video. feeds. on the. mounting pressure the u.n. warns that syria is now in a state of civil war putting the death toll of over four thousand also saying the country must be held accountable for crimes against humanity. all eyes are on egypt as the country await to see how the people voted in parliamentary elections despite the fact that many doubt it will bring any real change at all. the record number of interruptions and possibly a vote maybe continue demanding that the military step down and make way for civilian government more from cairo in just a few moments. french president nicolas sarkozy calls for france and germany to come together to ensure stability in the eurozone and guarantee the future of

europe as a youth leaders continue to fight the ongoing economic still. very warm welcome this is r.t. live from moscow with me recent shape syria is in a state of civil war that's the warning from the u.n. which estimates the death toll in the nine month uprising now tops more than four thousand people but in an emergency un meeting on syria the organization called for international accountability for the country over its crimes against humanity this comes after the e.u. slaps fresh sanctions on assad's regime targeting energy and finance sectors damascus has already dubbed the move economic war foreign affairs analyst richard j. he says the west may be aiding the opposition in syria. in order to weaken the ruling

. we know that this need for leadership in the west is not really good after all outside it's one of the most important of islamic republic of iran and you know. it's not a project here and in the west he's a very high end of what the international going to want to do he's going to take away syria from that if you're not there pretty or you have an interest here is a weakening syria or maybe witnessing some sort of change in syria so for there more focus going to come i think pressures and sanctions rather than trying to any kind of military intervention but i wouldn't be surprised if there are reports a very viable reports that mediate western countries or even turkey are helping military elements in the swap effect that from security forces such as the free syrian army getting some sort of military help or aid from western forces or need the congress is just to repeat in terms of. security forces of the assad regime

well the increasing sanctions against syria drawing more power levels with the war in libya and fears it might be next in the firing line for the west of military intervention and it's obvious to us in every polls the evidence behind the libyan campaign still remains controversial. there is no evidence to justify the humanitarian war in libya that's the conclusion of filmmaker and independent journalists. the beginning of the story we got some really good show in which is being. created and said to the united nations human rights council terms of the allegation of never been verified or checked and z. said when you was also as michael you all four zero i.c.c. case against him go. on march seventeenth the u.n. security council resolution one thousand seventy three was passed imposing a no fly zone over libya. accusations were that gadhafi bombed his own people for air and land use foreign mercenaries ordered the use of rape as

a weapon and killed by the thousands. conclude that there was no bombing all i know is that there is no evidence of warming and so i am told he was a man went to the united nations human rights council we. are seeing on which a gear was a former secretary general of the libyan league for human rights now the libyan ambassador to burn in switzerland and february twenty five he went to the un human rights council to present his organization's allegations of crimes against get off his government and that session a decision was taken to freeze libya's membership in the council he underlined the number of deaths six thousand including three thousand in tripoli alone when julian asked which a gear how these claims can be verified he pointed to the former rebels now libya's government as his source here where they got information from the libyan prime minister that mr mahmood of the worthwhile

a tribe was on the other side of the national transitional council was the one who gave me these numbers. yet there are still those who defend the libyan intervention like this former french intelligence officer it is very likely that some crimes attributed to their feet in this conflict were a farce or exaggerated but we all do because of could have been for forty years of in the could he was that there was a craving no. twenty seven international criminal court prosecutor luis a compliment and his requests for arrest warrants for moammar gadhafi saif al islam and get off this intelligence chief was granted you always see the pages of the arrest warrant application most of which were redacted some of the pages open to the public were lists of articles to support the case one of which was which against every twenty fifth speech the one place and information we should give ourselves said we've got to be empty see the evidence or documents to back the staggering numbers. but international law even cheerleaders of the intervention

admit tends to be sacrificed. you are certainly right that they would produce something which is not a lot but if you could do it i don't believe so much on this and i don't know it's just to use the you know you know in one hand and for political purposes regardless point is simply this with such legal systems in place any claims first and foremost should be farly investigated the point he hopes will be heard before the next humanitarian war is waged that's are still the r.t. brussels what is coming to you live from moscow now coming shortly in the program here reaching boiling point. for you three fourths of this country as you can see it's very soon we are stuck because the people reading all the morning making their decisions now we have thousands of labor union members take to the streets of new york to demand an end to economic inequality. german

