military i shudder when i think of the western civilization and western values have done and it gives me much to write about and i've written a couple of books i've written three books on it i didn't call the western values a western civilization but i reflected those things in what i wrote and i discuss it all the time in my own radio program in the many articles that i write i write them daily before the program today i draft out on an article i'll get out tomorrow it certainly reflects western values i'm afraid i have nothing good to say about them all right on that point i'm going to thank you jamie john good job there was a lot there go ahead while i look the west does not have a monopoly on virtue and it's not devoid of of evil but obviously i would strongly disagree with what the previous speaker mentioned i think that the west has been a charm that we grew used to during the cold war when it was a battle between east and west when it was a battle between a society that was going to advance democracy and and market economy that put the individual at the center and had the state

would term whereas really reflects western values western civilization and i think many viewers know about or maybe you're old enough to remember what gandhi said about western civilization when asked he said he thought it was a good idea it was a classic gandhi put down he knows the over many centuries that western civilization has caused so many millions so much over so much time indeed western civilization i'm afraid is far less civilized so we're talking about economic political social military i shudder when i think of the harm that western civilization and western values have done and it gives me much to write about i've written a couple of books i've written three books on it i didn't call the western values a western civilization but i reflected those things in what i wrote and i discussed it all the time in my own radio program in the many articles that i write i write them daily before the program today i grafter on an article i'll get out tomorrow it certainly reflects western values i'm afraid i have nothing good to say about them nor i don't then i'm going to take a jail

you know we've had the eight country and four years muslim country invaded assaulted whatever by western powers i mean is this a war against islam. but we would hope it's not a war against islam but there is the perception that the west has made some fundamental mistakes very much and crucially in terms of the message that's been sent around the world there's got to be a consistent approach a consistent message and somehow there's a discord between the message it sends when it's supports rebels in for example in other parts of the world in syria for example who already as we do know supportive . of course in mali it took chooses a completely different path and it's got a short consistent message especially when you have a. jump in here if i can jump in here i mean there is one consistent message there muslims that's the message of western media. well this is a battle of hearts and minds and for that reason the west has failed to be able to win over there's a billion muslims out there who clearly have a voice and in this particular instance it would appear it's the west against muslim cou

you know give me your critique of western media of latin your puter. or critique or just a list of the key words that i think they have to go with the whatever you want is the gravy you know the tinana the spellchecker when you put in the word put in i think the adjective show up you know the song are etc strong man and. athletic person all of this just shows up. not to improve his. authority but about basically being cynical and downgraded but they don't want they don't want to strong putin ok i don't want to strong russia they're one from russia because well actually you don't need a strong russia or strong putin because if putin is gone you don't have a strong russia there's no one to replace him i mean you can't anyone choose someone who's going to i mean now i think it's really interesting is. very often we can look at reuters be able to bloomberg eccentrics address a sentence vladimir putin comma former k.g.b. agent comma now when i think back george bush sr he was head of the cia so have you ever seen george bush come a former head of the cia co

well i think so basically the brics countries are starting to have more and more dollars about the western stance on syria and i think the reason is obvious the west was gearing up for a greek no one drama short on drama in syria they expected you know the good people to chase out the evil dictator ok maybe a few deaths and maybe a few people right away well the good and the good people. the people from the east and morning less preceded in on me and no one knows who they are well that's my point well it was initially it was syrian national council no wait syrian national coalition after all never called terrorists mark go ahead tell us want to know in the last year you were right all terrorism nato they commit terrorist acts i think the tone has changed also because what we have seen is that the western media which has done a very good job of preventing presenting an extremely black and white simplistic cartoonish. good versus bad narrative of what's going on hasn't been able to conceal the atrocities the sheer bloody atrocities that have been committed by the rebels and they can't hide t

to cross talk i'm peter lavelle russia what is its reputation in the world at least according to western media doesn't deserve it and what can russia do to change it. to discuss russia's branding i'm joined by victoria pound over she's an associate professor at moscow state university of international relations. and off he is the c.e.o. of the russian international affairs council and david burkhardt he is the editor in chief for moscow news website all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it between let me go to you first if you could in a few sentences for me describe the russian brand russia as a brand. well i would say it's how our leaders try to put traits and it's. a tough crossing. to rebrand democracy and it's energy energy but. is this a good marriage and no it's not a good brennen it's something that the words of the leaders of officials they are made and sometimes it's very often it's about bad image make image making efforts sometimes it's about bad policies as well but it's like it's come by and all together do

