that's particularly confusing when you look at the u.n. system. the u.n. essentially does two things. one, the blue helmet group and peace keeping activities, and second, a commitment to development. over the years, that xhiltment to development has included education activities and cently, totally left off the agenda. i can say what is that? well, it was really the reason, if two reasons. united states has blocked for 60 years, the united states has essentially blocked any activities by the u.n. saying that's our sand box. don't get involved in it. we'll control all those issues and they were aided by the saudis in an alliance of others. so it's been very, very difficult politically for the u.n. to try to get any traction at all on the question of energy. kofi annan tried to open a window on energy and do so as rio plus 10 and came out with an agreement to set up an energy office, but not much had happened with that until ban ki-moon came in. surprisingly, ban ki-moon coming out of south korean foreign ministry where people thought he was going to be dipl

the second thing about the u.n. at least in my view sometime at the u.n. does is quite inconsistent with notions of justice were improving global welfare. that's been the work of mine in the past few months. i was very much struck by first the war in kosovo and then the libyan intervention. you may remember in the war in kosovo, president clinton led a coalition of countries to intervene to stop ethnic cleansing in the balkans. the u.n. explicitly did not approve the intervention in kosovo. looking back on it, most everyone would think that the intervention of basically the native coalition into the balkans was a very good thing, both for the balkans and for the world. but under international law as many people currently interpreted, the u.n. has to approve all uses of force in self-defense, international actually becomes a barrier in obstacle to the achievement of improving the welfare of the peoples of the world. one could interpret the charter so it doesn't mean that, which somehow faking traits you or it may be that the u.n. security council system is

at the ceremony, japan's u.n. ambassador kojiro shiojiri said he hoped to get exchanges between the people of japan and the eu. herman van rompuy also attended. he recited his favorite english haiku and dropped it in the box. >> flowering orchards, born again every year, i welcome the blossoms. >> van rompuy said his -- said the poems suit his character as he loves nature and the seasons. he hopes the post box will help increase the number of haiku lovers and deepen ties between japan and the eu. >>> a curator of an art museum in hiroshima solved the mystery. a portrait by the acclaimed dutch painter vincent van gogh hangs on their walls. it has been restored twice and that gives rise to the puzzle. >> reporter: here she sits, the peasant woman, unaware of the mystery that surrounded her. it dealt with the picture's appearance. the museum wanted to know if the restorations had changed the way the picture looks. so it contacted this professor. he and his researchers have experienced examining art works at their lab

the first u.n. monitors arrived in syria following saturday's unanimous security council vote for an observer mission as damascus warns of retaliation if attacks by armed groups continue. under attack the taliban strikes at the presidential palace of western embassies and nato saying it's response for recent actions in killings by u.s. troops. access denied scores of activists from across the globe perceived as a security threat by israel are banned from flying into the country but some do make it in to protests. and the biggest day of the religious calendar for millions of orthodox christians who have been celebrating easter sunday the most spectacular service held in the last. three am in moscow i matras or bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news the first u.n. monitors have just arrived in syria to oversee the tense cease fire sent there after a security council resolution saturday this is damascus warns over tally a ship if attacks by armed groups increase the number of

with claims and counterclaims of violence by both sides the u.n. monitors will surely wrestled with the challenges they had but at least they have syrian steering them on the honor of the shop just ordered another batch of these t. shirts a popular wrestling slogan in syria it is now taking on a whole new meaning with thousands killed because they can see it rising above he is a tall order and. here is many syrians agreed that having impartial international observers on the ground may be the first step in that direction. artsy damascus syria to talk about here tonight let's discuss it with political analysts north gucci's and one of them is adrian always good to have you on the program good to see you tonight let's talk about qatar's reaction first of all this plus to the security council as of morals the u.n. effort to stop the violence is only going to three percent chance of success one of those being so negative. well probably because they would have liked to see our more direct intervention on the part of the u.n. i think many of the countries

