to mediate and broker a peace in it both the opposition and the syrian government were welcome to come here to russia to try and sort out their problems sort out their problems now one thing that sergey lavrov was. there was very strong on was reiterating russia's push stance that they will not tolerate any form of international interference international military interference into syria now a pointed a finger towards the united states accusing washington of having led from behind when it came to the crisis that we saw in twenty eleven in libya. saying that said the level of and the russian government did not want to see a similar situation of foreign military intervention happen in syria warning the u.s. not to try this lead from behind tactic as he poses when it comes to syria saying that international military intervention of that kind can have huge ramifications saying that it can spread beyond the borders and become a major international incident. of course leading countries and closely watching

the situation in the region the changes that far from over it's only the beginning we have to understand that if we want nations to solve their own issues we mustn't interfere especially militarily we must support dialogue between the conflicting signs we have to explain to the opposition forces that they have to find an agreement not oust the regime this is a way to a wide scale all those that will affect not just the regions but countries far beyond all. of this saying that russia supports dialogue in bringing about peace in syria and warns other nations against attempting any kind of foreign military intervention. well the u.n. security council is mulling over russia's latest draft resolution on syria that was put forward this week the kremlin says its balance and aims that appear to appease all sides in the conflict while the u.s. is continuing to garner calls to get president also to go in syria itself though

were warring sides have agreed to a ceasefire in assuming you're the capital the government crackdown reportedly grinds on in the flashpoint city of holmes later this week the arab league observers will deliver their verdict on whether the regime is complying with a peace plan it will then decide whether to extend its mission or ask the u.n. to intervene or already proposed sending in troops and even turkey syria's neighbor and former ally has turned its back on us up to no snow looks into the fallout. can shake he says embraces as close friends do in february when this was filmed to fish prime minister and syria's president where indeed considered friends back in the ninety's is the neighbors were not doing well together series support of kurdish separatists drew wedged between the two but by two thousand and three when turkey refused to provide history for the u.s.

invasion to iraq golden era in turkey syria relations began with free trade agreement the visa regime dropped and several presidential visits the blue there is became especially close families living in brave stories felt they shared a common home the turkish lira was even accepted at markets in the syrian city of aleppo but the honeymoon didn't last long following leave is revolution in two thousand and eleven turkey switched sides supposin series of positions and aligned with the country's harsh and the us enduring thought they have. the red tag about iraq. well because now rockets come out quite strongly in support of syria and of course the living is governed by hizbollah has also been very very critical of turkey to switch from a zero problem policy with your neighbors to a problem cretin position you need good reason turkey seems to have one america

needs another actor otherwise this gap can be fulfilled by you want maybe by russia so there's a kind of let's say. cohabitation between america and talking so turkey is helping to this in exchange for some kind of stuff and through this channel talk is profile is becoming more and more influential some of those who doubt the benefit will be equal for both sides to the turkish economy suffers a lot from the sanctions and supported against syria especially as syria is turkey's expurgated the world for this reason turkey is endeavoring to establish a new exporting of routes to lebanon and through iraq to the gulf states turkey is policy should be more autonomous should not be identical to that of washington or brussels geographically politically and religiously turkey's always been the crossing point of decidedly different worlds so what's in it for them the people who calculated that so the question of cart before the syrian government goes and

therefore i think it want to put it want to be riding a wave ok put itself on the crest of the way the quest for the wave of reform and change in the middle east and to be seen as a leader of this movement a turkey believes that it is set in the middle and long term turkey has no chance to to to get the benefits of the region if our side goes ok then so we're tough but if if if if he doesn't somehow manage to ride this out. well there are those is going to be gone for months for us you know. position that you had created actually is not really tenable any longer we've got to deal with you like it or not the renewed no food we may look slippery but no matter how dangerous it may be they seems to be nobody back without a u.n. security council resolution it will be vetoed by russia and china believe in style intervention will definitely fail in syria change in tactics the western powers

turns to this region's countries to get them involved this take isn't turkey which has started to play a very important role in this conflict some fear it's perhaps too far. turkey. that is meeting briefing media briefing i should say in moscow foreign minister lavrov also stressed the kremlin is stepping up efforts to prevent war in the persian gulf russia thinks a western attack on iran would be catastrophic for the entire region a top iranian security official is currently in moscow to iran says it's ready to resume international disses discussions on its nuclear program that it easy the six party talks broke down a year ago when the u.s. and its allies assumed iran was developing a nuclear bomb tough sanctions are also being finalized iran is already threatening to block a vital fuel transit route if restrictions prove harmful while the u.s.

