heartburn fast. ♪ oh what a relief it is! >>> we have some pictures out of nicosia, cyprus, tonight. heavy, heavy security as we mentioned earlier. is there a head of state coming? is there a big economic summit coming? no, it's just cash being brought to the various banks to load up the atms in anticipation tomorrow of the opening of banks in cyprus. something that hasn't happened in nearly two weeks. they put a limit on the amount you can withdraw. 300 yeeuros per person and you cannot cash a person. >> exactly. what's going to be very interesting from our standpoint down here on the nyse tomorrow is the fact that the opening of the banks tomorrow will occur at 6:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow morning. s

the power that is some very important player to vladimir putin is a very important powerful player. but vladimir putin today has more constrained than flattered by putting himself just 10 years ago, five years ago. and so power is better but power is easier to get, harder to use and far easier to lose. >> host: what's driving this decline? >> guest: the common wisdom about this is that the main driver behind the motion of power, more fleeting has become is the internet. and social. and twitter and facebook and all that. we have seen that in the extreme, presumably and many other aspects. i of course don't deny that. that's the important. the internet is a very powerful transformation or tool that is altering the way power is an acquired and used and deployed. but there are other things going on. the internet very often is just a tool that new realities have made more important. i'm thinking, for example, of the increase in the size of the middle class around the world. it is a very important restructuring of social structure, of social economic distribution's, both negative and posi

how would you like to be a flien oh the wall for vladimir putin. >> i would love to be a fly on the wall. >> a deal maker on wall street, he's put that aside, start-up investor, a venture capitalist, chairman of the robin hood foun i gue f foundation. here to weigh in on the market and recession fears, welcome back. >> thank you. >> i know that stock market forecasting is not your game. neither really is economic modeling. i'd like to get your thoughts on where we are, the united states, economically right now and whether you think the growth in the stock market is sustainable and based on a firm foundation. >> well, once again we've had a first quarter which seems like a really great year. there's a right of spring that's happened in the last three years with four in a row, which is encoachment of european concern tends to drag down the stock market. >> we have seen this move before. >> yeah. this is the fourth time through. more important, between housing, companies have aligned and focused. they've got their priorities set, they are sitting on at least a trillion dollars of cash and i

they do have a large russian community and vladimir putin has called on a fair, and professional, and dangerous. >> they will vote on the levee on tuesday. >> they do not understand why they should be the first to bail them out from their own savings. they have been trying to gather support. the there are forced to pay a one off tax of 6.75%. and is not just the terms of the bailout making people here angry. some people feel they are being lied to. >> none of the promises they're making are real. five days ago, they were saying there was no chance for a haircut. now there is this situation than they are promising somehow we will get it back. there is no chance. >> germany has been blamed for insisting on the levee. they say they are open to changes. it includes a levy on deposits under 100,000 euro. the numbers we came up with are the base level. if there is any other way to achieve it, up to 100,000, we would not have the slightest problem. we would have to wait and see. >> given the angry reaction, there does appear to be rethinking going on behind the scenes. >> for more, we cross

a top critic of president vladimir putin. he amassed his billion-dollar fortune in cars. he recently lost a massive lawsuit to a former associate. >>> 250,000 people crammed into st. peter's square waving olive and palm branches as the pope urged them to be humble and young at heart. he waved to the crowd from his open-air popemobile and leaned over to kiss and bless babies. >>> it's also an especially holy time for jews around the world. passover gins tonight. >>> the unforgettable honeymoon. as a great white breaks into a diverer's cage. >>> and a parking space we don't recommend. >>> welcome back. cyprus getting its bailout after days of uncertainty for the island nation. and the euro zone as a whole, a $13 billion deal was struck early this morning. and the financial markets are getting a boost on the news. u.s. stock futures are up this morning, too. cyprus' second largest bank will have to close, but there won't be a universal tax on bank accounts to fund the bailout. >>> gas prices are still falling, but not very quickly. the average price this morning is $3.67, tw

