massive observer mission to syria ultimately a last ditch attempt to prevent an all out civil war. decision time in france after final appeals to voters are made by presidential hopefuls all the top job in a country hit by social divisions a new report unemployment. the chinese economic powerhouse sets its sights on the arctic as beijing weighs in for a slice of the untapped riches. it is good to have you with us today here on our. coming to you live from moscow the u.n. is expected to send hundreds of observers to syria after the security council votes on a resolution that will be later on saturday russia wants the monitors to fly out at once as the violence in syria grinds on despite the u.n. brokered cease fire but in new york with the latest details as r.t. is marina porter. there's been a combination of two resolutions to draft resolutions that were submitted to the u.n. security council one was a better from russia the other submitted by the your european union now odd combination of these resolutions polls for the un observer mission in syria to expand. their money a car of

in syria when it comes to syria of course we had the economic base of the protests there was an economic basis for peaceful protests. and. this part of the opposition only let's say devoted to. the goals of peaceful transformation of the system i know economical transformational of the change of the social police is not using guns and rifles ok i just want to go back briefly to ukraine do you know how much it cost to install a new regime in two thousand and three just to have an idea of how much in general these kind of project could lead to different. assets months of. price of the so-called color revolution most of them are raging from twenty door one hundred to one hundred twenty even and million dollars so it's really hard to say hard to estimate. what was there rio injection of foreign financial support there. because it was the flow of money which was not controlled which means that you have. theoretically you have for instance even the process of possibly transferring the mine to him for the international transfer white western union for instance this is becoming no never popular

in syria when it comes to syria of course and had the economic base of the protests but there was an economic basis for the support of. this part of the opposition which is let's say devoted to draw. the goals of peaceful transformation of the system and of economical transformation of the change of the social policing acts not using guns and rifles ok i just want to go back briefly to ukraine do you know how much it costs to install a new regime in two thousand and three just an idea of how much in general these kind of project could lead us to give french assets in and south and. price of the so-called polar revolution about the most of them are raging from what i twenty two or one hundred to one hundred twenty even and a million dollars so it's really hard to say hard to estimate. what was there we are injection i throw in a very little something old there. you can see it was the flow of money which was left on from which means that you have well. theoretically you have for for instance even before supposed to believe your prospering the minute when for international transfer wait

observers are set for syria as the u.n. issues its first resolution on the conflict designed to prop up the shaky cease fire. in egypt shortens the list of presidential candidates that's following the backside kicks of booted out of the race. it's the final push for france's top job as voters lurch to the extremes with concerns of immigration identity and imposing even you. and millions of christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of christ creating lavish easter ceremonies held in moscow. you know you're watching artie's weekly news with me welcome to the program but first start more than a year of fighting in syria the un's most powerful body first resolution on the conflict a small team of announcement should services been deployed to oversee the fragile cease fire came into force on thursday. night has more now from new york. according to russian ambassador to the u.n. one russian officer will be part of the group heading to syria the resolution that was adopted also calls on all parties in in syria includi

syria's government. the u.n. observer mission according to this resolution the un secretary-general ban ki moon will have to report back to the security council on april nineteenth regarding how the resolution is being implemented whether the observers are being granted access to outside. there humanitarian officials are being granted access throughout syria if the syrian authorities and the syrian opposition is complying with what the security council is this monitoring mission will eventually grow to a team of two hundred fifty people we should know though that it does say in this resolution that has some there is a vague reference that if syria does not comply with what this impurity council is asking further measures can be taken and what those further measures are is not clear yet i think at this point all security council members are hoping that the armed opposition group in the syrian government do comply with what's being asked and peace is finally established in syria will be questions will. come or was

to syria. and many. people here there are people here and they're operating. you know. let him go on back and forth as well as the civilian refugee camps the military army defectors and the man considered the head of the f.s.a. in the country the camp with a state closely guarded and it takes your thirty's make it extremely hard to access information here but we managed to speak to one member of the free syrian army about what they're wanting from the turkish government. it's not just the f.s.a. that turkey said pausing recently played face to the friends of syria conference when many countries including called states guitar in saudi arabia agreed to contribute millions to funding the free syrian army is a move this sometimes she soars undermining diplomatic efforts to put an end to the violence in the country peacefully and these latest incidents are just the latest in a long line of setbacks for these efforts to be realized the syrian refugees here is skeptical that a solution is close at hand thousands of people have made the journey across the border from syria. lik

