the international community comes to a unable to agree on how to stop syria's bloody crackdown on protesters. no decision at the u.n. security council as russia says send troops could create even more violence and calls on syria to find and punish those responsible for its. support for movements in the middle east and north africa could be backfiring on its biggest ally israel is actually boosting radical islam. with millions of. compulsory in schools but critics say the government should be

focusing on effective rehabilitation instead. news. program. plans to condemn syria's brutal crackdown on protesters saying there are no grounds for international interference . european nations of call for strong measures if the us rejects appeals to end the violence let's get more details on this developing situation across. russia. what do you have for us. russia china are strongly criticizing the violence in syria since according to some reports over five hundred people have been killed through. these violent protests but russia is saying that this is still not enough

threat to global security in fact if the international community was to intervene that's could give way to even more violence and the stamina wise the entire region even more the russian foreign ministry is calling on a syria to find and punish all those responsible for civilian deaths but there's a lot of uncertainty on what's really going on in syria because first of all foreign media is not allowed there's a lot of speculation that some footage from some of the protests may have been fabricated and reports that it's not only the authorities who are using the excessive force but the protesters as well so russia at the moment is saying all of this looks like an imitation to take war in a civil war which no one knows how long may last. year who was a young man in our view outside interference in syria could be a real threat to regional security that includes attempts to push really made

solutions or take sides it's becoming increasingly clear that some of the protesters in syria and elsewhere are hoping that an escalation of events will force international community to step in and take their side if you will such an approach provokes a never ending cycle of violence and is virtually an invitation to civil war. now you know if the same western powers that are already on the forefront didn't campaign and are calling for more pressure on syria is a possible another no fly zone resolution could be a threat. many analysts are already making a lot of comparisons between was truly unfolding in syria and between how it all started in libya because it also began with violent protests then this issue was taken up to the u.n. security council it voted on the no fly zone resolution that has been in force for well over a month now but the alternate grewal which is to protect civilians still has not

been a cheve more civilians are killed each day and according to the rebels were ten thousand people lost their lives throughout the entire conflict and also now with the with the with the west saying that they cannot ensure the safety off ordinary libyans until gaddafi is in power and this is raising a lot of questions if he himself is now a target too since the alliance who did target got out these compounds several times and also with some western powers sending their trainers to help organize the rebels and even thinking about supplying them with weapons the united states says that it sent twenty five million dollars worth of weight it's not clear what sort of it is it was sort of equipment is this russia is saying all this is far beyond the u.n. mandate when it comes to libya so back then if russia and china abstained during the vote of just passing the no fly zone resolution on libya if

a similar discussion takes place on syria it's highly unlikely they'll do the same all right how do you get this one off thank you. talk about the political analyst. joins us live to talk more about this subject of syria. so the u.n. security council is deeply divided in condemning syria but with reports now of a. about five hundred people dead but why the change of heart do you think when they showed such unity for the intervention in libya. well i think in the situation of the syria they had to change to choose between bad and worse and indeed syria is located is a much more sensitive region there are a lot of security. like to see here and then secondly the international community here the nato. powers only. clearly straight

with the alteration going on in libya and there is already causing some international concern and objections so that's why i guess there is no clear willingness on the part of even the most enthusiastic nations to intervene into the syrian it certainly doesn't seem that we're seeing certain levels of division among the u.n. members that now russia abstained from the original u.n. resolution on libya but has been quite outspoken that nato has overstepped its bounds there now moscow says that the syrian conflict does not pose a threat to international peace tell us what is what is russia's true position here . well i don't think we need to overstate russia's objections in this particular situation there was a group of countries that called for exactly aeration can then link syrian authorities and calling for. you know internal peace in syria but having said that

