with the top news headlines and commentary from around the world this is our team broadcasting live direct from russia's capital moscow. russia has refused to back calls from the u.s. and the e.u. urging syria's leader to step down instead moscow says president assad should be given time to implement promised reforms to end months of the unrest in the country meanwhile in the latest stream of anti-government protests twenty people have reportedly been killed maria financial reports from damascus. russia's position has always been clear steer it definitely needs reforms deve change is definitely needed required in this country but president assad needs time to do that through this trip. promoting democracy developing agreeable support very they're rejecting the use of force against bill population in the future all they have. to

be confirmed to be proof but on the other hand fortunately or to work in the right know by the international community to continue to think pressure on the recruits for inferior but not pushing the situation in a corner just for the people of syria who have. all the right to determine the people who are the ruling story you should not be done by any decisions or extra are there in washington or in brussels or in more or russian believes that external pressure on president bashar assad could only deteriorate things here on the ground and could hamper and transition to democratic state at the same time russia has all the time in reach rating that aved present our side doesn't keep his promises in that case they social community should react to

russia's delegation is due in damascus very soon on saturday to try to find out exactly what is going on here on the ground and to see how assad is full feeling his promises while the situation on the ground he's hearing is very complicated and i have to emphasize that the call from the u.s. and e.u. for the syrian president to step down comes just hours after president bashar assad has announced that the military operation here in syria is over and have promised more reforms we witnessed the army withdraw. we've seen at least thirty tanks live in the city and inside the city we haven't seen any ministry laught police has returned to duty meanwhile we are receiving reports and the raw media reports that based on the information received protestors and local residents that's the army is still. on the ground in latakia and even the reports that.

the soldier is firing from type to time to peaceful demonstrators but i have to emphasize and this is very important that these reports are very hard to verify because international journalists are not allowed to move freely here in the country as the syrian government because it's dangerous. reporting for us there from damascus now staying with the story the european union is to prepare plans for an embargo on syrian crude oil it's also suspended assistance to damascus by the european investment bank james denselow a middle east analyst based at king's college london says the moves could provoke provoke prove excuse me decisive. the americans have been very clear they know their influence and ability to change syria behavior is limited they've always said that have to reach out to countries that are closer to syria and russia is one such country and a very important country so i think the americans right now in the european

specially really have to work hard to persuade the russians they are right on syria and russia is currently wrong so that is the next important step and i think we should focus on one particular element which is really important could go either way syria's oil exports of the present about ninety percent or so serious oil is exported to europe so the europeans are now come out you know united front against assad does that mean that they will no longer accept syrian oil now syrian oil makes up some quarter of syria's hard currency budget so it could have a huge amount of an impact on the assad regime its ability to control things so ultimately i do think there is more than rhetoric to what the u.s. and the europeans are saying right now. the military wing of hamas has announced it's no longer committed to a cease fire with israel the statement comes as the jewish state continues retaliatory air strikes on the gaza strip for a second day more than a dozen palestinians have been killed in the attacks tel aviv began its campaign following an alleged terrorist attack that killed eight israelis on thursday

popular resistance committees based in the gaza strip were blamed for the original incident the palestinians responded by launching more than twenty rocket attacks the rising tension comes less than a month before the line of the u.n. vote on the recognition of the palestinian state gaza based political analyst dr honey. thinks israel wants to sabotage the vote in divert attention from recent domestic unrest. all palestinian political factions have their mind and they link or sponsibility with this attack on the israeli side on despite this fact we have witnessed last night military operations against the gaza strip i guess that there is a link between the case of policy and authority going to the united nations next month trying to portray him by listening to the i think the israeli side trying to use this attack as a pretext to launch really try thanks again is the palestinian civilians and the

