syrian government forces launched their biggest to sweep against protesters in northwest of the country blocking their scheme to turkey. licensed to kill israeli special forces against the green light to shoot at palestinian probe independence protesters. and seeking the solutions for russian and you russia and ukraine agreed to talks as kiev pushes up for discounted gas supplies unable to cope with the current crisis love.

can bring you the top news stories from around the world this is our team shawn thomas glad to have you with us syrian security forces launched their biggest to sweep against anti-government protesters trying to flee to turkey it comes as human rights organizations claim thousands have been rounded up and hundreds killed in the last month alone meanwhile russia is rallying members of the un security council to encourage the sides to stop violence and start negotiations the kremlin believes president assad has worked to change the situation on the ground through reforms and his efforts deserve some credit but the u.s. and its western european allies are pushing for action against president assad's regime which they've already sanction french political analyst here where the name believes that there is an underlying a motive in calls for protecting syrian civilians sanctions in general cannot because countries always find ways to go around it sanctions and so on the sanctions would stop it. we go on with rejects. in

a vial although they would be banning or importation so it's not like logical and most probably syria would find different outlets who are for its ideal in every single one of these situations is every time that the west or other countries talk about humanitarian intervention a question that needs to be asked is why there is a good mention 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 jealous of the us there was no question of humanitarian intervention and there is no question of them french it is saudi arabia no question of intervention to help the palestinians so the humanitarian question cannot be cost a little and economic questions you have to find the political and economic and military interests 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 and you are serious

a struggle drags on let's see how it's impacting one of the people of the stricken country artie's even know who is there and has been meeting those the sharp end of the sessions. the dealer is a master barber the old small his shop was floor showing until it all ended in a snip. that would ground forest twenty kilometers away from damascus but now the flow has calmed down a lot first came the end rest and then the crackdown then the worst quickly stepped in with sanctions purpose of the economic pressure on the chief the political how about trying to help the people of syria to achieve the legitimate aspirations at first all major credit card transactions were stopped earlier this month but mainly affected foreign tourists because they're on the payment system and those with syrian accounts didn't feel the pinch however the e.u. and the u.s. are tightening their grip by imposing oil embargo on damascus so will that have any

probable effect on the people here long about one or sanctions will have a negative effect on syrian economy it's a diversified economy with a stable debt 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. this iranian government have chosen their path and no matter what measures are taken against them continue down that road sanctions are sold as a precise weapon to hit the regime where it hurts but syrian alast say there are two plants a tool and it's the people who will suffer the most when you are talking about the oil or. call it. my life as a serious it isn't. but while the power dealers of the west in syria trade insults

and blows for syrian workers like my dear the daily battle is to keep his modest livelihood together while hoping for the best even girls are to damascus syria. and coming up shortly events in libya. stay with us and to check what's happening in the country divided with both sides are ready to fight to the bitter. loss of europe's financial bosses tighten their grip on greece demanding it sticks to its bailout deal. israeli security forces are given clearance to shoot palestinian protesters preparing to march in support of their bid for state recognition tel aviv has also armed settlers in the west bank claiming of the need for self defense parties a policy or have the details. in some quarters there is talk of a third intifada that some will say it will be as bloody and as violent as the first two seculars of whom there is some four hundred thousand living in

a land that has some two and a half million palestinians in the west bank all great in themselves for violence as is the israeli army and the israeli police now for several months the israeli army has been preparing in an operation because operation some the seeds 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 the most hated lime around every settlement in the west bank and what this means is that palestinians can approach further beyond that red line and will be shot at by soldiers who has commissioned to do this so now there also has been intensive training in terms of security groups within these statements they have been participating in drills but on these things i'm just going to say scene provided with stun grenades with water cannons as well as with tear gas canisters on saturday we saw the law just 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 a folk 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 social issue justice really what they're saying is that in the turnout in government needs to be in this focus 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 it's on now who is facing the criticism that he is spending too much time on issues on the international agenda rather than addressing real goodness to concerns here at home talking to grow just as they accuse netanyahu of being have been under sponsible and have been out of touch with what people in israel are concerned about our parties because we're reporting for us a very. now the head of nato says of the alliances military intervention in libya will not end with the capture of colonel gadhafi on the front line rebel forces are waiting for the green light to crush one of the last remaining pockets of

