the concept of reasonable reaction to provocation has been reinforced as for the uprising itself he said this isn't organized protests it's just vandalism rioting on the streets claims hotly disputed by london's bahraini community i mean you get thousands and thousands of people. demanding their rights. you seem to forget that there are sixty or sixty five people actually died from police brutality activists in bahrain insist 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 the impact as previously but it's been extended through the toxic gases and use of poisoning. mr john

contributing we should see a positive things at the ground what we are seeing today is nothing except what it may not just be british tactics bahrain seizing 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to bahrain from july to september last year long after blood was spilled that's despite insisting all licenses had been revoked as for yates his contract runs until april by which time he hopes to put in place concrete reforms on this evidence that seems a long way off either bennett r.t. london. our website or two dot com is the place where you can find all of the latest news and analysis and clicking the following. you can we expert opinion that says the west is struggling to keep a brave face as it proceeds with its grab for dominance in the region also online for you right now. russian language it is silenced in the atlanta area as the

majority of voters in the baltic states reject a proposal to give the official status to the language used by about a third of its population. u.s. presidential contender ron paul has warned that america is slipping into a fascist system with a broken government ruled by big business speaking to supporters in kansas city the republican candidate said individual liberties in the us were being stripped away author of shivani says ron paul is the only presidential candidate talking seriously about the erosion of america's civil liberties. right part is the only candidate on the republican side who was talking about this the loss of civil liberties civil libertarian really on that side and ending in legal rights making the connection between imperialism and the loss of rights at home so i think

he was very much on to something and he's the only one you know in the republican presidential contest talking about that i think perhaps he may have a clearer idea than even the occupy wall street people where he is maybe new york's hard core civil liberties i think they're very moment perhaps they're more concerned about economic inequality but actually if you look at these things are completely connected and you know when he talks about fascism and we talked about it is do look at it as an extreme form of class warfare and you know corporations are people with governments you know and the basis for i was talking about was being made throughout the ninety's you know the way on drugs which drug policy talked about a lot more shocking to the word terror which went out into the river on immigrants the rich merchant to the restaurant poor people which is what we've been seeing in the last figure so yes they do have sort of the occupy wall street movement but i think there has yet to be you know. someone making these very clear connections

because in between well right. you have economic injustice grows with the source of terrorism tactics on the part of the state which is not run call cars trucks cars crashes and this really is a terrorist state as well he's talking about. well some of today's news making headlines around the globe for you at this hour. around twenty people have been killed in baghdad after a bomb exploded striking a crowd of recruits outside a police academy no group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast which also saw at least twenty eight others wounded iraq's police are considered to be the weakest element of the country's security forces which are the target of bombings and shootings almost daily. and a prison riot in northern mexico has left at least forty four people dead and the unrest started in the city of when

a group of cell mates took one of the guards hostage the riot then spread to a second block deadly unrest in mexican prisons is common with gangs often attempting joe breaks some thirty one inmates died in january in a riot in the gulf coast city of. moscow's opposition protesters have taken their calls of four fair elections to the capital's central highways hundreds of motorists brandished banners as well as the decorating their cars with white ribbons and balloons the color of the movement the country saw several mass rallies after last december's parliamentary elections which protesters claim were rigged or to seek a peace can off has been following the rally. here we are again on the border bring one of the main francois ought to resolve those stage or demonstration of some. boars decorated with colors found on the sun a good deal ribbons. banners which are muslims white it means the score is taken

forward in a drive around the garden ring and across the city center in support of fear elections a similar draw it was organized only jane resembled thousands of cars gathered for that several thousand supporters of prime minister and presidential candidate why do important to quarter in their drive around the corner and ring on saturday but it's fair to say that this jump in public activity really started following the parliamentary election early in december and since then we've been seeing various rallies marches android's taking place across the entire country including rallies which have been gathering tens of thousands of people so the biggest ones which russia has seen since the early ninety's really and with the presidential election now just around the corner is set to take place on march the fourth it's expected that this activity is only going to increase. in just two weeks russia will be electing a new president and candidates are putting all their effort into winning voter

