the u.n. fails to agree on condemning syria's crackdown on anti-government. no decision at the security council as russia warned said should could lead to even more while he calls on cd to find and punish all those responsible for civilian deaths all the details coming up. as the u.s. rushes in with cash and aid for the arab spring it's washington's main ally israel which could feel the impact if the radical islamists worm their way into power. america's economic brain is coming to a close as the world's top financial body predicts china will snatch the lead in just five years. investors are again attracted to gold as the dollar continues to

weaken but for this story and moment around twenty minutes time. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow. the u.n. has failed to agree on the e.u. proposed statement to condemn syria's brutal crackdown on anti-government protest as russia says the syria situation did not constitute a threat to international peace saying the decision could only provoke more violence. that's going off is following the developments for us. russia china and india do say they are concerned about the violence in syria since according to some reports over four hundred fifty people have been killed throughout the violent protest russia's foreign ministry is calling on moscow's to hold

a full and transparent investigation to find and punish all those responsible for these deaths at the same time russia is saying that no matter how bad the situation there is at the moment it still does not address global security and actually moscow is warning that if the international community wants to intervene into wants happening in syria at the moment all of this could establish the entire region plus there's a lot of uncertainty about what's really going on in a sea since there is speculation that some of the footage of some of the protests may have been fabricated and there's also reports that it's not only the authorities who are using excessive force moscow is saying that all of this really looks like an invitation to take order in a civil war but again a real threat to regional security can arise from outside interference into syria including attempts to push really made solutions and taking sides it's already

becoming increasingly clear that some of the demonstrators both in syria and other countries openly expressing the flute that the deteriorating situation could force the international community to help in such a crozier's lead to a never ending cycle of violence this is a type of invitation to civil war and many analysts are making parallels with the events unfolding in syria and with how it all began in libya and that led to the e.u. a no fly zone was aleutian its aim was to protect civilians but the nato is operation has been going on for over a month and obviously first of all still has not been achieved since every day more civilians are killed and soon some europeans. some said they want to send trainers to help organize of the rebels and some states including britain or even thinking about supplying the rebels with the arms russia is saying all that is not part of the north wind zone resolution in fact there was another one just before that also

only here which banned the supply of oil for weapons to either side in of that conflict and so it seems that the alliance has got itself stuck into a war which also no one knows how long may last so one of the un security council was crossing libya back then to russia and china abstained. passing the no fly zone resolution at this time judging by the statements coming out of these countries it's highly unlikely they will support a similar when it comes to syria. just an investigation into the violence washington is pushing for sanctions the president of the our lawyers association says syria can't be dealt with. six. the rest in both instances don't like the leaders they don't like and they don't like i said

they don't like the regime in both countries however the situation is slightly different locally the regime in syria has some supporters within syria and some support this region and certainly i think the intervention of the west in syria if it's going to go down the same line as it has started in libya i think that would be very disadvantageous to the west and to the security of the region i think it would be. rather than a help even though everybody is claiming that they are stopping the killing but if you if we go down the line of following what we've done in libya. and in the rest of the measures and indeed if we begin to resistance within these countries this is really truly just. more trouble in the region resulting in the west is gunning for iran and gunning for the other regimes in the region in particular syria and i

think the next one is going to be also sudan. has pushed in the arab states could see events spiral out of washington's control groups with radical islamic links lining up to fill the power vacuum which are much less obvious reports the ramifications for america's closest middle east ally could be huge. these gunmen mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher. the egyptian regime like a zionist enemy trying to stop us foreigners and girls are but we always got the weapons we needed to fight the zionist enemy. and now they're getting more than they could give a hopeful but for me gyptian president hosni mubarak's main guy on the borders couldn't be easier to get through to go to the big wins in the. world. who. have much more freedom to do whatever they like. and they doing it smuggling weapons into gaza the result two attacks in three months on

a natural gas pipeline that supplies a quarter of israel's electricity which is why is the u.s. claims it's bringing a new tomorrow to egypt most israelis would rather remember guessed a year the eagerness of the united states to topple the former egyptian president hosni mubarak and bring about regime change and ironically most harmed closest ally in the region israel the u.s. says it wants to establish democracy in the region but instead of democracy is the very real possibility that radical islamic could come to power the u.s. strongly supported the opposition in libya despite al qaeda connections among its ranks now it's apparently governessing support against syrian president bashar assad but the wiki leaks website claiming that washington has been funding some anti-government factions what is afraid that if you go the way the muslim brotherhood can fix it so instead of in freedom would you in syria we're going to

