clinton made a statement about bahrain about the. situation in bahrain and this. one protester was killed you know and show you that there is no impact on the ground we are a victim and bahrain because we live in a country they condemn the violence committed by the bahraini government against the peaceful to put the sword and beheading but that is still continuing for decades bahrain has been one of washington's closest allies in the gulf its naval base houses the u.s. fifth fleet and six thousand troops in a seemingly irreversible decision made decades ago despite a growing anti-american mood among some of bahrain's neighbors. anything happens the bushehr plant or any of the other plants that there are allegations of a nuclear weapon being built we are very close to all of those sites and we have to make the right decision in preventing any kind of catastrophe coming here we are all are not capable of doing that and that's why we turn to our friends and allies and officials firmly deny that washington plays a decisive role in preventing any revolution happening i

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. where she might have been executed on wednesday that one knows because the deadline set by the syrian rebels to receive ransom for a captive ukrainian journalist has passed without word on what's happened civilians and the media are increasingly being caught in the crossfire of the twenty one month old conflict with rebels and the government trading fresh accusations of atrocities our middle east correspondent paula slayer explains. there is growing concern as to the fate of a ukrainian journalist. who was taken captive by syrian rebels two months ago in october now a second deadline has no hostile output ransom being paid what the rebel group holding who is asking for is some fifty million dollars they've accusing her of being a russian and a syrian spy and they've already released some two you tube videos in which she does appear it was an earlier deadline that was extended to wayne's day but as i say this has passed we are hearing from the ukrainian foreign ministry that it is on i

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. well moving on to syria now moscow claims there is no evidence that the government in damascus will use chemical weapons adding that it believes the biggest threat to the country is have. militants get their hands on the arsenal this comes after a video was released last week of an alleged rebel fighter threatening loyalists with chemical weapons the source of that video has unconfirmed meanwhile activists say forty five people were killed in syria on sunday with battles raging in the capital damascus and in aleppo rebel groups are also uniting under one military command and in the latest western supported efforts to topple the assad regime we spoke to a political activist who says rebel militias could stage a chemical attack to discredit the government and in his opinion pave the way for military intervention. the danger is that the west is aware of such materials in syria but at the same time it's going to be used against the syrian government as a pretext for intervention united st

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. now similar to what's going on in syria somebody raney's are struggling to topple a leader who is desperate to keep control of the country as a result peaceful protesters are being hunted down arrested interrogated tortured and even murdered here now to look further into the conflict in bahrain as well as the international response is r.t. arabic correspondent rima dia every muscle let's start off by talking about what's going on in bahrain and more importantly why are we not hearing about it a lot of the reason or the main reason why we're not hearing about what's going on in bahrain is because the media decides to ignore what's going on in bahrain and when i say the media it's not just the foreign media it's also a lot of the arab media as well what's going on in bahrain is basically another spring that people in that country thought that they were having just like other neighboring countries but for their dismay their coals did not reach any ears in the arab world and in the intern

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. the western warnings are circling over syria's chemical weapons but israel is going to worry on its mind as well that that arsenal could get into the hands of hezbollah for israel such arms being controlled by what it considers to be a terrorist group would be a red line markers papadopoulos editor of politics first magazine told us it's considered not groundless either. there's a very strong possibility that these syrian militants could very well acquire chemical weapons which of course would be catastrophic not just for syria but for the entire region it might be an inconvenient truth to many was western politicians but of course the islamists in syria who are largely representative of the militants they wouldn't hesitate to use them against syria's minorities and they certainly wouldn't hesitate to use them against israel so there is that very important to stop the flow of the constant flow of weapons and cash into syria by certain western states eleven turkey going to saudi arabia

