it's the extra push many people here in syria have been calling for we need to prepare to be a friend to live to homs the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital now many damascus suburbs are also embroiled in the conflicts between government forces and the armed opposition well this is all that's left of many of the houses now inside just absolutely gutted it's broken glass you've got bullet holes lining the walls you've got clothes strewn around the house where people have left them behind fleeing very quickly you can really see the devastating consequences that this conflict has heard the picking up the pieces where improve easy amongst the opposition themselves there are a worrying divisions and as the conflicts become increasingly violent there are now areas of the country where it's unclear exactly he's in control more to the people here in sanford on the image i think the syrian army having control or. not have.

a lot of number of number of secrecy is in charge inside that. courtroom issue because eventually the diversion of the stuff arab league observers look set to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community or the you are your sources or you are indeed opposition you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side working with the other side is there look instead of charging you with thousands killed bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for r.t. damascus syria. now that abuses from both the syrian regime and the opposition have been acknowledged at the arab league it's the best time to turn to dialogue based political analyst dr shopping position or what the so-called syrian free army

or the desert there is from the syrian army have been also using heavy gunfire against civilians they have been using explosives apparently they have been using the armored. rockets and you know some weapons that can also usually be used in civilian areas and against civilians there is president said also enjoys. popular support and said you know one cannot deny this not even the institute in qatar denied this when they did the research last month and they found that fifty five percent of the city and population oppose the downfall or did a movement of president assad it's time for dialogue has to strike some somebody form some democratic reforms there is a constitutional council now in syria trying to rewrite the constitution there will

be elections in the coming months there are some of the forums i think that the opposition shows face because it is of the interest of no one no one's interests that need to or steps in they would be destruction and they would be chaos as was the case in libya. and just a little later in the program we take a look at the country word that people have already experienced the effects of western intervention maybe you see its most turbulent protests since the fall of moammar gadhafi with the unrest beginning and benghazi just as it did last year. and the e.u. prepares to unveil a strict set of sanctions against iran measures that could well that fire on the blocks fragile economy. gracious set to become the twenty eighth country to join the european union after the proposal was given the go ahead in a national referendum the country's ascension now has to be approved by all current

member nations with almost all ballots counted two thirds of voters expressed a desire to join the blog despite the ongoing debt crisis the turnout however just forty four percent pointed to apathy among many towards the issues the build up to the referendum was marred by clashes sent a e.u. protester staged demonstrations right up to the vote as archie's dumbarton records opposition to joining the communion isn't like it's likely to end here. violent scenes in the croatian property it's the country's easy referendum but such a. risk to be made behind me the police turn to the protesters in ways they take and see protest his way six ways to miss the tense here in the creation capital pointing has been going believe her it's well now police want to take people away in advance of protest is trying to stop the border

we're going to. let. these empty testers say the government is trying to suppress that just simply we says they are joining with surrender the way she is independence to brussels. yes i believe that in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people that accession is vital to the current economy actually with the stability that scouting related to him to the credit rating of creation. that is translated into membership of the union gracious budgets would be in serious trouble everywhere you turn in croatia the e.u. is being discussed but whereas most of the political class no longer question europhile stands public views differ widely should tell you as we come into or

see and touch all our fish and that's our biggest creditor you know if you. carefully though but they told us we have to buy the e.u. has regulations those they don't want they must stop trading political the first person who does small family business and the european union commissions everything toward a big shopping center sunday mollett it but they are not for the fences here in memphis you know we have two sons hire unemployed and maybe because of that i would be prior secret to most of the symbols were you know the legitimate worries about sovereignty local industry and economy well being a former state and there are still some voices in parliament think the benefits of joining. the coast. we're not going with our heads high up we're going on our knees because our economy. non-existing our exporting is pretty bad our b.b.b. is very low so we don't really have anything to offer.

even at the local fair to the subjects croatia's relationship all europe with those on the stage and to the future scottish or they'd rather poke fun at its irritation console for example on facebook it's just pro or go forward and it's getting bits. because. there's no real quality debate struck. back out on the streets the arguments quality will not continue with ferocity with such strong emotions it seems unlikely this referendum dissolves the nation's division of the european union. tone boxes are. still gonna program abandoning home base. citizens of benton harbor are living from one day to the next and there's been very little effort on the part of the whirlpool that runs everything to try to. involve the community.

