worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is r t with me role research say welcome to the program the arab league has renewed calls for the syrian government to end the bloodshed and allow more observers into the country but the group monitoring the implementation of a peace plan stopped short of asking for help from the u.n. the arab league mission itself has been heavily criticized for failing to stop the violence and as artists are a further ports many of the countries say they're paying too high a price for change. a new year with 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 make a list of what's our fault what's our peoples find it's assumed that our children are dying it's a center here just ordinary people we simply want to have

a man seen here he's like ducks is a battling to save his soldiers. the he died he was just twenty five years old. was found 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 another suicide bombing in damascus is yet further evidence of the escalating conflicts 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 itself is

becoming increasingly divided with more and more army deserts is joining the ranks in calling for a violent eva three the government danger is that those soldiers who have been moved. from this area have concluded. to the rest of the syrian army if they want to succeed. you know the league has once again when you think rules for the violence from all sides and i think that's true of the 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 that pushing reforms very 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

well despite growing discontent with the arab league's mission in syria political analyst. the group has to find a way out of the crisis and ignore intervention calls on coming from the west. the violence is two sided that 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 agendas seeking to destabilize or undermine the syrian regime of course there is 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 his support behind the arab league monitors rushers of foreign ministries commissioner for human rights so it 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 of submitted the draft of the screw the council resolution. the security council which for the media to see from where we were going to see it because its review board describes the way it was unfortunately wearables has come not only from the government forces from the army and police but while most significant has come from all sorts of. extremist elements. befriend the backs of peaceful

peaceful demonstrators. and you can see the full interview with russia's foreign minister as commissioner for human rights that will be next hour right here on. afghanistan is demanding the u.s. army hands over control of its main prison in the country within one month that's after a detainee is at the american run jail outside background their base complained of torture medea benjamin a co-founder of the antiwar group code pink says the u.s. should speed up its pullout from afghanistan. this goes all the way back to two thousand and two when the abuses first started coming out in fact there were two deaths of afghan prisoners that led to many stories about abuses in the background and we have heard about those kind of stories for the last several years i guess

the only thing that is a surprise is that karzai is certainly taking it seriously there have been terrible relations down for quite a long time and this is just one more in that i think the u.s. should really speed up the transfer of power in all its ramifications to the afghan government the obama administration is now having talks with the taliban the taliban want to set up a headquarters and cutter the obama administration after the troops leaving iraq is now talking much more about the troops leaving afghanistan and this has created more tensions but i think the solution for that is the u.s. to hand over the management of the background prison over to the afghan government and she start developing to the afghan authorities in general unfortunately the obama administration is talking about leaving in twenty four entirely due here to find the scenes he's negotiating to have significant number of troops stay beyond that date i don't think the american people want to see that and i think that there

should be clear signs that the u.s. is is ready to leave afghanistan and turning over the background prison would be one of those signs. what you know it's still ahead for you this hour the opportunity of a lifetime or a dead end it's a bumpy road for euro two thousand and twelve host ukraine as it faces questions over whether this is the right time to stage a football tournament books costing billions of dollars. plus. steiner came to the united states when you came to st petersburg and then drove down on truckin. we put it into the park you might one day i wasn't there two weeks later the man who brought the culture of america. to russia he reveals the secrets of his success i do join him in a few minutes for the latest in our part series. mission

. could you take three. four judges three. major three. three. three. three broadcast video for your media project a free media party dot com. now ten minutes past the hour here in moscow it is a new year but with old problems for the euro as the region's leaders germany and france go back to work to hammer out a new rescue plan. is pressing for indebted countries to cut deficits with angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy meeting in the german capital but some worry that

germany above all sees this as an opportunity to increase its political clout. if it's going to reports. the billions of been injected into the greek economy. has been given shot after shot. in most cases that's meant wages cut taxes reduced 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 pacified 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 if there is a threat that germany can gain certain positions and points in the e.u. and it may not really have any right to be doing this germany over the years. or

did give the government gets more power more powerful and i fear that. it's 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 mic with the aim to standardize the market however with more. gloomy economic news over the eurozone is joblessness and feeling retool seal's some analysts warn if introduced the new tax me only makes struggling countries even more dependent on france and germany is money there's no doubt germany. will the skies over the euro zone darkening the signs are this. is now so why. as a wall. or d. frankfurt germany. like much of that later in europe there are regions all seeing