to syria. seeing as how the department of defense would have more precedent in such a role, what can your agency coordination -- what agency coordination is occurring between the department of state and part of defense? >> congressman, there is ongoing coordination with the department of defense, with the department of state on this issue. we do have a liaison who is they are working with them. let me give you a more in-depth report as to what the level of that relationship is like. but there is a military liaison that is working with the state department on this issue. >> i have nothing to add, congressman. >> thank you very much. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you, ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, both gentlemen, for being here once again and for your service to our country. russia has not been very cooperative in moving the un closer to authorizing some form of action in syria. i know a lot of us have been disappointed in one to move something. some members sugge

in syria. in the name of a clear view since well and first and then the originally first in principle we don't want to interfere in the interference of arab states that's always been up on the scene where we have been developments in the arab world have been it's very serious and very importantly to next time that nobody really new movement no party can just not take its position regarding. and. in syria everybody knows that this. mess is regime obama from his supporters on the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine. to snobs back down in the face of his radiant american pressure so this is a regime which serves the palestinian cause very well. what we call for in serious negotiations dialogue is there a format for what was going to be carried out because they all say mr that the no one cause of the twenty first century somebody was inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria and also that it still has they lead to civil war and this is exactly what am

in syria. clear response first and then the originally first in principle returned want to interfere in the interference of arab states has always been not on the scene where we have been prevented the center of the world had been excited very serious and very importantly to an extent that nobody really knew move the new policy can just not take its position regarding peace and clearly i was. in syria everybody knows the facts of this sort of assets regime and i wonder if he has supported the resistance in lebanon supporting terrorism stands in palestine right now as to snopes backs down in the face of this radiant american pressure so it's a regime which serves for participating in course very well. what we call for in serious negotiations dialogue is the idea of reform actually the reform is going to be carried out because the alternative to that in a way because of the first season but also inside syria because the sensitivity of the situations in syria and also the just of course they lead

this free syrian army doesn't represent anybody in syria. there's evidence of not this monday evidence of atrocities i mean just the report which was published by the spiegel magazine the german magazine last week points to extrajudicial killings and atrocities committed what we what is all we've heard about the reports of these atrocities and as yours as your saying the there's been a covert operation by nato countries in syria for quite a number of months now then then if you're calling this whole of friends of syria group a big red herring then perhaps you'd also call it a red herring with kofi annan and six stage peace plan for syria you've said in one of your recent articles that this plan was quote slated to fail another red heading for a red herring do you think or. it was it was a stage i think it was a state of shock really shouldn't because you see the coffee and calls for a cease fire between the opposite sides because it does not acknowledge the fact that one of the sides is integrated by nato forces all forces from nato countrie

>> in syria? >> yes. >> first of all, you know, on occasion i've been portrayed as saying this would just be too hard, so let's not do it. i want to assure you, that's not the case. if asked to do something, we absolutely have the capability. but in terms of my concerns and how they would translate into military vices i have to be very clear about the military objectives that i was being asked to achieve, and i'd have to be clear about how those military objectives were contributing to some outcome that we would all -- we would all understand and probably agree upon. so what is the outcome? if it's just stopping the violence that's one outcome. if it's changing the regime, that's another outcome. the point is i can build from that outcome, i can build military options. my other responsibility is to balance the risk to the mission, you know, what would be the cost of doing this in the lives and equipment and the risk to the force because it's a zero sum game. we're deployed all over the world. and

