rather it is to mark the anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in bahrain are put down with tactics and weapons from the u.k. sparking claims of western governments hypocrisy of a different votes in the region. one sided reports from syria blaming only the regime for atrocities seen by some as an attempt to hide the truth of the conflict by sweeping rebel crimes under the carpet. and sizing up the rivals u.s. leaders could joe china's visiting vice president and leader in waiting she jinping as of today sions fight for the upper hand in a turbulent relationship. plus more deals are being made there. picks up we'll tell you which sectors that most popular and business in twenty

minutes. costing live from the heart of the russian capital this is. the pictures all familiar regime forces cracking down on protesters but this time they're emanating from bahrain just hours ago activists trying to mark the one year anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising were dispersed by heavily armed police. reports the weapons as well as the tactics may have been imported from the u.k. . tear gas and stun grenades supposedly the work of a reformed police force but one year on since the first anti-government protests were crushed in bahrain it seems not much has changed the only difference now the crackdown has been planned by one of britain's former top cops john the ates used

to be assistant commissioner of london's metropolitan police he now works for bahrain's monarchy which says he's there to oversee police reform the police have borrowed or behaving despicably their latest trick is to throw cancer tear gas into homes of people they don't like shut the doors and people have died choking to death tear gas or use out of doors and i think for any british police officer or lotus to retire to be associated in any way with that is it's wrong yes resigned from scotland yard last year and early fictive of the phone hacking scandal he popped up in bahrain in december as part of the regime's p.r. campaign to clean up its image a campaign pushed hard it seems by yeats himself he recently told the daily telegraph his new charges had a well rehearsed plan for the anniversary of the uprising adding the concept of reasonable reaction to provocation has been reinforced as for the uprising itself yet said this isn't organized protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets

claims hotly disputed by london's bahraini community and then you get thousands and thousands of people protestant demanding their rights and you call that vandalism if you seem to forget that there are sixty five or sixty five people actually died in britain from police brutality activists in bahrain insists their protest was peaceful their aim to reach the iconic pole roundabout in the capital manama they say they were met by tanks toxic gas and rubber bullets what we witnessed on the ground as not. the front or from what the impact was previously but it's been extended through the toxic gases and use of poison in. mr john as contributing we should see a positive things at the ground what we see today as nothing acceptable it may

not just be british tactics bahrain's easing but weapons to government figures show the u.k. sold over one million pounds worth of rifles and artillery equipment to bahrain from july to september last year long off the blood was spilled that despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off bennett's r.t. london. or middle east expert says the different attitude world powers have taken to bahrain's uprising is easily explained by how useful the regime is to them. those countries which are regarded as as allies of the west or stooges of the west basically not criticise regularly it's not just the gulf states and bahrain in particular it is also countries like yemen whose brutal dictatorial present

president former president is currently in the united states receiving medical treatment there were demonstrations in saudi arabia a few days ago which got very little coverage of course the saudis have no democracy at all it is probably the most undemocratic country in the entire arab world no one talks about this because it's so useful concrete it has always and it does what the west starts to wrench in in bahrain was greenlighted by the united states which is very strong in that principle of tape and they crush the uprising. well tariq ali has also spoken to us about the current crisis in syria that's in a special interview next hour but before that to has what else is coming up in the program. turkey wants to keep out the economic war on iran decided to protect its national interests by continuing to watch and wait while.

