fourteen are to coming to life in moscow i'm marina joshing the arab league has renewed calls for the syrian government to and watch and allow more observers in the country but the group monitoring the implementation of a peace plan stop short of asking the un for help the arab league mission itself has been heavily criticized for failing to stop the violence as artists are further reports many in the country say they're paying too high a price for change. a new year but no resolution here despite the presence in the country of arab league observers and ten months of bloody clashes the violence in syria continues to escalate i don't reckon that's what's our fault what's our people's fault it's a send that our children are dying it's a sense they are just ordinary people we simply want to have the man seen here his life doctor is a battling to save as a soldier. the he dies he's just twenty five years old.

his family left to mourn him and this is just one man one family but across syria at the moment there are many more people experiencing exactly the same thing as the country edges ever closer toward civil war hundreds of people from both sides losing their lives every month. on friday another suicide bombing in damascus is yet further evidence of the escalating conflicts and do this is continued to take place despite the presence of arab league observers on the ground and then had we went to the lead in them to help but they didn't want to listen to us and didn't respond to our complaints exactly he's responsible for what's in the country right now remains far from being clear that the opposition itself is becoming increasingly divided with more and more army desserts is joining the ranks in calling for

a violent overthrow of the government danger. soldiers who. have concluded. the arrest of the syrian army if they want to. do it you know the league has once again when you think cools for the violence from all sides and the thing that's to review the finding safe. there in syria this vast country and many of its people are fighting extremely hard right now for the right to determine their own future the government here might say that they're pushing reforms three many people in the country feel that simply too much has happened too much blood has been shed for anything other than real change to be an option sara for. damascus despite growing discontent with the arab league's mission in syria political analysts say or america says the group has to find

a way out of the crisis and ignore intervention calls coming from the west. the violence is two sided there are attacks against government troops these realities on the ground need to be reflected by the observers the arab league observers and unless they have time to really see both sides of the story we're not going to know how best to solve this conflict we're not going to know how best dialogue will happen and who to trust and who involved in this process syria also has to be careful to have reliable people come in and not those with political agenda seeking to destabilize or undermine the syrian regime of course there's also violence continuing in this must stop so the arab league needs to find a just way to end this crisis and not listen to the western pressure that's coming from europe and from america to intervene in syria and to get the united nations involved right now let the arab league try to do its job. moscow has been trying to mediate a peaceful solution in syria for months and has thrown its support behind the arab

league monitors and russia's foreign minister is commissioner for human rights says there must be more understanding that some of the violence is being caused by an armed opposition. we do very much support the peace initiative by the league of arab states which have submitted the draft screw the council resolution your in the security council which calls for the biggest to see from where the last point homes were conceived because it's review board time to strike the balance and fortunately wearables has come up only for the government forces from the army and police but while most significant just come from all sorts of. extremist elements. befriend the backs of peaceful peaceful demonstrators.

you can see the full interview with russia's foreign minister is commissioner for human rights and twenty minutes time here on r.t. . afghanistan is demanding of the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within a month that's after detainees at the american run jail outside bagram air base complained of torture jason did say political analyst at u.s. based website antiwar dot com says despite all the talk of the plan pullout washington could have a grip on afghanistan for another decade at least. a lot of these allegations have been the subject of court cases in the u.s. over the past few years particularly the question of holding detainees without any specific evidence or charges and u.s. courts have found repeatedly unfortunately that the military base that bob graham isn't under their jurisdiction and that the military basically can detain people as long as they want without charges at the air force base the u.s. has been in not so secret negotiations with the karzai government about rubber

stamping continuing the mission possibly for another decade past twenty four king day there's been not really open talk in the u.s. media but open talk in the international media of the possibility of a two thousand and twenty four deadline replacing the twenty fourteen deadline and while the u.s. is saying that that last ten years would be a smaller commitment then the first ten years have been i think it really remains to be seen if even that will be the case. so i have for you this hour the opportunity of a lifetime or a dad and it's a bumpy road for my twelve posting crane are the faces questions over whether of this is the right time to stage a football tournament costing billions of dollars plus. this signer came from the united states and went on a ship and came to st petersburg and then drove down on truck and put it into the park like one day i was in there and the week later we were open the man who brought the culture of american dieters to russia reveals the secrets of his