support with heated discussions controversial t.v. adverts and posters contenders are trying to attract every section of the electorate. now reports. this is the video that's caused the most uproar so far in the presidential campaigns underway in russia in it one of the candidates version of famous for his showmanship and occasional fist fights with fellow parliamentarians claims in regard other times when russia's symbol was a traditional troika with three daring horses and jingle bells this little mantra donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has come to a standstill like the sentiments with less than a month to go the five candidates have plastered the streets with election posters and dazzled viewers with t.v. promos heated discussions on television radio and the internet have become part of everyday life. i don't cause in the race billionaire businessman mikhail prokhorov promises their arrival of a new russia with

a new president known for his height riches and playboy past he's the only new face on russia's political scene formally and a tory as party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the web we're vegeta how you're with all our body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy anything so you can buy your victory to the remaining candidates are a familiar crowd to the voters the unchanging leader of the communist party good ideas are going to present a fresh image with a campaign featuring a mix of faces from the past as well as the present while his rival from the just russia party game it on the it's trying to attract the older generation the only clear favorite in the race prime minister vladimir putin has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face.

on this three politics there are only talk either big meeting. either prop or tin or against porter so if you when he doesn't go to television when he's part of st politics when he's a part of television coverage of his job as prime minister he is there is the only one let's say the only kind that with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there and according to the latest opinion polls the level of putin support keeps on growing across the country despite the wave of opposition protests i think that brought us tend to mobilize his core electorate because when. people like right wing politic politician brought her up are saying that you know

the social benefits should be cut that factories that are in official because that stage would not interfere so much i think that the message that people get across russia is that we should keep putting election day may only be around the corner but this still plenty of time for the other four would be presidents to try and chip away at putin's current lead and while some voters rely on traditional t.v. campaigning others are turning to the internet for some comic relief. and then call himself believe john crow bonhomme of supposedly educate my current hookah has recently become an online sensation with a song praising the virtues of the prime minister all the v.p. by putting his initials. on. my ls and while the jury's out on whether it's propaganda or clever hoax aimed at

discrediting putin the electoral campaign rolls on with more surprises likely along the way. over r.t. moscow. be back with a recap of week's top stories in just a few moments stay with us.

and you're watching our t.v. direct the heart of moscow in the center of the garden this is our what have you with us now a look at the latest stories of the week and a recap of what's going on iran and stop oil sales to british and french companies to head off to use sanctions aimed at curbing tehran's atomic program saudi arabia has stepped in by saying it is prepared to supply the block with extra oil to.

the u.n. general assembly votes to condemn of the assad regime up for the violence in syria while russia and china continue their efforts peace through negotiations this comes amid reports of escalating violence in the country while damascus promises reform. and the greek prime minister flies to brussels for last minute talks to secure a vital one hundred thirty billion euro bailout for his country thousands have taken to the streets of athens to express their anger over french stare the measure . now for some insight into what may be behind the pressure heaped on iran we spoke to brian becker a member of the anti the answer anti-war coalition that interview is up next. thank you for joining us on r.t. thank you but does the united states want from tightening the sanctions i mean.

even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first and foremost it's a manufactured crisis iran is complying with the i.a.e.a. iran does not have a nuclear weapon iran is not threaten its neighbors iran has not started a war with any of its neighbors israel on the other hand has hundreds of nuclear weapons and unlike iran refuses to sign a nuclear nonproliferation treaty does not allow. inspectors into its country so there's not really a nuclear menace or a nuclear danger from iran and so what is the cause what's the cause of the crisis of the artificial crisis the real goal is the united states government has embarked on a course of extreme economic aggression against iran with the hope that by creating economic suffering economic isolation economic misery that part of the population will rise up or become disenfranchised with the government so that the u.s.