resistance and supporters rebel negotiators say ceasefire talks in the town of bani walid have broken down but the country's interim government is certain there is still hope for a peaceful solution the national transitional council says to the colonel sons who had been blocking the surrender of bani walid have now left the area clear a number of. one hundred fifty kilometers from tripoli earlier been given until saturday to lay down arms or loyalists are making a stand in his hometown of syria and several other areas as well as notional reports the battle for bani walid could prove decisive. they've been preparing for this operation for by the long time with nato helping them clean cas towards. facilities in the area anyway lead has always been known as the stronghold and people from this area have 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 in supporting gadhafi who has provided them with a very good. weaponry so that's clear that it will not be easy for the rebels to take control of a nice area while they need is actually could be very has been known and well. not surprisingly remains the country's number one priority is thought to be right now with his sons in peace area and this is. one more reason to. carry out some discourse on a national transitional council has repeatedly been claiming. recently that really is now secure and it's not safe and they are working hard to try to restore the country on the territory now controlled technically by the national transitional

council that we see on the ground actually make so. successful so far apart from the humanitarian challenges the country it's too easy to currently facing such as severe shortages shortages of water food medicine and he will politically cetacean the spirit unstable to since he is full of people with an unclear. menu of very little knowledge of how to use weapons and it's quite unclear who is controlling them. while the situation in libya remains tense or russia is building up its relations with the country's new government after recently recognizing the rebels as the legitimate authority in libya moscow's now invited officials for economic talks which are expected to take place this week of course we will keep you posted on that when it happens. british prime minister

david cameron has called for an inquiry into claims that u.k. intelligence agents extradited terror suspects to libya the allegations that surfaced after human rights groups in tripoli found documents by mean m i six and the cia rendition programs but former british intelligence officer and mission expects the investigation will be brushed under the carpet. when to the camera rules for an inquiry into these allegations he's being incredibly disingenuous under the u.k. law at inquiries act two thousand and five and the inquiry this is established including this and this torture inquiry headed up by subpoena gibson is circumscribed by the very organizations is being investigated in this case my five and i six so it's going to be toothless plus of course the other consideration with this is that it's a piece he keeps and himself is heading up this inquiry was actually intelligence services commissioner for five years prior to taking on this role so he's been cozying up to the intelligence services and u.k. for five years i doubt he's going to unearth anything deliberately perhaps he

probably won't shine a bright light in the dark corner should we say he'll be friends with the intelligence agencies they will have lost all credibility they have double deals in libya food decades now and really their chickens are coming home to roost and i can't see how any government comes into power and it will trust whatever m i six or the british government now says. ukraine says it's now willing to negotiate over gas prices with russia after the kremlin said it would rigorously defend the already agreed a deal in international courts foreign minister sergei lavrov met his ukrainian counterpart to talk energy costs of a push for a new discount because of struggles in paying the current contract. was certainly over the past seventy two hours it clearly seems that the temperature in this new gas crisis has reached critical level especially with somewhat sensational a very loud statements made by president bush president of ukraine he plans to sue

russia in the international court to have the two thousand and. five. the presidential press office said that should ukraine decide to take this case into international court in stockholm then russia would be ready to stand its ground and that of all the international law was all its own russia side believing that was. would achieve victory should this law suit a cure now the situation has changed dramatically over the past twenty four hours with the ukrainian prime minister nicolas out of saying that until the new price he's agreed until the new contract is signed ukraine will be sticking to the current contract and will be fulfilling all of litigations. playing up to four hundred us dollars for one thousand cubic meters of russian gas which is the market price and this is the price which ukraine has been pretty much on the happy with russia is not as strongly dependent on the ukrainian gas transportation system as