activists in syria claim government troops have sent tanks to attack residential areas in the country's fourth largest city of hama that sounds the fighting shows no sign of abating at the center of the uprising the city of homs but it reports home to very fine there are concerns that some want and the regime painted in a bad light and the opposition. since the beginning of the uprising in syria last march the regime of bashar al assad has been accused of repression torture and killing but with a bodman of homes while the main stronghold of their position in its second week blame has since focus on assad forces attacking civilians and shell in residential areas. the beautiful yard calls himself a member of the opposition and intellectual not the re one his stresses from a social democratic group originally from holmes he blames assad for mistakes which allowed bloodshed at the start putting the country on the road to crisis but he

just defies what the regime is doing in his native city now he is the two i mean he is trying to to to. protect civilians i think that in homs there are many gangs you know there is a title and everyone can claim that he belonged to this title and no one can ban him no one can. say that you don't have the why to to to have the startle so i can i can't claim that i belong to this free syrian army who can bear me who can prevent me the danger posed by the armed forces who are seen in the killing of a french journalist last month and b. says when he went to homs who was he put in his mind that the syrian opposition is very peaceful in the trying to frame them so he he was like a pioneer in the call and he was killed by the some gang attacks on

government targets have become increasingly bloody themselves with twenty eight people killed and scores injured on an attack on a military base in a letter last week and f.s.a. free syrian army representative admitted responsibility before the organization later denied it blaming the government forces a claim. killed by regime. insurgents and terrorists have committed this attack only an insane person could say that the government is killing its officials and officers and destroying its own administrative buildings these armed terror groups were created to commit these crimes and they have committed them in the past and will continue to do so if the west and then are supported by the us is aware of syria's power it realizes that there are people in syria. against the ideology and that's why the u.s. supports undermines their right so that the action instead of the americans was.

last sunday the arab league vote still for full political and financial support for the opposition to unify its ranks it is similar call from the leader of al qaida urging muslims to unite efforts to help overthrow bashar al assad recent reports suggest iraqi weapons qatari troops and libyan rebels are role in syria on the opposition side this makes for a volatile and highly dangerous makes. many western powers interested in fomenting unrest and syria and so they'll turn a blind eye to extreme weapons coming in through borders like lebanon and turkey to create the very militants i won't call them terrorists but very dangerous armed groups that are determined to create war and not peace and syria foreign pressure has focused on the assad regime but the syrian government and its

international supporters say there's been a total failure to acknowledge violence from a position forces which has been a key factor in the country's present turmoil. damascus syria. is now inside syria for her first hand reports our impressions on the situation there you can check out her twitter feed her latest tweet she says locals are skeptical about the. sister i have the initiative to bring peacekeepers deeply concerned that are kind of illiterates eventually fighting in the country. patrick hayes a reporter for the online magazine spiked told r.t. that some major players are rejecting peaceful solutions for syria and polarizing an already complex situation the removal of diplomats from syria. the. desire to arm the free syrian army from the west and to basically support them to give them kind of sectioned off training areas where they can develop an

open strong opposition apart from the kind of threat of a sad all suggest that you know the west isn't willing to have you know encourage any kind of dialogue or discourse of tool alternately they want you know they've now polarized the situation they've now said you know i saw this evil we need to get rid of him they use those kind of terms evil you know the. ogre all bogeyman and you know the syrian people are vulnerable victims who need to be protected by the west now i think we saw the same thing with good at the end it's always very striking that you know it was only two years ago that assad was seen as the great reformer in syria the west were basically queuing up to talk to him. what asia times correspondent says unlike libya syria won't fall under western influence through intervention because it has a stronger position in the region. well dick stakes in syria are so much higher compared to libya because this is at their rock. act

a direct clash between the u.s. and nato on one side and russia and china on the one you know on the other side much more david was in libya in libya russia and china and even that the other brics and germany as well they said ok maybe this is not the red line yes let's give them the benefit of the doubt i mean the french the brits and the americans the country was destroy syria you cannot do that because first of all they're going to have to fight the real army even if they're not very competent but they are battle hardened there's been two wars in the middle east the syrian army it's a smaller country there's more population you cannot simply landings asian is out of the question because the it would go all over the place the repercussions to turkey to jordan to iraq to saudi arabia so nato strand is to foment civil war and that's it's like there's actually what they are doing what china stance on syria cropped up on the first day of talks in the chinese vice president's visit to

