members of the u.n. security council to encourage the sides to stop violence and start negotiations the kremlin believes president assad has to change the situation on the ground through reforms but his efforts to credit let's get some perspective on this now. and use a political science professor at paris. many thoughts of being with us here on r.c. as i was just saying russia is warning against encouraging the opposition in boycotting dialogue with the government so who's behind holding these two sides apart do you think. well obviously you know there's a divide between nato and russia on this issue and when should really separate true types of issues there's the ethical issue and the political issue the ethical issue is. teachers killing people and a significant number of people protest in syria but then the political issue is

what game you play in order to use the situation and of course we can suspect that nato countries are quite happy with their success in libya and they would like a repeat in syria although this time it's very unlikely because i can't see russia or even china not reach a security council resolution so that the game is different this time and. you mention libya there last week the euro imposed an oil embargo against syria and warned a third the steps that the five month crackdown didn't stop that measures like that did prove somewhat ineffective in libya say do you think they could work in syria. well actually sanctions in general do not work because countries always find ways to go around that sanctions and saw this time as i think a military intervention because what happened was

a military intervention is unlikely because russia will veto it at the security council so that nato cannot act in syria in the same way as it did in libya. but there are there are some similarities all the same that is there is. obvious dissatisfaction with the regime which is why justify and so i'm going to strike trying to make use of it but in a very strange way from an ethical point of view because the sanctions would start only in november to tell you go on with production of oil although they would be banning of importation. silly song quite logical and most probably syria will find different outlets for it spirals. it's murky and i think the political issues ahead do behind ethical considerations the way it was done in libya and well let's talk about oil now there were an embargo took immediate effect

a few days ago didn't it but italy has insisted that each country's for fill their obligations on existing contracts until mid november why the delay do you think if the need of pressure is so where chance well precisely because you know from an ethical point your view there's a statement men from a practical point of view most probably cannot get oil from other sources very rapidly so it's. we have two different messages which are not quite consistent. most probably isn't a difficult situation so the deal is you know water to help italy import oil from other countries. it's not connected with the situation there. in libya now rebels there or rather the see the national transitional council claim that oil production is to restart shortly do you think that is in any way links to

why the e.u. is now calling for such an abrupt halt on syrian oil imports well i do it takes some time before oil production is back to normal in libya but obviously the countries that led the attack on the libyan regime also not the regime. also to benefit from the situations are mostly it france and britain are going to benefit in terms of production and our contracts and so on. the maybe could be too hasty because libya will not start being very productive until maybe the end of next year. and if they were an embargo on syrian oil today of course they would be short but finally certainly a part to be question in every single one of these situations because every time the west or other countries other parts of the world talk about a humanitarian intervention the question that needs to be asked is why there is

that humanitarian intervention so-called in some countries but not in others for example in bahrain the people wanted to get rid of their regime but since it was so close to the u.s. there was no question of a humanitarian intervention and there's no question that your manager intervention is saudi arabia no question of a humanitarian intervention to help the palestinians so the humanitarian question cannot be divorced from political and economic questions and that applies to syria as well where the regime of course is a glitch but of course it is really for the syrians themselves to decide what to do with their regime and their government and in order to avoid further bloodshed maybe negotiations would be a good idea and certainly not bombing by outside forces which always leave it's very tangled situation good for economics maybe but certainly not good for the people in these various countries but as you say the regime is ugly

in syria human rights abuses have taken place intervention is necessary in that country surely. well no i don't think so because intervention always creates a mess but it privileges some groups but if you look at libya for example it's not really a liberation most of the people heading the council worked with a kind of fear regime for years they just abandoned the regime in february indeed the west was in bed with going after until recently selling weapons intelligence and so on so. nato and the west but it's true of the powers as well cooperate with very nasty regimes there are interventions only at specific moments and there are no interventions in some countries where the people also want freedom they want to get rid of the government but for economic or military reasons it's not in the

interest of the west or other powers so there's no intervention like bahrain so the real motive for intervention is certainly not humanitarian it may be military it may be economic like. in the end there was a big american base which was also hurt so you have to find the political and economic and military interest before you start believing in humanitarian reasons because most in all so-called interventions humanitarian interventions you there's another reason which is far more important aka after an opinion is there a gallon a professor of political science at paris who has university and author that the fans like you face thoughts but thank you. ok well while serious struggle drags on let's see how it's impacting on the people of the stricken country. because that has been missing those at the end of the sanctions and the deal is a master barber those small his shop was floor until it all ended in the snip. can

