and in the business bulletin russian equities again in value the first hour of trade in sympathy with us and asian bourses for details joined me on twitter but. it is eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshua into the program with international pressure mounting on syria's president the e.u. is reading fresh sanctions against the regime russia says it will block any u.n. security council move to authorize military intervention in the country seeing dialogue as the only way out of the ongoing violence the syrian government and the opposition remain a logger heads as time runs out for manny and the country are the center for of the four pts. but how do you stop the fractured country from falling apart a country where some cities now resemble the walls a where the economy's on its knees and where children are being shot dead on the

streets. it's a question everybody's desperately trying to find an answer to right now nobody knows what's going to happen some are calling for military intervention others calling for dialogue this sit in case is not isolated of turkey. and i mention that mention of the west and i mentioned russian that mention. everybody has on interests but russian foreign minister sergei lavrov reaffirm that moscow would not authorize a u.n. resolution involving military intervention it struck a resident chord with the main opposition in the country. who refuse on principle any type of military foreign intervention because it proves the freedom of our country a profit model he was speaking to the head of the opposition here inside the country he told us that he had met russia's ambassador to syria just

a few days ago and that the opposition are planning to go to most again next month to continue the dialogue damascus has promised to push through reforms including parliamentary elections later this year to some here that's simply not enough. this could have been done in the past how we were and the killing and the violence because the population and opposition and the people not to believe anymore in the bruises of the regime. protesters had started by calling for reforms and now more than ten months into the unrest and they simply want president assad to go on. your thank god that many in syria right now simply want peace in their country and they hope reforms might be a way to achieve that. the president announced we will have an. under the government and independent opposition if all the parts were included this would be better for us all having different opinions is much better than having

a one sided discussion when i asked a few new moms she could be the opposition want to take current then of course why not we are all syrians are true we all care about our country. as the country descends deeper into crisis everyone's desperate to find a resolution it's take that the government reforms will go some way to building a bridge between the two sides but these are forms have been a long time coming and with so many lives already lost they're going to have come at a very high price so third party the best guess sorry those are dating what's happening online so you can follow her blog at r.t. dot com for her first hand experiences from syria. california british ambassador to syria of a zone east where doesn't hold much optimism that the crisis will be resolved any time soon with no effective opposition to replace president asad. i don't think there is a b. plan syria is sliding into

a probably largely sectarian civil war. there is no government in waiting there is this syrian national council which is based outside syria which has a temporary president. but it does not command universal support amongst the dissidents. and its links to those who are actually on the streets whether armed or unarmed in syria seems somewhat tenuous at times. from divided syria to war stricken libya in a few minutes on r t a we investigate why countries who were pushing so strongly for regime change in tripoli are now clamoring for a business contract in the country also. hundreds of russians around the country will be all deserving the day of the epitome as that they dive into last subzero

would find out if i would take the plunge if i was brave enough to do it. there on the streets is rising romania's massive protests demanding anti-government cuts higher taxes and corruption at the top demonstrators have been clashing with riot police hurling stones and petrol bombs with their rage mainly focused on the president some sixty people have been injured violent rallies began last week over a highly unpopular health bill which has since been withdrawn and reports from the capital bucharest. night and day they come to scream their defiance biting austerity and the feeling the government isn't listening have spilled over into anger even violence. of come here for the pain of their mean people the pain of the entire country for twenty two years all they have done is destroyed the entire country our youth has no future they have no

jobs. mostly water is sixty she's worked all her life in a textile factory in book arrest but now she is forced to pay for her social security out of her small pension. whether you're young or you're a pensioner you need a pension when you get old they need to give us a fair pension and not tell us they're borrowing the money because they don't have it had a war is not just here for herself her son left romania put italy to try and find work young rumanians feel trapped and directing most of their anger at the president try and assess could protesters accuse him of trampling over democracy presiding over a political elite riddled with corruption. who wants to descend down down with the sask who has come parents left us with a heritage and we are leaving our children with just debt the problem it's the younger ones. we need to have

a. good life you know mania. and we are not allowed to have peace because of stupidity of high levels of government that parliament. and international monetary fund loan in two thousand and nine came with tough conditions unlike in greece the remaining in government has tried to force its financial house into water budget benefit cuts slashed pay pension freezes falling living standards but some say it's the people who are now. being forced to pay for the mistakes of the few who steered the country to economic disaster. this was done at the expense of there are many in state and now those who hadn't been guilty for this situation then and even profited from it had to play for those who had proof it'd be the government blames international economic conditions however for the country's worst feelings let's not forget that we're in the eye of the storm of an