chancellor angela merkel says the eurozone needs a new fiscal union with stronger controls and regulations in a keynote speech addressing the parliament merkel said there was no quick fix to the eurozone state crisis that's somewhat details on this now talk to a head of economics that you know you're asking university and one of them are your climate in the netherlands for us thank you for coming on the program today so well call talking about the need for a new treaty so that eight fiscal union can be formed if achieved how will that help resolve the ongoing ever playing eurozone crisis or what you choose to think here or crawls. budgetary problems of the various members but i think it is not growing sorry not we don't want to address the crisis that has really given your more serious when you talk about the crisis here earlier this week the eve monetary affairs chief warned the eurozone has just ten days to

stabilize the euro and stem the crisis well we're now on day three of this ultimatum how credible is this deadline do you think though not too credible because to realize these kind of treaty adjustments will be. years because all parliaments have to prove. so does almost be on time to address this crisis what she hopes of course is the secure. financial markets for the rich who are for major markets of goods europe is in control but it is krishna border of the river where you talk about assuring the world markets that europe is in control but as you're saying also as i said any recovery could take years what can really be achieved in the remaining seven days of this so-called ultimatum. but everyone who was waiting for actually used to be more lenient towards the european central bank

bank and instead of being and by our march to the arms own governments in trouble and so he goes and sits in the sense of being misused some crucial ingredient for what might be the solution to the crisis ok so some of you are saying having primitive leniency there certainly not the case as you were saying about some experts to say that the fundamental problem with the eurozone is the economic disparity between the members and it's not possible to govern them all under one umbrella how much longer do you think can germany and france be the true only forces driving this union forward that they are bearing such a run of the crisis you have destroyed and of course the largest bronzes is on the cards is for germany and the german people big pretty large sums to keep this whole thing going and the support of the german people has dwindling so merkel has

also a serious problem at the hands where you are you sent the disparity between economies is serious and it is not being resolved this is fiscal union i think the proof is needed these are goals europeans are going to pay taxes from brussels so who will be just like in most countries might you miss the columns call the automatic speed lines as if you have your creation or a tax is received more benefits nothing of that is in place here in europe and the miracles grants are not received here you sure come let's let's address what so many fair it's ultimately the worst case scenario certainly an issue that many e.u. ministers are fed footing around should the eurozone collapse what will be the consequences for your about also i don't know why the international community and some are saying that but they should allow the eurozone to collapse. you know that's my thing so. i also fear. it will be great you have

computers you have seen it all in all kinds of other situations the computer is temporary economies room recover currency school said home and. become more secure and it will take time but usually. argentina in two thousand and two year or so but that is maybe wilts europe needs its best taking its losses and trying to sort of make and for the trying for the goods and see whether the big sort of recover from this i think is oscar's experiment so we knew it when you talk about europe cutting its losses and just trying to move forward you know we're talking about massive regional implications here but there are many who have been for many many months now pointing the finger of blame where does the blame lie when you look at these so-called bailouts and some would say the word bailout is too friendly a word to use could be amount of billions being used to line the pockets as many

would say of the bankers and the big financial institutions where does the blame lie is it the people who are in power from brussels and the eurozone or so perhaps the people in the public who have been overspending beyond their means. i think the real problem is your view leadership in the ninety's starting with an experiment that many economists thought a good time there was one uncalled for and very risky road you were taking the risk of starting a monetary union reasonable strong political union now and the try to reach through to misty right. strengthening the glue you need will not work and you can say it was not and it's costing us all a lot not just the euro because of people throughout the world will suffer from the news all right are you a climb out of the head of economics at your customers university in rotterdam i live in what another netherlands many things right and we have more on the euro

crisis on our website of course our thoughts he talked comments including how italy is dealing with its two trillion euros the debt you can log on to find out why taxpayers there are hitting the streets their fight against the military spending could cost the impoverished it's also. big brother exposed wiki leaks reveals data on a new global surveillance and interception industry that spans twenty five countries r.t. reports online about how you are being fired. also join our team on europe's largest ice skating rink which is just opened right here in the center of the russian capital. i can watching r.t. live from moscow in new york around twenty thousand people have staged

a march demanding jobs and economic fairness to hold off the occupy movement protests it was organized by labor unions who have been demanding change our correspondent was that. this event has been organized by the new york city council that is an umbrella for more than three hundred unions and the reason these people say they're out on the street as that they are frustrated and fed up with the i think an ominous narrative between the rich important basically the more than fourteen million americans unemployed at the moment one percent the richest one percent in america has tripled its wealth in the past thirty years what this shows is that the highest sentiments that happen at the by the occupy wall street movement for over the past two months are now being voiced by labor unions at a larger scale did see labor unions join occupy wall street

a month or so ago but that turnout was not as large as this one the people taking this beds are walking around with signs that say we are the ninety nine percent we are the backbone and the working class of the united states that is being ignored for you people force this country and as you can see it's a nationally. because the people who are making the. decisions now with little we have. people both come out. and make sure their voice heard the. word caught every day. in the week don't even have to make easter road to go that. looks like you're not the only one that there's thousands of people walking the streets and i tell you work hard every day get up four thirty every morning. you can strive to send my kids to school. that traditionally people finally said the irony here is that on wednesday the u.s.