mean a customer's there would come from a source twenty kilometers away from damascus but now the flow has come down a lot first came the unrest then the crackdown then the west quickly stepped in with sanctions to survive is to put the economic pressure on the cheap the political. the budge and help the people of syria to achieve some educational aspirations at first all major credit card transactions were stopped earlier this month but that mainly affected foreign tourists because syria runs its own payment system and those with syrian accounts didn't feel the pinch however the e.u. and the us are tightening their grip by imposing oil embargo on damascus so will that have any probable effect on the people here. of course sanctions will have a negative effect on syrian economy it's a diversified economy with a stable deficit which gives it a certain immunity against these sanctions. and this is not just government gloss

in the face of imposed adversity syrian opposition figures are also unconvinced but for a different reason. the syrian government have chosen their path and no matter what measures are taken against them they continue down that road. so anxious are sold as a precise weapon to hit the regime where it hurts but syrian album is there to blunt a tool and it's the people who will suffer the most when you are talking about. what we call it it would be in my life as a serious citizen. but while the power dealers of the west in syria trade insults and blow. yes for syrian workers like the daily battle is to keep his modest livelihood together while hoping for the best if you go r t damascus syria. now over in libya the old regime may have been toppled but the fighting showing no

sign of letting up the rebels say they've done enough talking with victims from the front line in the hunt for colonel gadhafi as his loyalists remain determined to the end. israel allows security forces to shoot at palestinian protesters who are preparing to margins the poor of their bid for statehood at the u.n. later this month tel aviv claims it's trying to prevent bloodshed by arming settlers in the west bank for self defense policy areas across developments there. in some quarters there is talk of a intifada that some will say will be as bloody and as violent as the first two seculars of whom there are some four hundred thousand living in the land that has some two and a half million palestinians in the west bank all bracing themselves for violence as is the israeli army and the israeli police not for several months the israeli army has been preparing in an operation it calls operation some a c's and it's now in

the final stages of putting the finishing touches in place to this end we're being told that they have demarcated a line around them in the west bank and what this means is that palestinians who approach beyond that red line will be shot at by soldiers who will have commissioned to do this now there also has been intensive training in terms of security groups within these statements they have been participating in drills that the army's been undergoing safety and provided with stun grenades with water cannons as well as with tear gas canisters also being told that some twenty million dollars has been spent on training the police alone that twenty thousand police officers have been mobilized around the country one of the focal point that they'll be watching is jerusalem which is where many fear most of the violence could erupt on saturday we saw the largest protests in this country's history four hundred thousand demonstrators took to the streets of ten cities here in tel aviv was one

of the focal points a number of speakers a number of artists address the crowd they spoke about making history they said really that this was a turning point in the history of this country what protesters have been demanding for the better part of two months is the social issues justice really what they're saying is that the netanyahu government needs to be focused on issues of security and focus on internal problems problems such as the high cost of living in this country and this is a criticism that netanyahu is facing a criticism that he is spending too much time on issues. the international agenda rather than addressing real domestic concerns here at home just this past weekend to be expelled the israeli ambassador and for all military cooperation between both countries the relationship between israel and egypt is at an all time low after israeli fire mistakenly killed a number of border guards so with that kind of regional isolation and certainly in the context that it's just several weeks before palestinians will be appealing to

the u.n. recognizing the human natural declaration of statehood there is a lot of concern that what is happening on the international stage is really becoming an excuse for the netanyahu government not to address real concerns that people have been talking to protest as they accuse netanyahu of being past the of being responsible and of being out of touch with what people in israel are concerned about. ok to libya now where rebel forces awaiting for the green light to cross one of the last remaining pockets of resistance by colonel gadhafi supporters rebel negotiators say ceasefire talks in the town of bani walid have broken down but the country's interim government is certain there's still hope for peaceful solution the national transitional council says two of colonel sons who have been blocking the surrender of bani walid have now left the area unclear number of get out the loyalists are holed up in the town a one hundred fifty kilometers from tripoli they've been given until saturday to