damascus to put a price tag on the safety of the u.n. observer mission to syria as the first monitors to get down to business to oversee a prattled cease fire. eighteen hours of finding in kabul security forces regained control on the taliban's massive coordinated assault on the parliament i'm certain embassies and nato headquarters plus. well it was resist to high profile political prisoners following pressure from washington and the e.u. to ease up on the opposition join me for all the details in just a few minutes. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's good to have you with us two pm here in the russian capital one pm in damascus and the how did the u.n. is calling for maximum restraint from the syrian government as its first batch of the bodies observers begin working to oversee a cease fire damascus says it can't guarantee their safety unless the monitors coordinate every step with the authorities it comes as opposition activists claim they're still under attack while the gover

the u.n. is set to send more observers into syria as they try resolution is laid out before the security council with her sister were reports of clashes inside the country. meet news makers and opinion formers right here on our team. coming soon to a screen near you julian our soldiers highly anticipated new program is on its way to our t.v. join me for more in just a moment to find out what the world's most wanted whistleblower has in store. hello and thanks for joining our team we're broadcasting to twenty four hours a day seven days a week russia has expressed regret over north korea's controversial rocket launch but it's calling for restraint and diplomacy as the u.n. security council is preparing for an emergency meeting of what action to take against counting down the launch ended in failure as the rocket plummeted into the sea moments after takeoff south korea japan and the u.s. suspect the north tested an intercontinental ballistic missile something it's banned from doing by u.n. resol

the arab league has said that they will go back to the u.n. security council and ask for immediate action to protect the civilians. the plan is there and it is operating as a parameter. the world powers, including the russians, who were saying that most of the violations have come from the opposition side. the violations have been committed by both. the plan is there as a point of reference and now, the international community will have to come up with some action that is not yet decided. >> what kind of action, do you think? we are hearing about the full force of military intervention. is that something that the international community will agree to? >> it is very hard to imagine the security council will be able to unanimously approved the use of force. the voices in the u.s. are calling for american leadership to give the green light to the turks, to some of the gulf powers, to move a head. this is with the introduction of heavy weapons and possibly to try to build a humanitarian safe zone along the borders. but, just what it will take is s

some place within the u.n. system, largely unesco, which of course we're out of for all the stupid reasons, but we're the keeper of those rules, the u.n. is. and how those rules get change and how we work on them is going to be very important. it's a wonderfully interesting challenge i think for those of us concerned about going back to the first question, what do we mean by sustainability. well, what is sustainability?in resources? how do we really dramatically change our way? we have to change definitions, as you point out. gross domestic product by itself does not help. so we've been talking than for 20 years. but there are now i think institutionally i think that's beginning to change. i'll stop with that. the other questions are great. but that was a good opening. >> and that addressed also the -- >> the first question. >> the planning under pressure question. >> okay. >> not fully. >> let me try. they're really great questions. and of course we are all trying collectively to find answers to some of these

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weigh before the u.n. these organizations operate in ways that are very consistent with tremendous difference to sovereign powers of the state members by having either consensus requirements bear a state, if a single state wants not to be part of some global system that just popped out of a new rule . the rules actually adopted in these organizations, and there are hundreds of them like the international maritime organization i know has set 75 trees. you could call them trees that have been adopted are drafted by expert committees appointed by the individual national governments. maritime experts from the u.s. participating in these very professional out of which the u.s. could of which shows. so i am reminded by your book, the assumptions of very famous law professor from harvard named amanda had sent to the international law community of america just goes well law over. they just loved hudson. the american society of international law has named a price september. hudson went around the world before the f

there was a u.n. declared last year, development over this part of the building process, across the international system. sustainable energy for all includes three basic goals. one, access to sustainable energy for everybody in the world, and wanted by the year 2030. are currently 1.7 billion people who do not have any access to electricity, and two-and-a-half billion u.s. access to really basic fuels and on modern energy sources. the second purpose of the sefa program is to double the rate of efficiency around the world, and the third is to double the rate of penetration of renewable energy around the world. three basic goals, and those will be i think adopted and picked up and become part of the program of action, and one of the major outcomes of rio, and that in turn will be translated into the discussions through the development of the mgd. so it's a very, very important time in terms of the history of the u.n. come a very important time in terms of ban ki-moon's own administration, and a very imp

