thank you that's from damascus. trying to shine a light on what's happening in the country the observer mission looks set to continue now for another month but every day here is proving more and more of a challenge for the people. due to the european sanctions in syria to argue syria we don't have any tourist we don't have any form of the e.u. has no one pays its eleventh consecutive round of sanctions this time putting a travel ban on people and businesses linked with the assad regime is we've been finding out the cascade of sanctions to swamp syria's struggling economy actually they are pushing the syrian people in a way or another i mean if they have governmental sanctions to be imposed by big business with the syrian government not with the people but the power is completely outside this door and the central damascus at the moment and this is one of the main criticisms aimed at the economic sanctions is that this simply affecting the

way so every day syrian people in fact most businesses in this area now i depended upon these types of diesel generators that are needed because our cars have become an almost daily blow people's lives there not everyone can afford the back up at home with his wife and children and then says when the power cuts out the family simply have to make generators very expensive costs like. sixty thousand three hundred pounds as i know it's not cheap and it's not just families and small businesses that are being affected oil production has fallen dramatically after an exports embark a and the cost of all materials here has risen as one official from the chamber of commerce tells us a plummeting currency and rising prices have pushed many businesses to take their trades and money elsewhere in the business. we don't put all the money in the

business keep somebody maybe. this is the. market because norm or cash money for money. and treats a recent form halfway through our interview the lights go out. how. old are you harvey. but your who. stops in around one. spike cools that it's been political and economic pressure on the country that's been favored in attempting to resolve the. the arab league observers mission has also made little headway safe then they say they were there simply to investigate and to reports there have been numerous calls face even more observers

to be allowed into the country i think the real issue is that the syrians need to allow in a much much more neutral a much more wide ranging a much more forceful international observer mission if they've got nothing to hide if it's if they're generally not killing innocent people one of the the the sanctions impact is heavily contested this need doubt that they are putting pressure on an increasingly isolated government many people in the country it will say made an already desperate situation even worse. damascus syria. where u.s. and its allies accuse the syrian regime of cracking down on peaceful protesters in the massacres claims it's fighting a foreign funded insurgency political analysts say so as the opposition is receiving weapons from abroad and becoming increasingly violent. 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 streets and have been you know resisting calls to violence but then there are also many dangerous segments of the opposition who have used violence we see this as nation 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 embassy structure 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 we've got all events in the middle east coming up. defiant in the union has introduced tougher sanctions yet all imports from abroad spawns to the disputed nuclear program. the us when they're all suits cost of. rescue services in the u.s.

so we decide cases where they looked the other way. in libya checkpoints have been set up around the capital tripoli it's in response to the fighting between supporters of formidable mahdavi and forces loyal to the new government so far at least five people have been killed and twenty others wounded it could offer the lists seize control of the town of bani walid earlier the national transitional council leader warned that the country was in the verge of civil war here in d.c. has already been struggling with violent protests in a stronghold of benghazi which forced its second most senior official to resign demonstrators many of whom helped overthrow the previous version by the slow pace of reform of transparency in the handling of the country's assets patrick hayes a reporter for the online magazine spiked says the warring events in libya surprising now i find that very interesting actually because well what's in the

national transitional council itself was very much something that was already 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 isn't doing itself any favors into the pro-democracy campaign is also seeing off the. supporters 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 entity did nothing about it they were warned and now bani walid has been taken so it's not surprising and it does seem like the m.t.c. is impotence and it's reflecting the needs and desires of anyone in libya at the moment there was a lot of congratulating you talked by cameron sarkozy and he 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. well it more trouble ahead for libya and any dialogue can stop the troubled country plunging back into civil war that assessment from russia's presidential envoy to africa has just been to libya he gives us his insight in twenty minutes but has what's ahead. it has to take goodwill from all the sides which were involved in a very long lasting conflict which to my personal opinion the real city and in some areas of libya the civil war is not over and the self there is the whole desert area as an area of the certain extent no man's land it's out of control of new government forces its own of tribes its zone of uncontrolled arms trafficking so i think that the difficult time for libya will last for quite a significant period of time if libyan political elite is not ready to