economic european storm all around us unfortunately is a mighty tempest with economic consequences that inevitably affect us too just not good enough say the opposition to argue of course that they could do better or more to every day discourage inefficient government stays in power as a dane last for rumania or jews used to shorten the period as much as we can once fast as we can by fair elections with many of them accepting there is no escape economically politics for them offers the only hope of change and that leads straight back out onto the streets here these are. the foundation to build on. the. more territory the corruption. the president about to be here and you can remain you want to tear it all down and start again yeah. washington is fully prepared for an

armed conflict with iran says the u.s. defense department the pentagon chief leon panetta says there is still room for dialogue but sufficient military forces are in the persian gulf in case to run the sites to block a vital oil route there now this comes after iran said it would close the strait of hormuz only if the country's security and the security of its nuclear facilities is threatened tehran is backed by russia which says military action would bring disastrous results iran agreed to resume six party talks over its atomic. program but there are fears the country is already under a tap after the latest murder of one of its nuclear scientists which tehran blames on israel former cia officer philip giraldi says a military confrontation in the gulf could lead to a new world war. the real danger here is that it could produce a shooting war if the united states does follow through on its resolve to keep the

straits open which will be that easy and i think that it virtually guarantees that iranian naval forces and u.s. naval forces would come into conflict the problem is that iran is is surrounded by a number of countries that are essentially hostile to it and some of them are nuclear armed and this is a perfect cauldron for for starting something with a very minor relatively minor incident that escalates and escalates and escalates and once a president has a major war the worst case scenario is world war three i'm afraid i think a covert war is being waged by the united states and israel i think in this case the actual killers of the scientists who are who are probably a rainy that were recruited by mossad or the cia outside of iran and then sent tended to do the work and i believe that the intelligence used to locate this man and to target him probably came from the united states and probably was intelligence that was shared with israel. the u.k.

has admitted for the first time that it was using a fake rock to help spy on russia six years ago the chief of staff to the british pm tony blair has revealed in an interview that it was highly embarrassing when the secret was exposed in two thousand and six in the january of that year a report on russian television claimed there was proof of british spies used electronic equipment disguised as a fake rock to collect and transmit information at a time britain expressed its concern and surprise over the allegations the incident was just one of many spy scandals between britain and russia over the years the latest saw a russian woman winning her fight in london against extradition after she was accused of being a honeytrap for a british m.p. . war scarred levy is slowly rebuilding its cities and its economy western companies and entrepreneurs are a buzz of the profit making opportunities the country now presents and as excited

boy girl reports it's the same powers to help destroy the regime there are now lining up for a chance to cash in. they may have how to bring down the house. but they were very careful not to burn bridges as libya rises from the ashes of civil war big contras that poured the oil into the fire and now lining to cash in undoing the damage the believe that russia benefited more than all others from trading with get out his regime is very widespread here in tripoli but it's simply not true in two thousand and ten most school was number seventeen on the lease to flee dismaying trading partners accounting for just zero point four percent of its international trade the countries that had the largest trading volumes of it get off in a precisely the one that spearheaded the campaign against him the european union the united states and turkey and they're all on their own jostling for contracts to rebuild believe via some of them help to destroy your. everything good

good good. american business style is still a bit of an oddity here but it's already catching up construction firm owner richard peters arrived in tripoli just before their prizing to seal a multi-million dollar contract with get off his government the war and peter subsequent incarceration threw him off track but now he hopes to make up for it i don't condemn anybody even the people that work for him you don't have a choice here if you don't work for him what do you do die. to reach your companies also involved in rebuilding iraq in afghanistan after the u.s. led invasion and libya is familiar turf he even says the country's business potential make shamble all over their post conflict areas there's nothing they don't need here you know if you compare to like the united states everything they need everything we have you know everything there infrastructure has to be totally redone all the all the facilities you know and some of the things we are involved