. >> will the cease-fire an syria hold it? >> and the european court of human rights makes a criminal offense. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- syria and is relatively calm this morning. while there has been no shelling, it is reported that six people were killed there today. annan has called on damascus to withdraw all troops and weapons from flashpoint city's. >> there have been reports of sporadic violations of the ceasefire by government forces and the regime. >> is a fragile truce, but it has brought a measure of calm to syria. troops should have been pulled back two days ago under the annan plan. this unverified video screens to show shelling in homs. the main syrian exiled opposition group says that the cease-fire holds, there should be talks for a transition process. >> there should be, according to the plan, some kind of dialogue. it should be about the transitional phase. >> government is currently in control of most of the country. it denies it agreed to pull back the army, but it sa

and it's and if they see that syria if you can get take syria down one way or another it exposes the weaknesses of iran that's a very cynical foreign policy but there's in between the lines that's what it seems like to me go ahead. well first of all it's tool that if the syrian regime or other when it falls it will weaken iran it will weaken hizbullah lebanon it is already i think in effect by the way on the behavior of hamas which dropped out of the mask with out of their own will and cancer therapy ever in gaza it is to some extent but look here is the problem with all that logic this civil war in syria even started by any kind of western instigation it started by the syrian people that is to say it is not something that started by foreign instigation not done mary comes not attacks not the israelis for god's sake it's started by the syrian people so this is a given situation now and what i said before and i will repeat it now it's not about democracy it's not about nation building you never add these words from me i agree completely with joshua landis that there can be nation buil

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, inside syria itself. we can speak to an activist from homs. thank you for talking to us. given the situation we are in at the moment, tell us, first of all, what is happening? >> this is the center of homs, and since this morning i spoke to your radio around 9:30 a.m., and i said before you called me and around 15 minutes, the shelling started -- and we received a lot of videos from the killed persons today. about 14 persons were killed and we documented them by name. today our organization -- this is our main work, to document all the killed persons, their location. and we always requested videos for those, and we are following the measurements for the human rights organizations. what we want to say -- >> just before we get to what you want to say. we are getting there for a clear suggestion there is still fighting, from government forces. but of course, for this cease- fire to work, and has to be reciprocal and we have reports of six soldiers also being killed by rebels in the attack. >> we cannot trust

this week sparking a range of reaction from praise to his syria. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. . in france presidential election front runners nicolas sarkozy and his main rival socialist francois hollande looked to have reached the second round of voting in two weeks time early polls suggest our land won the first round by a small margin so severe is following the voting in the french capital. the big surprise is actually the voter turnout earlier before the actual election at the projections was that up to a third of french people will not actually go out and vote but now we're seeing eighty percent turnout and that is a big difference indeed we know from the last few weeks of the campaigns of psychos and a lot of they have been encouraging people to vote throughout all of this it's been about jobs and employment and the economy and this has been the top concern of the french people as well as purchasing power which is essentially money in their pockets and this is going

security council vote to send three hundred observers to syria russia wants nations not undermine the mission of the u.s. says only pressure on the assad regime will work. campaigning in france ahead of sunday's presidential poll with voters facing a tough choice of a time social division and record unemployment. energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and its untapped mineral resources chinese premier one of the top of the nordic states. russia closer team troubles beyond the arctic circle to see how herding and fishing communities there survive and thrive. on screen online around the world this is r.t. life here in moscow the u.n. security council has unanimously voted on a resolution to send hundreds of observers to syria moscow says it will help promote the un backed cease fire agreement with multiple reports of a truce been violated by both sides portnoy has more from new york. once 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

this is the case and if you talk about syria we have. an organization of course this is also the syrian opposition but it faces goals and ways of achieving them are strikingly different these kurdish women are against the entrenched discrimination of their ethnic group others in the crowd call for free elections and stopping arbitrary detentions still the main slogan they're rallying under is for peaceful change. we think that bashar al assad has stepped down but we are totally convinced it can be achieved through nonviolent means the only way for this democratic revolution to proceed peacefully all sides have to stop the violence small rallies like these almost the wicklow curran's in damascus but this time even syrian state t.v. came to fill my heart to travel to grab all the attention the syrian opposition has many faces and there's a growing concern here that basically warning the radicals the last may be hurting because of more moderate forces that the gunfire has essentially drowned out more legitimate calls for democratic change w