president probably was in new york city for three fundraisers for his reelection campaign one of those fundraisers cost more than thirty five thousand dollars per ticket to a time so many here say that. that shows. that between the elected officials in the united states and what is being why we are the constituents and they say they didn't things are not achieved the crowd that you see out here will most supply by an enormous amount in the coming months reporting in your green up or night party runners not just americans themselves through have a grudge to bear against the u.s. government but on the other side of the world is growing just a pleasure as we reporters a little bit later. people including the closure of a key american military base the base say has often been bad news for the local community. all right our sixteen minutes past the hour here in egypt results of the

first stage of parliamentary elections are due to be announced on friday but the ballot has been boycotted by many protesters who are still demanding an end to the going to train rule now while a record number of people turned out for the country's first free elections since the ousting of president mubarak but many doubt it will bring any change at all. reports from cairo. this was the first of three rounds of voting for the lower house of parliament and nine out of twenty seven provinces have voted including cairo and alexandria the remaining provinces will vote the rest of this month and generally this entire election process will not be over before march now brotherhood is showing great largest support base at this stage and this is not an unexpected it is the largest the oldest and the most well organized political grouping here in egypt despite the fact that it was once fair and now there has been some concern that the muslim brotherhood why form an alliance or a feast and after starner and the brotherhood has denied this the slightest honor

it is a much more conservative party it has a much stricter interpretation of islam not of this is the first election that is being hold since the former egyptian president hosni mubarak was forced to step down and back in february and the infliction results were initially planned for wednesday at that stage there were delayed the announcement was given that it was because the ballots by egyptians living aboard have not here been tallied the results of any expected yesterday for this day they were again delayed their time the reason given was because so many people had simply turned out there was a massive demonstration that is being planned for today friday in turkey square it has been a tribute to the heroes of muhammad and nothing which means this is the street or forty three people were killed and more than a thousand people were injured in recent clashes between the army the police and protesters now there are twenty three political groupings who are behind today's demonstration and talking to protesters who will be up there in tahrir square they say that the large turnout at the calls is simply an indonesian people heard that

the situation will improve there for as long as the retrieval days and hala nothing in egypt will change until the rally in corn among the demonstrators the turn here has not changed and that is that the military would skip down immediately that is right there. maybe entrance to. a nato military base in afghanistan now reportedly injuring more than seventy people mainly civilians the attack occurred just south of the capital kabul a suicide bomber is said to have packed a truck with explosives the taliban has already claimed responsibility for this bombing this comes at a time of growing concern over stability in the region foreign contract troops due to leave by the end of two thousand and fourteen however a substantial presence is expected to remain to train the local security forces. let's get some more world news for you briefly on this friday first to yemen where heavy shelling between the army and tribesmen in the country's second largest city

of tire years left thirteen people dead including civilians dozens more were injured it happened when troops loyal to president ali abdullah saleh tried to storm the town center a hotbed of the anti-government protests that have been raging since january all roads leading into thai it's blocked by the fierce fighting that has left outlying districts isolated the yemeni government accuses the main opposition party of being behind the unrest a spike in violence comes in the wake of a power transfer deal to an interim government and head of an early election next year. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has said there will be no immediate end to american sanctions on libya and a meeting with the country's president clinton urged the nation to continue making reforms in order to have instructions lifted by included in the list of requests towards the release of political prisoners and the promotion of internal. prison said to me and must prove reforms will last before any action is taken. but

a fresh wave of concerns being raised over a controversial key u.s. military base is going to stand so after the country underwent its first peaceful transfer of power in the republic's history when you president expressed his desire to see its closure fearing the facility makes the country a target these are sort of reports. they call it operation enduring misery several times a day u.s. military planes take off from an airport near the congress capital bishkek there and gins generating a lot of anger and mung the locals but it's so noisy here i can barely sleep that in soviet times the village of ramadan there was famous across kid the sun for his gigantic watermelons but ever since the americans landed here ten years ago locals say the quality of their crops has been steadily declining like most of his neighbors though the only collaboration is convinced americans are dumping fuel undefiled surrounding the base which is commanders deny. i watched the u.s.