it was back in two thousand and nine now we know according to russia's prime minister vladimir putin the north stream pipeline will be launched pretty much through in fact it's a test run will be started to morrow on tuesday and winter standouts in the months in a month's time european consumers germany in particular will be receiving the gas through the north pipeline dust that is something which was not existing in two thousand and nine also wonder stand at the south stream pipeline is also going to be going to be completed in the new risk you chair so this means that the european consumers have nothing to worry about according to all the officials in most gas problem in the russian energy ministry and in the kremlin and we will not see another gas war which would affect the european continent this time around. reporting for us there from ukraine the european central bank is proposing that brussels takes more control over how euro zone countries manage their financial affairs this comes amid renewed concerns about the state of the greek economy and its inability to cut

spending or. ports. to get. over it according to the european central bank chief tricia he said it's absolutely imperative. of countries in the eurozone calling for a single european go to impose economic decisions. countries according to tradition more governance within the eurozone is absolutely essential i mean if you talk to you call them it's here in brussels they're not sure that single single government with e.u. bureaucrats making decisions for national economies is the right way to go ahead or even that it will save the euros anyway with growing numbers of people here fearing the single currency may be a sinking ship. i.m.f. and the greek officials are falling apart the e.u. says greece's failed to cut its deficit you also have countries like finland who are resisting any more bailouts until they really understand what's going else

going on in these troubled countries not just greece but obviously also portugal spain they used given greece a few more weeks to go through with it still started to plan their check on the situation in that country again of course that's raising even more doubts about greece's ability to avoid quitting the euro so it's understandable why investors may be panicking here in europe at the moment. then a bushel reporting for us there now a financial writer peter build a believes that the euro zone system is so flawed that even a common economic government won't save the single currency. it may indeed be getting if not too late and certainly very late in the day in order to institute a financial government for europe the system could collapse before it is politically possible to put these sorts of measures in place but at the same time although parliaments if you like don't want europe to collapse there is

a growing feeling both within parliaments and also amongst the people who elect parliaments and that's certainly true of germany the most pros european all of the of all of the countries but there is a certain impatience away in up is it really worth giving up a sovereignty and b. possibly a lot of money in order to save a system that was falsely designed right from the beginning it is certainly a question that parliaments are going to be putting to each other over the next coming months. scuffles have broken out both inside and outside a court in cairo where former president hosni mubarak's trial has resumed we're hearing it was disrupted when the lawyers for both of the prosecution and the defense had to be separated by police outside hundreds of demonstrators including relatives of those killed during the february uprising attempted to break through the main gates and to gain access to the court for senior police officers are due to testify against mubarak at monday's hearing which will be behind closed doors

the eighty three year old is charged with corruption and ordering the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during egypt's revolution that toppled him other protests have been continuing elsewhere in egypt with millions of people still unhappy at the slow pace of reforms from the interim leaders. now on to some of the world's other main news for you right now. iran has proposed allowing full supervision of its nuclear program by the u.n. the nuclear agency but the concession will only come if sanctions are lifted earlier the u.n. nuclear watchdog the i.a.e.a. accused the islamic republic of failing to cooperate with inspectors tehran is that the subject of a four sets of sanctions over its refusal to suspend enrichment amid fears it could build a nuclear bomb because he insists its nuclear program is peaceful. a yemeni warplane has reportedly bombed a mosque in the south of the country that was thought to be occupied by islamic

militants killing at least thirty it follows the deaths of seventeen extremists in airstrikes in the region on sunday the al-qaeda linked insurgents took over the city of jar in april i made ongoing anti-government demonstrations and political crisis in the country. the corruption trial of former president jacques chirac has a resume to but the judge says the frail statesman won't have to attend. seventy eight year old is charged with embezzlement while mayor of paris and paying party members for nonexistent jobs troxel lawyers say he's suffering memory lapses because of his failing health he is the first french president to face trial since the second world war and he could get ten years in jail and one hundred fifty thousand euro fine if convicted. sudan is banned its main opposition party the former rebel movement which is now the ruling party in the newly independent south

sudan police arrested members and seized property claiming the s.p.l. am a party is illegal decades of civil war saw the country split in two in july the tensions that remain in disputed territory where s.p.l. limit militias continue deadly skirmishes that were sudanese troops. that was the main news bulletin for this hour for decades america and europe lead the pack in the global economy their positions are floundering and dragging much of the world. but not everywhere as you know hears from india interviews coming out from.