communities relieve you know here in syria. like. the muslim everyone in the mosque and. in. the homes and we like the beast because the dam a scene stores that once helped syria to ward off european seders some fear that syria may become the target of yet another mortar and a western compress it would again seek to impose its values this time its twenty first century reference. bludgeoned the infallible dumbest thoughts isn't purpose possible for syrians seeing themselves as a nation of great warriors who value poller about everything else but it's. revolutionary strain the country why more syrians are far more eager to after five than the other part of their cultural heritage about peace loving peace cherish a nation. at least true that syria doesn't have a long record of political pluralism and main rallying cry of the opposition but there are efforts to change the. nine political parties for the fragile state in recent months some of them openly seeking to challenge the dominance of the ba'ath party. we used to have three t

back to your point about syria i think. more importantly we're witnessing in syria is a some sort of tug of war between iran and the other arab gulf states specifically qatar and saudi arabia. i'm not mentioning jordan or iraq because they are taking a different position than saudi arabia in iran somehow and one how you see that it's trying to support the syrian regime and saleh a the foreign minister recently said that any any political change in syria should come within the framework of the assad regime and there. they don't want to see the regime is removed from power dates they support them militarily their support and diplomatically and and before we go to. break it has nothing to do with democracy and the welfare of the syrian people right all of this western media coverage is this junk that well yeah well i think all it's depends on who you're looking for and so if you look on the iranian position here you go with your brain i'm going to ask you after the short break after a short break we'll continue our discussion

are it's the damascus syria. coming or well later in the program choosing national identity over the city france's far right gains ground in the presidential race as candidates rally against multiculturalism . and the wait is nearly over where he leaks whistleblower julian a song is coming to our team next week his unique show will feature interviews with powerful people from around the world our london correspondent laura smith has more . the first episode of the show will be broadcast on tuesday april seventeenth so that this cheese day coming and we are doing together really hoping this is going to be an exclusive new show i can't tell you the name of the first guest you'll have to chew nine yourself to find that out on shoes day but i can tell you that they are all formers some of them this is and some of them have never been interviewed before on english language television the first guest is particularly controversial and according to julian in the wake of the interview highly charismatic and find out what

political enemy inside syria today. a media blackout in france is presidential race is giving the candidates just a little breathing space in a tight context which threatens to oust the current leader because if not of the turn kind of this wins more than fifty percent the electorate will vote again a week later choose between the top two expected to include the socialist leader and front runner. city reports the economic gloom at all times high unemployment a dominating voters' concerns. one day to go before the french kick the polls but one in four voters still haven't made up their minds yet top of the french people's concerns are jobs and money in their pockets especially the time when unemployment is around ten percent hitting an all time high that's about three million people unemployed so who can take the talk shop and saw the cash people's problems according to the latest poll socialist party candidate is to believe that about twenty nine percent are potential voters don't know what it wants to target the top in

people killed in syria are more than. the combination of all other people killed in the op rising in the in the last year and. i mean my own family also live in syria and i have also i mean direct reports of the prosody which is which are committed in syria which is unprecedented i mean so you can't really i think there are different steps you have to take and the united states have taken first you would use diplomacy then you use dialogue if they don't want to use sanctions and sanction to then war then you would take other actions to stop the violence in that country and if that includes i mean really don't include militarizing the conflict there is that you should. outsiders like you saying that that just contributes more violence doesn't it. ok you know i want to again to refer back to when the united states has not taken you know action was in case of libya that your other guest mentioned he was there arab league impose a no fly zone and arab league who pushed their western countries to. actually. jump in not at 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 that it this group known as the friends of syria cannot replace the un security council and it is only the un security council that can really make a decision as to whether mr kofi annan peace plan is moving in the right direction or not reported talking to the little earlier based political analyst commodore was me has told me that he thinks the friends of syria group is destroying un peace efforts in the country the friends of syria headed by the united states and france they're actually not looking for. one corner of the organization produced the allies region. alli