how giant corporations thrive on government funds and outsource labor as home communities fall apart around them. now russia's policy on immigration and internal movement within the country has come under scrutiny from its prime minister and presidential hopeful was more potent in a second major newspaper article as part of his election campaign put and set out his position on a range of key challenges let's get more on this now from our correspondent peter oliver. so peter good morning to you now what are the main points to come out of this article all this latest article is being written by the prime minister vladimir putin highlights his views on what he would do if he was elected president in march what he would do would concern to immigration and race and how to tackle the google problems that he sees a into faith into ethnic clashes and and a rise of nationalism now the prime minister said that there is

a responsibility that comes with being a a migrant to a country that those migrants have a responsibility to assimilate themselves and to integrate themselves into the society and community of their adopted nation and that a failure to do so has showed well worldwide a a rise in nationalism a lead to the. to xenophobia and lead to conflicts are based on an ethnicity based on faith closer to home talking about russia the prime minister said that well russia has been a a multicultural country in some sense of the wood for centuries going back to the days of the russian empire. the fall of the soviet union in the last twenty years has seen a lot of pressure put on the on the that system of multiculturalism if he does believe really is has broken down not just here in russia but globally saying the fact that the the migration the economic migration we saw in russia following the

the fall of the soviet union has led to a lot of of tensions this really asked russia still struggling to to correct of course if we cast our minds back to two thousand and ten we saw. quite bitter ethnic clashes of the riots on money square here in the center of of moscow based on an ethnic tensions and the clashes that went on for a couple of days those are the type of things that russia has to tackle and the p.m.'s hoping that under his leadership if he is elected as president that he will be able to move forward and tackle those here in russia. appeared as prime minister but not for any solutions on how to solve this huge problem of intolerance and nationalism in the country but yes what we've seen from the putin is him lay out a policy of education no education from a very young age he wants to see it's a major part of the school curriculum that russians are taught from an early age

about all the faith so the ethnicities the close to saying well you know russia has a very different system a very different. outlook two to a lot of the world it's not of course the the melting pot that is america where everybody essentially comes from somewhere else in russian should be taught about their history and their backgrounds win there. with these these other other races and religions from an early age i also like to see the title to literature of course to a lot of great russian writers who want to see some of the the writings of these great reduced russian greats made a straight a part of the curriculum that they think should be read by children to understand the history and background of where everybody comes from the other policy is that you want to see put in place is a complete review of the russian immigration system no what is proposed is that if he's elected to you in twenty thirteen he will review that system and we may see a foreign language

a russian language exam for immigrants wanting to come to russia also an example russian history an exam one full question like quite similar to what you see a full people trying to place or to move to say the united kingdom of the united states this type of citizenship test have become commonplace you will see that input put in place in russia to have a similar system here. peter thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update artie's correspondent here all over there. the sanctions keep piling up on iran the expected to announce on monday an unprecedented bloc wide ban on running a well europe's as well before the common good and will make tehran rethink its nuclear program which israel and its allies see as a threat our correspondent as our syria brings us more on the dangers these sanctions may bring. the foreign ministers of the twenty seven member states of the european union are meeting today and one of the most important issues on the table out of the sanctions on iran it is expected that they will pass on presidents and

targeting the country's oil and financial sectors this will be the toughest to date and it's of course over the controversial nuclear program. of long insisted that iran is on a dangerous path towards acquiring nuclear weapons has consistently denied this now these talks on the back of twenty seven nations having to deal with the sovereign debt crisis for almost two years now there are countries like france for instance really want to see sanctions implemented as soon as possible in a couple of months. which is heavily laden was asking for a leeway of about twelve months so today they are expected to give the detail on the timeline somewhere between the three to eight months that will satisfy all of the member states now the embargo follows tough new u.s. sanctions passed into law by president obama in january and collectively if all these sanctions are fully implemented you will see about two point six million

barrels of oil taken off of international markets which is of course putting markets into very edgy. and on the other hand the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says that she expects the e.u. to pressure iran to back to the negotiation table so again today we're expecting to see details on the timeline of the implementation of sanctions as. it's expected that they may include several more names of companies individuals financial institutions in those a list of sanctions but any decision that they come to today has to be unanimous. reporting there and there's plenty more for you on our website our dot com including the latest news and comments as well as any story if you missed it here's some of what's there for you today. down during the dragon extravaganza parades and spectacular fireworks as the world joins china on celebrating the lunar new year. and risking dance to provide a lifeline a story of