the u.n. as much as admitting it's being played in syria. the killing stops when u.n. observers goes in and starts up again when they leave. i'll talk to senator john mccain who wants more action to stop the slaughter, next. >>> keeping them honest now. a new reason why night after night we keep bringing you images of the killing in syria. the reason is simple but sad. the fact is it's frankly pathetic. our nightly video shot at great risk by ordinary syrians may be the best way to monitor the cease-fire that bashar al assad agreed to and is breaking day after day. today a spokesman for the u.n. professionals now on the ground in syria, these observers, as much as admitted that his men are just not up to the job. he says there are credible reports and take note at that phrase -- credible reports. that when observers like these guys in the blue bodarmor into places like homs, the killing stops. then when they leave, the killing starts up again. and the people who approach the monitors like you see in the video to talk to them, to try to explain to them the horrors that

syria's ambassador to the u.n. said many of the rebel groups were being back road by other groups. >> every drop of blood is a pity. we are extremely painful with this issue much this is why we declared our approval of the end of violence, because we would like to save our own people. >> the free syrian army say they can't get down to observe the cease-fire. >> i don't believe our forces will stop shooting, because the other side won't stop. if the other side stops, the syrian people would march on the president's pass on the same day. >> the real test of this cease-fire will come in the hours and days ahead. john andrews, bbc news. >> well, some footage has now started emerging by the internet from inside syria today. it is hard to verify, but we understand that this is a demonstration in islip after the cease-fire came in. the protesters are shouting, we answer only to god's command. and these pictures are in the city of homs. you might be able to say, it's claiming to show a sniper taking up position. again, all

. >> u.n. condemnation the security council criticizes north korea's launch of a satellite, using balstic missile technology. u.n. delegates issued some words of warning for leaders in pyongyang. the security council strongly condemned the launch last week of what the north koreans called a rocket. the projectile blew up minutes later over the yellow sea. the u.n. statement underlines suspicions that the goal was to test a ballistic missile. nhk world's ouwidad franco joins us from new york. >> reporter: the 15-member body issued a strongly worded presidential statement. it condemned the country for violating u.n. resolutions banning ballistic missile launches. the statement threatened further action if the country launches another missile or conducts a nuclear test. u.s. ambassador susan rice the current council president, said the statement was adopted with unprecedented speed. >> the swift and unanimous adoption of this strong presidential statent shows that the international community is un

the head of the u.n. says the syrian regime is still cracking down on the opposition despite pledges from damascus to cease military action within days. but the regime claims that terrorist activity has risen sharply as the rebels continue to fund a u.n. brokered peace plan. self declared coup leaders in mali agreed to step down and hand power to civilians after immense pressure from neighboring countries following two weeks of military rule. and critics lash out at the u.s. for trying and sentencing you as adults describing it as cruel and unjust. international news and comment twenty four hours a day this is r.t. the head of the un has severely criticized the syrian government for ongoing violence in the country banking room says next week's cease fire it is no excuse for continued killing not the deadline that's not the very latest from artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer called. greed to the terms of the peace plan and why isn't it matching words with action. well the basis criticism comes

ambassador to the u.n. susan rice this described it as quote a brief positive step obviously implying that the cease fire is not going to hold a maybe not commis rise for too many it's clear that the ball is now in the court of the syrian opposition the last thing we heard from them was that they were going to organize mass demonstrations but we didn't hear much about their plans on engaging in a dialogue with the government take a listen to what the russian ambassador had to say but i'm very concerned that in queues of sort of large gatherings of people the possibility of provocations will be greatly enhanced so instead of instead of. demonstrations there's a new there's must finally formulate their attitude towards political dialogue so far the main point of diplomatic big kringle with syria has been the one sided approach of the us in a number of other countries and i would could always sponsibility in the hands of president assad and would never address the. opposition whereas russia has been the same a