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and iran doesn't seem likely i don't see the european european union or nato going into syria and i don't see the european union. taking part in an attack against iran this could be nato could. try to draw the europeans in for. targeting iran doesn't seem very likely if talks appear thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're welcome. issues that so much of. an emergency. people at various times finally we should value measurements of well being industries such as g.d.p. and other government. there hasn't been a theme get on t.v. . it is to get the maximum political impact. before the source material is born hopes if journalism follows real. world. we want to visit. something our. dear mom i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains of me getting worse and no doctor has been able to help me please know that i'll finally be at peace with no more pain i wish i could have had a life with elizabeth always pictured her being my wife and mother to my kids i love you all see you all in heaven

the border across the border to syria. border and many. people here there are people here and they're operating. do not. let him go on back to fort as well as a civilian refugee camp taking the military army defectors and the man considered the head of the f.s.a. in the country the camp with a state closely guarded thirty's make it extremely hard to access information here we managed to speak to one member of the free syrian army about what they're wanting from the turkish government. we don't have enough weapons. it's not just the f.s.a. the turkey supporting it recently played bass to the friends of syria conference where many countries including gulf states qatar and saudi arabia agree to contribute millions to funding the free syrian army it was a meet the some country source undermining diplomatic efforts to put an end to the violence in the country peacefully and these latest incidents are just the latest in a long line of setbacks for these efforts to be realized the syrian refugees here skeptical that a solution is close at hand th

unarmed observers that will be deployed to syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to say should of violence this resolution the most recent one i topped it also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapons out weapons down and begin engaging in dialogue. the syrian opposition has renewed its calls for you on box military intervention as the friends of syria group match in paris this week to discuss putting more pressure on their son regime and research has some recent believes that one sided efforts only underlined the importance of the service mission in syria this is an incredibly significant especially when we consider a lot of the other regional neighbors of syria behaving very poorly and provoking violent conflict in syria and suggesting that they want to arm the rebels and continue and actually increase the level of violence that's happening in syria so we have this region that's actually instigating vio

want for syria that's really also pointed to the involvement of al qaida in syria saying agitate his house already arrived and they'll be followed by more how qaida members from elsewhere in the arab world they he says are trying to destabilize syria and turn it into a battleground elsewhere in the region not really reiterated heads below its view that colors died belongs to the palestinians now years and some i have a feeling of if your house i don't know can probably come by force because they come by in fifty or one hundred u.s. just because armstrong has a new idea it will kill you and that doesn't give me that doesn't mean you can rise higher question for your house now i went to talk to. a head of the broadcast of the program at the secret location where he filmed the show we told you all about the show how he chose the guests because he spent a lot of time himself on the other side of the interview with death he talks about his disenchantment with mainstream media and why he chose in r t to broadcast this show and also why he feels that he's in a unique position to make an int

you and observer mission in syria to expand. their ernie car observers to a total of three hundred unarmed observers to go to syria and continue monitoring the cease fire that was implemented on april twelfth which we can ask and the opposition group this is of course one of the many proposals that were laid out by mr kofi annan on joint envoy for for the syria for the syria conflict so he laid out a six point peace plan cost and so this observer mission is one of many things he has cost a war to bring about peace in syria another element of this trial for a solution that we're told is that it's also kind of syria to commit to its responsibilities and its pledges meaning the syrian government's regarding all its obligations according to kofi annan on its six point peace plan so it seems as though we're going to see another consensus across the board in the security council concerning syria this will be the second saturday in a row where another resolution would be adopted the vote is expected to be held on saturday and it is exp

unarmed observers that will be deployed through syria they will be deployed once the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon feels that it's safe enough for the observers to go and there has been enough to say should of violence this resolution the most recent wanted to adopt it also underscores that the syrian government and the opposition group both have to put their weapon sound weapons down and begin in teaching in dialogue. the syrian opposition are three new dates calls for yuan box military intervention in place as the friends of syria group not in paris this week to discuss putting more pressure on the suffering under such a siren marie sig believes that one sided efforts only underlined the importance of the service mission in syria. this is incredibly significant especially when we consider a lot of the other regional neighbors of syria behaving very poorly and provoking violent conflict in syria and suggesting that they want to arm the rebels and continue and actually increase the level of violence that's happening in syria so we have this region that's actually inst

of syria's government it can be an. observer mission according to this resolution the un secretary-general ban ki moon will have to report back to the security council on april nineteenth regarding how this resolution is being implemented whether the observers are being granted access through out soon. whether a humanitarian officials are being granted access throughout syria if the syrian authorities and the syrian opposition is complying with what the security council is this monitoring mission will eventually grow to a team of two hundred fifty people we should know though that it does say in this resolution there are some there is a vague reference that if syria does not comply with what mr curity council is asking further measures can be taken and what those further measures are is not clear yet i think at this point all security council members are hoping that the armed opposition group in the syrian government do comply with what's being asked and peace is finally established in syria when they bring it turkey ac