the u.s. she doing things american colleagues voice disappointment with beijing and moscow vetoing recent hearing a solution on syria. china was criticism for its tight trade laws and lack of copyright enforcement which the sting vice president took stumping. for exchanges that day was. the this sized up changing thing likely to be facing the next decade christine for. the cumulation ship between the two economic giants. he loves me loves me that age old question is one china at least has every right to ask regarding its relationship with the united states just in the last three years china has been wined and dined. praised and envy for its ability to do whatever it wants to right now china the government can

disconnect parts of its internet in the case of war we need to have that here too the chinese pay zero capital gains tax folks in congress are also going to get a chance to decide later. in the month whether our construction workers should sit around doing nothing while china builds the best railroads the best schools the best airports. in the world but it turns out those chocolate covered compliments seem to come just as frequently as those cold hearted criticisms from human rights to currency devaluation to trade we finally need to confront the issue of trade with china all too often china's been competing in a way that's tilting the playing field and is unfair to u.s. work and it's not just the president himself those hoping to take his job also tend to flip flop on china these guys around for us and and and and looking for ways to . to or to harness china doesn't want to various they want to see has succeeded thrive so we can buy more chinese products ivan eland senior fellow at the

independent institute says the paradox transcends the rhetoric we borrow a lot of money from china too so it's quite a curious thing that we're really borrowing money to pay for defending other countries from china right i mean that's what really doing the mixed messages are reaching the masses as well in a recent gallup poll by fifty two percent to thirty two percent americans were more likely to name china than the united states as the leading economic power in the world today even though it's not however in a separate survey when asked which country represents the greatest danger china came in second only after iran in life and love there appears to be a fine line between resentment and respect i want to beat china i want to go to war with china and make america the most attractive place in the world to do business if you look at china they're in a very different such as they say for their own retirement security they don't have the f.t.c.

they don't have the modern welfare state and china's growing it's that growth and the sharing is caring relationship that has bound these countries in this holy union this trade an economic interdependence with china is is really a defining factor and perhaps like most relationships there's nothing simple. about the one between the u.s. and china there are disagreements about who gets to lead when how to spend the money and how to raise the children but the fact is this relationship is one that's going to be around for generations to come in washington christine prison r t. a paul craig roberts he said in president reagan's administration says that u.s. desperation to stall china's rapid rise could prove costly the united states says it is responding to china in two ways one it's trying to reduce china's independent access to oil iran accounts for twenty percent of jones oil so it doesn't make

a lot of sense for washington to go to china and say look embargoed yourself from iranian oil and let us go to an american puppet in office in that country as well so we can prevent your. economic development from catching up to us too quickly and the united states is responding to china also with increased military presence the united states says that the south china sea is an area of national interest to the united states there of course that doesn't make any sense it's like china saying the gulf of mexico is an area of national interest to china so the united states is asserting that chinese territory wars are in a matter of national interest to washington so i think these types

of. militaristic statements. encourage china to build up its military and so the americans to sensibly may be trying to start another arms race. well there you can of course log on to our website at r.t. dot com today to sneeze and videos any time you like and some it was just a click away deal a devastating blow to the world's second largest stock exchange to take out its website. and close minded world of come to another chernobyl style disaster reveal fresh claims ever filed on the russian nuclear sub more r.t. dot com. turkey

has no plans to consider alternative oil supplies will continue to import fuel from iran despite the countries in nato membership officials have firmly disapproved of calls for a strike against tehran are reluctant to go along with what they see as western economic bullying jihan news agency chief i made it she says anti iran hysteria does no good for the entire region. it will be a very important headache for turkey because turkey is part of nato and because of that turkey has certain responsibilities but iran is very important neighbor that two countries iran and turkey did not have war for centuries it's very difficult to get a settlement it is foolish and by attacking iran which is more than eighty million

population big country but as far as i know the current israeli government are not helping to find. a peaceful. diplomatic solution to the crisis. in terms of the internal political interests i hope i see that unfortunately it helps the tension helps. for the world it is just this sponsibility to see this and to push really do much to me as far as possible in order to get rid of the possibility that we have another war in the middle east which would be detrimental for all of us when i mean time american warships continue to cruise a ron's backyard the aircraft carrier abraham lincoln has sailed through the strait of hormuz just weeks after terror on the wouldn't tolerate u.s.