can do as it has in history carry out regime change they deny that the us denied that it's trying to carry out there was a change in iran right i mean we have to take that with a very very big grain of salt because we know that since one nine hundred seventy nine the united states refuses to have relations with the islamic republic of iran why is it because iran is a dictatorship well it's actually a democratic government it has democratic features far beyond some of america's most foremost their allies in the middle east such as saudi arabia for instance since one thousand seventy nine iran became an independent government before that between one nine hundred fifty three in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine when the shah was there. the shah acted basically as a proxy or a puppet or a client of the american power and so the u.s. says they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who's watching knows that indeed is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out overt operate covert operations

economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even a like the old saying they are saying to the rest of the world if you dare do business with iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of iran's g.n.p. if you have any business with iran whatsoever you will not have access to american banks to american corporations to the american market this is in fact a blockade something like an economic blockade of iran and by international law in economic blockade is an act of war and so we should understand it just like that so what do you think iran's response is going to be well iran so far has been very prudent even though they said that they would consider closing the strait of hormuz that six mile stretch of the persian arabian gulf where twenty five percent of the

world's oil supply goes through. and even though much was made of that in the western media in fact iran has not done anything to give the u.s. . pretext an excuse a provocation so to speak that would allow the united states or israel to trigger a set of military actions a run i think is also telling its people that we are not panicked the iranian government are not panicked that they're trying to show that they have a serenity and a calmness and a confidence and that they will weather the storm but in fact economic sanctions are taking a bite on the iranian economy right now there is a lot to see about this israeli possible attack specially israeli. possible attack wall street journal says that the u.s. is planning a plan b. said israel attacked i think the israelis try to pretend that iran constitutes an excess stencil threat to israel i don't think that that in fact is the case even

though iran's military has the capability to do great damage to israel in the event of a war even though israel is a nuclear power i think that the israeli government has an a pattern and a practice of invasion and bombing of its neighbors in the middle east it carried out the bombing of iraq's nuclear facility in one thousand nine hundred one even though that was a permitted by international law and subject to spec sions in other words a nuclear program for civilian energy purposes israel came in bombed it they did the same to syria in the last few years and they would like to carry out military strikes against the iranian government the americans don't want that right now even though they they're happy to be have iran in a state of tension they don't really want israel to become the main protagonist with the iranian government by carrying out an unprovoked military strike i mean

i'm talking about the main sectors in the american establishment because that would then present the crisis death struggle between the islamic republic of iran on one side and the israelis regime on the other and in that case iran will be able to mobilize mass support throughout the middle east for it the united states has a different tact they want to keep israel sort of in the background lou mean danger in threatening iran in one way keeping iran in the state of tension perhaps militarily but have the economic sanctions do the bulk of the work by carrying out economic and financial isolation against the iranian government they think in the long term that's the easier way the better way or the more effective way to carry out regime. the u.s. has puzzled over israel's intentions so what if israel does decide to strike iran and this is a u.s. official says it's hard to know what's a bluster and what's not with israelis well i think a lot of this is baloney and nonsense the israelis are the recipient the benefactor

of three billion dollars a year in u.s. military aid if they do something that's completely contrary to what washington wants they will be on the very short end of the stick the israelis are not dominating in dictating u.s. policy in this geo strategically and they are not they have a big influence in washington they have a strong lobby but when it comes to iran or when it comes to iraq the israelis do not tell the united states what to do it's vice versa if israel strikes no if the conflict is presented that way between the islamic republic and israel the people of the middle east will really to the side of iran the assassination of the iranian scientist which rick santorum called half a measure. or john bolton of. the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations the sanctions the tightening of the sanctions the

. coalition that the u.s. is trying to build against iran what is iran going to do to face all of this pressure well iran has certain allies to iran has russia and it has china increasingly it has venezuela and cuba another words those governments in the world in addition of course to syria which has its own problems right now but the countries in the world that don't want the entire world to be dominated by one power the united states of america they recognize that the existence of iran as an independent government is something that is positive meaning that if the united states were were were to be successful in carrying out regime change in iran they would be emboldened to carry out further destabilizing efforts against other powers including russia and china by the way even though there are great powers. so i think that iran has allies and i think iran is trying to show that they can