palestinian factions i think the israeli military would like to do pull dies. palestinian before to go to the united nations to seek a palestinian state we have witnessed for the past two weeks at major protests in israel and i guess to the israeli government would use that protest in order to support its own stand against the government case now. i see you now the israeli people would be more united against a policy and in this peace i guess that netanyahu government and his coalition would use this pen to you might be their only form that is supposed to be able to end the war in the protest inside israel. meanwhile more than two thousand dejection gathered outside the israeli embassy in cairo to protest against of the killing of five egyptian security personnel in israeli border attacks the protesters urged authorities to expel the israeli ambassador and to sever all ties

with the country the soldiers were reportedly caught in crossfire as israeli soldiers tried to round up palestinian militants they believed were responsible for killing civilians near eliott on thursday egyptian politicians including prime minister are off have condemned the israeli attacks. the final bell on wall street sees u.s. and e.u. markets and on a low and after a volatile week of trading investor confidence has it been shaken amid the slow pace of market recovery and european debt this comes as america's three major banks warn of the possibility of a looming global recession artie's marina has more from new york. investors around the world may have very little to celebrate this weekend as u.s. stocks and major european share markets closed down on friday of course this capping the turmoil and volatility that continues to be seen in the european

economy in the u.s. economy at least being seen for the past few weeks this does not help ease the lack of confidence in charge and lack of trust that is taking place among analysts and investors keeping their eye on the global economy and j.p. morgan chase morgan stanley goldman sachs are among the three banks that came out with reports were saying their predictions for u.s. and global economic growth they cut those predictions morgan stanley even saying that the global economy is hovering close to a recession and also not helping the circumstances recent reports indicating that the u.s. economy is not doing as well as anticipated manufacturing is that its lowest point since two thousand and nine the housing market is still experiencing a huge slump unemployment is spiraling here in the u.s.

more than fourteen million americans are unemployed investors are also very concerned about how european leaders are handling the debt crisis in europe that the fact of what it's doing to the euro zone many believe that did the right decisions are not being made and not being made quick enough clearly this is an indication that three years after the financial collapse that started here in new york wall street that infected the rest of the world clearly that crisis continues to be having a huge impact on the lives of people all around the world those people that were promised that three years later the economy would be doing much better and now all we see. he has that there are a lot of struggles taking place and it's not quite clear if any leader of any country knows how to handle this problem to stop all the volatility and turmoil and

to bring confidence that to investors party is more important now reporting there from new york meanwhile peter schiff president of investment strategies company euro pacific capital says analysts are blind to the recession that's taking place right now the u.s. economy either is already in a recession or is headed to one rapidly you know if you remember back in may two thousand and eight bring economists were confident that the u.s. economy was going to avoid a recession and as it turned out that recession began in the fourth quarter of two thousand and seven are incapable of predicting a recession even six months after it begins where you know we never really got laughed at and we kind of interrupted it with some stimulus spending but now we have even bigger problems to deal with i think we're facing in which we begin downturn coming up in the one that we went through in zero eight zero nine so i think a lot of banks including u.s. banks really are in the song but the only thing that keeping them propped up is

probably free money from of those too low but if interest rates are allowed to return to where the market needs it to be for us to have a real recovery are going to take many of the banks will fail. a missing russian communication satellite has been found by the u.s. space surveillance network after failing to separate from its booster rocket the device was unable to reach its designated orbit experts now fear the satellite will not have enough fuel to reach its working position a board of inquiry has been created to establish the mission's failure russian scientists will now try to use the u.s. data to establish a communication link with the satellite according to journal space news experts remain hopeful that the device could be salvaged and serve at least a portion of its planned fifteen year mission. and fishermen in russia's far east are being offered a bounty to catch a shark responsible for attacking two people in as many days the shark severely injured two men in the eastern region where authorities have declared

a ban on swimming in the area until the predators caught are. heard the stories of the victims who first thought they were the heroes of the worst horror film they've ever seen. nothing like this has ever happened here before russia has never seen a shark attack let alone two in two days this sixteen year old boy was diving one hundred meters off shore when it appeared the young man's wet suit served as protection and saved him from death but both his legs were severely wounded. we heard a cry help help the shark have a big bowl but it was tied up so some guys went out on to do receive him and gave first date only a day earlier at twenty five year old man lost his forearms trying to defend his wife when the couple was saved witnesses were shocked at what they saw but i would ask it was really scary a country even describe it the man's hands were chewed off and the boat was full of