tonight an r t the un security council passes a resolution to send observers to oversee the cease fire in syria which has been hit by further deadly clashes we've got the latest just a few seconds away for you. also back on the table after more than a year of silence and suspicion world powers meet with the rand the discuss its nuclear program which to rally insists is peaceful. and the people of new delhi is set to vote in regional elections but it could end up being a choice between alleged murder isn't fraudsters but many candidates marred by a criminal past. hello there you're watching live from moscow this saturday night it's eight pm here now my name's kevin now in our top story the u.n. security council has voted unanimously on a resolution in the last hour to send a team of observers to syria a group of up to thirty monitors will help oversee the country's fragile cease fire this amid reports of fresh shelling of more bloodshed in the country despite the truce artie's reported as full the latest developments in new york for us had a very good evening this is a rare show of unity for the

security council unite and ordering the deployment of a massive observer mission to syria but russia and the u.s. are divided over the details of the move. plus bahrain is on high alert to safeguard the formula one grand prix we're just going to have to find a wave of anti-government protests and a brutal crackdown that's left one dead. and a big impact on the small screen the world watches as whistleblower join assad's makes his debut as a t.v. host here on our team stirring up a range of global reaction. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshua i'll come to the program now it's the day that france decides its future was million set to vote on a new president but this year polls open to a very disenchanted public in a country suffering rampant unemployment a scary and economic despair pulsars predict the turnout will be low was man of voters being unable to relate to the candidates are just are still in our forts on the runners and riders aiming to restore french word terms and their sometimes far reaching promises. it's election day in france and round one of the presidenti

side of border crossing to syria. and many of the free syrian army people here there are people here and they're operating there inside you know. let him go to fight as well as the civilian refugee camps take the military army defectors and the man considered the head of the f.s.a. in the country camp with a state closely guarded and the turkish authorities make it extremely hard to access information here but we managed to speak to one member of the free syrian army about what they're wanting from the turkish government. it's not just the f.s.a. that turkey is supporting recently played host to the friends of syria conference where many countries including called states qatar and saudi arabia agree to contribute millions to funding the free syrian army it was moved to some country sources undermining diplomatic efforts to put an end to the violence in the country peacefully and these latest incidents are just the latest in a long line of setbacks these efforts to be realize the syrian refugees here skeptical that a s

so he should assemble the rest of the puzzle outside of syria before coming outside syria. this is a recipe for success for mr. annan's plan. >> thank you very much for speaking to us. >> well, thank you for being with us here on g.m.t. plenty more to come including big business on board. lining up for souvenirs of the titanic memorial cruise. >> mitt romney has all but secured the republican nomination for the u.s. presidential race. rick santorum defended his race. he said he came to the decision after his daughter, who suffers from a rare genetic condition, had to go into the hospital over the weekend. >> rick santorum's exit effectively ends the republican race. under funded, he was nevertheless the darling of the conservative wing of the party. but that didn't translate into broader support or the votes he needed to beat his closest rival, mitt prom any. >> when he made the decision that while this presidential run is over for me, we are not done fighting. >> mitt romney's nomination is now almost certain and he can turn his attention to beating president obama in nove

of syria's going to be an. observer mission according to this resolution the un secretary-general ban ki-moon will have to report back to the security council on april nineteenth regarding how the resolution is being implemented whether the observers are being granted access throughout. whether humanitarian officials are being granted access throughout syria if the syrian authorities and the syrian opposition is complying with what the security council this monitoring mission will eventually grow to a team of two hundred fifty people we should know though that it does say in this resolution that has some there is a vague reference that if syria does not comply with what the security council is asking further measures can be taken but those further measures are is not clear yet i think at this point all security council members are hoping that the armed opposition group in the syrian government do comply with what's being asked and peace is finally established in syria political analyst kamil was new says the pl

