power to his deputy while a unity government is formed and prepared for new elections now courting to reports this draft text calls for a political transition in syria it also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution now of course this is just a draft text that was written up by france and britain in consultation with morocco germany portugal the united states and qatar this is a draft that is just beginning to be discussed by the security council members we do know that the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin expressed deep disappointment with their draft indicating that he does not believe that the international community should impose an outside solution on syria in terms of the

conflict taking place there and he also rejected the idea of an arms embargo or the use of force speaking imposed on syria because we should keep in mind that if this text includes that the security council could adopt further measures if syria does not comply with what the security council wants we don't know what those further measures could be you have countries such as russia china india brazil that believe that there is a conflict that two sides are involved in syria and both of those parties should be addressed now russia has drafted a resolution on syria but according to reports and according to what members told me it does not include the cohesive or punitive measures against syria that western countries are looking for the russian draft hold both parties accountable it doesn't call for any type of regime. change and that is something that russia and

china we saw three months ago vetoed a western draft resolution that could impose possibly regime change in syria and that's where you have a difference of opinions but this story will continue next week because from what we're told the security council will meet to discuss the text of this draft resolution with antiwar activists and low good don't devolve so as the latest draft resolution circulating at the u.n. security council doesn't uphold the rights of the syrian people to choose the leadership. the point of departure between the western interests and russia and china voiced by russia this time is whether or not the decision about who will rule syria is made by the syrian people or by nato as it was and would be again they indicated that they would not allow a resolution to go through that called for regime change in syria without the participation of the syrian people saying that the western powers want to see in

this region is this for they obviously cannot occupy these territories after they conquer them if you look to iraq and afghanistan you can see that that's the case but as long as the people on the ground are busy killing each other the united states can sue cure or oil or in the case of syria for example the port at tartus which would keep russia out of the mediterranean and whatever other objectives they have. while there are a lot more reports from syria the opposition activists claiming that more than sixty people have been killed in the latest outbreak of audits that's against the backdrop of the reported advance of syrian and hundred eighteen fighters towards the capital damascus while some see it as a sign of liberation others have discovered remain unconvinced. a clear message from the protest is this said that damascus as a funeral takes place. we don't want to linger don't don't we don't want to see god

see we also it's shouldn't killing we don't yes freedom we don't know what we will do you know to. live. here i mean this and this is going to be i want to talk to us up to now they feel safety is being provided by the free syrian army think of that body made up of many defects is they could say it's president is unable protests like these to go ahead. i dare say the military cannot come in anymore because the free. syrian army is protecting us we support the free syrian army and we support. the former army colonel heads the f.s.a. from the brute he's been steadfast from the start and his cools the foreign military intervention the armed police say far voided partnerships with any other opposition elements he sees defense significant inside the country and the national coordination council when at the leading opposition groups remains adamant that

foreign military intervention would make an already deteriorating situation even worse a whole lot of security position has caused some areas to get out of control and it seems that there is a war between two groups on the outside the country and it's the syrian national council pitching itself as the main opposition but it too has failed to unify the many different position factions and this lack of unity has hampered the calling clues to direct u.n. involvement russia and china remain firmly opposed to a resolution that would leave the door open to foreign military intervention and in a far cry from previous coups that dialogue qatar and saudi arabia now talk to the opposition and we've listed cost even more lives to say many nice things to find rebel groups who have to work with the other side working with. the f.s.a.

say they have little choice but to use weaponry to protect civilian. people have these main square here in town where people come out and protest every evening for the security forces trying to come in but we protect them but this is what's happening here that it remains a precarious situation in a moment of confusion the crowd gets nervous and starts to run at one point gunshots still says where they've come from or from who we are you can save a lot of confusion here on face even if you're reading in a different direction. just not exactly sure what's going on you know that's really not a safe situation severe right now and all of this happening just fifteen minutes from the city center is just a tape of. egypt demonstrations so position can show continues to gain ground the divisions within the country it's never been clear a. good idea.

coming up in the program when that pressure from the west backfires iran is set to hold will surprise to you here in union a preemptive move that really put it if the blocks economy can't withstand it. and we report on the struggle of the local food industry in india and went head to head with the international superstore giants. thousands of people have gathered in warsaw to protest the signing of a new treaty enforcing intellectual property rights on the internet opponents say the international act document is pure censorship violation of human rights. ski has been here in the demands of protesters first hand. a passer by from england confused scenes on friday in central warsaw with the filming of a sequel for the hollywood movie v. for vendetta judging from the number of masked men and cameras such resemblance was tangible the film character fought for revolution these people are all still

standing for change to stop the anti counterfeit trade agreement act from becoming law in poland minus fifteen degrees centigrade is definitely not an excuse for thousands who gathered in central warsaw friday protests culminates a week of numerous mass rallies across with people protesting against the internet censorship actor may have a positive aim to protect intellectual property but these protesters fear it will be used to police the web and take harmless website. offline. engineer martin says he's working under threat because of actor's obscurity with the international pact worked out in complete secrecy. with. legally censoring information. it's very unclear the negotiations have lost