, especially in western homeless. this was for a specific purpose. that purpose was to drive westerners out of muslim lands. second, al qaeda scored on a principle was to serve as a vanguard for organizing and coordinating already existing regionally focused and locally focused groups towards acts of violence against what they referred to him as the american scientists could save in muslim lands. again, for the purpose of driving westerners out of muslim lands. third, and although a lesson in, the goal of the tide as it comes to serve as an inspiration and a focal point for a disaffected lone wolf muslims worldwide to act on the frustrations through violence this also proceed aggression against islam in the islamic world or in the western world, again for the purpose of driving westerners out of muslim lands. the fourth and fifth is very important i argue here in the many scholars who have argued about al qaeda score is, was to serve as a brainy. al qaeda represent the highest level of jihad theology. this is importan

islam as militants say more attacks on westerners plan in response to the french intervention in mali the west past actions and they are increasingly blamed for the escalating north african crisis. barack obama kicks off his second term in office with promises to back democracy across the globe sparked concerns america's intervention policies are not likely to change during his coming years in office. that israel goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but a lack of viable competition and widespread feeling netanyahu is set for reelection has left mary voters disenchanted with the system. it is not i am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshing. okada linked militants who claim to be behind the deadly hostage taking in algeria are promising more attacks on westerners in response to french intervention in mali at least thirty seven foreign nationals including french british and american were killed during the terrorist siege of the gas plant that was stormed by a jury and forces at the weekend appear in official say the militants used weapons gathered in an

the syrian opposition and western leaders have rejected a peace plan proposed by president assad and instead they are again demanding that he should go in the rare t.v. address bashar al assad offered and national dialogue and a constitutional referendum to em's the nearly two years civil conflict but he pledged to continue fighting what he calls terrorist violence and those foreign nations to stop funding his enemies assad's speech was punctuated with loud cheering from his supporters but his opponents dismissed their dress as hypocritical political analyst marcus puppet dopplers believes there are elements within the syrian opposition that so continue and will continue fighting despite any peace proposals very important to make this clear in particular to western audiences who are unfortunately not fred which one it comes to syria the free syrian army is a lethal cocktail or various groups including many islamist groups and many groups linked to al qaida and the street free syrian army is of course backed by certain countries in the west and certain countries in the region and the

against americans and other westerners that they refer to as zionist crusader targets especially in western homelands. this was for a specific purpose, to drive westerners out of muslim lands. second, al qaeda's core element principle was to serve as a vanguard for organizing and courtney being already existing regionally focused and locally focused groups towards acts of violence against what they referred to again is the american zionist crusade nexus in muslim lands. where the presence was to defile islam and again for the purpose of driving westerners out of muslim lands. third, and although a lesser income the goal of al qaeda was to service and focal point for disaffected lone wolf muslims worldwide to act out on their frustrations through violence against the symbols that proceed oppression against islam and islamic world or the western world again for the purpose of driving westerners out of muslim lands. the fourth and fifth very important but lets a lesser level i argue here and indeed many scholars have argued about al qaeda score was to serve as a brand name. al qaeda representi

they commit terrorist acts i think the tone is changed also because what we have seen is that the western media which has done a very good job of preventing presenting an extremely. black and white simplistic cartoonish. good vs bad narrative of what's going on hasn't been able to conceal the atrocities the sheer bloody atrocities that have been committed by the rebels and they can't hide the true nature of the conflict any longer which is an ethno religious conflict the fact that this revolution has always been a sunni and not just a sunni but they will hug a sunni because there are plenty of some of these that actually support the government. and this is a sunni sectarian and jihadist us from around the world from the united states japan china as well as a local middle east yes many from libya they have the senate and it is that against the shall we say the secular sunni population the alloy the christians especially have been terribly persecuted even the through and the kurds even have it's a war of survival for them in many many ways but russia is consistently take an international la