says it will use force to keep the strait of hormuz ok. now every day millions of people turn to one website as a one stop shop for their encyclopedia of research but right now they're seeing this we're competing is deliberately blacking out it's english language website it's joined a twenty four hour protest against anti-piracy bills making their way for u.s. congress if passed they would allow the government to block search engine links to any website which may can contain what's perceived as copyright material laws are designed to protect people's work from being shared without permission or payment by internet campaigners say they would go way too far. for this bill is going to change the rules for the internet not just in the united states but around the world up to now we've treated the internet like anything else if there's a crime on the internet it's the job of the police to track down the people responsible bring them to justice or hold a trial to decide if they're guilty or not under this bill the rules totally

changed it makes everyone who runs a website into a policeman and if they don't do their job of making sure nobody on their site uses it for anything that's even potentially illegal the entire site can get shut down without even so much as a trial it's very unclear exactly how much is lost the copyright infringement and it's clear that whenever there are legal opportunities to download music and movies there. a popular look at the success of apple's i tunes but the point is even if it were true even if it was a big deal the solution is not going to be getting rid of the entire court system we need to continue to have due process because it's worked in every other case there's no reason that the copyright industry should be special and not have to obey the law there's a whole long list of sites that have taken part in the strike because everyone understands this is something very different from the way u.s. laws normally work it's much more extreme and it takes us down a really dangerous path. well your opinion matters to us so we're asking what the anti-piracy bills mean to you at r t dot com we've looked at the numbers so far the majority of you believe it's a conspiracy to kill freedom of speech around

a quarter of things accounts grab by greedy entertainment giants of the final few are split between seeing it as an overstated bid of what started as a noble cause or whether it's an honest anti-piracy drive being marred by paranoid thank you give us your thoughts at our team dot com here's what else you'll find mine today. where would you turn in a world without twitter users are almost filling the gap with a few fun facts of their own take with a pinch of salt. also the prize bronze backside iraq's amounts the safe return of a chunk of saddam hussein's demolished statue read more of our to dot com and we've plenty more online video reports for you on our you tube channel. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to rule the day.

so i have this hour here on our t.v. want to get to turn over a new report from a region where people are still struggling to find a job and make ends meet and year out of the revolt that promise them a better life. the initial probe into voting out russia's parliamentary elections has found around three thousand violations the prosecutor general's office report has been sent to president medvedev and says there were both there were complaints both during the election campaign and the poll itself ninety five people now face legal proceedings resumes raise of calls for an investigation after thousands rallied in moscow and other cities in december claiming. widespread fraud election problem is the united russia when the majority in the state to model with a very sharp fall in support. more world news now and the search for

a missing people on the capsized italian cruise liner has been suspended after the vessel shifted slightly it was to protect the divers who are desperately searching for the twenty four people who are still unaccounted for hopes of finding anyone else alive all but faded eleven bodies have been recovered since the close to concordia sank five days ago captains under house arrest accused of selling too close to the shore and abandoning ship before it had been evacuated. israel has launched an air strike on northern gaza killing at least one person i was the new security sources say the raid hit a field used by hamas and was accompanied by tank fire tension between the coastal territory and israel have been calm in recent days following an increase in rocket fire attacks in december. the palin is over in for north korea to return to talks about its nuclear program along with south korea and japan the three countries renewed their commitment to

a two thousand and five deal calling on the country to end its nuclear project in exchange for aid it's part of a rush of world diplomatic efforts as north korea rallies to bolster the image of its mostly unknown and new leader kim jong. un and greece is that another standstill with a mass strike underway just as the country's global paymasters pay another visit e.u. european central bank and i.m.f. delegates are there to try and beat them line for greece to get vital funds to slash its almost unserviceable debt of thousands of workers hit the streets to voice how destructive the cuts are ready are more may be needed. well the world's financial forecast for this year was grim enough why even matz taking another knock in most countries including russia. the world bank has indeed load is the outlook all new russia all over the russian economy is expected to go fall so the most of the country is a reach three and

a halt said all have more details on this topic in ten minutes time in the business bulletin boy. the first several hundred occupy activists rallied in washington d.c. on tuesday marking the movement's four month anniversary but the protests which stretched from capitol hill to the white house failed to attract the thousands that organizers anticipated you can join the demonstration. the protesters have shifted their focus from wall street to capitol hill and here they are hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the u.s. capitol building they have a permit to protest on this lawn but we have already seen several people arrested. protesters say when the interests of big corporations are at stake their voice their. interests no longer count and they're angry at the fact that the influence of money is only set to grow in u.s. politics supreme court's decision now allows corporations to funnel as much money