planes come and go several times a day i know there should be the noises disturbing but i sort of got used to what's really bad is that they're killing nature the fields and the crops and people's health is getting worse through the air base represents the shortest and the most efficient route to deliver you supplies and servicemen into afghanistan nicknamed the gateway to how is the last safe start on the way to combat but for the residents here getting rid of the base is a battle in its own right and you can't have seems we're going to america's many enemies fighting wars in afghanistan iraq would be on one fraternity would want to attack us number an incredible. one for market express than sound their marriage plans and the victualling notice only to negotiate a three fold lease increase a few months later the following year

a common big bike he was ousted. from office on allegations of corruption some limited to payments from the us base mistrust and even has still attributes in the locals and use troops abroad are hardly anything new many countries are hosting american bases despite sometimes very strong objections of the indigenous population but here in kyrgyzstan the issue is still politically charged and it has already shown the power of making a breaking once presidency yet america's presence in the region has its brutal benefits to military gear in accessories have long found their way to biscuits bazaars thanks to a shady network of buyers and sellers secondhand u.s. military uniform is held in very high regard here the owner of this business doesn't want us to show his face as he usually gets it from american troops on the ground for a couple hundred bucks he suffered to a wide range of clients many of whom come from all over the former soviet union

according to grace's commanders the americans do try to be nice in addition to sixty million dollars a year for believe use personnel in kyrgyzstan have done volunteer work and raise money to renovate the local school and the locals are appreciative they say they have nothing against the americans per se except that they have long outstay their welcome it's not going to artsy because the. heart of this bringing you our problems headlines are just a few minutes about a week after kareena by the latest business. thank you rory hello and welcome again to our business update russia goes to the polls on sunday to choose who sits in parliament the election season will then be concluded with the presidential vote in early march the weak state of the global economy is having an effect on the campaign and analysts say unlike previous years

the government has not ramped up public spending ahead of the vote in. i think it reflects that the economy's growing quite strongly on its own how it reflects concern about the global environment and the desire for more prudent policy but i think it also means that we're starting out in a slightly stronger position. than other warnings second thing to say is that we are going to see some increases in spending and cuts and tax at the beginning of next year we're going to see big increase in police by a big increase in military pay and a big profit and social contribution tax so there is already increase in spending programs into the budget twenty twelve regardless of the results of the election. let's have a look at the markets now heading for its first weekly gain in three clashes between iran and the west have sparked speculation that supply for me is like the public may be at risk here while russian oil production slipped point one percent in november tolbert falling to climb from the feelings of i'm sorry for the first

time in five months lucky thing you are gaining this hour with banks and miners needing gains for putting the tax up over what they have said markets are also awaiting us now a month long deal. and here in russia stocks are up as well heading for their first weekly advance and five that of the price of war the markets are also boosted by your steps to that crisis let's have a look at something divisional schaffel's otherwise x. this hour most of the chips are recovering from earlier losses were questions biggest lenders where bank of over three and a half percent carmaker after the us is in the world after reporting sales growth of thirteen percent for the first eleven months of the year and retail among you is also down the company has started the second republic offering at a price lower that market. in other news i.q. russia has posted revenue growth of fourteen percent in two thousand and eleven the

company's new general director in the country attributes the success to ikea's ideology of offering affordable goods we are extremely successful in moscow sensibly most go in we need to know the brother for ourselves also break the store more efficiently and to offer better and better the shopping climate for the customers we need to add more more stores and most of them has absolute priority so when we have done that because there's not really believe in the region we conservatives probably do we do it step by step but also we want to control the risk and we don't want to rush too fast because i mean building three stores by itself is a big undertaking these are not small pretty tiny stores there's a huge the want to go so it's it's quite a challenge to do that. that's all for this hour stay with us for headline news coming up next.

as russians pick for parliament who are the main contenders in the race for juma seats party leader gennady zyuganov chimes the achievements of communism from before his time put his criticized for his rebel small with the russian orthodox church current campaign slogan the politics of the majority is made to win will return the motherland stolen from us priorities free education and housing

punishing illegal immigration and introducing ethnicity stands in pasco county success story second in all presidential elections since the end of the u.s.s.r. criticized for exploiting soviet nostalgia with pensioners but it just contends it industrial working class no no parole for its red flags with the hammer and sickle the communist party of the russian federation duma alexion two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . more news today is once again flared up. and these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to poke orations relieved a. mum.