you know is executive centers with golf courses theme parks these people have a good. really had entertainment all these years so now you can imagine you know a theme park or a little disneyland americans are not the only ones just looking for food called turkish airlines was the first to resume commercial flights to tripoli and they're now packed with businessman scouting for opportunities. even during good at this time turkey was pretty comfortable doing business in libya and was triple his fourth largest trade partner lost here but many now hope for even better deals following its early recognition of the rebel authorities differently if you have a stronger paternal ations we could see some concerts with someone but that's it would facilitate and this is an instrument for the business. is not the. only ones who are still forced little wonder it claiming their business interests in

libya or russia and china both countries for vocal in their opposition to the use of force in libya a stance that has already backfired most russian companies who did business in libya prior to the war are still has it into some personnel bag x. parts of war and that the waiting game may not be the best strategy. we're going to lose like we lost iraq syria and yemen will follow the sea they can drive russian others out of the market and then take advantage we have to work there we will take measures we're going to enter those markets we're waiting for us if interim government see we don't take care it should be will see a few words about russian businesses being driven out then just step aside. but they once losing the most i believe themselves in two thousand and ten their economy grew by about ten percent reaching abbey thing like that growth now seems as have a load as building the country from scratch on

a boy car to see. the new levy is quickly putting its past behind it but the children of the country's late leader are seeking justice for the death of their father later on he talks to the lower of colonel gadhafi as daughter about her determination to have his murderer fully investigated. father was murdered in the brutal fashion. the whole world saw with. prosecutor the international criminal court has an obligation to investigate all aspects of the conflict which was referred to the united nations security council. and that would include also the local law on the gadhafi especially since the prosecutor himself has stated that there are grounds to believe that this is a war crime in the present instance we do believe that to begin with ortiz as they stand at present you don't have the will the capacity to carry out such this to gratian and that's why we're calling for the investigation to be conducted immediately we shouldn't be sitting here today talking about why is an

investigation taking place it should have started a few days after the murder itself. given this on the very same the. watch the full interview with a lawyer to gadhafi is daughter in just over an hour here on our team. the biggest online encyclopedia has resumed work after a twenty four hour blackout in protest against anti-piracy bills being debated by the u.s. congress the english language would kapadia side says the legislation would damage internet freedom the action has like eight senators who previously supported the bill to withdraw their backing jay walsh from there will comedian foundation says no government should control the web. we don't think that this kind of legislation should exist so it shouldn't it should it shouldn't empower the united states government to take these kinds of actions against projects i mean it's

a great it's what we call a gray area there's there's a lot of a lot of information hasn't been confirming this this bill as occurred in scream state doesn't answer those questions but certainly i think after this that we're going to see a global community with internet users who are going to say you know we don't want to meddling with the way that the internet works in the united states so in so much as we compete in a lot of other projects online are based here are servers or hear us yes that legislation does affect internet users around the world and we don't want that to come about but what i can say is that certainly these this legislation affects people outside of the u.s. it was just it was to come forward the ability to share information from the web site to another the ability to for people to collaborate widely from all over the world you know this is going to come you know so so what what is what is in fact. an open collaboration environment which is it would just change dramatically we certainly don't think any individual the government should have the ability to control what everybody in the world sees on the internet. party dot com is never

doubt and always has more news for you to check any time you like and activists are sounding the alarm over and the other a plan that the claim is curbing freedom this time on the streets of new york and i think you carrie will be privy to electronic eyes as the city's police have proposals to install by scanners throughout the big apple. and a group of ukrainian women go back to basics to air their grievances at any damage seen can find out what they are demanding an apology for at and t. dot com. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world the captain of the stricken italian cruiser has admitted making a navigational error that caused the vessel to run aground killing at least eleven francesco's contain zero is a key. multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship before passengers were evacuated to safety meanwhile italian authorities are implementing itself a job aeration to pump more than two thousand tons of petrol from the vessels fuel

tanks and fears of an environmental catastrophe. the prime minister of pakistan appeared in the country's supreme court today to face contempt charges after his failure to reopen a corruption investigation against the president use of raza gilani along refused to initiate a probe on the grounds the president has immunity from prosecution the court proceedings could result in the disqualification of both political figures forcing early elections within months. suicide blast has killed twelve people and injured dozens more in southern afghanistan a motorcycle bomber detonated his explosives and a crowded market and kajaki district of helmand meanwhile further south and afghan official and his bodyguards were killed in a remote controlled explosion making him the third government worker to be assassinated in the past week. members of the occupy london movement have vowed to continue their protest and lodge an appeal against their eviction on