weather the storm and also that they can rally their population in spite of the fact the divisions that were revealed in two thousand and nine after the elections the presidential elections the iranian people as a whole i don't believe they should be sanctioned the iranian people believe that they have as they do the right to develop nuclear power for peaceful civilian purposes and i think right now the iranian government is trying to weather the storm they're also making it clear that they don't options that they have they have limited options they have limited options and that's the big issue here i think is that. in america right now in the united states nobody feels this issue they don't feel there's a war looming they don't feel the problem of economic sanctions it's the iranians who are feeling it it's the tension the pressure of the economic problems are all one sided this is like a great power the seven hundred pound gorilla who decides to sit wherever it wants

to sit and it can create immense tension and pressure and economic suffering somewhere else without having to endure any political price so that that's the big problem and as a peace activist and as someone who believes in human rights in i think will do will see this more and more in the united states we are starting to concentrate our efforts to expose the fact that the united states government is carrying out through a different set of tactics the same thing that they did in iraq they carried out regime change in iraq not to make iraq more democratic more human rights oriented but to dominate a wreck and i think they they want to do that in iran and we need to have people outside of iran stand up and say iran should not be alone on this that's not presidential elections have any say in what's going on in and what's going to happen with iran and tens of washington. i think the presidential elections in the united states definitely play a role in u.s. policy towards iran that by the way has been the case ever since the iranian

revolution iran has factored into american politics in this case the republican candidates are sort of baiting obama and suggesting that if obama is reelected we will have a nuclear armed iran someday soon well i might do something just to counter their statements because it's an election year i don't think so i think that it's not out of the question that obama could opportunistically up the ante or even escalate tensions or even allow some sort of limited military attack against iran in order to show how tough he is and how why he's not a liberal. or something like that but i don't think so this is a very big project for the pentagon for the cia for the us establishment i think it goes beyond electoral politics and i think the obama administration and the pentagon are having a carefully calibrated approach that won't again with regime change the republicans and democrats share the same objective one is more demagogic we militant against

iran they both share the same objective which is to bring iran back into an american spear of influence and i think the republicans can't move obama that much because obama actually has the backing of the pentagon in terms of this particular approach the pentagon is bogged down in afghanistan they really were pushed out of iraq they have a lot of a lot of military problems a major full scale war right now which could happen even if they don't intend it by people climb the escalation ladder.

designed to keep you close in your own world as a prison. you know usually somebody in there for a couple hours like that in a stress positions. you have this fear of the unknown in this stress sort of building and. i've seen interrogations go on ten twelve hours they chose songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica slayer two songs would be angel of death and raining blood out of me going through war coming up here into iraq the . journey to the body just a rock n roll band it was fitting for the job we were doing. the official location. from the.

video. minefield goals and r.s.s. feeds in the palm of your. home. the latest news and the week's top stories on our team iran stopped oil sales to british and french companies to head off easy sanctions aimed at curbing tehran's tomic program saudi arabia has stepped in by saying it is prepared to supply the blank with extra oil if needed. the u.n. general assembly votes to condemn the assad regime up for the violence in syria while russia and china continue their efforts to broker peace through negotiations this comes amid reports of escalating violence in the country while damascus promises reforms. and the greek prime minister flies to brussels for

a last minute talks to secure a vital one hundred thirty billion euro bailout for his country thousands have taken to the streets of athens to express their anger over the french austerity measures. those are the top stories at this hour dimitri is here next with all the sports news. hello there all the latest from the sporting world on our team in the next eleven minutes or so our top story this hour. the rush to win the european cup here in moscow for the second time in a row. boxing brawl bridge david haye and chisora. press conference is metallic which call retains his w.b.c.

heavyweight title. and his european crown twenty five year old golfer from south africa. about the masters in new delhi. so let's start with boxing where heavyweights world champion metallic leach caus points feature of a british challenger jarrett has been overshadowed by a brawl at the post fight price conference klitschko was celebrating retaining his w.b.c. title with a unanimous points victory over to zorra when the press conference was interrupted by another former heavyweight world champ and david haye. leaving the stage and confronting him bemused klitschko watch on his or claimed he was lost by a hair and then said he would shoot a partridge the last stage swung a try but his trainer adam booth was left with a bloody face german police detained jews or.