disappearance in internal affairs now really the slightest difference in my guess is that the government here are working on their own reforms they want the arab league mission to focus on their job of course the problem is you've got countries in the arab league like saudi arabia like qatar now seeing the sense that they're preaching democracy to syria when of course they themselves don't have to go to see . that was always a problem with the arab league you know as a regional body is not viewed as being particularly strong and of course what they've now call him are beyond their protocol now i've actually spoken to the national coordinator council which is the opposition within the country they welcomed me and again reiterated bess felt that as long as there is no move towards foreign military intervention very pleased with the response from the arab league mission but what we need to be very careful of now is the russian official statement said from an official but we could now see is

a stalemate situation happening and that would be very very detrimental to the situation in the country right now because of course you still got observers on the ground it's expected that the mission is actually now going to continue possibly for another month and possibly with the extension of their powers and their numbers as well of course what you don't want to see happen now is that the arab league mission which is really the only route there remains a teacher seeing dialogue in the country to now have blocks put in its way so the question really is how to make the mission the observer mission more effective because as we've been witnessing in the past couple of weeks really at the moment in the country what you want to be thing is the sightedness and not third the division. or civilization that's. going. to homes the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital now many

damascus suburbs are also in brussels 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 staying around the house where people have left them behind fleeing very quickly you can really see here the devastating consequences that this conflict has hurt the picking up the pieces 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 what do the people here i think the syrian army having control or it's. not. a lot of numbers a number of six weeks ago is in charge and so. quickly the issue of the division

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 although you're sort of or you are into your position you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side working with the other side uses their own book instead of fighting with thousands kills bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task sara for r.t. damascus syria. the e.u. has reportedly imposed a new set of sanctions against syria targeting officials from the assad government but some critics say with abuses from both the syrian regime and the opposition now acknowledged to the arab league it's the best time to turn to dialogue rather than in bog. the opposition or what this 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 and the armored. rockets and you know some weapons that cannot usually be used in civilian areas and against civilians there is president said also enjoys . popular support. 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 didn't move president. it's time for dialogue as said as has tried 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 should face because it is of the interest of no one of no one's interests that need to or steps in they would be destruction and they will be chaos as was the case in libya. with r.t. and just a little bit later in the program we look at how many libyans are now beginning to feel like revolt was simply a mirror arch the country you see is most hopeful and antigovernment protests since the fall of moammar gadhafi with the unrest beginning in benghazi just as it did last year. egypt's parliament is holding its first post revolution session following an election that swept islamists to power but many fear that the party might just extend the ongoing military rule. sanctions keep piling up on iran the e.u. was adopt. crippling set of new sanctions against iran including a block wide on iranian oil your absurd will be for the common good and will make

terror wrong to rethink its nuclear program where jews rail and its allies see as a threat corresponding to the latest on the dangers that these sanctions might bring these sanctions on iran it is going to be unprecedented in terms of scale they would like to see a total oil embargo on iran and also possibly targeting be iranian central bank the aim of course here is to financially and economically cripple the iranian economy over its controversial nuclear program which western leaders of long insisted in arguing that is on a dangerous path towards acquiring nuclear weapons which their ron has of course consistently denied now the e.u. embargo follows the stringent new u.s. sanctions on iran is signed into law by president barack obama in january and as far as the european union is concerned they're expected to formally implement these sanctions in about six months time and that is in july this is unprecedented not

just in terms of its impact on iran or at the the a suppose a desired results on iran but also on president that in terms of the potential economic impact on the e.u. itself especially since it is still trying to deal with the sovereign debt crisis and all in all totally the e.u. imports about twenty percent of the oil it is the second largest buyers and the biggest buyers within the e.u. are italy spain and greece which are of course the three countries which are very much in debt and trying to get out of this debt crisis that's greece for instance is it's one third of its oil imports it makes one third of its total or imports and it's also rely on terror watch for easier credit so definitely it will have to find alternatives and this is something they are going to be talking to they are already talking about the compromises that they will have to find in order for these countries to deal with the economic impact also there are doubts of whether these will actually have the desired effect because china is the biggest buyer of euro. oil and if so far it has not agreed to the e.u. or us sanctions and if they do you and us don't want to or china may well just step

in and buy the oil of iran and so there's a question of whether this will actually be effective and also oil markets have already reacted that we're going to see if the sanctions are implemented will see more than two million barrels of oil off of international markets that means oil prices will go up and it means prices of goods will go up and the straits of hormuz again there is a potential for conflict there iran has threatened to block that and that's where twenty percent of the world's oil tankers pass through and the u.s. already has aircraft carriers there monitoring the situation so it does increase the possibility of conflict. now ten minutes past the hour here in moscow that was artie's test arsole are reporting croatia is set to become the twenty eighth country to join the european union the proposal was approved in a national referendum the country's accession now has to be ratified by old current member nations but almost all ballots counted two thirds of those expressed a desire to join the bloc despite the e.u.