islamist you swapping one dictator for what could be worse if and when radicals come to power their nightly to direct the arms at israel people will be very conscious of the fact that syria is not libya and about that if you do the sides intervene in syria you will have knock on effects across the region in iraq in lebanon. there is israel palestine what every new threat israel might face from an even more hostile arab world emerging from the present instability some experts believe the security of the jewish state is not under any grave threat israel has never been an unsafe place and one of the greatest lies the mother and father of all lies as it relates to the israeli palestine conflict is israel's been in danger of annihilation i detail in the three volumes of my book it is a complete israel's existence has never been danger from any combination of arab military force and that is unlikely to change in any

foreseeable future but the fighters on the ground aren't giving up hope and there are minister warning is that is worse to come. and the moment time of defeat and retreat is over now it's time for the israeli people and the israeli enemy to pay. is always keeping quiet amid the current chaos in the middle east and north africa but behind closed doors will be plenty of disquiet here about how much america's desire to make new friends in the arab world is fueling serious instability policy r t television. still ahead for you this hour here on arts here a new test for russian students when they definitely do not want to get a high score on as they're getting scanned for narcotics. the indians with the cash to flush the new burgeoning generation of middle class earners with an eye on spicing up their lives. leading economists predict americans and

in five years international monetary fund forecasts that after more than a century the world's largest economy the u.s. will provide china as early as two thousand and sixteen teams in four looks at the sun's definitely rising the east. when china wakes it will shake the world sue signa pulliam two centuries ago. but american politicians and economists they would have a little more time to this news but in twenty years ago francis fukuyama declare that economic and political liberalism was the end of history of the markets is really all there is the final and most advanced stage of societal development what i was referring to was really the growth of a kind of universal sense of on the you know the just as justice of the rightness of the principles of liberal democracy that was really very marketable about our world. today the world looks much different

just ten years ago the u.s. economy was three times the size of china but new data released by the international monetary fund shows the chinese overtaking the u.s. by twenty sixteen that's just five years china is a authoritarian but you know half capitalist country growing like gangbusters they can do all these great infrastructure projects a very fashionably high speed rail airports chemical comparison to other u.s. and chinese economy u.s. currency as their basis but using purchasing power parity at the i about physical chinese economy will grow seven. eight trillion dollars over the next five years the u.s. economy on the other hand will only grow three point six showing at this leading to the lowest world economic output by the united states in its history just seventeen point seven percent and some economists say twenty six t. is a conservative estimate in real more realistic terms turning passes a little bit sooner than that but that's only five years and i think this is huge

implications and that it's those new liberal policies such as deregulation and tax breaks for big corporations that have created a huge wealth gap in the u.s. and held american development back tree and you need to. improve. the averages and they say that china's rise flies in the face of fukuyama theory china is definitely a refutation of the idea that you were brought. in as what works i mean here is an economy where the state controls not only the banking system but most of our corporations the control investment which is you know poison as much as a percentage of g.d.p. as it is in the united states. and. synthesis a growing economy and in the history of the world. an economy that has lifted three hundred million chinese out of poverty while the number of americans living in

poverty increased from thirty one point one million to forty three point six million and just the last ten years or so would fukuyama revise this theory it's hard to say i still will bet on a system of checks and balances over a you know you don't get all of your oratory system keelin ford artsy washington d.c. . some foreign policy watchers it's not as though america doesn't have the money it's the world's biggest military spending as analysts tell r.t. other nations are being watched winds up with a catch. i'll give you a stark example. in iraq may have cost we were going to trillion dollars perhaps two trillion dollars we looked at the us a cartoonish except for a string of pieces all over iraq absolutely nothing because the most of the contracts will be exploited by russian and chinese merely japanese companies only take some level less huge chunk of the contract in iraq will be china knew they