president xi and president vladimir putin agreed during their meeting to strengthen military exchanges and cooperation. china and russia are expected to announce further cooperation in developing military technology such as surface-to-air missile and aerial tankers. chinese defense ministry representatives say their military relationship with russia is not directed at any third country. but the weapons deal comes as china remains locked in a dispute with neighboring nations over territory in the east china sea and the south china sea. chinese leaders are expanding their military budget. the country's defense spending has surged nearly fourfold in the past decade. >>> populous, prosperous, pushing ahead. china's ride, power, and problems. an income gap divides it's people, pollution threatens their health, and trained relations with their neighbors. find out about the challenges china faces on "newsline." >>> police in south korea say a cyber attack is being investigated. malware affected tv stations and banks say it disabled more than 32,000 computers. members of a task force have dete

well, you need somebody who exemplifies fitness but is of the moment, so that's why vladimir putin stood besides steven segall. without putin like this, without a shirt? "ac 360" starts right now. >>> good evening. we have a full night tonight. breaking news, exclusive word on the access that u.s. law enforcement now has to a new suspect in the killing of four americans in libya. >>> also, an outrageous scheme that claimed to help veterans but looks more like one big scam. we'll tell you where it happened and how. >>> plus 62 seconds. that's how long prosecutors say jodi arias had shortly after taking those photographs of her boyfriend to attack her, her to get a gun, flee and kill him. we will see if you believe it. >>> if you think you're watching the skydiver plummet to his death, that is exactly what his dive partner thought at the time. the man who fell to earth at great speed lived and joins us to tell what it's like when you think you're about to die. >>> we begin with the breaking news. exclusive new details on the suspect in the benghazi attack. we already know libyan authoritie

six months later berezovsky told cnn vladimir putin was creating a dictatorship.ar berezovsky was investigated for corporate crimes which he denied and he fled russia, never to return. berezovsky's death after 12 years in exile has not softened many russians' opinion of him. this woman says he betrayed russia and wrecked many things for the country during its hardest times. this man used to work for berezovsky and remained a family friend. he was one of the first to learn of his death. >> selfish, but positive. he was very difficult, but good friend. he tried to be a good friend and good man. sometimes he didn't succeed. >> despite those flaws, he says he's proud to witness berezovsky's efforts to change russia. >> business wasn't important for him. he relate to the money, to the business as resources to make changes. >> he says his friend was unhappy. and he was in financial trouble, but he wouldn't have harmed himself. he says boris berezovsky had always hoped to some day return to russia. phil black, cnn, moscow. >> boy, seems to be mystery with some of these c

president xi is scheduled to hold a news conference on friday evening after meeting russian president vladimir putin. during his three-day stay, he will visit the russian defense ministry and will meet students learning the chinese language. president xi will then fly to africa. he's visiting tanzania and the republic of congo. he'll also attend a summit in south africa of five emerging economies known as brics. brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. >>> russia has turned down an appeal for aid by cyprus leaving banks on the island country in deep financial trouble. cyprus sent its finance minister michael air isous to moscow to seek help from russia. many wealthy companies and people keep their money in russia because of preferential tax treatment. two days of talks ended up without any agreement. bloomberg quotes saris as saying cyprus will continue to gain some kind of assistance from russia. he says there's still possibility to get conditions eased for the loans russia has extended in the past. >>> tensions are rising i >>> representatives from japan and the uk sponsored it. the three me

the chinese president met with his counterpart, vladimir putin. his three-day visit will also include a tour of the russian defense ministry. leaders of china and russia take an approach different than the united states on issues related to north korea, syria and iran. all of those nations have close relations with either china or russia. president xi's next stop on his tour is africa. in south africa, he will attend a summit of the brics group of emerging economies, including brazil, india, russia and the host nation. he wants to bring the block closer together so it can exert more influence. in tanzania, in the republic of conga, president xi will work on the natural resources needed to feed china's economic engine. analysts say the chinese leader is being strategic with his first trip abroad. they say he is trying to strengthen ties with russia and emerging economies to give china more global influence in a world where the united states plays a leading role. takafumi terui, nhk world. >>> investigators looking into this week's cyberattack again

