focused on their job of course the problem is you've got countries in the arab league like saudi arabia like. you now seem to sense that they're preaching democracy to syria when of course they themselves don't have democracy. russia's stance is once again that this should be seeking resolution with alice for intervention i've actually spoken to the national coordinator council which is the opposition within the country they welcomed the maven again reiterated best felt that as long as there's no move towards foreign military intervention that they're very pleased with the response from the arab league mission because 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 end of their powers and then 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. or. going. to homes the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital now many damascus suburbs rule so 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 seen around the house where people have left them behind fleeing very quickly you can really see the devastating consequences that this conflict has hurt the picking up the pieces way 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 is in control what the people here i think the syrian army having control not all it's good to see. that. there are. a lot of numbers a number of six weeks ago is in charge. of the division the division up with the stuff and 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 are sort of where you are indeed a position you have to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side working with the other side these don't look instead of fighting with thousands kills bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be

a major task sara for. damascus syria the new has imposed fresh travel bans and asset freezes on the syrian regime as punishment for the ongoing violence to talk more about the growing pressure on the country i'm joined now by sara maher a political analyst from syracuse university she joins us live from beirut thanks for being with us again so the new sanctions are targeting the government but the head of the arab monitoring team confirmed today that the syrian army has resorted to force after being provoked at times by extremist attacks do you think the opposition should share responsibility for this on the rest. of course there are certain parts of the opposition that should share the responsibility for the there are a good amount of syrians who are dedicated to peaceful demonstrations who have been showing up on the street and have been you know resisting calls to violence but then there are also many dangerous segments of the opposition who have long used violence even back in the summer amnesty international was detailing how there was

attacks against the syrian army against syrian government services and so we see this as more and more especially over the last several months with a lot of weapons coming in through foreign borders to the opposition that's becoming increasingly militarized and carrying out some very devastating attacks on syrian infrastructure syrian government institutions the police and also innocent civilians are getting killed in syria and so really the violence now is a two way street and it's really a failure of the syrian mission the observers if they're not going to have pressure on both sides it's unrealistic to force one side to make all the changes when there is violence coming from both sides what's going to happen to the silent majority of syrians who are not protesting are they going to be attacked by the more militant forms of protesters are they going to be injured in some sort of process that is not going to facilitate dialogue that's going to facilitate chaos and right now

there really is no alternative plan for syria system of political governance and so it seems quite unrealistic for the arab league to put this on the table at this point of damascus is insisting that so-called terrorists in the country are being given arms from abroad what you make of that plane. well of course i don't think that the language of the mean terrorists is very useful coming from a perspective of a very critical american citizen however i think that it is true like i just said some members of the opposition some groups have very have had dubious links to parties that just want to foment unrest in syria i think that it behooves certain political powers namely united states israel in europe to create chaos in syria because it puts pressure on iran and right now as a report was saying it's going to talk about there is increasing pressure on iran the sanctions are having

a huge impact on ordinary iranian citizens however they're not deterring the booklet or the political will of the whole nation to stand behind a peaceful nuclear regime so really right now we're seeing i think many western powers interested in fomenting unrest and syria and so they'll turn a blind eye to extreme weapons coming in through borders like lebanon and turkey to create these very militants i won't call them terrorists but very dangerous armed groups that are determined to create war and peace in syria the league has called on president assad to hand over his power what you think is influenced by countries like qatar and saudi arabia who been long advocating intervention. it's really interesting to hear. to say that we stand with the syrian people when many countries in the gulf are led by autocrats do not stand by their own people and of

course these same dictators did not stand by the bluff raney people when they protested and we see from the developments in yemen for example a similar kind of deal that was negotiated it is not actually producing much on the ground there is talk of saleh now going to new york to get treatment and new york and america united states to get treatment for burns and he's talking as if he's going to come back and resume power after he's been healed so we don't see developments moving in a very positive direction in yemen and there's no international media focusing on there's no western sanctions focusing on that it's all the attention on syria and it's for a very political purposes and it's just really disappointing to see an organization like the arab league become a political tool that's just as bad as you know any of the peace efforts the so-called peace efforts that have been going on between israel palestine or any of the negotiations between iran these are not neutral efforts they're not just