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the u.n. observer mission in syria prepares for massive reinforcement all amid reports of truce violations by both the rebels and government troops. campaigning ends in france just ahead of sunday's presidential polls with voters facing a tough choice at a time of social division unemployment. energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and it's on top of mineral resources the chinese premier one of the nordic states. i know russia travels well beyond the arctic circle to see how toadying and fishing communities there are surviving and apparently thriving. very warm welcome to you this is the life from moscow with me will receive shea the syrian opposition has called for u.n. backed military intervention just ahead of a security council vote on a resolution to send hundreds of observers to the country moscow says the monitors on the ground would ultimately help to promote the cease fire agreement with multiple reports of the truce violated by both sides with the latest in new yor

the u.n. security council votes to sign three hundred observers to syria russia wills nations not to undermine the mission after a big you are says only pressure on their side regime will work. also this hour campaigning and in france ahead of sunday's presidential pull with bush is facing a tough choice at a time of social division under grissom's unemployment. and energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and its untapped mineral resources with the chinese premier on a tour of the nordic state. hello and welcome to our two twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you leadership of iowa thanks for joining us the u.n. security council has unanimously voted on a resolution to send hundreds of observers to syria moscow says it will help promote the u.n. back cease fire agreement with multiple reports of the trees being violated by both sides are she's worried of has more from new york. once again the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution on

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

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

members of the u.n. security council are still figuring out how to respond what's happens in north korea. leaders in pyongyang say they intend to follow through on their promise to launch a rocket on thursday at the earliest. they say it will carry a satellite into space, but representatives of other countries stay they're testing a missile and have demanded the u.n. respond. the u.s. ambassador currently holds the rotating security council chair. susan rice says members agree the launch would be a provocation. >> we think that as a consequence of that, should it occur, the council will need to convene and to respond credibly. >> the north launched a long-range rocket in 2009. the security council adopted a president's statement condemning the act rather than a resolution, which would have been stronger. china holds veto power. u.n. sources say that a chinese representative is likely to oppose any new resolutions. delegates are trying to draw concessions over violence in syria, and political analysts say

u.n. met with and then arrested in thailand in two thousand and eight after twice being found not guilty by thai courts the u.s. reportedly plea dirty by arm twisting thailand into extraditing him to america they're willing to flaunt every international law to get what they want and that means doing all these illegal things in the case of which would extradite in washington kidnap and boot family also called us actions entrapment and kidnapping i could accept the possibility of boots might have some information that might be of interest to someone but why is it that other countries don't just think to themselves that there is someone who has some interest in information and why don't those governments just drive those people onto their territory moscow's request to send him to russia for trial were brushed aside there was no official decision of an extradition russia called boot extradition illegal and question the validity of his conviction one of the main arguments of the defense that th

down the u.n. security council unites in ordering the deployment of a massive observer mission to syria but russia and the u.s. are divided over the details of the move. lots of rain is on high alert to safeguard its normal one gram point which is going on at this point a wave of anti-government protests and a brutal crackdown that's left one death. that began back on the small screen in the world boxes whistleblower joining us on makes his debut as a t.v. host here on our keep stirring up a range of global reaction. in the russian capital you're watching r t r marina josh now it's the day that france decide its future with millions set to vote on a new president right now you're looking at live pictures and a marine le pen is voting there. well this year the polls open to a very disenchanted public for the country suffering grandpa got employment a staring at economic despair posters political turnout will be low with matadors being unable to relate to the candidates on c.n.n. this is a live pictu

come here live from moscow now the u.n. has agreed on a resolution to send three hundred observers to syria to monitor the french troops that moscow's welcome the move but washington warn it may still take action against a mask if it fails to comply with a peace plan we're in a fortnight i reports from new york. once again the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution on syria the most recent one drafted by russia and co-sponsored by eight other countries the resolution calls for and authorizes up to three hundred unarmed u.n. military observers to go to syria and monitor the truce the cease fire that was put in place april twelfth between damascus and the opposition groups this resolution also calls on the syrian government to meet its responsibilities and pledge is called for in the six point peace plan laid out by u.n. joint envoy mr kofi annan on russia of course of believes that this most recent development in syria is a step in the right direction in the meantime the u.s. ambassador to the u

tonight reports of fresh shelling in syria as u.n. observers are set to enter the water on country after a security council resolution grabs them passage. also kabul under attack the presidential palace western embassies that make the bases all hit by a large scale taliban onslaught militants claim it's retaliate should be for u.s. soldiers massacring afghan civilians and burnings of the. access denied of demonstrators viewed as a threat in tel aviv. for an activist someone even is all to hold peaceful demonstrations in support of the palestinian people need a tougher stance on the israeli police join me for more in just a few moments. it is the biggest holiday for millions of orthodox christians who celebrate easter sunday the day they believe marks the resurrection of jesus christ . will welcome for me kevin owen here in moscow tonight it's eleven pm you're watching r.t. in the weekly our round up of the top stories of the last seven days and today a first a mascot says it will respond to increased attacks from arm to gag since repo