. >> i read that vladimir putin is $40 million. he must work a lot of overtime. >> he does work nights and weekends. i think somebody has to stand up for people who put their money in offshore, nontaxable places. let's remember -- look at it this way. cypresses became an islands of a different time zone. we don't want rich people paying taxes, whether they are russian or republican. >> you do not think there is a difference between the way the russian economy works and how people get rich. russia does not have steve jobs. russia has people who steal and you get your money if you are a crony of putin and his people. >> i was not defending how one gets it. i was merely addressing the compulsion to keep it and never to surrender any to the public weal. >> there is a difference between gains which are ill-gotten or fairly gotten. >> i am not sure the a lot of the people mark is talking about who are not russian got it so fairly either. in the long run, it could have been a domino that really hurt uro that got them to finally bail them

six months later, he told cnn vladimir putin was creating a dictatorship.vestigated for corporate crimes, which he denied, and he fled russia. never to return. this death after 12 years in exile has not softened many russians' opinion of him. this woman says he betrayed russia and wrecked many things for the country during its hardest times. this woman used to work for bereovsky and remained a family friend. one of the first to learn of his death. >> selfish but positive. he was very difficult but good friend. he tried to be good friend and good man. sometimes he didn't succeed. >> reporter: despite those flaws and failures, he says he is proud to witness berezovsky trying to change russia. >> money was not important. it was resources to make changes. >> reporter: he says his friend was unhappy and he was in financial trouble, but he wouldn't have harmed himself. and he says berezovsky had always hoped to someday return to russia. there is a reason this death has triggered so much suspicion, and that is because of the suspicious deaths of other dissidents a

now, it's strange because russian president vladimir putin is such a fitness nut. photos of him in judo, swimming, playing hockey, and of course, riding horses. yeah. by the way, he never seems to have a shirt on. it always seems to be pretty embarrassing to him that the russian people are in such poor health but don't worry. president putin has a solution. joseph stalin. putin plans to reintroduce the stalin era test that taught young people how to run, throw, jump and throw grenades. it might seem ridiculous but consider that america's presidential fitness council was launched back in 1953 and we still use it. the reason kids in the u.s. like it, celebrity endorsements. first president bush enlisted arnold schwarzenegger, his son george w., eli manning and president obama, michelle. the point is it's not about the fitness. it's about the salesperson. who did putin pick? well, you need somebody who exemplifies fitness but is of the moment. which is why yesterday to launch it he stood beside steven seagal. seagal. and putin. as always without a shirt. sign me up. "

at a news conference, president vladimir putin spoke to russian and foreign journalists for 4 1/2 hours. many reporters were critical. >> translator: don't you feel guilty about getting children, the weakest, involved in political disputes? >> translator: russian children should be raised in russia. >> reporter: as president of russia, putin signed the legislation into law and authorities have already canceled adoptions that were in progress while the legislation was going through the system. to see how the law is affecting children, we traveled to a childcare facility in st. petersburg. 75 children live here. many are ill or have physical disabilities. this boy has down's syndrome. the 4-year-old wants to be by a but with the new law in effect, timothy may not be going to the u.s. many americans have adopted children from this home. one of them is this little girl. she left the home when she was 7. she won a number of medals in wheelchair track and field events at paralympics. at the london games, she won gold in the 1500 meter race. many children with disabilities in russia don't lead

at a news conference, president vladimir putin spoke to russian and foreign journalists for 4 1/2 hours. many reporters asked about this. >> translator: don't you feel guilty about getting children the weakest involved in political disputes? >> translator: russian children should be raised in russia. >> reporter: as president of russia, putin signed the legislation into law and authorities have already canceled adoptions that were in progress while the legislation was going through the system. to see how the law is affecting children, we traveled to a childcare facility in st. petersburg. 75 children live here. many are ill or have physical disabilities. this boy has down's syndrome. the 4-year-old wants to be adopted by an american couple but with the new law in effect, timothy may not be going to the u.s. many americans have adopted children from this home. one of them is this little girl. she left the home when she was 7 ch7. she won a number of medals in wheelchair track and field olympics. at the london games, she won gold in the 1500 meter race. many children with disabilities in

the russian president, vladimir putin, has weighed into the financial crisis in cyprus by landing -- branding a plan to tax savers as unfair and dangerous. is cypriot government considering imposing a savings levy of up to 10% as a condition for receiving an international bailout. the president has had to give one of the most difficult speeches of his tenure to convince impede cost to vote for the bailout deal. for to votece him h the bailout deal. >> we are living in the most tragic times since 1974. we have the -- taken charge of a state that is, unfortunately, facing bankruptcy. >> financial experts say many people are still digesting the news to. >> -- the news. >> for me as an economist, the money was still there saturday morning. if you're not watching very very closely, people were very surprised. got hit under 100,000 anyway. that was a bit of a rude shock. i think people are angry and annoyed. 48 hours later, i think people realize -- the president said it very strongly last night. they showed some of the business people on state tv last night. saying, we have no choice, thi