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start on t.v. dot com. it's a new here all problems for the euro where the region's leaders germany and france going back to work to hammer out a rescue plan and a merkel and nicolas sarkozy are meeting in berlin on monday for the first time in two thousand and twelve they have three months to implement fiscal discipline rules agreed in the summer but some worry that germany about all sees this as an opportunity to increase political clout artistic work is going off now reports. the billions of euros had been injected into the greek economy while its population has been given shot after shot of austerity measures in most cases that's meant wages cut taxes raised my friend the famous composer of. crees mikis theodorakis compares it with

a time in before the fascism and what they are doing is to destroy the democracy crease is that democracy has seen the elected pm swept into the political gutter. and replaced by an unelected technocrat who just happened to be a former vice president of the european central bank. the one and only goal is to prevent a greece from going under and taking others with it a similar tactic was used on the third largest of the euro zone's economies italy after silvio berlusconi resigned from power and a new prime minister was also appointed switching governments is an old show the government that left had no chance to act to act much different from the one that is installed now people are you know passive tied by a new face meanwhile two key players of the e.u. germany and france meet again looking for ways to world cracks in the euro zone

germany's already thrown billions at saving the euro it's no surprise that it wants more control over the rest of the pack which is why berlin players are pushing to build the so-called fiscal compact meant to take the reins over so over and budget but it's an idea that's not going down well on germany streets especially if there is a threat that germany can gain certain positions and influence in the e.u. and it may not really have any right to be doing this germany over the money or did give the other governments gets more power more power for and i hear there's it's bad i think they're the danger the so-called robin hood tax is another proposed to measure it would charge the financial institutions for every money move the mic with the aim to standardize the markets however with more gloomy economic news over the euro zone's joblessness and feeling retail sales some analysts warn

if introduced the new tax meet only makes struggling countries even more dependent on france and germany is money there's no doubt. economic powerhouse of the u. and the skies over the euro zone darkening the signs or the economic strength is no use to why go influence as well you go to. frankfurt germany like much of the adelaide and you are up there are regions of india seeing a mass movement of people seeking work and fortune abroad here in thais by the promise of prestige jobs and big money but often find anything but. reports. carola india famed for its beautiful beaches and the country's highest health and literacy rates is also known for something else. a darker side for many years despite the state's success unemployment remains high forcing millions of keralites

to look further afield for work that's exactly what mohammad did he's one of two point three million indians who've gone to the gulf for a better life we are interested in going abroad because we don't have enough. benefits to work in india every day our expenses are shooting up and we do in tough enough so we go to the govt in order to earn more and to have a good life after three and a half years mohammed's back in india to renew his visa he says he can earn almost twice as much money in the gulf as he can at home for muhammad it's been a success and that's why thousands of keralites knock on the doors of agencies like this to go the dream of going to the gulf has become a money making business in kara with people coming here early in the morning to line up to get their passport and process just on this one block you see several agencies that are helping people get the right paperwork and sometimes they're charging up to three to five thousand dollars to help people go and that's when

things can start to go wrong to afford the ticket in high agency charges many would be golf workers take out loans from their future employer and once they arrive they're given a lower salary than promised but are still in debt experts say it's a common story making people vulnerable to physical and mental exploitation these poor while. he was. with the others the goals that they have. hundred dollars sometimes though the consequences are even worse than that over forty seven years ago she called us in the morning and was crying after that we haven't heard from her. she has gone missing and we have no information. when gina and sar hasn't seen her mother since she went to the gulf for what was supposed to be a higher paying job that was seven years ago many indian workers like regina's mother simply disappear it's thought some are just afraid to come back and admit