were into the many stunt government he cried against pipeline from toothpaste don't western china we're spending a single cent you know where they get it going to get at least thirty percent of their the gas the that act so you but the difference between the first spectrum probably didn't spend every year and it meant that it medal and. the chinese. with aussie life in moscow where it's now or just need a quarter past the hour let's get you through some of the news and features we have online at r.t. dot com and it's a touchy subject for a us beauty queen who claims that opting out of a full body scan with an american airport letter with a pat down that was too close for comfort. and you want to be a millionaire not a genius or russian mathematician who finally revealed why he rejected his million dollar prize for proving a near impossible math theory. were children who are barely and

that's hundreds could face drug tests in russian schools the country has a severe problem with the number of addicts most start their habit at an early age but it's artie's never ports drugs counsellors are that the focus is pointing the wrong way. this moscow student is taking a drug test voluntarily but the freshman president dmitry medvedev has his way hundreds of thousands of students and even school children as young as thirteen will be compulsorily that's the really when you see i do syllable a lot of parents are saying the compulsory drug testing is unethical but i think what's behind their reluctance is an unwillingness to face the problem which prevents their children from receiving proper treatment our country has not dealt with this problem with compulsory drug testing in educational establishments has already been piloted in several russian regional although so far only voluntary

ski's that underage have been approved countrywide field employed by an influx of drugs from a garrulous there it's estimated there are over three million regular illegal drug users in russia most of them under twenty five this by protests and human rights groups fearing this thing with eyes ation of young children by association with drugs officials insist they must start at school. we want to catch people not when they are drug addicts or when they're younger and just try drugs to ascertain whether there might be a potential risk for developing an addiction. their mission has raised questions of not just ethics but effectiveness and there's voluntary rehabilitation center near moscow skepticism about the tests and everything that i don't think it would have changed anything for me when i was in school i wanted to take drugs at the time so we just did towards the end of school i wasn't even hiding my drug usenet much. more there was pretty i am categorically against these tests i remember my own

reaction to them test will alienate and provoking these are making him trust those around him even less also some will cheat and that will give them a sense of invincibility a. psychologist of the third to say the proposal actually don't hear far enough. in this measure will just give us the statistics of who takes drugs not the solution but we're going to kick out all those who fail will those students go or are they going to do to treat them. at the moment there are only one hundred sixty state drug rehabilitation clinics in the cold russia about one for every million of the population hundreds of new ones would have to be built and thousands more addiction specialists trained simply to cope with upsurge of patients identified by the compulsory drug these initiatives called the headlines but now the government has to prove that beyond it has a cogent program that will stop people from trying drugs at the whatever earlier

age and this is something that governments both here and abroad have tried and failed to do before. god see moscow let's check out some other headlines are from around the world this hour severe storms and tornadoes which are hammering the southern united states of planes around one hundred thirty lives in alabama alone we can say there's widespread catastrophic damage with impassable roads and hundreds of homes destroyed a state of emergency has been declared in seven states and several towns reported windows being blown out and roofs being ripped off and many buildings. the two main rival the palestinian organizations have reached a reconciliation deal which will see hamas and fatah form an interim government and fix and election day within a year hamas has been in power in gaza while stuck has been running the west bank for more than four years but israel's prime minister said the palestinian authority can't have both peace with his country and with hamas which is carrying out bombings for several years. security forces have opened fire on

a huge demonstration in the yemeni capital killing twelve and injuring almost two hundred tear gas and live rounds were fired into the crowd with some of the gunman wearing civilian clothes it comes after a deal was reached to end the president saleh rule within thirty days but the pressure protestors want him gone immediately. britain's prince william and kate middleton make a preview waiting appearance at westminster abbey less than two days. before that lavish ceremony the couple were joined by the bride's parents william's brother prince harry and some senior clergy it's expected to be the biggest ever televised wedding with over two billion global he was the last british royal ceremonial the scale of course was our william's father married diana some thirty years ago. well india's economy has seen a considerable boom recent years in the number of those wishing to cash in on the crossfire of years also on the rise as

a fast emerging middle class it was the type of spending is growing with it since previous reports from you to i. tell you all is living the dream age of twenty eight the former investment banker is now running a restaurant and bar in the heart of south delhi then years ago if i were to take me about it from a father would have to. finance it with the funds or more but you. can. put in the past ten years india has experienced enormous change and with it came a new set of hopes for the world's youngest population. market is huge and the opportunity to huge. audiences they can spend money they all star is located inside this small one of around six hundred mega-mall that have sprung up in india within the past decade and it's driven by a good desire to. get a good brand and there's a lot of money. so combine the desire and. is going to get