is ongoing debt crisis that turned out however just forty four percent point is to apathy among many towards the issue the build up to the referendum was marred by clashes and t.e.u. protesters staged demonstrations right up to the vote and authorities told reports opposition to joining the european union isn't likely to end. violent scenes in the croatian capital it's the country's e.u. referendum that said to. me. this to be behind me the police turn to the protesters away and see protest his way the situation immensely tense here in the creation capital and fighting has been going on well now police are going to take people away in vans in protest is trying to stop.

these anti protesters say the government is trying to suppress the dissenting voices they are joining with surrender croatia's independence to brussels. but in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people to session is vital to the current economy. stability. to the credit rating of creation. that is translated into membership of the. gracious budget 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 the europhiles stands public views differ widely you should know that italians will come into our sea and catch all our fish and that's our biggest creditor you know if you go there after you go but they told us we have to obey the e.u.

is regulations those that don't want to obey must stop trading political the customer who's a small family business in the european union officials everything toward big shopping center his son in law that if it is not for the fences here in memphis you know we have two sons hired employed and maybe because of that i would be prior to being raped or murdered if you sin was worth it all the worries about sovereignty local industry and you know maybe well being a former student and there are still some voices in parliament that think the benefits of what joining it were the costs that we were 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 right but those

on the stage on to the future scottish or they draw the poke fun at it it's irritating console for example on facebook it's just drove the old forward e.u. and it's getting a bit upset because. there's no real quality to debate strategy was back out on the streets the arguments quality will not continue with ferocity with such strong emotions it seems unlikely this referendum result the nation's division over european and. tom bottom. in about ten minutes time is the business news here on r t but for now russia's policy on migration has come under scrutiny from its prime minister and presidential hopeful of. a second major newspaper article as part of his election campaign put in a set out his position on a range of key challengers. points. talking on

multiculturalism a migration vladimir putin praised what he sees as russia's long history as a multicultural nation a history he says goes back to the days of the russian empire it said that there have been some very serious problems though when it comes to migration and integration of migrants in russia that these problems over the last twenty years since the collapse of the soviet union were very serious indeed in our problems that russia is still struggling to to deal with today speaking about what the results can be of migration going wrong he warned of the rise of nationalism the rise of xenophobia these type of issues that we saw acted out in real life eight in moscow in two thousand and ten with ethnic clashes taking place and you know square right next to the kremlin in the heart of the russian capital he hits out at those that seem nationalism right he hit out at those who have slogans such as stop feeding and stop funding the caucuses saying well the caucuses are a part of russia talking of multiculturalism he said that russia had

a very unique system of multiculturalism something very different to say what happens in europe where he said basically multiculturalism had failed and that russia system was something this had to be a very different manner although to me and said that there's no way that you can completely get rid of all illegal immigration into russia but if he's elected president in the elections in march city hopes to be able to to make significant cuts to the amount of people that are arriving in russia illegally you know he wants to do this by toughening the laws to try and deter people from entering the country illegally he also wants to see a system. put in place not just two moments a florida immigrants coming into russia but also it's important to internal migrants also by twenty thirty he wants to see an exam put in place to those will be the common sense to live and work in russia but they have to be able to pass the russian language exam also an exam on russian culture russian history so those are the things that he wants to put in place to tackle the issue of migration and

multiculturalism in russia. more reports and analysis on the upcoming presidential election in russia to be found of course twenty four hours a day on our website r.t. dot com or you can log on to find out why the list of candidates for the country's top job may turn out to be shorter than initially expected also online. risking death to provide a lifeline the story of a palestinian tunnel digger whose work helps support his family and the flow of vital supplies into gaza all in defiance of the israeli blockade. the newly elected parliament in egypt has started its first session most of the seats are occupied by the muslim brotherhood and other islamist parties who won an

overwhelming majority in the first post mubarak parliamentary poll where if an option an hour joins us live from cairo with details on this good to see you so this session can be seen by some as historic with a formally band is the most party now in power but but how much change of people in egypt really expecting. was very theory is a growing option here in egypt already that with these with this new policy changes will actually not be as dramatic as people in the revolution demonstrators protesters have expected them to be the muslim brotherhood striven just a sponsor you have. indeed more on the first vote in post barak egypt mostly because it had voted had promised people all aged to health to the poor judgment transitional transition from military to civil power something people have been calling for have been demonstrating for since the supreme council of the armed forces took power from mubarak last february because to them they say that the

ruling generals have been actually representing the old regime something they've been fighting against and something actually the revolution has been designed to gets rid of but already today we have many signs indicating that these were missed in this new poll and the muslim brotherhood as well as salafist the second party that warn of vote actually go in most laughter to copulate with scoff and that's why many people have been able to speak to here in karl rove say they feel a little bit trained because they say the muslim girl they would have been with them have been with the demonstrators protesters have been with people on the streets all over egypt since the beginning of the uprising last january only expressing their opposition to the old regime they've been very soon and to mubarak but and this is actually why they've gained wide support from the egyptian