well despite officially backing the u.n. plan for a diplomatic solution to the conflict american its allies are providing even more material support to the rebels just a few political analyst no one's name he says efforts to scuttle the cease fire amounting. some parties within the middle east politics trying to sabotage the peace plan that is a range by mr you and i think somebody in qatar and soothe year they're not liking the plan and they want the bloodshed to continue in syria. we have seen and witnessed in the past couple days major rust from other terrorist organization and getting from arab countries into syria and causing all these against the stability of syria and i think. the police should have signed by. the united states. because because these factors are actually causing. the. to continue at this point we don't understand how mr obama would say supplying kind of. different. mostly weapons to the opposition at the same time you want to have peace plan is working at this point. well coming up later in the progra

according to russian ambassador to the u.n. to tell you one russian officer will be part of the group heading to syria the resolution that was adopted also calls on all parties in in syria including the opposition to immediately seize all armed violence in all its forms this is what was the sticking point on friday and why the security council was wasn't able to vote on a resolution friday because according to russia's position the u.s. first drafted resolution made many demands of the syrian government and no explicit demands of the syrian opposition the russian ambassador. vitaly churkin said at this critical junction is very very important for all syrian parties including our opposition to comply with the six point peace plan that was laid out by u.n. special envoy kofi annan on this of course also calls for an immediate cease fire and for an inclusive political process in syria in which the opposition groups and the syrian government engage in a dialogue because the russian ambassador said that moscow from the very beginnin

the u.n. is demanding an immediate end to fighting on sudan's southern border with south sudan seized the town of heglig which is home to around half of sudan's oil production is a plea for forces to withdraw presidential summit to be held tween the conference to resolve the conflict. which is escalating since the pendants last. but it ceased weekend for orthodox worshippers the russian church already has its hands full dealing with punk protesters and doctored photos of its leader and he said no way has more on the damage and destruction. leading up to the most celebrated russian orthodox holiday of the year the church found itself surrounded by scandal and in not so holy hot water. from girl ponders pussy riot who preach their anti couldn't protest in song at christ the savior cathedral to the watch on the patriarchs wrist that was and then wasn't an official website photos the church has been in the spotlight for months and some think it's by no coincidence. are monitoring issues there's a

well obviously the u.n. is trying to implement the peace and the ceasefire but the opposition is actually. planting bombs and it's a bloated and today was a horrific day in syria because explosion had. a lot of casualties a lot of people killed a lot of people injured and there was a lot of destruction and so to be frank with you i think the one thing smuggling still going on yesterday was a major incident where the lebanese forces shipment of arms going into syria was a heavy weapon on it so if you look at the direction of the opposition the countries that support the opposition from turkey to. qatar to the united states those. those forces are not really looking for a peace process in syria they looking for ask elation of the violence as collation of the killing and we witnessed a lot of killing today and that issue it's correctly said by the spokesman of the u.n. that they need a process where everybody here to the principle of the healing and i think at this point. qatar is and turkey's and the united st

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and to do so without the u.n. security council is extraordinarily challenging to put at its least -- to find words of perhaps the least of all the words i could use. so it is very, very important that we recognize when we talk about these ideas, what it is we're actually describing, it doesn't mean i'm asking members to reject them. i'm simply saying we need to understand what it is we're talking about. secondly, the united nations does not have an arm as embargo because they could not get agreement at the security council. we have an arms embargo. the united states have an arms embargo. and we're asking for details on working with the government of cypress and of germany, who are looking into this right now. and of course i will respond with any information that i might have. and thirdly, we are doing everything possible and working as closely as possibly with everybody else to try and get the opposition groups to unite. in my last conversation with kofi annan, this was very much on his mind, how to bring them to