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. so now we're just turning ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital and after stepping on the road to recovery of the u.k. is preparing to begin the new year recession free however in the northeast part of the country one of britain's poorest areas the financial downturn and widespread unemployment has had a potentially devastating effect on people's mental health and now according to a recent report the region has almost three times the rate of self harm and attempted suicide as that of london. reports as he'll saying interesting days it's no it's a bit of light in some of the nation's other major cities recessions hit the case hard it's been in the northeast but it's been felt particularly acutely. that is right. here i mean you know the very people who are living on the poverty line trade union leaders furious with the government's decision to close sunderland's rent a factory it's a government venture that began back in the nine hundred forty s. to provide employment t

and the ruling regime and the opposition in bahrain say they're ready to sit at the negotiating table many believe their divisions run too deep to end the twenty mark that rising. on air and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. the european union's three presidents have received this year's nobel peace prize and the half of the group has been given to commend the e.u. for fostering peace not everyone agrees hundreds marched to the norwegian capital in protest over why many believe the e.u. doesn't deserve the prize and why the whole nobel institution may need to rethink. your level. one day eleven a day will not be deterred. by the content of back. the one that can be probably would have become laureate to some senators however the nobel peace prize is only awarded to a living person this is when a test search criteria especially when it comes to finances the announcement the european union was to pick up the twenty twelve gongs sparked heated debate the award was being discredited particularly to be outraged. who's picked it up recently well to be frank inside the united state

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. the chief of ceres military police is abandon the regime and fled to turkey in the latest high profile defection of the conflict this comes as the syrian government blames terrorists dozens of civilians in the country's north on wednesday the opposition earlier claim the deaths resulted from shelling by assad loyalists artie's paula slayer as more one of the main groups to come to the fore is a u.k. based activist group known as the syrian observateur for human rights the pictures are currently what missing are pictures that they are distributing on you tube they cannot be verified at the point has been made by the russian foreign ministry that this is a group that relies on some two people and so these kind of reports need to be taken with a bunch of salt and we constantly hear reports coming out of syria with. of perpetrating calamities indeed what we've witnessing happening in syria is a media war is a misinformation more that is increasingly difficult to verify been hearing now fo

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. let your imagination run wild the animator behind brought verses like war the matter to the deed had he set himself the task of creating a new superhero every day of the year some save his creations on a web page and also there is a case of another day another scandal this twelve million euros from the tourism industry goes missing in greece and this is when the country needs it most so find out who is to blame at r.t. dot com. with two days to go until america plunges off the fiscal cliff there is still no deal in sight between entrenched republicans and democrats millions of americans stand to see their taxes go up dramatically in two days' time but the sticking point holding up negotiations are the rates for the rich republicans have rejected any deal that would see those taxes rise while the democrats insist on the wealthy paying a little more investment advisor patrick young says the u.s. is heading towards further recession if it can't curb its spending. i'm really worried going

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. the militant group hamas will not give up an inch of palestinian territories that's according to the organization's political leader khalid meshaal speaking on his last day of the trip to gaza he also slammed israel for the occupation of palestinian territory and refused to recognize the country's legitimacy israel responded that it would never unilaterally withdraw from the west bank saying that this would undermine its security of the country criticize the recent u.n. vote upgrading the diplomatic status of palestinians and devout to keep on building new settlements which are considered illegal under international law journalist to get in levy weighs in on the standoff. the israeli public will be in it doesn't seem to be. very troubled by the un resolution and by the fact that the israel saw. the government is known as the united states school to support and to back. the. less be. the the state in the last vote in the un but still. use the europeans supporting basically supporting i

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. the militant group hamas has vowed not to give up an inch of palestinian territories that's what the organization's a political leader khaled mashal said on his. last day of his historic trip to gaza he also slammed israel for the occupation of palestinian lands and refused to recognize the country's legitimacy israel responded it would never unilaterally withdraw from the west bank saying that that would create yet another area from which palestinians could launch rockets over its border the country criticised the recent un vote that upgraded the diplomatic status of palestinians and vowed to keep on building new settlements which are considered illegal internationally journalist gideon levy says the situation won't change as long as the u.s. continues to back israel. please really probably. it doesn't seem to be. very troubled at the by the un resolution and by the fact that these were all saw isolated there and also about the government is known as the united states school to suppo