lay down more or less i mean you're standing it happens hometown of sirte and several other areas. we're not sure of course is the back or for bani walid that could prove decisive. they've been preparing for this operation for quite a long time with major helping them clean path towards forming facilities in the area anywhere lead has always been known as. stronghold and people from this area since the beginning of this conflict here in libya been fighting against rebels all across the country and have been dying for. all the time been supporting gadhafi who has provided them with a very good emission and the best weaponry so that's clear that it will not be easy for the rebels to take control over these areas while they need it actually could darky who has been known and well. not surprisingly remains

the country's number one priority is thought to be right now with his sons in this area and this is. one more reason to take. the national transitional council has repeatedly been claiming recently that tree fully is now secure and is now safe and that there were. hard to try to restore in the country on the territory now controlled technically by the national transitional council but with we see on the ground actually makes. you no doubt that they are successful so far apart from the humanitarian challenges the state of the country actually is the currently facing such as severe shortages shortages of water food medicine and fuel politically situation is very unstable and it's quite unclear who is actually controlling tripoli right now this think she is full of

armed people with unclear gender many of them very young with little knowledge of how to use weapons and it's quite unclear who is controlling them. scuffles have broken out between protesters and police outside a courthouse in cairo where the chairman of former president hosni mubarak is resuming hundreds of demonstrators including relatives of people killed during the five preamp prizing attempted to break through the main gates and gain access to the court for senior police officers a deal to testify against the barrack at monday's hearing will be behind closed doors the eighty three year old is charged with corruption and the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during egypt's revolution that toppled him on the protesters have been continuing elsewhere with millions of people still unhappy at the slow pace of the interim eaton's. ukraine says it's now willing to

negotiate over gas prices with the kremlin said it would rigorously defend the already agreed deal in international courts foreign ministers said again after all from it is ukrainian counterpart to talk energy call softer kid have pushed for a new discount because of struggles in paying the current contracts and reports we already received statements from both in the first place sergey lavrov russian foreign minister saying that this issue the issue of the gas price and gas contracts between ukraine and russia must be resolved in full accordance with international law and with international regulations concerning the interstate. he also said that russia has not been trying to corner ukraine and humiliate ukraine this is something that the ukrainian president said little earlier during his visit to the in the weekend according to the ukrainian prime minister.

regardless of the negotiations regardless of how hard they will be ukraine will still stick to the current agreements and will fulfill the agreements until the new agreement has been reached and the new price is agreed this comes some forty eight hours after victory on the stated. that ukraine might turn to international court in stockholm to resolve the case to have the contracts revised there's also been a very sharp response coming from the kremlin from the presidential press office which is that russia is ready to fight in court should ukraine decide to take such measures and russia is completely confident that the justice is on its side and it has every legal ground to protect itself in court and it is called that in that should only last year go ahead that russia would win not certainly the situation has got many warring in europe that there would be another gas disruption that there would be another disruption of supplies into the european continent but we've heard lots of assurances coming from moscow that should. conflict arise between

moscow and then russia would be able to use other alternative routes to distribute the gas through european continent that's a clear statement which we've been hearing from moscow over the last several weeks . want to know from you in the business about how the markets and energy industries react seem to want it they say bring kiev you know what are the analysts saying well as though they have been some positive changes thought the conflict is fought for most as many analysts say there are still a little thorny issues that have to be considered and. kiev seems to be have given up plans to be to restructure enough to go close down the company is still wants to renegotiate gas prices with gas problem but many experts are saying that the only way that he has is. just to march with gas from and in this case russia would get access to ukrainian gas transit system will have more analysis and

business in about twenty minutes. before the some of the walls open may need brief this hour and a yemeni warpaint has reportedly found a mosque in the south that was thought to be by islamic militants killing seven. people it follows the killing of seventeen extremists in yemen the airstrikes in the region the insurgents were linked to al qaida and took over the city of jobs in april amid the ongoing anti-government demonstrations and political crisis in the country. remarks delayed trial of former french president jacques chirac is resuming with judges deciding whether the frail seventy eight year old is well enough to face court he's charged with the mayor of the mayor of paris and paying party members to non-existent jobs with a long serving eggs loser is the first french president to go on trial since the second world war he faces ten years in jail if convicted.