media and watch western television you know they always say russia's last friend in the arab world and what kind of influence does russia have in syria with syria and in the region again because it looks to me it's taking a principled stand here i think it's a lost little overestimated russia's influence in syria and their moment of russian support for syria's are already stated and i kind of the standard why because things didn't want to go according to the western scenario so they must find a scapegoat why is he still there ok probably russia supply him weapons all gave him my knee i read stories about russia actually sent in cash and printing money for us and i think there is a deeper problem behind it you know already. and now that obama is coming to power with mr brown and as the chief will say we're going to have more draw in the parade well when you have united states more involved in the world but at the distance not saying troops like bush did it by probably keeping people by drones so the problem is that. how accurate are these drones going to be if the west miscalculated in

they don't want a political mortar and western-style secular liberalism. they want an indigenously generated political order that reflects their cultural and religious value is the reformist president hamid said to me shortly before leaving office, these are his words. freedom, independence and progress within the context of both religiosity and nationally to achieve. that's what the islamic republic but valid for the chance to pursue. this is the vision of imam khomeini in the islamic republic on the tuition and even those iranians who want the islamic republic to evolve in significant ways. at the end of the day, most of those iranians still wanted to be the islamic republic of iran. in the course of our visit to tehran, a member of the politicians policymakers, scholars that we talked to have pointed out that the islamic republic does not collect cells and islamic faith like saudi arabia does. for that implies a perfection that iranian safely invested in the system's note they have not changed. in iran, the islamic republic is a definition something tha

in the western financial aid and western military in that regard egypt is is perfectly safe within thehands of the west in that regard so they are not worried about islamists coming to power no matter what happens as long as egypt has defeated the trap of the international monetary fund and to get the military support from the united states and egypt will become a big client player and will do whatever she is told to do mark great to talk to you thanks so much for time we appreciate it thanks for joining us live here on r.t. thank you one egypt was at the forefront of the pro-democracy uprisings in the middle east the u.s. of course as we've been talking earlier supported the revolts hoping that barack obama's promise of change for the region would bear fruit however after a wave of anti-american protests much of the hope his famous cairo speech try to inspire has been dashed. investigates why. i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning between the united states and muslims around the world words of promise westfield a region with hope will respond but as a bomber begins his secon

intelligence and western military intelligence operations that are intermingled with some of these al qaeda groups particularly the ones out of libya and also this one out of algeria and the west is not happy without your stance with libya because they took an opposition to nato as operation libya because algeria felt that it would become a hotbed for islamic extremism and that's exactly what happened so there are people in like the book in its institute think tanks in washington that would want to see the under-rated government collapse so maybe i'll juries next on the list in terms of destabilization in the fourth central planning of the war and patrick thank you very much indeed to political analyst patrick henningsen joining me live from favorite thanks and we spoke to u.k. based political analysts downplays breath and he says that the french intervention is a result of failed western strategy in africa. see what happened since the execution of gadhafi and the destruction of libya is that the west armed and funded may quit . the these death squads effectively in libya the flow of

western europe now but it's all set to change as russia is expected to develop into one of the largest e-commerce markets in the world and also the business for today i'll be back on friday evening moscow time to join me then to stay with r.t. there's plenty more coming up just let's get the news with heaven as they with us for that. the government no longer represents the people the people are going to take the trip. we. picked up the middle east in the traditional split in the revolution along. the way our economic system currently is not going. to get. caught. up. with or you die from high or to the depths. catch the power of the wind or drift in the beauty of the currents. the well prepared is a must and if you're lucky enough you'll never forget your experience we only need them on a screen that's going to be heaven. in the white see up close and below the ice on our teeth. could tell you the news now this hour is kevin owen of the new center in the syrian foreign ministry slammed the top international peace envoy to the conflict zone as flagrantly biased it comes after locked up

