it is good to have you with us today this is r.t. live from moscow with me wrong reception the arab league has renewed calls for the syrian government to end bloodshed more observers in the country but the group monitoring the implementation of a peace plan stopped short of asking at the u.n. for help the arab league mission itself has been heavily criticized for failing to stop the violence as artie's sara first reports many in the country say they are paying too high a price for the change. a new year but no resolution here despite the presence in the country of arab league observers in ten months of bloody clashes the violence in syria continues to escalate i don't macalester what's our fault what's our people's point it's assumed that our children are dying it's a senator kerry just ordinary people we simply want to have a man seen here his life doctors are battling to save his soldiers charging the he

dies and he's just twenty five years old. was found in the act to mourn him and this is just one man one family because 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 and of the suicide bombing in damascus is yet further evidence of the escalating conflict into this is continued to take place despite the presence of arab league observers on the ground and i know that we went to the leading them to help but they didn't want to listen to mars and didn't respond to our complaints exactly he's responsible for what's in the country right now and means far from being clear that the opposition it's. now it's

becoming increasingly divided more and more army does it is joining the ranks in calling for a violent eva three the government danger is that those soldiers who have been moved. by its developments. in this area have concluded. to use violence to fight the rest of the syrian army if they want to succeed is not the way to do it you know the kids once again we need to make rules for the violence from all sides and the thing that's thirty that's finding safe. there in syria this 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 that pushing reform three that many people in the country feel that simply too much has happened and too much blood has been shed for anything other than real change to now be an option sara for. damascus. despite

a growing discontent with the arab league's mission in syria political analyst sarah marusek says the group just to find a way out of the crisis and ignore intervention calls in 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. meantime moscow has been trying to mediate a peaceful solution in syria for months now and there's a throw in its support behind the arab league monitors and russia's foreign minister is commissioner for human rights says that 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 you have submitted the draft of the screw the council resolution of. the security council which calls for the review to see from the very last we are going to see it because it's really important to stress the whales unfortunately wales has come not only for big government forces from the army and police but. significant has come also all sorts of. extremist elements those who. befriend the barracks or peaceful peaceful demonstrators.

and you can see the full interview with russia's foreign minister is commissioner for human rights in about twenty minutes time here on out. afghanistan is demanding the us army hands over control of its main prison in the country within one month after detainees at the american run jail outside background airbase complained of torture jason did a political analyst and a us based website antiwar dot com says despite all the talk of the planned 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 in the question of holding detainees without any specific evidence or charges and u.s. courts have found repeatedly unfortunately that military base that biography 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 key date there's been not really open talk in 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. washouts he left a force that was still ahead for you this hour the opportunity of a lifetime or a dead and it's a bumpy road for euro two thousand and twelve host ukraine this as it faces questions over whether this is the right time to stage a football tournament that's costing billions of dollars. plus. the

steiner came from the united states and when i shifted came to st petersburg and i drove down on a truck and put it into the park. one day it wasn't there and we played it with a rope and the man who brought the culture of american diners to russia reveals the secrets of his success to join him in just a few minutes follow the latest in our odds he caught find a series. mission free accreditation free cruise for charges free. range three. three stooges free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects a free media don carty dot com.

which brightened. a song from silence to. start on t.v. dot com. ten minutes past the hour here in moscow it's a new here but with old problems for the euro while the region's leaders germany and france go back to work to try and hammer out a rescue plan. nicolas sarkozy meeting in berlin on monday for the first time in two thousand and twelve they have three months to implement fiscal discipline rules agreed upon in december but some worry that germany above all sees this as an

opportunity to try and increase political clout. you got a president of investigates. 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. compares it with the time before the fascism and what they are doing is to destroy the democracy greece 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 passing by the. 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 a so-called fiscal compact meant to take the reins over sober 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 order

it gives the government gets more power more power for and i hear this is bad i think that the danger the so-called robin hood tax is another proposed to measure it would charge the e.u.'s financial institutions for every money move the meek with the aim to stand in the markets however with more. gloomy economic news over the euro zone's joblessness and feeling. 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 germany. over the euro zone. is now used to why. as a wall. or t. frankfurt germany. many parts of

a debt laden europe there are regions all over india seeing a mass movement of people seeing work and fortune abroad there enticed by the promise of prestige jobs big money but often find nothing but. reports. carol 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 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 don't time enough so we go to the govt in order to earn more and to have a good life after three and a half years mohammad is 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 mohamed 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 and carol i would people coming here early in the morning to line up to get their passport in process just on this one block you see several agencies that are help. 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 gulf 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 new goals that they. 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. 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 with their dream became a night while other is tied to escape abuse from employers and fear being discovered by authorities and deported when their paperwork expires. and 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 really young when she went missing so they don't have the new memories of. memories that no amount of

money from abroad could 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. is coming here are from the heart of moscow one. breaking the ice to help a community in danger we report online about a russian tanker those due to arrive in alaska this to deliver fuel to some but three and a half thousand people cut off by a severe storm. either this woman thought she was jumping for joy but the bungee bungled a lucky escape however find out a full story watch a video again a dog see dot com a bear in mind you can always find our best videos on our you tube channel.