as they wanted to candidates and protesters say it's legalized corruption. the cozy relationship between big businesses on lawmakers here ledge to the complete lack of oversight over wall street which brought about the financial crisis of two thousand and eight and not just americans were affected but the whole world so people here want money out of politics but it's easier said than done and a lot of people especially outside the movement are very much skeptical about whether the protests can actually change something some say that the tents and the banners you know won't change anything what do you say to that i think the tents in the banners are crucial part being publicized and being public about it because it's so easy to ignore movement unless it's in your face do you think the movement has any impact i mean it's been there for four months. on the movement has a huge impact in that a lot of things that are not even talked about in the political agenda usually are

now being talked about there is in the news on a constant basis talking about income inequality the fact that corporations are running our government have stolen our elections so many times with all the legalized bribery in the campaign finance system and other things that are most legal moving into the night hundreds more you not thousands joined the protest and they marched all the way from capitol hill to the white house. a. little. bit. here they are hundreds of people fanning right outside the white house. and the. way the way. the movement has certainly in paul i mean you see the last of the. the country has authorities under different pretenses and that is they have a victim protesters out of their occupied locations but you see more of these one time actions one day rallies like this one which started on capitol hill and

continued all the way told the white house right here these people are here to get their message across all a lot of young people around but again whether or not these protests will bring any result that that still remains very much on clear. ok my movement is keen to keep up the momentum as the protests to kong but maybe it's time for new tactics later this hour a former u.s. llambias says perhaps they should try their hand at politics. i think they are by wall street movement had behind it some good instincts the problem is that they didn't organize themselves like the tea party movement which was politically tea party movement had a dramatic impact on the last election and probably will still miss one and i've spoken to the occupy people quite a lot and told them that until they get themselves organized politically they're not going to be meaningful because in america street protests don't really mean

people don't like street protests in america first of all the destructive vandalising the unsanitary things are gone and most americans are repelled by that what most americans will respect is political activism an organization on the left or on the right. to tunisia now and a region rich in natural resources people there to be reaping the rewards a year after the revolution to get them out of poverty but the reality is very different as a recluse discovered. this is a region where things are run a little differently from the rest of tunisia where. my father worked in the mine for twenty five years my two brothers worked and died in the mine we live in the mining region our days are arranged by the sound of the horn from the mine not by calls to prayer. the gas a-basin is home to tunisia's phosphate mines one of the key exports in the country which ranks fifth in the world for phosphate production

yet for the past three years the workers and their families have been involved in a bitter struggle with their employer gaffes of phosphates. we never took anything from the authorities have always forgotten about us this year the gaffes are phosphates company c. f. g. conducted a competition for jobs just like they did in two thousand and eight we hope their choices will be based on a different criteria this time but they weren't. shares involvement in support of action for the miners during the authoritarian rule of president ben ali resulted in a prison term. in two thousand and eight we went on strike with the miners and were arrested all those who supported them lawyers teachers professors we were told we were an organized gang who wanted to overthrow the regime. the government has been gone since then but the problems remained so the strikes continue unemployment in the region is a staggering fifty five percent and while local residents believe they should be

given priority when it comes to filling jobs at the mine the c.g.s. has been employing people from other regions there are no jobs for those whose parents died or were injured in the mines their families never received any compensation for their losses but been protesting here for six months will stay here for a year. however long it takes to resolve this problem. though many tunisians hope the ousting of autocratic ben ali will improve situation in the country the reality is rather bleak. evolution hasn't solved the economic issues which have been happening for months now the provisional government hasn't even begun looking at ways of battling poverty. for these workers any delay in solving this crisis cost lives a lot of people are killing themselves others are leaving. country and some have died because they were too poor to afford medical help. after the tunisian

revolution and the new provisional government has brought a life of prosperity and better employment opportunities for workers in this mining town once passed by by the miners say the situation has only got worse the original location far from the political center of the country means their plight is as unusable to the new government as it was to the old one in the ghost carty tunisia . katie is here now with business update stay with her to. highlight a welcome to the business program your is in debt problems have made the world bank cut its two thousand and twelve global economy growth forecast to two and a half percent the bank also lowered its outlook on russia however is economy is expected to grow faster than most countries and reached three and a half percent to discuss this i'm joined by jacob now chief economist at morgan stanley russia have