he was once one of rush's demand and opponent of vladimir mansia's richest and opponent of vladimir putin. but hundred 29 people help the far right group, helping with money and forged papers. it was a nazi atrocity that justice forgot. villages massacred in tuscany. it took more than 50 years for the alleged massacre us to be convicted. presidents of germany and italy came together to remember the victims. >> the massacre that took place here was ignored for decades. the heads of state of both germany and italy met at the site on sunday to ensure that it is not forgotten. the tuscan village is symbolic of the wider atrocities committed by german soldiers during the latter part of the second world war. .oth men seemed deeply moved ss troops rounded up and killed as many as 500 men, women, and children on august 12, 1944. their bodies and the village itself were then set on fire. president caucus acknowledged that the crime has never been cleared up. we mustn't cover up the issue of guilt, even if the courts do so. we must acknowledge guilt, and in doing so, we do legitimate any culpable a

. >> vladimir putin did speak with president obama today. is that hopeful? >> i would hope so, bulldogs i don't think you can reach a result here without russia playing a major role. i think it is important for russia to do this. they want to protect your interests, you but' also have an interest in being seat as a peacemaker. >> the u.n. secretary-general talked today about the dissolution of syria. just how dangerous would that be for the region? >> it is dangerous because syria does have chemical weapons. the evidence is clear here that syria is it have these weapons. i can recall years ago in serving in the senate, i used to look at intelligence in terms of chemical weapon capabilities and tests they did on various animals. i would say the evidence is quite clear they do have the capable and something that much of the world should be concerned about, being concerned that these arms would end up in the hands of radical elements. >> do you think this is going to draw out? >> i thought it would have ended some time ago. i thought there would have been a muc

enterprises some of which may be of interest to russia during the meeting russia's president vladimir putin said the vile our bilateral trade between the countries has a lot of potential he sees it reaching fifty billion dollars russia's minsk largest economic partner while bella reuss is russia's second largest after ukraine unless minsk convinces russia to give out a new loan it faces a devastating devaluation of its national currency in the coming months it already saw its currency drop two hundred percent in twenty eleven. norway's six hundred fifty billion dollars sovereign wealth fund the world's biggest by the way is bullish on russia or rather on its bonnes norges vanka investment management which is the name of the company that manages the fund just bought three billion dollars worth of russia's debt obligations local market players say these are the exact type of long term investments that russia so desperately needs. learning top talent in the banking industry has never been easy but it has never been this expensive either a swiss banking giant u.b.s. last year agreed to pay twen

. -- vladimir putin was critical saying it was unfair. there is much russian investment in cyprus. about 1/3 of all deposits are said to be of russian origin. there could be large financial losses for some russian investors on the island. -- tell usof our what the relationship is between russia and service. why are they so close? >> the russians have been investing in cyprus for around 20 years. lots of investment on the island. you do see signs of that investment on the island. the big question will be, what will the russians do next? some russians will see this as an opportunity to say, put your money in russia because it is safer. a lot has been said about the deal. it will stop cyprus from exiting the euro. i think the big question will be, will russians start leaving cyprus? >> thank you for speaking with us from moscow. in paris, hundreds of thousands have been taking part in a march to protest against homosexuals being allowed to marry or adopt children. scuffles broke out as some push through barriers. many of the protesters say they oppose same-sex adoption because it will

that's now president vladimir putin is trying to change the national culture of drinking and smoking. lighting up has been banned in public places, and measures are being put in place to curb alcohol consumption. e get this report from moscow. >> this is a cornerstone of life in russia. it's estimated the average russian drinks 18 liters of the spirit each year and then invariablely they lit up for a cigarette. but smoking and drinking is killing almost 900,000 people annual natural country whose population is already in decline. president putin is now waging war on the two vices with surprising support. >> if the number of places we can smoke is reduced, more people will consider quitting. >> if the next generation isn't healthy, there's no future for our country. >> a new law banning cigarette sales from kiosks and outlawing smoking in public places will take effect from the first of june. next year, it will extend to restaurants and bars. spirits are also being taxed by an extra 30% and drinking in public places is now illegal. but some are defiant. >> drink who drink will continue