a gaza tunnel digger this work helps support his family in the flow vital supplies into gaza and to find something is really blocking. al libi it could be on the brink of civil war according to the head of the national transitional council. following a weekend of political turmoil that's after his deputy stepped down when you're little suspended his high ranking council delegates from benghazi it's the latest sign of discord in the country's interim leadership and comes amid a rising tide of discontent among the indians right swept through benghazi at the weekend as thousands took to the streets of a city where the and take it off the uprising began and rage protesters accusing and see of corruption being slow and bring in reform and favoring former government loyalists there is also criticism from alice that the council's main goal is to

secure western oil interests rather than to establish democracy. mission in libya for example is not to improve life in the country maybe already had the highest standard of living in all of north africa where libya does have is the my largest work global oil reserve and the oil reserve in africa and that is what the national transitional council are being supported for in order that they should promote western oil companies western financial interests in libya and the people will just have to be rid of the people have already been killed and a little bit of all of genocide has taken place as we've seen in iraq so in a way the same pattern is repeated over and over again that we are there's a double standard they say that they are promoting democracy but what they are basically doing are promoting the financial and political interests of the global power elite embedded inside the united states the european union and israel. and coming up here in just under fifteen minutes time marty's exclusive interview with

mahmoud abbas the president of the palestinian national authority he believes that the arab world stance remains firmly in favor of palestinian statehood here's a preview. of the revolutionary changes taking place but it will take time to figure out what results they were brought about the people who lead these revolutions are the same people who supported the palestinians in their pursuit of independence and these people have not changed what has changed is that attitude towards their leaders and their governments but that is their internal matter and we don't get involved the arab stance on the palestinian issue has remained the same. one solution to joblessness in the u.s. is a scheme where a giant corporation is created work places for local communities and they are even had a government money to that end but somehow jobs still get outsourced to cheaper foreign workforce and as maria port now reports this allows big businesses to prosper while

small towns suffer. in one of america's most economically depressed cities resides the world's largest producer of home appliances whirlpool corp is headquartered in benton harbor michigan where sixty percent are unemployed ninety percent live in poverty and per capita income is roughly ten thousand dollars the citizens of benton harbor are living from one day to them and they're very poor and they're very disheartened i mean there's been very little effort on the part of whirlpool that runs everything to try to. involve the community in two thousand and nine whirlpool received a nineteen point three million dollars grant from the federal government in part to create jobs and i think our u.s. workforce certainly. that three workforce if you will is a is the best among the world so we're very confident in the future of us being

a factor for our kind of products one year later the corporation received nearly twenty million dollars from the state of michigan to expand its facility which now serves as a gateway into benton harbor it's good for the community good for the state and good for your business as well there's a real art to that but as the u.s. based corporation has grown globally you know your last three more jobs have been outsourced to countries demanding less wages today the former blue collar community of benton harbor remains a victim of america's deindustrialization and growing poor population pool has seventy one thousand employees around the globe but no longer manufactures home products in its hometown it still remains a recipient of u.s. state and federal stimulus funding. whirlpool just closed the

factory and that hurt my business my little. business i lost a lot of clients this is their home base and it always has been and in the beginning of the large development they promised us that they would always be due to the recession the corporate but he meant of home appliances hasn't paid us income tax since two thousand and eight by two thousand and ten nearly ninety nine percent of benton harbor residents were receiving food stamps while there were approximately eighteen billion dollars in annual sales. that think of purchased my lay as whirlpool appliance i don't even think i'll call for we care because too often and for too long those that have gotten rich has forgotten who's helped them to get there and they're willing to step on us in that just doesn't sit we'll with my soul a soul living in one of america's poorest cities clothed in poverty and accessorized

in corporate success marina ports are to new york now look at some other stories from around the world islamic party which won the most seats in the education parliament the muslim brotherhood has promised it will work with all political parties and also added it's going to cooperate with the country's ruling military council despite repeated calls from activists that power should be handed over to the civilian government as long as parties have captured an overwhelming majority in the first post mubarak parliamentary elections. yemen's president ali abdullah saleh has left the country after giving a farewell speech where he apologized for mistakes during his thirty three year long rule has gone to neighboring iran with plans to have medical treatment in the u.s. this comes a day after the parliament approved immunity from prosecution for selling part of the deal under which he would relinquish power. nigerian president goodluck jonathan has visited the site of a series of recent suicide bombings in the north of the country the death toll from