naval force returning raney and naval forces to the news but then when students were reported around the threaten to close the strait used for a third of the world's seaborne trade response to ongoing western sanctions targeting loans nuclear program. villagers in romania have had to be rescued by emergency services of the heavy snowfall trapped them inside their own homes the country's when to death toll has now reached seventy nine. forty's using helicopters and only trucks. since the end of january hundreds of across eastern europe and tens of thousands housebound record snow levels with. infected. water cannons and tear gas that x. protest is in the argentinian capital demanding recognition this war veterans soldiers who fought in the falklands conflict ninety two talking to pensions and

health care demonstrators say they should have the same rights to be deployed to the audience of people with attendance i don't cross-talk said g.m.t. the lavelle looks at the ongoing dispute on the status. of all those found as found around the falkland islands in the area. under its sovereign control then we know where the oil belongs but the sort of back and forth between large including great britain and the following that continues to dominate. the i guess the only the only colonial allegation this whole debate is the fact that argentina want to colonize three thousand british subjects in the fall and i think that's a bit simplistic alex you want to record i heard david cameron too but one other point see that's something i know what you want to show us let us look. at the three thousand people who live on the falkland islands and they will want to remain

british. very near his head now the latest from the business world. hello and welcome to business here and i say we start the salad with the bailout for crisis struck in greece which has once again and question that's after a meeting of e.u. finance seems to discuss a second multibillion bailout has been called off and failed to provide. tells about plans spending cuts which caused the cancellation of these include an austerity plan to save an extra three hundred twenty five million euros something that inflame greece with violent protests over the weekend if the greek cabinet figures out where to squeeze money from brussels with them be able to issue the bailout cash it would amount to around one hundred thirty billion euros on top of one hundred ten billion euros grants a two years ago. gas promised close to finalizing its long run in talks on gas

supplies to china they had on the firm's axe for brunch a look some advance of hopes struck a deal in the near future the parties are struggling agree on construction of a new pipeline see energy from russia siberia asia but alexander madrid is believes china will finally come to terms to provide. a truly were. just a few. perimeter which will. construction projects that three projects in the russian chain you cite could make the job in china. rather sure that this argument will be taken into account but we believe that the correction is that those politicians. who should be the same level like the europeans. and let's take a look at the markets now let's start with oil crude is rising after european leaders pushed wrong the commitments to the package in return for second bailouts

easing concerns over the region's debt crisis which maker of demand for oil sudden who to hire light sweet this currently trading over one hundred dollars per barrel is just above one hundred eighteen dollars over in asian markets are picking up steam a surprise monetary easing by japan central bank made the dollar extended surge against the yen weaker japanese currency exporters higher with carmakers. both adding over three percent over in hong kong gains are led by property stocks rebounding strongly from the losses of the start of the week. here in russia there is one hour left until the opening. day of the markets finished mixed with the r.t.s. in the red and m i six point thing come on shares were told she was they jumped in one and thirteen percent on the prime minister that the twelve make this month in central russia on wednesday. the russian market has been enjoying rapid growth since the beginning of the year and. highlighted some of the sectors and stocks his

company favors. she would resemble what we saw in the post two weeks was always clear but the names. of the vocals will perform well we perform on girl smallest one. we also like you to. back in the. names of the three really well in the past two weeks old ricky's words . could lead you to its thing. on the news mergers acquisitions in russia jumped twenty two percent since two thousand i've been compared to the year before in the total value of deals which seventy six billion dollars was the growth of volume twice as fast as the global average chemical production was the top sector in terms of your volumes fall and hurt your financial sectors came in second or third place respectively. and that's how business looks the sour the headlines are next with kerry by for now.

this is. politics but a culture. this could.