a u.n. observer teams on standby to enter syria to help monitor a fragile cease fire there it's no waiting in approval resolution from security council is more important as more from new york. if the security council are dollops this resolution it essentially gives a green light for up to ten to twelve observers to get on a plane board a plane and go to syria to monitor the cease fire the fragile cease fire that has been put into place according to the spokesman of joint envoy kofi annan on a team of up to two hundred fifty people will eventually make it to syria mr anon through his spokesperson said that the ceasefire has been relatively respected and however syria has yet to comply with all the demands including opening of the humanitarian corridor words that was asked by this six point peace plan from the very beginning indorsed and supported mr anon plan to bring peace to syria following thirteen months of violence russian ambassador to the u.n. for telly churkin did address the media sa

u.n. security council resolutions also raised big fears around the world of why north korea keeps doing this and what might happen, should perfect the long-range missile technology that it needs to then threaten countries like the u.s. >> thanks very much for that. let's stay in seoul, south korea, from where we will speak to the founder of the asia- pacific global research group. obviously, a sigh of relief among south koreans there. what kind of message do you think the north is trying to send? >> i think it is trying to send a message to the international community that it is very serious about being taken seriously. respect is something north korean regime has wanted throughout its entire career, its entire existence. the fact that this missile launch has failed is a deep embarrassment to the north korean regime and its young leader. and how they might react, they may act very aggressively to try to counteract this embarrassment, that will be the issue next. >> and what do you think th

it will be different from the u.n. register as it's created for a different reason based on different premises. the att is aiming to address the fact that there is no overarching international instrument to regulate the international trade conventional arms. once you've conducted responsibly arms transfers of a legitimate enterprise. providing with materials necessary to fulfill the most basic functions of a government. protecting its citizens and enforces national sovereignty. nations have the right to defend themselves. as we all know there's a dark side that can have devastating quipses for peoples and regions. irresponsible transfers support terrorists, enable genocide and create and sustain and compound proliferation nightmares. the att discussions demonstrated a share of objective ill advised arms transfers by a number of countries and organizations. that's why we need an att. to better control some of the worst transfers across international borders. the united states is committed to actively providing a treat t

tutsi gathered at u.n. posts, under the baby blue and white u.n. flag, the peacekeepers leave through one gate and the militia enters through the other. they were so much worse off than if they had not relied on the promise of u.n. protection in the first place. >> were any of the u.n. peacekeepers killed? >> they were, in accordance with the prediction that delair made. guess how many? 10. exactly what he warned on the first day of the genocide on april 7. >> were they macheted? >> initially with gunfire and badly disfigured with ma khetys. >> what's your position on this? should americans expect to have their people sent into a situation like this? soldiers. >> i don't think they have any reason to expect that so far. i think it's important not to make the response to genocide an all or nothing response, meaning i think the tendency of u.s. policymakers is to say we don't want to send our troops into thoseicy places, therefore, let's not call it genocide. let's call it a problem from hell and look away entirely. one of the things i have come to s

police -- a u.n. peace plan and new appeals for cease-fire. >> a chinese politician's weiss is a question over the murder of a british businessman. a go-ahead for a long-range rocket launch. >> we are broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the news. -- around the world. welcome to newsday. america's republicans have been in a bruising fight to choose a candidate against barack obama in november. the battle shrank dramatically, with the exit of rick santorum. mitt romney looks almost certain to be the nominee. >> it has been an arduous road, but we can now say with certainty that this 65-year-old businessmen, mitt romney, will be the republican challenger to barack obama. this was the moment when the race all but ended. rick santorum suspended his campaign and after spending easter in hospital with his sick daughter. >> we made a decision over the weekend that while the presidential race is over for me, and we will suspend our campaign, effective today, we are not done fighting. >> what d

the u.n. resolves to expand its model to mission in syria but despite a unanimous vote in the security council some members are accused of undermining the peace effort. also bahrain hosts a controversial formula one grand prix ending in police to brutally crackdown on demonstrators angry at the regime. and thirty minutes that gripped the global attention of his own interview shown on t.v. this week sparking a range of reaction from praise to hysteria. with a look back at the past seven days top stories in the latest developments this is the weekly party in france presidential election front runners nicolas sarkozy and his main rival socialist francois hollande look to have reached the second round of voting in two weeks time polls suggest one on one the first round by a small margin will get live reaction from france very shortly but first test is following the voting in the french capital. and the big surprise is actually the voter turnout earlier before the actual election at the projections