. i think we need to say there were also countries that were more as vocal supporters of action against the syrian government as those enthusiastic nations and i think the united states was actually part of their group and then russia was part of the group that said there's no clear danger there's no be a threat to national security so we need not to intervene in this particular situation so i don't think there was a reason to see any deep divisions among u.n. security council members or certainly seems as one council members are not as united as they were when it came to the issue of libya but right now you know they're trying to pass an official condemnation against syria if and when that eventually does get past if it is passed could be the next step to implementing another u.n. resolution like the one nine seven three for the no fly zone that ultimately ended up with nato and western a military intervention could we see that in syria. well at this stage i

think it's very doubtful that even in the nation of the syrian government's efforts to quash then rest could actually lead to air resolution asking the united nations to intervene to stop the facilities in syria i think the limits of their kind of option were demonstrated yesterday when there was disagreement even on the initial declaration that had to be adopted and then mostly so i don't think the international community is proceeding towards. u.n. resolution the u.n. security council resolution on iraq and signed looking around for years now and now to the blood on the streets in syria particularly in the city of daraa where the protests against the assad regime began six weeks ago is now under siege reports of just more people die every day. now with the idea of sanctions coming out of

washington if sanctions are not the way out what can the international community do to save lives or is it not it's business in the first place. well it is it is. part of the business internationally community to try and restore a journal piece in places like syria but then you know again the syrian government also has to choose between bad and worse. do you really have you run out of options there's not prizing unfold in your country. as for the reaction i think sanctions can be effective even unilateral sanctions undertaken by the united states or european powers could actually. lead the syrian government needs to exercise restraint when you're saying science should assign she's going to syrian government could work but would sanctions work at all in quelling what we see tens of thousands of people having violent protests how the

sanctions be effective against that. well i had some stage you know the government may see there is no benefit to continue doing what it's doing and maybe seats time to leave there's a large enough group of citizens that wants the government to leave however of course the syrian case you need to make sure there's a large enough group of citizens that really want the government to leave but i do think sanctions can be painful against governments such as syria libya. as we have seen so far so regardless whether or not our sanctions can actually work syria's president the president has offered some major changes to the nation sacking a parliament lifting the half a century old state of emergency the protesters there would still not satisfied regardless of the international community regardless of possible sanctions what can

the regime do at this point to cool the situation do you think. well i think the regime again the options. you can the polish the emergency law. you can try just you see government officials you can dry promising reforms in the future or you can even start them right away but i mean if the momentum is there if the rising is there regardless of what fuels the uprising i don't think the government has. to try and quell this uprising and there you get the current stalemate where the international community tries to fly some pressure tries to stand by and see. the end i think that's going to be decided by the correlation of forces in. the

syrian government board on one hand and the rebels on the other certainly a very fragile situation that we. thank you. my brother wave of islamic inspired uprising sweeping the arab world is alarming of the region's only muslim power israel washington's behind the scenes efforts to support democracy in the region may actually be fueling a rise in extremist and israeli movements. has more. these gunmen mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher yanni at leas years the egyptian regime like a zionist enemy trying to stop us for ages 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 before me gyptian president hosni mubarak's men gone the borders couldn't be easier to get through to bigger goodwin's. worlds all smuggled.

who. have much more freedom to do whatever they like. and they're 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 us claims it's bringing a new tomorrow to egypt most israelis would rather remember yesterday year the eagerness of the united states to topple the former egyptian president hosni mubarak and bring about regime change and i want to meet most harm the closest ally in the region israel the u.s. says it wants to establish democracy in the region but instead of democracy there is a very real possibility that radical islamic country power the u.s. strongly supported the opposition in libya despite al qaeda connections among its friends now it apparently garvan eyes in supporting syrian president bashar assad with the wiki leaks website claiming that washington has been funding some anti-government factions what is afraid that if he goes away the muslim brotherhood

into exile so instead of in freedom would you in syria we're going to work. for you swapping one dictator for what could be worse if and when radicals come to power they likely to direct the arms at israel people will be very conscious of the fact that syria is not rubia and the fact that if you do decide to intervene in syria you will have knock on effects across the region in iraq in lebanon. there is raw palestine what every new through it is on my face from an even more hostile arab world emerging from the president stability 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 palestinian conflict is israel's premium danger of annihilation i detail in the three volumes of my book it is