sit at the round table. for a british students fate hangs in the balance as he faces extradition to the u.s. it's due to the controversial agreement between london and washington but allows america to demand anyone be handed over to its justice system on the grounds of reasonable suspicion alone and as artie's other bennett reports a treaty originally designed to deal with terror suspects now appears to have gone far beyond its initial remit. from running a website in his bedroom with links to pirated movies to up to ten years in a u.s. federal prison richard o'dwyer is the latest victim of the u.k.'s controversial extradition treaty with america his actions aren't even a crime in britain but counters copyright infringement in the us for the judge that was enough for richard's mother it was devastating. perry's going to

impact the gulf states i don't think that you brigid site t.v. shack was seized by u.s. authorities last year this is what you see on the home page now he didn't host any illegal videos itself but posted links to where users could find them u.s. prosecutors claim richard banked two hundred thirty thousand dollars in advertising revenue from the site although he's never been to america they claim his actions had direct consequences there did he been treated unfairly slightly. here because he was just pro extradition for well after it all about but i'm just going to go with the other side anyway so. all that work that we put in. there and all but he would there when he's i'm not sure if you were there last time before when he said with a good strong argument that all went out the window completely. you know giving up no no we can't give up. power for. the u.k. u.s.

extradition treaty was signed in two thousand and three supposedly to bring international terrorists to justice but many feel it's unfair to british citizens it makes it far easier for america to extradite someone from the u.k. than the other way around so far extraditions of five to two in america's favor veteran british m.p. simming campbell's leading a review of the treaty by his party the smaller partner in the governing coalition . what i argue for is that the position of a british citizen should be no worse than that of an american to and at the moment you think it's like i'm in no doubt that. richard was innocently caught up in something which was never intended to deal with people like him gary mckinnon case is another that's left british m.p.'s crying out for change the asperger's sufferer has been fighting extradition for seven years he's wanted for hacking into

pentagon files that he claims he was searching for evidence of u.f.o.'s a recent parliamentary debate on the treaty was so one sided in favor of changing it that a vote wasn't even needed but what's happening there is still not enough to stop richard why is pending extradition his case is certainly highlighted the need for something to be done but any changes could be too late for him his case is now in the hands of home secretary theresa may who has been accused of abandoning plans to change the treaty richard and his family will get the chance to appeal the decision at a higher court but their options are rapidly running out either bennett artsy london . remember there's always more news on our website r.t. dot com here's a look at two of the offbeat stories getting attention this hour but a case of mistaken identity find out how a botched russian police operation so officers break up a local fun run it wasn't on the authorized gay pride parade also online.

some candidates in a south carolina primary have received the support of almost a thousand dead voters in the details and much more web site r.t. dot com. iran says an oil embargo imposed by the european union is due to fail on monday the e.u. delivered on its threat to ban the import of crude from the islamic state in response to its nuclear program. the latest round of sanctions prohibits any new oil contracts in the house for existing deals to run to deny the e.u. buys around eighteen percent of roumanian crude around the time the ban lifted if it turns to talks over its nuclear agenda which the west suspects is aimed at a nuclear bomb russia has dismissed the new sanctions on iran is counterproductive iran had any threaten to block a vital oil supply to the persian gulf and the embargo comes into force the u.s.

navy's poised to reopen the strait of hormuz by force if necessary coniston asia times correspondent basketball says iran is unlikely to back down. the p five plus one as it's called the five permanent members of the security council plus germany does should sit down theoretically by the end of this month with iran in this stumble brokered by turkey to start talking again about iranian nuclear program but i wonder if iran has any incentive at the moment any fact the hard line there is interest say exactly that. the sanctions and if they are fully implemented on july first we're going to close down this street of hormuz as a reaction this is something that they need to see terms of their internal public opinion because they're being pressured all the time by the europeans the americans and europeans any really eighty million iranians are asking themselves what is our