around the traffic but they're still left on her and by those quick to buy into the fears of a levy and syria. the i.m.f. moves to fourteen assignable euro zone from the global economy has a view politicians jump on the anti-union sentiment sweeping. across. these train tracks and one of the few successful parts of the project to try to bring transport to the russian north the further down the line the project failed having cost sounds of lives stay tuned for more discoveries in russia close up coming out. of the russian capital you are with r t i'm marina joshing the roar of formula one engines will be heard in bahrain this weekend despite the gulf states still shaking under civil unrest and their regime activists have pledged to boycott the event and step up their protest while two members of the force india team have already fled the state after thirty were caught up in clashes on their way back from the track but as a teaser in english from now reports unlikely yet and syria this uprising is surprisingly off the radar. it took a car fire ahead of a major sporting event for the world to no

more deadly blasts in syria killer at least eight in a city near the turkish border un observers urging both sides to lay down their weapons. the world's top whistleblower presents his next explosive interview on r t this choose to. quiz is the new president as. it was swept to power by a popular uprising just ahead or wage war i mean if you don't do our do our bidding that's not how you treat people the few pro dialogue voices struggle to be heard above the war chorus in the u.s. congress with a strike on iran is still firmly on the agenda. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow rory solution syria's fragile cease fire has taken another blow as two massive blasts of rocked the country and the bombs detonated next to the state intelligence headquarters in the city of lib at least eight people have been killed almost one hundred injured most of them being security forces personnel and the government blames terrorists for the attacks the latest in a series of explosions to undermine the u.n. backed peace plan syria's officials claim rebels have stepped up their offe

well syria remains mostly called after the u.n. brokered cease fire between the government and the opposition came into force on thursday morning a truce resulting from the mediation efforts of international envoy kofi annan is the first in the year long violence but as oksana boyko reports from damascus with mutual distrust between the sides he still remains fragile this ceasefire came into effect at six am local time and so far it's been holding syrian the finance minister promised not to conduct any operations and have found so vague as they are that military groups while they did say that they reserve the right to retaliate in case their units are being attacked as for the syrian opposition what we're hearing from various members of various opposition groups is that there are going to respect the cease fire and they promise not to open fire if the regular army. indeed silence has its guns damascus has always been spared the destruction and violence that has iraq and some of the northern areas of syria but these trends of violen

syria is not ostracized. >> rose: syria presumes... it looks like they're prepared to fight to the end. >> absolutely. we have friends all over the world. those who attended the world in istanbul were only 71 countries. >> rose: which countries do you consider your friends other than syria and russia and china. >> it's very informative that there were only 71 countries while at the united nations you have to deal with 193 member states. so one-third of the so-called international community decided to meet in istanbul the two other thirds did not go. that means the majority are against an interference in the domestic affairs of syria. we are legally speaking in a very strong position legally speaking because it's wrong to interfere in other business and domestic affairs. this is wrong. this is item one. >> you did not have a successful vote in the united nations security council because russia and china blocked it. >> thank god. this is a kind of balance of powers. we need it. the council is not democratic anymore. the shape of the coun

and iran doesn't seem likely i don't see the european european union or nato or going into syria and they don't see the european union or neutral. taking part in an attack against iran this could be nato could. try to draw the europeans into attacking targets in the run doesn't seem very likely if turks appear thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. you're welcome. dear mom i'm sorry that i had to do this i've been in so much pain in the past year that i can't take it anymore the stomach and chest pains of me getting worse no doctor has been able to help me please know that i'll finally be at peace and with no more pain i wish i could have had a life with it was a bit always pictured her being my wife and mother to my kids i love you all see you all in heaven when your time comes i'm going to meet jesus christ. thousands of u.s. troops in iraq received one of these drugs a drug called lariam and it may have prevented many soldiers from getting sick the question tonight is whether or not soldiers were adequately warned about its rare side effects serious life changing side eff

ambassador to syria for the duration of last year just weekly. he worked under john negroponte in iraq negroponte was the man who thought into early eighty's random death squads that contradicts wars that killed fifty thousand people in the regular he ran those tests was out of the u.s. embassy in one jurors it was then placed in iraq in two thousand and five and six with robert ford working under him rather ford was there then placed in syria last year so no doubt the embassy last year u.s. embassy under real force direction would have been implementing this kind of strategy to train equip escorts and no doubt those squads and i'm going to be told now keep fighting keep fighting don't respect as he's fired or. safely action on a military solution thanks a lot for your thoughts great to hear from a guy like that in the u.k. . the media media blackouts in france his presidential race has given the kind of his just a little breathing space in a tight contest which threatens to oust current leader nicholas sarkozy if none of the ten candidates wins