islam is militant say more attacks on westerners land in response to the french intervention in mali the west past actions in libya are increasingly blamed for the escalating north african crisis. rock obama kicks off his second term in office with promises to back democracy across the globe sparking concerns of america's intervention policies are not likely to change during his coming years in office. and israel goes to the polls in parliamentary elections but a lack of viable competition is a widespread feeling out of the out of the set for your watch and has left many voters disenchanted with the system. this is our take on him to lie for moscow with me marina joshie. al qaeda linked militants who claim to be behind a deadly hostage taking algeria are promising more attacks on westerners in response to french intervention in mali at least thirty seven foreign nationals including french british and americans were killed during the terrorist siege of the gas plant that was stormed by gerry and forces at the weekend of carrion officials say the militants used weapons gathered in anot

it made an emergency landing in western japan. they scanned the battery at the japanese space agency. they say it contained eight charred lithium ion cells. they're trying to determine which components were most damaged. they say excessive current is likely to make the battery to overheat and emit smoke. they're going to ask the japanese manufacturer to dismantle it for further analysis. they're also studying the flight data recorder to check the voltages and currents that passed through the plane's electrical system. the emergency landing was the last in a series of problems that led to the grounding of all 787 dreamliners in operation. >>> israelis are voting in a general election, opinion polls suggest they will keep prime minister benjamin netanyahu in power. netanyahu called early elections in october after his coalition failed to agree on the annual budget. his party joined force with the nationalist group. they have consistently led in the polls. but actual tranationalist jewish home party is rapidly gaining support. the pa

our top stories, confusion combined with terror in the algerian desert as western officials insist on hostage crisis is not yet over. the fate of dozens of foreign workers at a remote gas plant is still unclear after algerian forces launched an assault on a hot -- and on the hostage takers. after years of denial, a choreographed confession, lance armstrong finally admits he daud his way into cycling's record books. >> yes or no, did you ever take banned substances to enhance your second performance? >> yes. >> slowing down but not stalling, can beijing deliver a goldilocks economy? not too hot, not too cold. and jimmy robertson is here with our business news. >> we will have the latest on the dreamliner investigation and the leaking battery that has grounded boeing's entire dreamliner fleet. >> is 12 noon in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington d.c. -- washington, d.c., and 1:00 a.m. in algeria where dozens of hostages held by al qaeda militants remain mired in confusion. the crisis is being played out in and around the sprawling gas production facility seen here in a satellite image, whic

it's very important to make this clear in particular for western audiences who are unfortunately not fed the full picture when it comes to syria the free syrian army is a lethal cocktail or various groups including many islamist groups and many groups linked to al qaida and the street free syrian army is of course backed by certain countries in the west and certain countries in the region and the free syrian army has been responsible for. terrorist attacks in the last couple of years in syria but ultimately it's got to be america turkey saudi arabia qatar they've got to stop supporting the militants people who are ideologically speaking the same people who brought about the terrible attacks in new york washington london madrid and bali so questions and have a reason even western nations supporting the rebels as to who exactly is fighting the syrian conflict. takes a closer look now at how the standoff is attracting competence from far beyond the country's borders. she keeps her son's room exactly the way he left at last spring his clothes and art supplies are the only reminders she h

in baltimore county you want to be careful in cockeysville height on western run road at western road. as well as york road at sherwood road. 83 going to be clear and as we check in and actually take a look at the west side of the beltway here at liberty road you'll notice everything moving right along. just 11 minutes right now to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 95. as we take a look at the other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times, the east side of the beltway no problems to report there. 11 minute ride from 95 all the way up to 83. and that outer loop. and 95 in white marsh no concerns traveling southbound from route 43 down to the beltway. that stretch will take you just four minutes. that's a look at your morning commute. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> news time 5:33. we have breaking news this morning out of baltimore city. one person is dead and officials say an early morning fire is to blame. that fire broke out just before 5:00 this morning on north rosedale street. that's in southwest baltimore. we have a reporter heading to the scene right now. and we'll have mor