a complete israel's existence is never ever been in danger 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 they are minister warning is that is worse to come. and a time of defeat and retreat is over now it's time for the israeli people and the israeli enemy to. israel is keeping quiet amid the current chaos in the middle east and north africa put behind closed doors they'll 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. lot in caught up with veteran middle east reporter alan hart for his insight on events rather the arab world or you can watch the full interview in about fifteen minutes time here on artsy. well russia is suspending the export of petrochemicals in order to tackle the fuel shortage on the

domestic market let's get more details on this now of course a lot of business that's going to speak to careen in here and started treating. the robot voice of the world's biggest energy exporter struggling to supply domestic natural growth worry it's due to global oil prices being so high and russian oil companies are finding it more profitable obviously to sell their products abroad but at the moment russia has for the time being put a suspension on the export of all products as part of a plan to rectify the fuel shortages that we've been experiencing here in russia over the past few days around twenty regions have suffered from a lack of petrol of the recent days and the price of high octane gasoline which rise around five percent this month but also low octane fuel growing around twenty percent hasn't really helped this as part of the climb to rectify this so prime minister putin has also called for high export taxes on oil products to try and steam these shortages the good news there is that part of this plan involves some compensation the oil producers here in russia in terms of lower excises and

extraction texas join me for the full business bulletin in around ten minutes time . so you don't thanks very much. while still ahead for you this hour here on our changing face of india they have a caution they want. when you class of big spenders with an appetite for all things global. children in russia even those barely in their teens could soon face drug tests in schools the country has a severe problem with the estimated number of addicts that over three million are most starting that have it an early age but as you go to reports drug counselors i worry that the focus is in the wrong place. in this mosque a student is taking a drug test voluntarily but their 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. usual a lot of parents are saying the compulsory drug testing is unethical but i think what's behind our lot in is an unwillingness to face the problem with prevents the ensuring from receiving proper treatment our country has not dealt with this problem compulsory drug testing an education establishment has already been pilot in several russian regionals although so far only one treats he's got it and the range has been improved country wide field employed by an influx of drugs to afghanistan it's estimated there are over three million regular illegal drug users in russia most of them under twenty five this by protests from human rights groups fearing this thing with eyes ation of young children by association with drugs officialdom says this thing must start at school. we want to catch people not when they are drug addicts but when they're younger and not just try drugs to ascertain whether there might be a potential risk for developing an addiction. their niche that has raised questions

of not just ethics but defectiveness and there's no entry rehabilitation center near moscow skepticism about the tests if you 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 use that much. more the us being i am categorically against these tests i remember my own reaction to the test will ilya nate provoke a user making him trust those around him even less also some will cheat and that will give them a sense of invincibility. psychologist but it's time to say the proposal actually don't go far enough a little more thought this measure will just give us the statistics of who takes drugs not the solution are they going to kick out all those who fail we will those students go what are they going to do to treat them. at the moment there are only one hundred sixty state sponsored drug rehabilitation clinics in little russia

worth one for every million of the population hundreds of new ones will have to be built at their own small addiction specialist strain simply to cope with an upsurge of patients i don't find where you can post. these initiatives have called the headlines but now the government has to prove that beyond them it has a cogent program to pull stop people from trying drugs ever earlier age and this is something that governments both here and abroad have tried and failed to do before either are no party moscow. to be are coming to life in the heart of the russian capital you with r t let's check out some other international news in brief for you this hour there are reports of a massive explosion in morocco with the least ten people reported dead the blast occurred at a cafe in marrakesh in the main square which is a tourist hot spot the cause of the blast is being investigated but it's probably unrelated to terrorism as according to the local media meantime rescue workers are pulling casualties from the rubble. the number killed by storms sweeping across the

southern states of the u.s. has risen to one hundred seventy eight as a structure got major next several towns and alabama where most of the victims were dozens of roads are impassable hundreds of homes destroyed and power lines are down a state of emergency has been declared in alabama arkansas and tennessee the number of dead could rise with more victims thought to be trapped under rubble. at least five people were killed over a dozen injured in the pakistani city of karachi when a roadside bomb hit a bus carrying a navy personnel this is the third such attack in the last few days with two navy buses targeted on tuesday it wasn't immediately clear who was behind the latest attack but the taliban claim the other two runs were its work. security experts say the navy was seen as a soft target with a less effective protection and it could be poor. a new militant structure. over spending power of the huge indian population is literally shifting the center of