government doing to defend that in effect that we have the right to develop a peaceful nuclear program and there is no if it is a new where by the i.a.e.a. by national intelligence estimates in the united states that they are developing a nuclear weapon. well we're always interested in your opinion today we're asking about the e.u. ban on iran's oil well going to r.t. dot com to take part in our latest web poll so far more than half of you believe it will mean china ends up importing all of the rod spoil the much cheaper price because the reduced demand less than a quarter think it will bring it on the. ground eighteen percent. russia number one voice a part of the e.u. and the minority view so far believe it will hamper iran's nuclear program will go on line to have your say. today marks one year since the deadly bombing of moscow's dome of the head of the airport thirty seven people were killed in the blast carried out by a suicide bomber at the international arrivals hall there's

a gator's later identified the suicide bomber as a twenty year old from russia's republic of english trained by islamist terrorists of this region seventeen militants linked to the attack were killed in special operations last year for being detained one of the world's most wanted terrorist a moral responsibility for masterminding the bali strongman. firemen standing by while houses burn and police watching all people drown a spate of incidents in the united states has sparked concern of what kind of society is becoming is going to chicken reports sticking to the rules and fear of litigation appear to be trumping care and compassion. jean chronics house burned down to ashes as firefighters stood by and just watched they refused to save mr chronics home because he hadn't paid a seventy five dollars fire fee that the county requires i thought they'd come out

and put it out maybe if you hadn't but i do said the five dollars but as the house went up in flames the cryonics were begging the firefighters to make an exception saying they were ready to pay whatever it took to put out the blaze but they were told it was too late things my mother and my mother's my grandmother's my great grandmother's were all there in the house same happened to vicki belle from tennessee firefighters stood by and idly watched her trailer home burn because she too hadn't paid the seventy five dollars fee no one said they were in fact dispatched that they so they were all safe. in the us foreign policy varies from state to state from county to county in south fulton tennessee if you don't pay you're out of luck anybody that's not inside the city limits the self interest charges that we offer. down behind numerous similar incidents lies a problem rigid local rules versus the responsibility of the government to help its citizens when they're in trouble or rather versus basic human compassion we're

really poor in terms of humanity i mean when it's seventy five dollars that is the more important thing and i get in a situation like this it just shows you that we've become far too concerned about about every single dollar and you know and also that it just shows it's really kind of it's an all about me you know we just don't live in the community anymore than like there's no sense of this like shared responsibility for the individuals in that community in california police and firemen watched a man drown saying they didn't have proper certifications for water rescue which would leave them open to possible lawsuits if they attempted to save him city officials blamed the incident on budget cuts so as the more. then an hour long tragedy unfolded authorities stood there and did nothing this is the part where rules and regulations defy logic that was the end result of body washing up to the shore. so you think it's horrible how can we allow that to happen in the us is

a very litigious society we have more lawyers per capita per capita than any other country and i think the world and so you know when you have to worry when you're a rescuer and you have to worry about a lawsuit and you cannot rescue a person as a result i mean that's that's really a problem if the firefighters had rescued the man even saved his life but somehow maybe broke a rib or hurt him in some other way you know they stand to be sued in court and that's just the way our system works even after the serve brought raymond zack's body closer to the shore firefighters refused to get in the water and retrieve the corpse so they waited until a passer by volunteered to do the job the logic you don't get anything unless you pay makes sense to a lot of americans but when you have money and rules on one side of the scale and humanity the human urge to help on the other and money wins this is when one gets

the says that something is wrong with the way the system works i'm going to shut down reporting from washington our team. well some well news in brief for you this twin car bomb attacks have killed eight people and injured thirty two in iraq the first boss talked to them any morning gathering work because in these shia area fact that minutes later a blue up in a pastry shop in the same district but it's a hundred seventy people have been killed in similar attacks since the beginning of the year. turkey has vowed to retaliate if the french senate approval is making it an crime i don't know i mean the massacre of millions by the ottoman empire nine hundred fifteen was genocide both houses of the french parliament of pass the bill which still has to be signed. why presence would become a little proposal to make the denial of genocide war crimes recognized by french law punishable by up to a year in prison media says one of the half a million people who were killed in the massacre turkey says this figure is much

lower and he checks the turn genocide. the bodies of two women have been recovered from the cruise ship which capsized off it is west coast bringing the confirmed death toll to fifteen rescue teams are continuing the search for seventeen people still missing engineers are expected to begin pumping fuel from the ship within the next twenty four hours to avoid potential spill the vessel is holding around one point nine million liters of fuel it's thirty. and two kenyan presidential candidates will stand trial eight charges of crimes against humanity and then are among four prominent kenyans accused of orchestrating a deadly wave of violence following the country's two thousand and seven election for them twelve hundred people were killed during the country's post-election clashes more than half a million dollars to flee their homes no date has been set for the trial.