and western responsible this painting behind me have been here for years and as we just was here suggests we will look with america even for a moment pension it's. likely remain here for some time to come. teheran iran. or from iran now to pakistan where the political crisis deepens with ongoing street protests on confusion over a recent court order to arrest the country's prime minister an old corruption charges officials call the development a soft coup with some accusing the judiciary and the military of a conspiracy to force out civilian leadership the supreme court decision gave a boost to the thousand strong protests in islamabad which has run into its third day and ultimately paralyzed the capital the demonstrators are led by a pakistani canadian muslim cleric who promised a revolution if the whole government does not step down and the protesters are really seen bloody clashes with police and more violence is feared as the chaos in the country intensifies artie's correspondent is in islamabad. we are standing here in a very crucial point actually it is called the flame us to square

a pro-western, secular republic of iran couldn't do it. only the islamic republic of iran can do it. but as we discuss in our book instead of recognizing and pondering this, american political policy media elites persist in depicting the islamic republic as an illegitimate system so despised by its own population that it is in imminent danger of overthrow. american elites have been doing this literally for more than 30 years, virtually since the islamic republic's founding out of the iranian revolution. and for more than 30 years, the islamic republic has consistently are defied their -- consistently defied their relentless predictions of its collapse or defeat. the islamic republic has survived because its basic model, the integration of participatory politics in elections with principles and institutions of islamic governance and a strong commitment to foreign policy independence, this model is, in actual fact, what a majority of iranians living inside their country want. they don't want a political order grounded in western-style secula

after western soldiers leave, life will become unbearable. >> right now, their troops from western companies patrolling the streets of the city but when they leave the taliban will take over and my wife and i will not able to go out into the street together. >> the western countries say they are training afghan security forces of the country can protect its own people. the continuing refugee flow supports the idea that many have their doubts. around 7000 afghan nationals applied for asylum in 2012. very few will get it. the estimate is under 3%. the rest will be allowed to stay here in an uncomfortable legal limbo. the chairperson of the human rights commission was herself a refugee for many years. she said she was hopeful for her country's future but admitted western countries would still need to consider the case of every asylum seeker. >> absolutely because there is lack of role of law and lack of accountability and justice unfortunately still in the country. there is a continuation of the culture of impunity. >> the afghan to make it to your are relatively rich, lucky, or resultresourcef

grants is commonplace and so the whole notion that a brief quick shot short short sharp shock by western intervention somehow or other will restore the existence of the modern state will restore libyan state. i think terribly naive not imperative criminally responsible short sharp shock is something that we've been told about before but haven't heard or haven't seen in practice in fact the u.s. and british special forces now reportedly hunting for the al qaeda linked organizer of the terror attack how difficult could it be to track them down when it took american ten years to find osama bin laden you know the thing is it could be very difficult he may be caught tomorrow but the real issue is why do these kinds of groups exist and i think the basic problem is that much of this vast region we do and states were we government really shows any interest of the world even people we have a lot of natural sources that are very profitable when exported in so far as anybody in these countries gets to share the profits it's a small number of people in the government and they essentially deposit tho

who have left the country and frustration the biggest problem i think for us the west is all over western. actions this is easy actually it's almost impossible not to. use actually if you do not career because almost anything is dual use the procedures or checking where you are not while exactions are very complicated very costly. there's also a great deal of insecurity about what the actual rules are and my freshman is that this is giving away western investors in particular big ones in bahrain the highest appeals court there is uphill long jail sentences for thirteen activists who were put behind bars for taking part in massive demonstrations in favor of greater rights really more like a vanity put down the protests with the help of troops from neighboring arab states all the sixty people being killed and thousands jailed the last two years of measurement protests. in iraq for protestors have been wounded by security forces and took part in a rally against the ship prime minister nouri al maliki troops fired into the air to disperse the crowd several thousand people have demonstrated in