african security guards at the summit nearly all into a full on brawl with the russian president vladimir putin's security detail seems to be a bit of a case of misidentification here the south african summer security guys are getting rather aggressive certainly getting physical with president putin the security men thank goodness it didn't go any further though we have got some pretty shocking footage at r.t. dot com for you to see in your own spare time just a click away at the end of the day they were allowed in and no major brawls erupted . are tough and although the united states is supporting bashar al assad's policies in syria at least that's what the leader of the opposition council says after his request for effectively imposing a partial no fly zone over syria was turned down by washington more and that is on the way shortly. and a major countrywide surveillance plan in america hits a stumbling block as local governments and say no to the drone initiative it's an important story and more after the break. join thousands of gadgets gurus plug into the mobile world congress in barcelona fo

actually in about two weeks, vladimir putin is set to meet angela merkel in germany. they want to visit a trade fair together. then we will see if it is really back to business, but i guess if there will be a cool down, it will not be long because there are just, as you said, too many tight relations and important issues to be solved. >> thanks so very much. breaking news now, and an arab summit has agreed that member states have the right to provide military support to syrian opposition members fighting president bashar al assad. >> they have also been voicing their political support for the syrian opposition. delegates invited syria's national coalition to take the country's official seat in the summit in qatar. the movement is a much-needed diplomatic boost for the sources in damascus. there is serious opposition remains deeply divided on issues from strategy to political leadership. than that internationally, he is viewed by many as the face of serious opposition. in a speech to delegates, he praised the arab world for helping syrian refugees and said western coun

he also helped vladimir putin rise to power but later had a falling-out with putin and moved to england. the circumstances of his death were unclear. berezovsky was 67 years old. >>> back in this country the evidence appears to be mounting that a colorado prison parolee killed in a shoot-out this week in texas may have been involved in the brazen murder of a head of colorado's prison system. nbc's kristen dahlgren is in colorado tonight where police are quickly connecting the dots. >> reporter: in the wreckage of that texas car chase, authorities have recovered what may be critical evidence. >> if we can link the weapon that was used in texas to the weapon used here in colorado, that would be a big step forward in our investigation. >> reporter: the car colorado parolee evan ebel was driving matches the description of a car seen outside colorado prison chief tom clements' home and near the murder of a denver pizza deliveryman. now a search warrant for the car obtained by nbc news lists hornady 9 millimeter shell casings as the same brand and caliber used in clements' murder. and a domin

catching the chinese wind in russia's economic sale that is what russian president vladimir putin says he's aiming to do during landmark talks with his chinese counterpart in moscow she's being painted that could russia his first trip abroad since assuming power early this month by sitting multibillion dollar deal does that say you are also hoping to bolster their common in the world's arena as nice now he explains. pushing two powers together a common goal to shift global balance is forging a tie between russia and china that could soon be unbreakable for a new chinese leader his first stop moscow to something surely washington must notice but is brushing off no they don't take it seriously at their own peril russia and china fellow brics major trade partners and team players at the u.n. security council are there too often stand up against intervention and to gresham. we impact of nature back to tax and they don't want the instability that washington seeks in the middle east beijing and moscow want to do business china is booming and russia is right next door the potential for gas de

actually in about two weeks, vladimir putin is set to meet angela merkel in germany. they want to visit a trade fair together. then we will see if it is really back to business, but i guess if there will be a cool down, it will not be long because there are just, as you said, too many tight relations and important issues to be solved. >> thanks so very much. breaking news now, and an arab summit has agreed that member states have the right to provide military support to syrian opposition members fighting president bashar al assad. >> they have also been voicing their political support for the syrian opposition. delegates invited syria's national coalition to take the country's official seat in the summit in qatar. the movement is a much-needed diplomatic boost for the sources in damascus. there is serious opposition remains deeply divided on issues from strategy to political leadership. than that internationally, he is viewed by many as the face of serious opposition. in a speech to delegates, he praised the arab world for helping syrian refugees and said western coun