population the since the election russians in the in the firm grip people say they feel as if the muslim brotherhood no longer care about what's going on here in egypt they say they haven't been as active as they used to be before and that's why people some chance that the muslim brotherhood actually used to use this stance anti and to mature and to stop and to mubarak's sons to win the elections and now since they have got the power they know the crowd this is why many of those not all of them but many of those we have been able to speak. here in egypt say they no longer trust the muslim brotherhood and actually this is why we hear it's. kind of rallies today later today before in front of the building how many people are going to try to cast against this behavior by muslim brotherhood. all right so that i live in cairo. the leader of libya's national

transitional council most often. says the country could be on the brink of civil war and follows a weekend of political turmoil with his deputy resigning over the suspension of six high ranking council delegates from benghazi it is the latest sign of discord in the country's interim leadership and comes amid a rising tide of discontent among libyans riots swept through benghazi at the weekend as thousands took to the streets of the city where the antique death the uprising began and raised the protesters accuse the n.c.c. of corruption being slow and bringing in reform and favoring former government loyalists there's also criticism from analysts that the country is failing to unite . the gadhafi regime could control the whole of libya could find peace amongst all the tribes the new regime cannot even control something in one town or one area i mean they turn libya into a war and if the hunting of black skins they have they're selling off the oil and

natural resources and so ranty to nato and now the thieves that is the rebels they are all falling out with each other so really this is freedom and democracy by nato it's all become very clear people of syria and the people of lebanon and the people of the global south have to see that what's happening in libya is coming to them if they're not able to defend themselves and stop this ruling western aggression against other countries in the global south. in just a moment it's corrina with the business but for now one solution to joblessness in the united states is a scheme where giant corporations create workplaces for local communities either even had a government money to that end but somehow jobs still get outsourced to cheap foreign forces and. 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 the net so they're very poor and they're very disheartened i mean there's been very little effort on the part of the 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. factory workforce if you will is that is the best among the world so we're very confident in the future of us being a factor of 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 d. . industrialization 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 banking myth 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 the whole approximately eighteen billion dollars in annual sales. that think of purchased my last 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 arena porton party. you know just a few minutes or an hour to yalit debate joe crosstalk takes a look at a new financial black hole opening up stateside with the ongoing billion dollar

presidential campaigns i do stay with us for that and of course corrina who's next with the business. hello and welcome to our business here in r.t. i will go straight to our top story the european union has formally adopted an oil embargo against iran over its nuclear program it involves an immediate ban on all new oil contracts with iran however all existing contracts will be valid until first of july energy strategies carol was davis from b.m.p. perry by believes that any e.u. led sanctions against this middle eastern country will only lead to minor fluctuations in the ore price. the e.u. sanctions on the oh no i don't think that significant around exports right about two point two million barrels a day of oil. will do is to europe it's only represents run about one quarter of most goods to to asia so we expect that the impact of the e.u.

sanctions are quite limited but the u.s. sanctions that might take effect towards the end of this year. removing all of the rain you know sports two point two million barrels a day of that i think will have greater all price impacts. crude prices are slowly heading higher as you nations impose or borrow against iran like sweet is trading at just under ninety nine dollars a barrel while brand burned is that one hundred and ten and a half dollars a barrel shares in europe are trading in the black at noon britain's benchmark stock index inched higher boosted by gains for banks and all stocks investors are still awaiting news from the debt talks between here and russia the markets are trading mixed in the afternoon the r.t.s. is adding one percent one of my six is shedding almost a quarter of a percent now let's look at some top movers on the lies ect. russia's largest oil company raul sniffed has recovered from early losses and is now trading in the

black spread bank has also narrowed losses and is now dropping point two percent and the lender has completed acquisition of the twelve dollars investment back on mobile operator m.t.s. is trading flat to sell. well that's all for now but this will not be can always find stories on our website r.t. dot com thanks for watching. it's. the.

culture is that so much money going which of course he's right on it called them so here it is the biggest and most expensive elections money can buy this is how many americans see what are called political action committees or super pacs. wealthy british style. is no time to write.

market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a repeat. three thirty pm here in the russian capital this is artsy type headlines as damascus rejects the arab league's transition plan which includes a demand for president assad's departure calling it quote a flagrant interference in its internal affairs the e.u. is reportedly stepping up its pressure on the regime by imposing a new set of sanctions. brussels has also adopted a total block wide embargo on iranian oil a move that could ultimately backfire on europe's fragile economy. russia's policy

on internal migration folds into the focus of prime minister and presidential run a lot of me putin as he presents another set of plans as part of his election program. are those are the main monday headlines here on r t but up next peter lavelle and his guests discuss the political posturing and multi million dollar lobbyist handouts in the ongoing u.s. presidential campaigns crosstalk. and. welcome to crossfire computor looking out the.