what do you say to that, that somehow syria -- that if we would get involved in syria we could help the people there move on to a more democratic or different type of government, that it would help us to bring the threat of iran down in the neighborhood? >> there is absolutely no question that if the assad regime comes down, that the one country in that part of the world that's going to be even further isolated is iran. and iran knows that, and that's the reason they continue to provide some assistance to assad, is because they know that their interests are in mainta maintaining the assad regime, not in seeing it go down. >> the only thing i think i'd add, congresswoman, is the fall of the assad regime would be a serious blow to iran. i think the general has testified before this body to that effect. but saying that it is the key would be analogous to saying you're going to solve a rubik's cube puzzle by lining up one side and assuming you'll solve the rest. there are no silver bullets out there. >> secretary, is there any circumstances under which the united states would get involved m

this is the legacies of syria's government. the u.s. mission according to this resolution the un secretary-general ban ki moon will have to report back to the security council on april nineteenth regarding how the resolution is being implemented whether the observers are being granted access throughout syria whether humanitarian officials are being granted access throughout syria if the syrian authorities and the syrian opposition is complying with what the security council is this monitoring mission will eventually grow to a team of two hundred fifty people we should know though that it does say in this resolution the house and there is a vague reference that if syria does not comply with what this impurity council is asking further measures can be taken what those further measures are or is not clear yet i think at this point all security council members are hoping that the armed opposition group in the syrian government do comply with what's being asked and peace is finally established in syria but a lot of those chris bambery from t

the future of syria belongs to the syrian people. their lives, their rights, and their aspirations must be respected. we need to do as much as we possibly can. it is time for president aside -- bashar al-assad to match his words with deeds. >> i would like to give the floor. >> ladies and gentlemen, representatives, there is a threefold gain going on in syria at the moment. you have saudi arabia and iran. you have egypt and its role in the arab spring. you have the alleged drug campaign in the united states. you in addition have to take into account the climate in russia. the adoption of this resolution -- it is important for this resolution to be in tune with all the countries i have just mentioned in syria. the resolution has to be the same. in the meantime, a saab has time to carry on a pressing the population. by sending kofi annan as a special envoy, we are sending two messages. we are giving bashar al-assad more time in power. the other message is that china and russia will allow him to continue massacring his people. it is imp

special envoy to syria kofi annan is due to brief the u.n. security council on how damascus has complied with the latest peace planet except for the last week the friends of syria group is president assad has failed to implement the plan so far the group's meeting in istanbul has seen some gulf nations allegedly decided to pay salaries to rebels fighting the syrian regime or he's sorry for those more. talks of ending the violence on the inside the friends of syria conference. outside the intake issue a place we're getting heavy handed they dispersed a tiny place syrian government gathering. quite a crowd of the finance cursing about the threat that their actions going he seemed to serve to further anger rowdy crowds oh yes houses for us. we want just to have the gun and good and so it's nothing. new but you can't force. the inflight only get it over the fact that the international community to find a solution to the conflict in syria the conference continued throughout the afternoon and they say talk is cheap some of the friends are syria hav

the international envoy to syria tells the un security council damascus has agreed to start implementing a ceasefire from april tenth while the friends of syria group has criticized the un backed peace efforts. moscow skyscraper. rages on the top floors of the building set to become the tallest in europe and we'll bring you live pictures of that skyscraper in moscow city which is the business district here in the russian capital more on that shortly for you. and two sides of reform as the russian government considers loosening up registration for political parties some opposition leaders say there could be true many bidding for our top stories this hour. around the clock around the world on screen and online this is r.t. the plane which crashed in russia's western siberia on monday is not thought to have been sprayed with antifreeze before the flight that's according to the international aviation committee which is looking into the cause of the tragedy fighting for the lives of the twelve survivors of the deadly plane crash at least nine of them undergone surgery forty three people were