friday's bloodshed in qana and now stands at over one hundred seventy radical islam a setback of iran claimed responsibility for the attacks which were aimed at group members held by the authorities violence has played in northern nigeria since december. brings up to date here on our t.v. and business is next with karina. hello and welcome to business day here in our teeth thanks for joining me this hour last week friends in spain had successfully sailed through their first debt option since standard and poor's downgraded their ratings these are widely seen as confidence test which indicate that the e.u. authorities have stemmed the economic crisis least temporarily they have the central bank of poland explains why the downgrades did not spark a freefall in the markets. on the one hand when you look at.

objectively the numbers. situation of european countries then those downgrades so quite justified as a matter of fact this has been basically expected but among all the other. mood i mean negative mood about rating agencies general they have committed their own mistakes in the past and would have had to do that sometimes as in a pamphlet to redemption to improve their own image rather than. to help the economy and the public policymakers to to mend the fences. take a look at the markets now all is dropping for a fourth day new york investors speculate that the sanctions against ukraine or may take effect only in six months nevertheless the brennan blend is managing to stay afloat and it's gaining almost a quarter of a dollar about this here and now into equities asian stocks are seeing some seesawing between gains and losses on the one hand it's increasing home sales in

the u.s. that are improving the sentiment on the other it's continuing debt talks and greece so far as we see the upbeat mood for veils hong kong is closed for public holiday today here in moscow traders will roll up their sleeves in about two hours time last week russian equity enjoyed a robot growth. its gains on friday at the end of the last trading session the ati has shed a half a percent. almost twice as much. gold as trading at one thousand six hundred sixty nine dollars per ounce up point fourteen percent on monday it had already gained more than six percent since the beginning of the year and business analyst mitchell miller danka looks at the prospects for the precious metal. is gold on track to become the investment choice of the year now with sovereign debt problems still looming in europe it could be just the right thing the precious metal as seen their remarkable performance over the past decades take

a look at the graphic since two thousand and one the trend has been perfectly positive the peak price was reached last year when gold hits nineteen hundred and twenty dollars an ounce but then we saw a nosedive of twenty percent and just a few sessions as the u.s. credit rating was downgraded a lack of liquidity deflated the bubble somewhat since banks desperately required cash they sold whatever they could and it's at that point that the tables turn for the metal and from a safe haven asset gold shifted into risk appetite choices going in correlation not with t. bills but shares nevertheless gold still gained eleven percent last year take a look at that nosedive that we saw in september last year here it is but the trend is changing we are seeing gold already gaining more than six percent since the beginning of the year it's outstripping most assets and we did see a slight drop during the previous week when jobless claims in the us came in with

a decline now why are we seeing gold on the up over here is it going to continue climbing there's a number of factors to bear in mind which makes it quite likely we've got the debt crisis in the e.u. we've got instability in currencies we've got rising demand from china and the upcoming wedding season in india when families offer gold as a traditional gift to the newlyweds if there's no quick resolution to the euro problems and it doesn't seem like there's one on the horizon yet we may just see new heights with a precious metal even maybe close to two thousand dollars an ounce some day well that's all for now we're back with more in less than y. our self which and then.

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free risk free. free. old free broadcast clothing video for your media projects a free media oh don carty dot com. the here's a look at the top stories new to do whist for the syrian leadership the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and steps up. calls for president asif to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. grey shops to join the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes pollo rise opinion and the disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of pm and

presidential run of wire both the present another set of plans as part of his election program. the u.s. often calls for democratic change in the middle east but for maine's reluctant to admit the rights of palestinians for self-determination and get the latest on palestine's bid for statehood first hand from the president of the palestinian national authority mahmoud abbas our exclusive interview is coming right up. on european tour. still waiting for a resolution to the issue what do you expect from russia's leadership at this stage when the issue of palestinians legal rights is being decided according to international law. the russian federation as well as the soviet union before it has been regarded as one of the principal hopes for the palestinian people since the nineteen seventies when the late palestinians.