efforts they're very politicized and they're biased and they're not looking to see compromise they're looking to force the will of monic powers in europe and america and in israel upon the peoples upon the arab peoples and really this is got to stop you made a couple points that i really like to follow up on but unfortunately we're out of time sorry political analyst insurance university. thank you egypt is one of the countries where people are now seeing the consequences of the democracy they fought so hard to achieve as the newly elected parliament to explore this evolution session many egyptians feel they've been betrayed by the muslim brotherhood in its march to a majority. but first e.u. nations have formally adopted an unprecedented set of sanctions against iran including a block wide embargo on iranian oil the move targets the country's nuclear program which the islamic republican says is purely for peaceful purposes russia says they regrets the sanctions adding they undermine diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis artie's tests are syria is in brussels with more on the use latest measures against

iran. it's sensually a total oil embargo it will have immediate effect on new contracts but that existing contract will be allowed to run for another six months they've also agreed on a ban on the gold and gold trade and other precious metals with the iranian central bank all of these of course aiming to financially and economically cripple iran over its controversial nuclear program with western leaders still insisting iran is trying to build nuclear weapons while terror run denies this now the e.u. embargo follow strict new way u.s. sanctions that were passed into law by president obama in january so as far as the e.u. is concerned by july it will be a full and total implementation of these new sanctions this is unprecedented in terms of the scope and the desire to potential effects on iran but it is also one president in terms of its potential economic impact on the european union itself let's not forget the e.u. imports up to twenty percent of the ring in all its second biggest buyer and one of the twenty seven the biggest buyers within that are at least spain and greece the

very same countries that are now struggling to deal with that sovereign debt crisis greece in particular heavily dependent on the radio with up to one third of its total imports from iran also it's relying on terror for easier credit terms so they will definitely have to find alternatives for these countries these are what their leaders will have to talk about how to cushion the potential economic impacts on the several member states and of course because of all the uncertainty oil markets have already reacted pushing oil prices up and higher oil prices will just mean higher prices of goods. in libya least four people are dead more than a dozen injured after fighting broke out in a former gadhafi stronghold bani walid fighters still loyal to the deposed leader a clash with militia groups this after a warning from the national transitional council's leader that there is a real threat of renewed civil war protests in the city of benghazi forced his deputy to resign monday this past weekend in a rage libyans took to the streets of the city that was the center of the opposition against any operation against gadhafi demonstrators now accusing the

m.t.c. of corruption blocking reform and favoring former of the coffin of loyalists for more on this we're joined by patrick hayes reporter for like the scenes like thanks for being with us so might today's deadly clashes between gadhafi loyalists and militia suggest that libya could be headed for another civil war. i think it's important to get a certain sense of perspective i mean we are looking at about one hundred to one hundred fifty. loyalists here in one of his former strongholds so i mean i think it would be too much to get carried away and say this is actually the mark of you know a big uprising although there are some reports of sleeper cells in tripoli at the moment firing shots this evening in support of the uprising in bani walid so many it does seem like there is support there this i don't find surprising i think is to be expected to a large extent because what happens you know last year was effectively the west a bombing their way. footballing the way to democracy in many ways in the way that

they kind of coup that you know you have cameron and saying well once we got rid of gadhafi it's a done deal we can now bring about democracy but you can't just bring about a democracy through baum's you have to bring about a democracy through a battle of ideas and that's broadly what was put on hold by western intervention last year so it doesn't surprise me that there's still people who are loyal to gadhafi and also the idea is that he's thoughtful and feel that things haven't been resolved or so it is reported that the uprising in bani walid was caused by. mistreatments and wrongful arrest deemed to be wrongful arrest of certain individuals in that town it does seem like at the moment people are very dissatisfied be it people who are sympathetic to gadhafi but also people who are demanding democracy and greater transparency with the national transitional council and i think that's why we saw the resignation of the deputy head the end of last week now i find that very interesting actually because well what i mean the

national transitional council itself was very much something that was orange and chosen by the west not something that was chosen by the libyan people it was very much kind of put in place and then they were kind of helicoptered in when gadhafi was gotten rid of so the thing i find very striking here actually is that the n t c is doing itself any favors into the pro-democracy campaign is also seeing off the. support as well warnings for a long time that this could happen in bani walid people are saying very least two months we may get a pro get off the uprising here and the m.t.c. did nothing about it they were warned and now bani walid to parent had been taken so it's not surprising and it does seem like the m.t.c. is impotent and is reflecting the needs and desires of anyone in libya at the moment do you think if the unrest continues that nato the you were france england do you think they could step in again. well it's the worst possible scenario if