wednesday a court ruled that the camp must be removed from in front of st paul's cathedral the court backed local authorities have been trying to evict the anticapitalist activist arguing their right to protest doesn't justify the disruption to the public and local businesses the camp has been in place since october and led to the first closure of the casino since the second world war. now it may be the middle of a freezing winter here in russia but that's not stopping the determined from taking a dip a midnight immersion in water on january the nineteenth is the traditional way to celebrate the orthodox holiday of a pivoting but was artie's to bond with a brave enough to test the waters. the ninety's was literally the day that the russian. made the end of christmas time as well as many

people will need is said to be the day when jesus was baptized and doesn't believe that by diving into subzero would sound great to live during the day that may need to come to us through the water which then turns into a whole you would say and planned to be good and bad they say. when in rome where the romans do you live soon finding a way to dart. myself like you do would not and never. look back at all. but most of the time. but.

then subzero wasn't freezing has never been said that i've done and. for now it should do or chicks happy after doing it too well very shortly we'll look at recent high profile economic scams but before the ads will take a look what's happening in the world of business wasn't a tosh. twenty four minutes past eleven here in los clear watching business r.t. the ongoing financial uncertainty in europe has russia getting ready for possible

worsening scenario in the european debt crisis that's according to the country's finance minister on thomson one of. you know there's the stance of preparing last year by increasing no reserve fund to fifty seven billion dollars and the national wealth of funds to eighty eight billion this is obviously still lower than the pre-crisis levels of two thousand and eight. to prevent a group of spending and create new budget maneuvers for the implementation of anti-crisis measures we are prepared for the worsening of the crisis but we hope it will happen. and let's now see the markets oil first and it's gaining a third day of the approved sentiment about the health of the global economy the w t i is one hundred one in the quarter dollars a barrel brant is topping one hundred eleven dollars and now on to equities asia first to the in this is here just to a two month high the top of the i.m.f. these the worries about the euro debt crisis by boosting to one trillion dollars

the amount of money set aside to deal with the issue tokyo's nikkei is gaining one percent this hour and hong kong property shares are among the name game was pushed the hang seng to more than one of the water percent higher. and the russian markets are gaining value in the second hour of trade the r.t.s. is up almost half a percent while the my six is a third of a percent in the want. and now let's see the biggest movers on the y. six financials are on the rise this hour with russia's biggest lenders very bank gaining more than one percent oil majors b.p. a sharply down this week the company begins drilling out its first offshore project in the vietnam and electricity producer canine is among the main gainers on the news that its parent companies merging of energy assets with gazprom more about in just a moment reach a group called from very low capital says high oil prices support the market so

investors should look at the medium term opportunities. the overall market is looking you know. pretty well supported by howell prices so what the casual of us to should think about is that use this time it's a good opportunity to build a portfolio to build the names that are really attractive to take a bit of a longer term you're beyond the next eight to twelve weeks and if history is of any guidance then russia usually closes the gap to the what price the oil prices up to form since since august september the gap is what into what thirty percent so if they stayed a percent what about a close i think it could be a good indication and hopefully it's going to be at a closing up of all that's going to that is going to go down. russian energy majors gazprom and i holding have made a second attempt to join their electricity assets aiming to create the country's biggest power company in december and they pull back their application from the federal antimonopoly service saying the program winners of the deal had to be

revised due to the regulators criticism now the companies hope to finalize the deal by the end of march. oil company rules petro became the first russian firm to offer chairs to the public and wanted this year it sold a thirty five percent stake to raise two hundred fifty million dollars that values the company at around seven hundred million dollars which is lower than expected bruce petro initially scheduled listing for december but it had to postpone as potential investors showed very low interest ahead of the new year holidays the company which has a whirl assets in western siberia will use the money to boost production and to pay off debts. and that's it for now we're back in fifty minutes but meanwhile you can always find a lot more stories on our side it's our calls watch business. news

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welcome back here with r.t. here's a look at the top stories more sanctions in the works for syria as the e.u. mounts pressure on the regime but russia says it will block any u.n. security council move to authorize military intervention in the country. the angry voice of romanians carries into a second week as protesters demand an end to piling cuts taxes and interior raiding living standards some sixty people have been injured with.