a mass movement of people seeking work and fortune abroad there enticed by the promise of prestige jobs and big money but often find anything but as it is pretty shrewd 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'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 have gone to the gulf for a better life we are interested in going abroad because we don't have enough or preach unities benefits to work in india every day our expenses are shooting up and we don't have 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 with people coming here early in the morning to line up to get their passport in the 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 and 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 goals that they. sometimes though the consequences are even worse than that. 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 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. 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. you're watching live from moscow and the breaking of the ice. help a community in danger we were poured on a line about a russian tanker. deliver fuel to some three and a half thousand people. by severe storms. have a look here this woman thought she was jumping for joy but the bungled as she goes there was a lucky escape to find out the full story watch all the footage at r.t. dot com of course you can also find all of our best videos but i'll.

be official. from the. video. and. it's good of you to join us today five militants have been killed during

a special operation in russia's republic of chechnya president. says the number could actually be higher as the operation is in its second day and is continuing russian security forces have suffered a losses as well a policeman and three interior ministry soldiers 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 we will keep you updated on the developments as soon as we get them. the summer ukraine welcomes the euro two thousand and twelve it's one of the biggest sporting events in the world as co-host with poland it's costing billions of dollars to overhaul the roads and airports of course the stadiums as well to welcome football teams and their supporters organizers a believer all of benefit the country's image but i. found out that not everyone is sharing at this 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 better in shoes bribery by the police and terrible medical facilities i'm afraid it could be a major fear. i mean 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 were not 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 works. 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 your 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 you are 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 especially europe twenty twelve 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 hit country could not have afforded. ski r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. right now let's go to some of the headlines for from around the world for you this hour time for the r.t. world update malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim was greeted by hundreds of supporters after being found not guilty of sodomy following. in a two year trial he would have him faced a possible twenty year jail sentence after being accused of having sex with a former male politician and 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 the government ended subsidies which the president described as unsustainable the country's 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 the key oil route in the persian gulf this according to pentagon chief leon panetta iran has been threatening to close the strait of hormuz if its all exports are blocked because of sanctions the u.s. and europe have targeted the country's financial and all sectors over its nuclear program a u.s. general also said washington could wipe out iran's nuclear facilities. meanwhile iran's state radio has reported that tehran has sentenced on american man to death after convicting him of being a cia spy a mirror. former u.s.

marine was arrested in august has also been found guilty of attempting to accuse iran of involvement in terrorism last month iran's media released a video showing hekmati confessed to having links to the cia the u.s. meantime has demanded his release. now in our daily pathfinders series or here on ars he we introduce you to pioneering foreigners who have had business success here in russia. despite the long cold war or even perhaps because of it russians have always had a thing for hamburgers and milkshakes it's a yearning that paul o'brian sort of satisfy when he brought the first american diner to russia his story is now. i got here in st patrick's day march eleven o'clock at night it was dark it was no neon on the street.

of the hotel like going up to my room and i said to myself what if i do but i decided i want to stay a young russian and i became my partner and it's still my heart. just started to move forward and not look back. to steiner came in the united states and went on a ship and came to st petersburg and then drove down on trucks to 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 a challenge i 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 in russian despite everything russians have 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 us in the united states but they're red in their classic. furniture so well we had crises here at ninety eight and by an arcane other than ninety eight the last one and it wasn't so bad because people came down market they were spending less money under us and we have a really moderate price category so we our business actually increased oil 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 the 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. rise quickly as it would somewhere else i once said you know in america you have all the rights but no freedom in 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 manager 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 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. it's good to have you with us here on r t to stay with us if you can shortly people about them as guests and cross-talk will be debating how the commonwealth a former soviet states still seeking a common mission first i'll be back to remind you of today's headlines in just a moment.

it's not about spilling blood. it's the war of the barricades from one side and fears blockade from the other. invisible border has cut people from the land for twelve years. the conflict that divided serbia into two hostile parts is still not over.

the hour here in the russian capital this is your headlines now the arab league has an end to brutality in syria but does not want the u.n. getting involved all of this while many in the troubled country just want to pink's . afghanistan it demands the keys to the notorious background prison now within a month after those held in the u.s. run for civility say they were abused and tortured. and you wrote.