well kareena updates us now on the latest business news. hello and welcome to our latest business update this hour or continuing monday's gains following eve's decision to adopt an embargo against iran over its nuclear program all imports from iran to europe should stop as of july as a response to the sanctions terrorist threatening to close the strait of hormuz through which twenty percent of the world's oil exports pass however hard you want to pick from plants believe that warning and in bargo are more of a negotiation point. the wording also says that they'll be a review in may so that almost means that i am ready to do something in july but i can change my mind in may i don't think anybody wants this things to happen because europe right now is very weak. financially economically the last thing that europe

really wants is a confrontation because that would be even more disruptive for the economy here the oil that was supposed to come to europe from iran will go to the. oil that was going to asia from the location start west africa or even russia will now go to europe so europe can always replace the oil that's not the issue the issues the level of pain. but look at the numbers not all of us fluctuating below one hundred dollars a barrel and new york speculation that your stock gained last week count a concern that iran may respond to the. planet is close to one hundred eleven dollars. trading at over ninety nine dollars per barrel. now asian shares advance modestly with energy prices higher following that european market iranian oil japan's impacts up two point eight percent in the consumer electronics sector sony's losing almost three percent on reports about its tie up for the troubles

alone post hong kong and several other asian stock markets closed for the lunar new year holiday. here in russia and russia markets are trading lower in the afternoon the r.t.s. is losing point one percent shedding nearly point four percent let's take a look at some individual. most of the blue chips are lower with banking and energy stocks the main decliners losing around sent down the company plans to invest more than one billion dollars in oil which field in siberia chemical group. is bucking the trend is again it's reported almost five percent increase in production for the year two thousand and eleven michael stein from our upcoming economic forum speech and the u.s. corporate results could investors busy all week long. given the improved outlook for the oil price because of the news that we saw yesterday and given. the very low valuations for russia generally and the fact that many of our clients continue to

see fund flows into the russian dedicated funds we think that the market will gradually melt higher that's it investors will pay attention to global events and this week there are a lot of them investors will look at the f one c meeting coming out president barack obama's speech in his state of the nation's address in addition we've got the world economic forum and more than one hundred twenty companies in the united states are releasing their fourth quarter financial results so will be quite a busy week on the external side and then here at home in russia investors and pick close attention from macro data most notably the unemployment report in russia for december in addition to industrial production figures on the corporate side will also see operating updates from metals and mining companies including natural police and m. k. . financial woes of most you have given banks are affecting their business abroad one of germany's biggest lenders is leaving the russian market it's selling a forty percent stake in one of the top fifteen local lenders problem as bank.

called it operations in russia several months ago the sale is part of the effort to increase capital by roughly five billion euros in order to comply with new european legislation. well that's all for now stay with us for headline news with kerry coming up next.

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which brightened. from plans to. start on t.v. dot com. it's past the hour here in moscow the headlines now that the e.u. imposes more sanctions on syria as damascus rejects arab league calls for president assad to step down mounting international pressure sinners in most of the syrian people are feeling the squeeze. a new violence in libya gadhafi loyalists clash with interim government forces in the town of bani walid as fears grow a slide back into civil war the fighting follows weeks of protests of libya's new

leaders struggling to unify the country. plus derided for being one sided the extradition or between the u.s. and the u.k. designed to help bring terror suspects to justice faces fresh calls for a view with british anger it's a one way street to american jails. in-depth look at the ongoing strife in the arab world and some possible solutions. speaks to russia's main envoy to africa because. of chairman of the foreign affairs committee of russia's federation calls and also presidential envoy to to africa.