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. the single pictures that they are distributing on you tube they cannot be verified or the point has been made by the russian foreign ministry that this was a group that relies on some two people and so these kind of reports need to be taken with a pinch of salt and we constantly hear reports coming its side accusing the other of perpetrating calamities indeed what we've witnessing happening in syria is a media war is a misinformation more that is increasingly difficult to verify been hearing now for several days the rebel fighters in syria claiming that assad's forces are using chemical weapons on them what they saying is that the injuries that civilians are coming forward with injuries that do point to some kind of exposure to a poisonous gas that they're consistent with those kind of injuries the fact is though that they need to be a lot of question marks around this now we all know that israel is no friend of syria but we are hearing from the israeli vice prime minister who was cas

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. there's unrest in the markets softer italy's technocrat prime minister mario monti announced his plans to leave but the former pm silvio berlusconi's thrown his hat. to the ring as well again after he withdrew his party's support for the government but he says i'll go after next year's budget impasse which could see it election in february earlier than expected elsewhere the greek prime minister is trying to secure more support from germany's wealthy and conservative region of barbaria earlier credit has agreed to prop greece up with another forty four billion euro script attorney george felos believes real solutions though are still a long way off. so most cause me to stone walling says listen you soon. but unfortunately. and now and in that interview it didn't it isn't easy to go. comes from greece does that you're going to example even to be the only of the international monetary fund because according to the assets they know. but of course it's really easy for these mature to so s

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. or the western warnings are circling over syria's chemical weapons but many nearby israel has another worry on its mind and he also could get in the hands of hezbollah for israel such arms getting being controlled by what it considers to be a terrorist group would be a red line but countries agents are said to be operating in syria to track and possibly some atar stocks. well concerns over arsenal recently reached a critical level in the syrian government insists it won't use them on its own citizens damascus is thought to have gone when weapons components in those in them into delivery systems. political activist. says the main threat is not from the syrian government but the possibility of their own people getting hold of the weapons and. the danger is that the the west is aware of such materials in syria but at the same time it's going to be used against the syrian government as a pretext for intervention united states has recently started listing parts of the syrian armed oppositi

in bahrain, an unresolved conflict. >> bahrain is an old ally of the west. its rulers say they are doing all the can to perform the country. even the united states once they are moving too slowly, and could fragment. the police took us on patrol to see the violent side of an intractable political battle about the country's future. >> mostly teenagers. they are pushed by higher leaders. >> demonstrators opposed videos on youtube of what they do. the police said there was fun, using only -- police said they used force only to protect civilians. but we went to a protest about what they said were punitive and violent police raids. one of the demonstrators is still waiting to have dozens of shotgun pellets removed from what he said was the police attack and weeks ago. >> we want only freedom. we will come back and back and back. we want freedom. >> these people are shia muslims, the majority in bahrain. they are calling for the downfall of the king. like most of the ruling class, he is sunni muslim. the children reacted fastest when the police moved in. in the sh

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. and online for you right now video clamp down in iran which is it's a sharing website to challenge you to keep updating their websites content in. procrit. also online moscow prepares to approve of this stuff americans accused of human rights violations response to washington's magnitsky bill using russians on the same. there's an arrest on the market so after italy's that technocrat prime minister mario monti announced his plans to leave former pm so they are both scary has thrown his hat into the ring again after he withdrew his party's support for the government and monti says he'll go after next year's budget is passed which could see an election in february which is expected once where the greek prime minister is trying to secure more support from germany's a wealthy and conservative region of the very early at greece's creditors agreed to prop it up with another forty four billion euros greek attorney all of afghanistan means real solutions are still a long way off. so most guys

and the regime and the opposition in bahrain say they're ready to sit at the negotiating table but many believe the divisions run just too deep to end twenty. three good morning for me kevin i would hear the new scent of the smalling if you just joined this our top story the european union is three presidents have received this year's nobel peace prize on behalf of the group it's been given to commend the e.u. for fostering peace but not everyone agrees hundreds marched through the norwegian capital in protest peter all of it looks at why many believe the e.u. doesn't deserve the prize while the whole nobel institution may no need to rethink . mark or little children. will one day live in a nation where they will not be deterred. by the content of their character. the one it can be probably would have become a laureate to the home. however the nobel peace prize is only awarded to a living person but this is when a test such trying especially when it comes to finances the announcement the european union was to pick up the twenty twelve gongs sparked a heated debate the award was being di