that happens i mean i would suspect not there was a lot of congratulates really talk by cameron see a bomber who kept a bit of a distance but was still involved after the fall of gadhafi i think they're going to be very reluctant to admit that what they didn't do was bring about democracy in the country they just basically puts the struggle of the libyan people on hold while they were getting rid of gadhafi this was never just about gadhafi this was about self-determination of the libyan people the west intervention put that on hold it's now regime ing in kind of messy ways and that's what you would expect so i think but i don't think to answer your question i think they'll be very reluctant to get involved again and obviously their focus on syria and iran at the moment but they they want to kind of rewrite history and say what they did was a real success they brought democracy to libya this is the model that works and i think they want to be keep themselves in that self-delusion for as long as possible so i think they'll be reluctant to step in i think they want to turn

a blind eye for as long as they possibly can and finally do you think we'll see other entity see members step down in the light of this violence and protest. well you know it's very interesting that mr goh the deputy head stepped down last week. and of course the mayor of benghazi stepped down as well i think the thing that the m.t.c. was as i said it was oriented kind of legitimacy for being orientated towards the west getting the approval of western leaders rather than the libyan people and now we're having these very dramatic and actually i think quite exciting scenes where the m.t.c. always for the first time of being confronted by the libyan people who are storming their local offices and demanding more transparency demanding more accountability demanding that things be done to represent their interests all we've got from the end you see at the moment are excuses and i think a lot of people who are members of the m.t.c. i remember a lot of these before my gadhafi cronies like jilly who was the minister of justice

he's now the head of the entity he was the minister of justice under gadhafi who i think basically taking an opportunist approach saying oh it's better off joining this council because you know we've got the backing of the west it's the rights horse to back during the civil war who are now being confronted with very angry libyan people who are demanding results and on table to really realize that they're not able to bring about results they're not sable to bring about the changes that they want they're not able to reflect the needs and desires of the libyan people and i think a very likely want to want to disappear off and actually not really take on the responsibility and that leadership so yes i think we probably will see more resignations and what needs to happen as a result of that are the free and open democratic elections that were promised in libya which i hope will have will take place in a next six months or so that's really important that we get a government to reflects the desires and the ambitions of the libyan people and no

longer just have cronies who are part of you know the former gadhafi regime who are selected by the west and don't actually reflect their desires or. by patrick hayes reporter for online magazine spike thanks for your insight thank. the newly elected parliament of egypt has started its first session most of the seats occupied by muslim brotherhood members and other islamic parties who won an overwhelming majority in the first post mubarak poll as artie's marie if a notion it tells us many feel that they were lied to by the brotherhood. this is a growing. old ready that's with these new policy changes will actually not be as dramatic as people in the revolution demonstrators protesters have expected them to be the muslim brotherhood's freedom and justice pontiff has indeed won the first vote in place barak egypt mostly because he had to have promised people all aid to . keep production transitional transition from ministry to civil

power is 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 they revolution has been designed to gets read off but even today we have many signs indicating that these on this day this new parliament the muslim brotherhood as well as some of the business section talk he didn't. actually going to cooperate with cough and that's why many people who have been able to speak to here in karl rove say they feel a little bit strange. are he's worried if an ocean is tracking the latest developments in cairo you can check out our team's twitter feed as well as her personal account for the latest on egypt's first parliamentary session and the growing frustration in the region of her latest tweets your rights demonstrators are calling for presidential elections in two months instead of waiting till june

all the updates available for you online right now. and take it has been approved by the people of croatia the u.s. wasn't as solid as expected with more than half the croats simply ignoring the national referendum the country will be coming it will become a union's twenty eight state by july of next year if it's approved by all the other members or a shot was split on the issue with those in opposition saying there is nothing to gain from a bloc currently experiencing its worst ever crisis as artie's dumbarton reports the divisions may be here to. day after the yes vote. if it. will. violent scenes in the croatian catholic hit it's the country's new referendum but setting. let me live for a bit of history being made behind me the police trying to push the protesters away as they take and seize protest has a late situation in many states instead of in the creation capital and financing has been at least being time only candidate well now.