global influence the emerging middle class formed by an economic boom has developed an appetite for the finer things in life and that's opened the door for a wave of entrepreneurs press freedom as the story. 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 look at it from a father would have to. of an ounce of the fine some opportunity 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 the market is huge and the opportunity to. bring money tales far is located inside this small one of around six hundred magnum models that have sprung up in india within the past decade. the desire to. get in

and there's a lot of money. both combined could desire and. is going to get a big. today indians can get just about any international brand from hong kong to the u.s. to the u.k. it's access that is change the mentality of many to. ten years of people thinking little bit. says the group is the globalization is there so people are thinking in a very different manner india's economy is booming twenty five years ago ninety percent of the population live on less than a dollar a day by twenty twenty five forty percent of the population here will be classified as middle class and with a growing income india's being a new culture of consumerism and brands from around the world are ready to cash in on india is

a huge country. one point two billion. and so even if everybody's friends i don't be so it's a huge sum 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 the spade is widening the. rich closet in the region. 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 be and is able to achieve a global status they always believed was possible it's like a free woodpecker for us from an earlier western to use to think pollution is a burden but now it is even the area lazing that the more the people the more the pictures in both of them or the mind the more the economic times power that is difficult for the world to ignore preassure either r t new delhi india.

to look at the latest business news with trade. thanks rory 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 several regions have suffered from a lack of petrol in recent days alexander the as ever of gazprom bank explains what's happening in the market. the problem is that the government has acquired the new tax regime for export. oil products so probably now for some oil companies it is more profitable to export these petrol diesel outside russia to russia rather than a seller to domestic retail stations also to force more of these year export duties from crude oil was provided to very attractive their bags for their crude

exports so basically all companies also prefer to export crude rather than a recliner that russian soldier gather with minor regional e.g. states although it turned into some regional deficits or fuel in some russian reserves. gold has extended its run on the back of a declining dollar by the face decision to continue to help push to shore up the us economy gold is trying to get over one thousand five hundred twenty seven dollars an ounce silver is around forty eight dollars an ounce meanwhile hong kong is going to be trading in gold futures hoping to catch a rising investor interest in the metal. in europe the markets are mixed the footsie has reversed trading in negative into negative is now trading i'm sorry in negative territory but gemini's dax is ending point zero percent this hour among the top movers deutsche bank is up three point four percent on the back of strong quarterly results. russian equity markets are mixed this hour the r.t.s.

is trading up a point three zero percent and the my six down point three five of a cent. let's take a look at an index move is on the my six now most energy name is matt majors sorry out trading in the red this out gazprom is down two point three percent despite news that boosted its net profit by twenty four percent to thirty five billion dollars last year baiting analysts estimates probably missile is aging higher after reports of a three fold increase in net profit for last year and v.t. . the bank is shooting almost two percent this hour. the u.s. federal reserve has cut the country's economic growth and raised the inflation forecast for this year but american interest rates will remain on hold because the fed's reluctant to make any quick moves to combat higher inflation or slow down growth the fed statements have pushed the dollar to a three year low against major currencies simon denham from london's capital bank believes this could have a mixed impact on the russian economy. i thought all of falls for me come to you

naturally right they do they do seem to they'd have a multiplier effect and therefore a one or two percent five percent move in and the dollar tends to be equated to the seven to ten percent move in the commodities and so on that basis russia should be doing a significantly better on its track sports of course there's the that's with all the economic data there is a double edged sword to be the one on one kind of the three is increasing at the moment is the euro much of russia's imports are priced in europe just so they lose with one hand and game with the other and so and in the long run russia should should be in the long run should benefit from weakness in the dollar but there might be some pain on the on the acclaim for prices. well that's the latest we have time for now but remember you can always keep up to date on dot com for once as business business i will have more for you in just under an hour.

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