blood. the attacks happened in the far eastern primordial region that shares a border with north korea it is known for its beaches and clear water and swimming here has always been safe dangerous sharks don't usually go that far north in the sea of japan scientists believe the predator was a white shark a man eater and are trying to work out what it was doing here. this type of shock really comes to waters it's a species that lives in tropical and subtropical waters of the ocean but with global warming they're now starting to move more and more to the law out of roughly three hundred sixty species of sharks just over thirty are known to be dangerous to humans the rest are either too small on live today but most experts agree that any shark with sharp enough teeth and longer than one point two metres can cause serious injuries especially if there's food in the water and while scientists are

looking for the reasons for these recent attacks the swimming season in the area is over at least for the time being very brisk over r.t. moscow on to some more world news in brief for you at this moment. at least fifty people have been killed and over a hundred injured when a bomb exploded at a mosque in. northwest pakistan. suicide bomber detonated himself in the main hall of the mosque during friday prayers. serious condition no group has admitted responsibility yet but taliban and al-qaeda militants are active in the region. thousands of supporters have greeted india's prominent corruption crusader. in new delhi on his release from jail it comes after a wave of protests against the activists arrests swept across india on tuesday seventy four year old who was detained after he pledged to hold

a public hunger strike aimed at making parliament adopt his amendments to an anti-corruption bill his hunger strike will now take place in new delhi central square. for fifteen a day. libyan rebels have taken control of martyr square in the center of zawiya after driving forces the strategic city is just a fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli comes after deadly clashes with security forces during recent days after which several areas around the country's capital were captured by rebels. rebel forces have also seized a huge refinery complex. in the sun while escaping the heat is what august is all about in the russian capital. brings you a guide to the city's finest parks and swimming pools.

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hello i welcome to the show in this week's program i'll be exploring swimming i was related i can say is the high temperature is it's the ideal plane for this is a path and muscovites to cool off so we're going to bring you a few examples of where you can relax when i was somebody starting off here at the first shall restaurant and bar located in the glamorous area to bluff country it's best to come here by car most of the swing in these lakes and forests to an outside the city center there is the beverly hills area of the council said by the station a long time coming from the east coast station to chile takes around forty minutes and says he will still needs to get a taxi from the station. however remote and inconvenient to play transports the

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you can. solid but it's not as would have been your club you can also celebrate your birthday or any other holiday restoration here there are several holes in a school and also a large marquee which feeds more than a hundred guests to temperatures reaching the high thirty's this is an ideal place to get out to the soothing sounds of the residence t.j. just make sure to check the weather. daily speech also costs one thousand movies during the week from one thousand five hundred rupees to weekends that's around thirty to fifty dollars not cheap but i think it was splashing out on the old sweltering day. a few hours of relaxation a pushout allegedly boat trip to the capital for a visit to shore house in the blazing sun you could ask for anything more. and

alongside the swanky jet sets there are more middle class cases like this opening every year proving let's go visit place to be in every possible way. that we have a home we have in this week's program on swimming in water related activities here in the recent comes i'll see you again at the same time next week for more adventures around the russian capital kill them for me and the rest of the some burn kirk bob i pronounced. montero and. he's telling. friendly.

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and burning of the top news and headlines this is r.t. to have you with us let's take a look at your top stories right now moscow refuses to support u.s. and e.u. calls for syria's president to resign saying president assad has to be given time to implement reforms meanwhile the european investment bank suspends assistance to damascus and the e.u. draft plans for an embargo on syrian oil. global markets close in the red after a roller coaster week with major american banks warning a new global recession is on the horizon if the fiscal crisis is not solved meanwhile investor confidence is shaken as world leaders continue to look for a way to repay their crippling debt burdens.