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. on the way there's no letup in cairo as the egyptian opposition stands firm in its demands despite a major concessions from the embattled president. details off this short break. the news a secret laboratory to mccurdy was able to build a new its most sophisticated robots which fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and we're going this is why you should care only dot com. welcome to the. science technology innovation all the least of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our. choose your language. because we know if. someone. chooses to use the consensus here. seems to opinions that invigorating to. choose the stories that in high school life choose access to. years of. destruction to see

on bahrain, the thing to remember -- again, i was in bahrain this year, and one of the issues, again, that stood out, clearly there's some genuine grievances on the ground, and i heard officials refer to that. there are things that needs to be done on the ground. when the iranian danger comes in there's a vacuum. whenever iran has really succeeded on a regional level has been where there's a vacuum. we saw that in lebanon in the '80s. that's what the iranians are very good at, to come in and fill vacuums. an important thing for the united states is the opposition in bahrain don't feel the need that there's only iran to turn to. united states, i think, can play an important role in that regard. >> yes, mr. meeks, i think you're correct that the conflicts create vulnerability to the countries for iranian influence, for russian influence. and for precisely this reason, the normalization between turkey and armenia has to take place in a greater regional context. meaning if you just look at turkey/armenia and you say, okay, fine, they trade, yes, there can be many benefits. but we have to

reporting from the kingdom of bahrain. on the way there is no let up in colorado as the gyptian opposition stands for what it's about despite concessions from the president or the. looters that takes your breath away a few tourists travel to these paul it's no prepackaged confort but the joy of the wild is guaranteed if gagne's a zoology professor he works in the u.s. and travels to these remote areas in washington every summer as he says he confines untouched landscapes like this anywhere else in the world we're going off the list below sea line if i go wrong the wrong and surprise you will go straight to the water and so we did. one animal whose par you definitely wouldn't want to shake here is the brown bear you can literally spot agrees the here by every small river. where the bears are fishing but they have a very concise as well to be able to see that we have to keep an eye a wind direction and the distance between them and also told that could be dangerous so we're going just a shell but the record. and quietly went

egypt is on tenterhooks way if we're going to go back to bahrain first of all leaving bahraini human rights activist now bill roger how does prison term cut from three to two years russia has been imprisoned since august on charges of organizing illegal gatherings inciting violence the activists lawyer was demanding his release uprising in bahrain has been ongoing for almost two years now the shia majority demanding democratic reform from the sunni ruling family let's discuss this if we can with you political analyst patrick henningsen thanks for joining us here on r.t. today bahrain is under international pressure isn't it to stop the persecution of political activists or could the reduction of sentence be any kind of sign that the regime is starting to listen. any anything that the regime is going to give way on will be a positive thing in my opinion a lot of this pressure has come to bear because of the amendment which was just passed in the states which was an amendment to the m.t.a. the national defense authorization act it's inferring that washington should now have to react to

the opposition in bahrain pledge talks without preconditions ahead of what appears to be a crackdown on dissent. and egypt faces more opposition protests and a boycott of the draft constitution despite the president giving up his recently extended powers. thanks for tuning in to our t. this afternoon i'm lucy catherine of the let's get to our straight top story now three presidents of the european union's main bodies are due to assert the nobel peace prize at a grand ceremony and also but even before the prize was handed out hundreds have marched to the center of the norwegian capital in protest this came on the heels of several previous winners issuing an open letter to the noble foundation claiming that the e.u. does not deserve the award as artie's peter all are found out these aren't the only issues undermining the credibility of the prize. remark or little children. will one day live in a marriage from a web a will not be deterred by that quote about them but by the content of our current our our time the one that can be probably good if you come from some silly. however the nob

activists have their sentences slashed in bahrain but human rights campaigners is still unhappy as we investigate why the kingdom hasn't been able to stop anti raging protests after almost two years of unrest. plus the syrian government suffers a further setback as another high profile figure the effects this as the regime and rebel trade accusations over the shelling of civilians. and you cable to paris for a recession free here in the northeast of the country the financial dealings taking its toll on people's health and their patients with the government. welcome you watching r.t. here live from moscow with may. so our top story bahrain has cut prison sentences for dozens of pro-reform demonstrators that took part in mass rallies