a big. big today indians can get just about any international brand from hong kong to the u.s. to the u.k. it's access does change the mentality of many to be for ten years the people. already. know but. since is the group is there the globalization is there so people are not thinking in a very different manner india's economy is booming twenty five years ago ninety percent of the population lives on what's going to dollar a day by twenty twenty five forty percent of the population here will be caught the fight is real and with the growing income india being a new culture of consumers and brands from all around the world are ready to cash in on india is a huge country. one point two billion population and so even if everybody spends so it's

a huge sign but despite the success most indians are aware that the country still has a long way to go and while things are moving in a new direction and there is a large portion of the population who is at risk of being left behind in that respect is fighting their way because the rich blood is getting richer and the poor classes are getting poorer but largely middle class indians and especially the young working demographic try to focus on the positive and watch with pride as their country comes of age and is able to achieve a global status they always believed was possible it's the woodpecker for us i mean earlier western good reviews to think population is a burden but now it is even the area the more the people the more the purchasing power the more the mining the more the economic terms power that is difficult for the world to ignore preassure either r t new delhi india. is coming to you live from the heart of moscow not at such a government. business with the tree. hello

and welcome to the business bulletin for this hour russia is suspending the export of petrochemicals in order to tackle the fuel shortage on the domestic market around twenty regions have already suffered from a lack of petrol in recent days the price of high octane gasoline jumped around five percent this month while low octane fuel grew around twenty percent i'm joined now by alexander the savage off gazprom bank for some analysis of what's happening on the market. are you there. el-al entire hello hello yes hello there how you doing there basically what is yeah so basically what is happening now it's the situation is hard with some diesel and. also there from in some regions of russia i would say that the whole russia now you know is completely a run of. bad troll and diesel but actually in some regions this is the sneeze.

i would say really bad the problem is actually that the government has applied the new tax regime for export. oil products so probably now for some oil companies and is more profitable to export these petrol and diesel outside russia russia rather than the selling to domestic retail stations also in force were these export you just a crude oil was provided to very attractive their backs for the crude export so basically the company is also preferred to export crude drive and refine it russian soldier gather with minor regional e.g. states problems turned into some regional deficits or fuel in some russian regions and what do you think the export ban do you think it will help to curb the growth of fuel prices in russia or at least what i cover the shortage is. well

i wouldn't say that actually. would pray hadiths really export of oil products moreover i would say that. large oil companies prefer to export these pilots and fuels because actually they prefer and it's more profitable to them to sell it through old and domestic retail i mean branded wants still as a result of that if the government appreciate it there will ban the export of products from russia i would say it will affect the british war time and would. actually you know have a long term effect a long time to take will be. complete on regulation of domestic russian few market but this is also a problem because i currently high oil prices together with high or taxes leads to a very high prices for fuel at a retail chains and now probably recall to season start it saw the russian

government canada. as well so god could catch twenty two here. it sounds like quite a difficult situation but you don't think it's going to last too long. a story was sorry i'm hearing we may be having some technical difficulties i'm just saying you don't think that the the band were last too long and it may not be too much of an effect in the long term. well i don't think they will first of all i don't think that the ban will really matter as as i told you before but i think if the situation will not change probably the what with the bond will be there until the price started to decrease but i don't think it will be the case in next were to ok well thank you very much for joining us thank you very much. go has extended its run on the back of a declining dollar by by the fears decision to continue to help shore up the u.s.

economy gold is trading at over one thousand five hundred thirty dollars an ounce silver is around forty eight dollars an ounce meanwhile hong kong is going to new trading in gold futures i've been to catch a rising investor interest in may so then europe the markets are mixed the footsie is down just point not point zero not of a percent and the bags is up this hour at a point three nine of a percent. among the top movers door to back up three point four percent on the back of strong quarterly results russian equity markets are mixed this hour the c.s. is trading up a point six four of a percentage point six full visit i should say and my sixes down just point zero two percent that it's turned take a look at some index moves on the my six most energy majors are among the main gain is this our gazprom is up on the news that boosted its net profit by twenty four percent to thirty five billion dollars last year basing analysts estimates by metal is up zero point eight percent after a political three fold increase in net profit last year backing the trend is going

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