their dream became a night while others hide to escape abuse from employers and fear being discovered by authorities and deported when their paperwork expires we had a lot of difficulties and still do when she went missing she has and that is a lot of responsibility i have two kids as well all of them were when she went missing so they don't have the minimum of years of. memories that no amount of money from abroad can make up for we can only speculate about this one missing woman's story but hers is not an isolated case although migrant keralite workers send almost seven million dollars back to india every year thousands of others have never been heard from again preassure either. from india. breaking the ice to help a community in danger we'll report on the line about a russian tanker that's due to arrive in alaska to deliver fuel to some three and

a half thousand people cut off by severe storms. and this woman thought she was jumping for joy but the binding golden there was a lucky escape though so find the full story and watch the video again r t dot com you can also find all our best videos and are you to towel as well. as. be official. from the.

video. this summer ukraine welcomes euro two thousand and twelve one of the biggest sporting about as in the world as co-host with poland it's costing billions of dollars to overhaul roads air boards and stadiums to welcome football teams and their supporters organizers believe it will all benefit the country's image but alice hears you ask you found not everyone shares that optimism. the incredible adventures of food bullheads from extreme accommodation to driving through impassable roads this is the scenario some believe awaits fans who will flock to ukraine for the euro twenty twelve tournament of base journalists organized this photo exhibition trying to voice

a rather pessimistic message about the upcoming football club. we're being told by the government that everything has been built by the fans will face those problems that we ordinary craniums face every day very poor straight better issues bribery by the police and terrible medical facilities i'm afraid it could be a major failure. at first glance such concerns may seem laughable even in the darkest times of financial troubles the euro twenty twelve projects remained top priority when almost all construction projects were halted roads airports and stadiums never stopped being built after a string of stadium opening ceremonies in ukraine you wait for chiefs are now completely sure the country is ready to host the tournament we went through a different periods of the preparation so some of them. solve successful but in

the last two years we made huge progress in terms of infrastructure construction and also in terms of organisation so in principle we are ready but this is just one example of what really worries some in ukraine this broken road is only several hundred metres away from a vital highway and there is a slim chance it would ever be repaired before or after the tournament kicks off experts believe ukraine simply has no money for that and the euro twenty twelve will not change the situation. of the ukraine is spent fourteen billion dollars on euro twenty twelve projects but wait. only hope for the billion from the tournament twenty eight times less everyone knew that it's a typical situation especially faced in europe the question is if we could afford such spending in hard times like this. tournament organizers brush all this criticism aside saying regardless of how much money your twenty twelve brings the

country is building a bright future for itself for the first time in twenty years history people get new airports new roads new terminals everything is new we believe that people who is in ukraine they will come again the ways of ukraine so this is our main goal a special euro twenty twelve clock was installed in central kiev to count down the minutes to june skew cough and despite some skepticism the majority of ukrainians are relieved to see it ticking in their capital city not anywhere else with all the airports and stadiums springing up it's hard to believe now that almost a year ago the tournament could have moved to another country by you a for as ukraine was not doing good enough now there is no doubt whatsoever it will be held here but one question still remains whether it would become an opportunity of a lifetime or a luxury this economically his country could not have afforded. reporting from kiev in ukraine now let's take

a look at some other stories from around the world the way an opposition leader or you bring him was greeted by hundreds of supporters after being found guilty of sodomy following a two year trial ibraheem faced a possible twenty year jail sentence after being accused of having sex with a foreign male a politician maintained his innocence and said the charges were politically motivated the verdict is expected to have major consequences on elections expected later this year. following a wave of deadly attacks and i jerry and president has said there are maybe sympathizers of terrorists. within his government over the weekend sectarian vial. targeting christians killed dozens of forced hundreds from their homes a state of emergency has been declared in several regions at least fifty people have been killed in the last few days by a bucket who have warned christians to flee the muslim dominated north. the u.s. is prepared to use force against iran if the blocks a key will route in the persian gulf according to pentagon chief leon panetta iran