you know you hear. these anti protesters say the government is trying to suppress the dissenting voices they are and joining would surrender croatia's independence to brussels. yes i believe that couple in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people that accession is vital to the current economy actually without the stability the scale can lead it into the credit rating of creation. that is translated into membership of the european union 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 stance public views differ widely should the italians we come into or see and touch all our fish and that's our biggest creditor you know if you go there

after you though they told us we have to buy the e.u. has regulations those that don't want to obey must stop trading here in memphis you know we have two sons hire an employee and maybe because of that i would be prior to being raped or most of the symbols were don't you know there are legitimate worries about sovereignty local industry and economic well being a former state and there are still some voices in parliament think the benefits of what joining it will be the case that we were not going with our heads high up we're going on our knees because our economy our non-existing our exporting is pretty bad our b.b.b. is very low so we don't really have anything to offer i think he's 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 i'm sure tom bottomed out. and they're still tension one of the newest member states romania the country's foreign minister has been fired for criticizing the protesters angry at the government more than a week people have been demanding the president and minister step down this against a backdrop of waged. tax hikes in the second poorest to struggling to meet the demands of it in a credit what's the point biology's tom barton who's in the middle of the recent violence in bucharest on our website. and marina joins us next with all the latest business news stay with us. hello and welcome to the business here on ars he was so with more details on the e.u. and its oil embargo against iran over its nuclear program this involves in the media only oil contracts whether iran but all existent contracts will be honored until the first of july and then just try to just gas low as they have us from being the

party believes that and the e.u. led sanctions against a middle eastern country will only lead to a minor fluctuations in the oil price. the e.u. sanctions on the oh no i don't think that significant iran exports run about two point two million barrels a day of oil. goes to europe it's only represents run about one quarter over most going to asia so we don't expect to have the impact of the e.u. sanctions. with the u.s. sanctions that might take effect in the end of this year. removing all of the sports two point two million barrels a day and i think we'll have greater price impacts. and let's take a look at what's happening with the oil price as of right now in light sweet this currently traded ninety nine dollars and seventy three cents per barrel while the front blend is that one hundred seven dollars going towards one hundred eleven

dollars per barrel and that's of course as crude prices go higher after all embargo against iran over the u.s. markets are still a negative territory with the group that dominate and trade in both the dow and the my six both the dow and the nasdaq i should say are over point one percent in the red over in europe markets are closed and they end of the trading session in the black reaching a five month high that u.k.'s benchmark stock index and higher boosted by gains for banks the oil stocks investors were also optimistic about greece and its creditors agreeing on a deal to write down that buy up to seventy percent. here in russia the markets close on a positive note as well both the r.t.s. and the my side and of the trade in session in the black the arts yes over one and a half percent it's like a look at the top movers on the my sex rushes the largest oil company of rolls that's recovered from earlier losses and gains of one and

a half percent sperm bank which was up earlier in the day didn't manage to escape the ragged parents and drop point one percent. greater m.t.'s came around and that . day over one percent in the black and today michael star from my parents never accepted based. on the domestic side sentiment remains quite positive supported by the high oil price without support potentially getting a for the boost from news today that the e.u. has imposed an embargo on iran also we note that putin's popularity has risen substantially to highest levels in six months in the latest opinion polls and this substantially reduces the chances of a second round of presidential elections into some extent improves political visibility russia has found a new market for its giant stockmen gas field gas from c. says the other two are not fully and this partners are now considering supply liquefied natural gas to

japan the country is expected so increase consumption all for lindsay after decided to reduce nuclear power generation gas from has been counted on the last as a market for stockmen had to start looking for alternatives following a spike in the us domestic production. and that's all the business news for now for most stores you can always had so our websites are to call my business with the headlines. the books. the be.

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culture is that so much of the commercial comes on it becomes the it is the biggest and most expensive elections money can buy this is how many american see one called political action committees or super pacs. eleven thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines serious slams an arab league plan to solve the country's crisis that required president assad to step down the mask has said the initiative was an interference in its internal affairs at an attack on syria's sovereignty. the e.u. adopts unprecedented sanctions against iran which include a complete embargo on its oil a move targeting terrans nuclear program russia calls the sanctions on a state that undermines diplomatic efforts to solve a crisis in the embargo will make iran change its policy. votes in favor of joining

the debt stricken e.u. in a national referendum but a low turnout and violent protests perceived a vote showing there are still divisions within the country up next paedophile and gets discussed political posturing and million dollar lobbying and going on in the u.s. presidential race cross talk coming up after a short break. and . we welcome your boss not beautiful looking on the biggest and most expensive elections money can buy this is how many americans see what are called political action committees or super.