a ca and ok on the back of that then what what is the growth outlook for russia so i think it's pretty good and in fact i always think it's better than the world bank does i think growth which was four point two percent on the preliminary estimate last year will accelerate in russia next year the world bank thinks it will slow down the three reasons for this the first is that russia had a very deep recession in two thousand to know him and a slow recovery and i think that we really entered. kind of blooded recovery from a succession recession with a cyclical upturn in the middle of last year with consumption and investment growing strongly so the economy has an underlying them into the second thing is last year where she ran a fiscal surplus this year the government is going to run a small preschool deficit and it's spending money to cut payroll taxes to increase public sector wages and increase military pensions. that will support consumption in the first half of the dia then in the second hole for the year i think we'll see

a pick up investment investment in russia's been weeks since the crisis in two thousand and eight and there's a lot of political uncertainty at the moment following the protests and with the presidential elections coming up over that i think the new government is in the policy directions clear i think we'll see a big pickup of investment so that's one even more listed in the world bank page for russia this year ok then say we are definitely optimistic that let's talk about challenges that you touched upon them just then what do you think all the main challenges for the russian economy in two thousand and twelve so. the big challenge last year was the capital outflow eighty four eighty following billion dollars flowing out of the country russia supposed to grow faster than other countries so should attract capital and here it is leaving. i think as a couple of drivers for that is european banks are trying to improve their capital asset ratio that means that they're trying to send phones resources back to the.

head offices and that's. flow from sources from russia and the second driver is political uncertainty russian investors feeling i'm sure there are some moving some of it approved i think that european banks will complete the very point june when they're supposed to get to a new capital ratio and after the new government is formed certainty in russia will diminish their own interests or a second driver of capital outflows but that's a big uncertainty capital outflows and that could hit the group holding sentiment and other things the other thing as always is the it's. a great sports car for take resonators all my squad was a marshal will be disproportionately affected the world bank says it could shave forty four percent of g.d.p. growth so that would growth make it safe in russia however i think oil prices. we should be well supported in saudi arabia has just said that one hundred dollars

a barrel is there talk produce that is the russian government's forecast oil prices in twenty twelve so i think that opec take action just for the oil for us if it's so that some comfort for the short course for. ok well i can't let you go without talking about the eurozone not all in the piece and so all this world bank report what's your outlook for that region well it's actually it's very close to our own view stanley that the first sentence of the world bank report says the world is in a dangerous place. and all the language in the report is about what they are so it risks the risks their european policymakers fail to come up with a convincing solution to the european debt problems and we have some deepening of the crisis that trickle down to a layman event and extended period of. negative growth similar to what we saw in two thousand so mr treadwell report is. there there's

a big risk. there is a crisis and that's what we think as well so you miss me ok thank you very much indeed for that thank you for inside that was a take you know that chief economist at morgan stanley. we have time to so have a look at the market see what's going on how all of this news is affecting the stocks in the europe a region i tell you wall stocks are higher actually that's despite the wild news that we've just been discussing it here and that's when i was sheltering reports that greece is nearing a debt deal with private creditors ontario moggs going to take a look at how these us stocks are fairing ok recovering from the losses right now is about all the shopping day of trade here in the russian capital but my thoughts on the all to say off the now in the black is take a look at how some of these individual getting on russia's top company rules nasty back into the. despite those strong go all prizes russia's largest lender spag bike

is in the boat like it's going to change a fortune sad because it was in days in the red in the black canal and let's also take. a loss of that is in the black a well. i can say a phenomenal business news in an hour's time to. move

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around the show we've. covered. here with our live from moscow our top stories moscow reaffirms its push for talks to solve syria rejecting any military intervention and pledging to ensure the u.s. doesn't authorize any new south america and some allies mount calls against the syrian regime with opposing to send in troops. millions of with a preview users are heading this brick wall right now the world's most popular online encyclopedia is on a twenty four hour shutdown that's in protest at american and see prior's new plans that are seen as a threat to internet freedom. and occupy anti greed activists marked for months and

their movement by taking on the white house and capitol hill thousands were expected to take part but the event failed to draw in the numbers organizers wanted . well when it comes to big money and america's politics lobbyists are the people who know exactly how it works jack used to be one and he now tells us why he thinks washington is corrupt to the core. i. am sitting down with jack off once the most powerful lobbyist in washington referred to as the man who bought washington he brought government officials in order to gain political support for his clients in two thousand and six he was convicted of ripping off his clients jack abramoff served three and a half years in prison guilty of conspiracy fraud and tax evasion mr abrams thank you very much for coming.