rescuers in japan are searching for those still missing after a powerful typhoon that left at least twenty five people dead the storm caused massive floods and landslides as well as leveling roads and homes thousands of people are still stranded with many remote villages having been cut off it's thought to be japan's worst storms since two thousand and four would almost one hundred people were killed. or more all of our news that we're covering r.t. dot com where we've also lined up some eye popping entertainment for you see countless through real with our colorful gallery of monster mindbender. these exhibition is currently wowing the russian capital. and how's this for a fantastic. this is a moscow's iconic state university building which is the focus all the capital eight hundred sixty fourth birthday but. the spectacular show in.

just a few minutes the indian economic powerhouse the tips for those nations who are financially floundering but first let's get this hour's business update with you. sloan's a very warm welcome to the business updates prussia is easing in the gas just food between russia and ukraine gave such will all of the current agreement but still wants to renegotiate prices moscow has set down its terms it wants to see crane agree to merge with the state run not to go out with russia's gas from this would effectively mean wasco will gain access to the gas transit network crane's president says the country will not allow this how experts say is the hobson's

choice to keep if. they will agree to create a joint venture or lose the transit business if they want cheap gas they will have to go by the by blind if they don't bomb these they will have to pay market prices for gas it will be around three hundred eighty dollars per thousand cubic meters starting from october the thing is that industry in ukraine is much more power hungry than you rule so ukrainian goods will inevitably be more expensive. let's have a look at the markets now oil is losing ground as in that's to speculate signs that the u.s. and china's economy is weakening into a deal demand will falter in the world's largest crude consuming nations brant plant is trading at one hundred ten dollars per barrel while the light sweet is close to eighty five dollars a barrel that's over in debt worse coupled with the jobs data from the u.s. is leading european financial slower but the markets dropping significantly as

a result federal housing finance agency alleges that major you asked in the european banks misrepresented the quality of mortgages they sold during the housing bubble as a result for all buying to scotland and deutsche and mentioned in the lawsuit are down ten and eight percent respectively. and just similar picture here in russell the markets are holding up somewhat against the top seed in europe with the r.t.s. losing two percent and the mice it's down one point we. says let's have a look at some of the individual moves here on the money since you can see that energy may just losing ground on the christian oil prices gas from just losing just under one percent of all sniffed is down point seven percent spare bonkers also among the losers sits down one point seven percent the salad falling market presents some opportunities for parking hunters however call from believes it is too early to call the portion and the prudent investor would be better off sticking to the sidelines it might be somewhat close to the bottom as some people believe

from say and there are occasional bottom fishes around but you know prudent mourner probably weighed before making any serious decisions any quotes or blue chip name which is you know essentially has come off strongly and has good ability to generate cash to play didn't it would be a good church. clearly its own gas company a sort of sneer after work will gasp rome rush metal company has lost or never is between thirty to fifty percent year to date so they were the major losers in this game consoles you know obviously they knew recovery scenario companies like iraq. could be a very good bargain several style etc. good weather and the end of the grain export ban won't help russia sending this year's crop of brought experts estimate the total exports potential at this year's harvest etc a million tons what the authorities say they'll be lucky to export twenty five million tons and it's all to

do with the inability to get the grain from the farms to the ports tree as well as to mystically we achieved more than three million tons of green exporting or wish that we were going to stealing but as we see the railway system is not able to transfer more to the ports where the dogs can handle shipments of up to five million tons a month the real way system barely managed to transfer the august volumes so that wraps up the business bulletin while stories you can log on to our website r.t. dot com slash business. if. you.

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it's all passed down here mosque a this is our see is syrian activists report more protests today signs the head of

the red cross makes a humanitarian visit to the country meanwhile brushes the u.n. to get the warring signs into talks to avoid a repeat of libya's can get sick to send. israel authorizes its special forces to shoot tap dancing in protest is they prepared to march in support of their u.n. bid for independence tel aviv has already jewish settlers in the west bank they claim is the sole purpose is to prevent bloodshed. the gas and vasa ukraine backpedals say that it's threat of taking russia to court to force the prices down moscow says it will stand its ground on the already signed deal kiev wants to see prices because of difficulties in paying. for decades america and europe that the pack in the global economy now their positions are floundering dragging much of the world down with them but not.