the asean p. downgrade of the united states economy has raised many questions about whether or not america will continue to be a powerhouse in the global economy and now the inner. national monetary fund predicts that china will actually outpaced the united states' economy by twenty sixteen so how is all of this kind of got the traditional players and what is the impact going to be on the so-called developing world well joining me to help get some answers on all of this is oxford educated economist and the youngest me and adverts i had a world bank department he's now the chairman of india's planning commission mr monti thing ahluwalia i want to thank you so much for joining me so first of all i

want to ask you is the fact it wave of the global financial crisis upon us i think what will happen is markets would be disrupted slightly moderate growth prospects for the carbon you're in the u.s. and maybe in europe but i don't see this as going back to two thousand and eight and so where do we go from here who's going to fix what's going on in the world right now the world needs to. get together to work out what's the transition what's a reasonable transition in a world in which their route be more than one currency the traditional reserve currency. of the movement in a country which doesn't have a very well balanced mix attrition and is there a sense in india do you think that perhaps there could be a shift in the world order and. india could be somehow gaining

from what's going on in washington there is certainly a shift going on in the world there's no doubt about that i mean any medium term or long term projection suggests that you are relatively slowly europe may grew a little bit faster a good problem the us has traditionally been viewed as a very dynamic economy is light to the grew faster in europe but the group through these economies would be much less than the group through through. emerging market countries i mean china india brazil so i think over time there is a shift in economic politicking place one is to asia and another way of looking at it is really the rising rate of emerging market countries but i think you're thinking of a world in which there would be a large number of relatively equal economic groupings you want to global system that can accommodate that it can't be

a global system which is run only by saying well look this is the center of power and everybody else must adjust and it's been said that europe has dominated the air national monetary fine in your opinion is that part of the problem or at the thought of i do think that the dominance of the industrialized countries of these two institutions has to change to remember that as long as europe and the united states are together. for almost half the votes in the i.m.f. and the world bank so even if you made a voting system they would be able to get their candidates in providing to collaborate with each other but you don't want to system where it's assumed that one organization will be run by one country and the other will always have your opinion and do you personally think that the euro is going to survive the creation of a single currency for europe was

a pretty major. step i think is generally recognize that if you want to have a single currency it needs to be backed by a single fiscal authority now since euro zone is different countries they obviously don't have a single for school authority but to back a single currency they must have a very shared understanding of who's going to pay the bills if a problem arises that will become a substitute for the single part. i think that's been sufficient people killed i think that in the first flush of. a good feeling about the euro there was an assumption that a lot of benefits that come to european countries from having the same currency but not enough appreciation there are costs and obviously you know there is a reshaping of the world economy as we've discussed it happening it's probably going to also have fundamental political shift as well what do you expect to be from our point of view the rise of

a number of emerging market countries will create a much more balance of the world economy amongst countries that were earlier seen to be dominant it might create a greater awareness that you know they can't unilaterally decide the future of the world and certainly countries that have felt that they were not part of the political decision making now feeling part of the political decision making i mean the third democratise asian of the group truth how positive effects because it will make these countries behave in a more responsible manner and the last question i want to ask is you know a lot of people are saying that investors are going to perhaps invest more in these emerging markets if they start to look away from u.s. treasury bonds i mean what's playing commissions short term predictions for india in relation to everything that's going on right now the big message coming out of

how the global economy is moving is the industrialised countries are going to grow more room more slowly whereas the emerging market countries are going to grow faster india's been growing for the last five years at about eight point two percent anybody who's investing and looking around the world if they find one market is growing and you know somewhere between eight and a half or nine percent another mark is very good to know how to swim i mean it would be very well advised to invest in the markets that are growing so we expect on a need. am term bases in there would be at already is and will remain a preferred destination for foreign investment people look at their global portfolio traditionally they've invested too much money in the industrialized world not having anticipated what the consequences of globalization are going to be so over time i think they should be rebalancing a little more towards the emerging markets and within that i think india would be a very good that all it'll certainly be interesting to see how and here's

a fact if i allowed as i want to thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me thank you.