since two thousand and four but it's been anything unlike the week's massive anti active protests in poland friday's showdown had clear political overtones while the majority of the crowd was voicing no to the treaty a large chunk was directing their anger at the government experts saying the scale of public dissent has managed to make more soldiers ruling elite nervous the government was promoting itself as being modern as being people probably internet and people trying to keep them accountable so when they discover that the government is supporting something without it was purely political answer to no we don't believe you anymore this part this considers the harm governments are pretty nice in these suddenly seems their point of view or order a tactic and the and know that they might not ratify act and they will have a second fault so after a week of ignorance i think suddenly they realize that the protests are much deeper much broader and. to become law in poland actor needs the approval of both the

polish and european parliament nobody knows for sure how long this might take but protesters say they will continue piling the pressure on the authorities to stop this happening i think it came as a complete shock nobody expected this and nobody expected. this going to sink in so i think there will be a lot more. weeks i think because. i think how long it will take to actually. prime minister to be adamant war so would not give in to anti active blackmail in the streets but what was initially acquired social protest has become politically broader with every rally ask elating in both the numbers present and the level of aggression alexi russia's key r.t. reporting from warsaw in poland. or dominique of the house from the helsinki foundation for human rights says governments should communicate with users before

preparing sweeping internet laws. the way it rains it my prayer make those basic freedoms and your. use there without really actually the goodbye and later in the internet and those internet providers there are companies which are taking advantage of. your i believe in the internet the first thing we should be aware when the. people are feeling then they were cheated by the government then that something is wrong and that there were no contemplation and there was no particular need of the debate before or. for the signature of the document there were a maniac in every year or even demand to have the internet and every town

people have their they impression that the government is taking that without the banks and without. you there now and the internet users. well you could head to our web site r.t. dot com for any stories you can best as well as latest news and comments also there for you mother nature spectacular show no way to use the world a night to remember sit back and enjoy one of the most breathtaking northern lights displays ever seen . and off to a great start to this year's first cargo space craft named progress successfully docks with the international space station. tons of vital supplies including a special birthday gift from one of the crew. to iran is ready to cut off oil supplies to europe as early as next week comes in

response to the news ban on crude imports. from iran due to be enforced in the summer but it all prices already rising rapidly experts are warning that the actions of the european union to do the block more harm than good and meanwhile a senior group of i.a.e.a. officials and weapons experts preparing to meet in tehran due to arrive this weekend for the highest level talks in more than three years policy consultant foreign money told r.t. that by threatening to turn off the tap for europe iran is hoping to question him by. the calculus from iran's perspective is going to be if a preamp by cutting exports the forward to july first date that the e.u. has set for cutting the exports and iraq preemptively cuts its three four hundred thousand barrels with exports to the e.u. would be able to drive prices up enough by doing that to offset for that you know

right now what is going on with iran is that they there is an existential threat to the government there and quite frankly from the u.s. perspective i don't think there's a lot of hope that these sanctions will actually get you right to stop its nuclear program think the real unwritten objective here is quite frankly in a column by different name but it's regime change ultimately they want to put as much pressure that as they can on this government. but coming up a little later in the program we hear from the people out on the streets of new york. do you think most people are willing to change their daily behavior even though they call it selfish you know they'd only care about the planet until he told it affects them personally are americans ready to sacrifice their daily routines in the name of the environment and artie's glory half of this. the euro is still taking a hammering fitch one of the big three credit ratings has announced five more

downgrades for european economies that e.u. leaders struggle to soothe nerves on another front the debt crisis refuge in the eurozone took top billing at the world economic forum in davos ati's there in this has more for us from there. we're going in today for davos at the world economic forum and today we'll hear from a number of economists and kind of thinkers about where the global economy is headed we'll have to see how much attention the euro zone captures though because there really has overshadowed a lot of other things that happened on the official and unofficial agenda here at davos we heard from a number of euro zone finance ministers and e.u. officials speaking with a lot of optimism about the euro zone solution saying they believe the fiscal compact will be reached with tighter fiscal discipline in that this will really help the debt crisis that the eurozone is dealing with they also said that greek bond holders will come to an agreement on haircuts for greek debt by this weekend to hopefully presumably avoid default which is definitely not

a certain thing at all and that d.-day for greece is march twentieth after that optimism which was kind of the headline coming out of that we hasn't seen fitch the credit ratings agency downgrade by e.u. nations this includes italy and spain which are two of the economies that are very much of the biggest concern when you're talking about the euro zone debt crisis because they are much larger economies than greece they're both dealing with problems of their debt and of the funding of their debt which we've seen a lot of discussion here at davos over what is the best way to deal with we know george soros has his own plan i don't know if european union leaders are calling him now to take another look at it after these downgrades that something will have to watch for today. or a miss with chief economic correspondent of the u.k. as independent newspaper believes that greece is effect to default. it isn't. i don't think you have to be a whiz at math to figure out that is not just the indebtedness of some countries abroad but also the euro oh the common currency is

a single currency for an area where some countries need a devaluation i don't know whether technically greece is going to be in default or not but if your repay the thirty or forty cents in the euro your debt and the write down is going to something like that could be for you to say forty if you're lucky thirty if you're unlucky reacted any rational six b. is a country defaulting on its debts and whether technically that is or whether it take it seems to me to be not that relevant because once you've dealt with greece ok you try and have to put a far wall behind that but people may say look if i'm not going to get my money back on greece why should i learn to portugal why should i lend to spain why should i learn to italy. now or still to come few in the program by russia's a future that picks host city plans to over shadow its most famous european ski resort competitors and entice friends of winter sports action.