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a policeman and three interior ministry soldiers have been killed during a special operation in russia's republic of chechnya the officers were killed on sunday during a gunfight with around ten militants in a mountainous area after refusing to surrender the insurgents opened fire injuring sixteen other officers in the process for militants were killed the operation is still ongoing we'll keep you updated on developments as soon as we get them. well the summer ukraine welcomes euro two thousand and twelve it's one of the biggest sporting events in the world co-host with poland it's costing billions of dollars to overhaul the roads airports and stadiums all to welcome football teams and their supporters organizers believe it will all benefit the country's image but artie's i found out that not everyone is sharing that level of 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 gave based 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 replace those problems that we ordinary iranians face every day who are straight better issues bribery by the police are also and terrible medical facilities i'm afraid it could be a major fear that. 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 last two years we made huge progress in terms of infrastructure construction and also in terms of organisation so in principle. but this is just one example of what really worries some in ukraine. this broken road is only several hundred meters 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. in the ukraine is spent fourteen billion dollars on you're a twenty twelve projects but we predicted to earn only half a billion from the tournament twenty eight times last 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 we will 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 especially euro twenty twelve o'clock was installed in central kiev to count down the minutes to jews kickoff 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 far 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. ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. all right now time for the world update here on out here some of the headlines for you now from around the globe this hour i will start with a malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim being created by hundreds of supporters after being found not guilty of sodomy following. two year trial he put a human face to a possible twenty year jail sentence after being accused of having sex with a former male aide the 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. nigerians angered by corruption and high petrol prices have started a nationwide strike millions are expected to stay away from work leaving africa's largest oil exporter paralyzed fuel prices have doubled since january the first

when that was when the government ended subsidies which the president described as unsustainable the country is also dealing with the aftermath of weeks of sectarian violence which is left over fifty dead in the last few days. the u.s. is prepared to use force against iran if it blocks a key oil route in the persian gulf this according to pentagon chief leon panetta tehran has been threatening to close the strait of hormuz if its oil exports are blocked because of sanctions the u.s. and europe have targeted the country's financial and oil sectors over its nuclear program a u.s. general also said washington could wipe out iran's nuclear facilities. meanwhile the wrongs of state radio as reported that iran has sentenced and american man to death after convicting him of being a cia cia spy. marty a former u.s. marine was arrested in august he's also been found guilty of attempting to accuse

iran of involvement in terrorism last month iran's media released a video showing how he confessed to having links to the cia the u.s. meantime has demanded his release. now in our daily pathfinder series or here in r.t. we introduce you to pioneering foreigners who have had a successful business here in russia. well i despite the long cold war or perhaps because of it russians have always had a thing for hamburgers and milkshakes it's a yearning paul o'brian sort of satisfied when he brought the first american diner to the country his story is now. i got here in st patrick's day march eleven o'clock at night star there was no neon on the street. of the hotel

like going up to my room i said to myself what i do but i decided i was still a young russian and i became my partner and is still my partner. just saw this code i'm not looking. for steiner came in the united states and went on a ship and came to st petersburg and then your own down on trucks to put it into the park you know one day i wasn't there and two weeks later we were open i think it was a challenge it was really exciting when i opened my first business. 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 work here for two years in the hotel i actually got there stand the culture. and the process and russian despite everything russians 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 night it states all the pictures are on the walls. all the buddhas are made in the us in the united states but they're red in their classic. furniture so while we had crises here and ninety eight and five in our case other than ninety eight the last one wasn't so bad because people came down market they were spending less money on roofs and we have a really moderate price category so we our business actually increased prices 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 there's not

a 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. quickly as it would somewhere else i once said you know in america you have all the rights but no freedom 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 a man who 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 one is the employees the

other is the owner 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 to take care of your customers and put it together where you're going to make money. if you don't put those three those things together market work. now and not just a couple of minutes here on out c it's one of russia's most senior diplomats explaining why the country refuses to listen to lectures in democracy from the west before that though the headlines with me roll received a suit them. if

they shoot something inappropriate from the public they can easily be shown to accept casualties of war ok. i wish he would have never happened but it has. been a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what does their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave me and this clear what happens with such witnesses i got him on my site. one of many objects

submitted. to merciless shooting on our. now at two thirty pm on monday here in moscow this is. your headlines the arab league urges an end to brutality in syria but doesn't want the u.n. getting involved many in the troubled country just want to return to. afghanistan it demands the keys to the notorious bad ram prison within a month after those held in the u.s. run facility you say they were abused and tortured. and the euro is survival back on the agenda for the region's first cup.