has been threatening to close the strait of hormuz if that's all exports are blocked because of sanctions the u.s. and europe have targeted the country's financial and oil sectors over its nuclear program u.s. general also said washington could wipe out iran's nuclear facilities. you know i have address to his supporters from london pakistan's former president pervez musharraf has said he will return to pakistan to run in the forthcoming elections it faces arrest on arrival over accusations he failed to provide protection for prime minister benazir bhutto who was assassinated in two thousand and eight describe the allegations as baseless elections don't have to be held until twenty thirty but there is speculation that her and president zardari could call them for this year. our daily pathfinder series here in r.t. we introduce you to pioneering foreigners who have had business success in russia.

despite a long cold war or perhaps because of it russians have always had a saying for hamburgers and bill shakes it's a yearning paul o'brian sought to satisfy when he brought the first american diner to the country. i got here in st patrick's day march eleven o'clock at night it was dark there was no neon on the street. to the hotel like going up to my room and i said to myself what if i do but i decided i want to stay and i met a young russian guy and became my partner and is still my partner. just started to move forward and not look. steiner came from the united states and went on a ship and came to st petersburg and then drove down on trucks and we put it into the

park you know like one day i wasn't there and two weeks later we were open i think it was the challenge. was really exciting when i opened my first business here. because we were the first we had a lot of people that thought we were crazy to put a diner in the middle of the park despite all the objections there and we didn't we knew it was going to work because i had worked here for two years in the hotel i actually got on their stand the culture. and thought process and russian despite everything i russians i've always had a love for america you know and you can't get more american than a diner one of the great things about this diner was modular so when we ordered it from the united states all the pictures are on the walls. all the buddhas are made in the in the united states but they're red in their classic diner. furniture so while we had crises here and ninety eight and by an arcane other than ninety

eight the last one it wasn't so bad because people came down market they were spending less money on risk and we have a really moderate price category so we our business actually increased a little during the last crisis i think there's still a lot of opportunities here i mean it's just under saturated market like ten million people i could use a lot more restaurants. foreign businessmen really have to understand a lot about the country before they get here and they have to know their own business really well be able to adapt because you know it's not my way or the highway situation here it's like the russian way i would say the first thing is they need a russian partner they can trust and then they have perseverance because it's not going to happen as quickly as it would somewhere else i once said you know and in that in america you have all the rights but no freedom of russia i said you had freedom but no rights to it. so. probably the biggest difference

is management style management is more harsh and more dictatorial i think that's a negative because if you don't challenge them you don't get a second opinion on whether you're doing the right thing or not i would say developing managers is probably the biggest challenge because they don't have a lot of management experience i think sometimes people look at business and they say i have a business but i think every business has three components ok one is the employees the other is the owner who puts up the capital and wants to make a profit and the other one is the customer you know if you don't treat all three of those aspects as being important you're not going to be successful you have to take care of your employees have to take care of your customers and put it together where you're going to make money. and if you don't put those three those things together market work.

well shortly our one of russia's most senior diplomats explains why the contrary fuses to wasn't electros in democracy from the west but before that the headlines. if they shoot something inappropriate from the public they can easily be shown.

casualties of war ok. i wish she would never have what it has. in a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what destroys their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and the spear what happens with such witnesses i got him on my site. many checks to be. sure her shoes shooting on our.

well back here with r t here's a look at the top stories the arab league urges an end to retaliate in syria but doesn't want anyone involved however the group itself has come under criticism for failing to stop the violence while many in the troubled country just one every turn to peace. afghanistan demands the keys to the boreas reground prison within a month that's after those held in u.s. run facilities say they have been repeatedly abused and tortured. and euro survival is back on the agenda where the region's first couple holding.