millions of shop owners in india fighting for their survival as a threat of outside competition knocks at the door but while entry for international supermarket giants has been shelved for now there are those who argue the move would be good for consumers and employment ortiz preassure investigates. this dry food store has been set the end they're seeing chalons family for six generations it's one of the many small retail stores that have been operating in this market in all delhi for hundreds of years one on one with this should help six generations of our family grew financially and provided us with everything but now think chalons way of life could be at risk after years of pressure at the indian guy. vermont decided to allow foreign retailers the likes of tesco and wal-mart access to one of the fastest growing middle classes in the world until now india only allowed single brand foreign retailers like reebok to enter the country even

though the indian economy opened up more than a decade ago economists here argue that the country needed at least five years to build up its domestic multi brand retail sector before allowing foreign competition into the country but now politicians argue that it might be the perfect time for foreign companies to enter into its five hundred ninety billion dollar retail sector the politicians behind the push say that farmers can make more money and consumers will pay less for food if the stores are allowed into india these retailers could provide organization to india supply chain by cutting out unnecessary middlemen president obama and other western leaders have also been putting pressure on india to allow their stores to open in the country arguing that they could provide jobs to millions of indians but small business owners still argue that it's an idea that would jeopardize their way of life. the big stores are opening up businesses will not be able to compete with them and they will find it hard to survive so this is

a conspiracy against us to shut us down and open big ships but we will not allow this to happen in india a lot of the small business will be swallowed by the way small fishes are wreaking by the big fishes in the sea these small family run businesses will be completely destroyed jeopardizing the financial situation of families and children for now however opposition within india has stalled the decision from being finalised store owners like singh challen are watching the debate closely wondering if his family's business and the old delhi that he's known his whole life will suddenly change. this is an attempt to destroy one livelihood or the businessmen in india we will not allow this to happen in india resisting outsiders from potentially destroying his family's tradition preassure either party. delhi india. well to neighboring pakistan now where more than one hundred thousand people took to the streets the pro taliban protests was organized by the country's business leaders their

supporters demanding the government continues its blockade of supplies cross into afghanistan. has also drone attacks by its states and countries trouble or worst it's provoked about. twenty four pakistani soldiers were killed by misguided u.s. airstrikes. at least seventeen people have died and about a dozen are missing after three buildings collapsed a revision here in brazil a twenty story block crumbled on wednesday bringing down to neighboring buildings and so investigating the treasury officials believe on authorized construction work may have been responsible. and the testers have marched on the u.s. embassy in the capital the philippines against government plans to allow american troops into the country the deal between the two nations is part of washington's attempts to reinforce its presence in the region. by the country's build up against china the philippines hosted major u.s.

military facilities in two nineteen ninety two. to russia now where the future winter olympics host city sochi is hoping to attract fans of adrenaline packed into activities. reports now on the modern resort challenging the traditional ski regions. its slow way and cool to the caucasus mountains but it's the hardest time for ski fair maybe this couple even came from as far as say period for the season's grand opening in sochi now that. if there is snow you mother go through snow who wanted to ride so badly now we have this. super this is rosa who took a brand new resort just off the black sea with a number. to attract ski. fans who might otherwise prefer a winter break in france or switzerland kilometers those tracks but will be able to compete with many european resorts it means six to ten thousand tourists will be

able to ski here to show your work and seasonal warm weather left a few foreign destinations a little high and dry but then steph here it was a cougar became snowed under with work as skiers sold out new resorts just a little while and you can go for beautiful. believed and everyone enjoy. very positive feedback this morning yes that's true. but they're also cudos biggest test is yet to come in february and march just about two thousand paulton winter olympics it will mean more is to be strictly off list but for now they're making the most of the snow the freedom and even the romance amid the russian winter it's great if there is snow is too much for your set it was supposed to give you my window so if you'll excuse me. but you. are to sochi. the issue of global warming is still one that challenges and divides the

international community assad struggles to find solutions to the problem larry hoffa nist went down to the streets of the big apple to find out what ordinary americans are ready to give up to help out. today legislators are introducing more and more bills to help curb the effects of global warming what are you willing to do to help out this week let's talk about that would you be willing to do not blow dry your hair anymore yes that i'd be willing to that would you be willing to dry your clothes on the line and never use or drag machine i don't know about that you know it's about it depends would you be willing to change your behavior like say i walk into any destination that's under two miles instead of driving like what i'm doing today is a yes yeah yeah absolutely absolutely it's a best idea i've heard so far but it's good what about showering for under a minute. i'm always skin and they were pretty much broke saw lots of the

electrical futile a lot but there was money don't become the postal is the clock on the marker or do you think most people are willing to change their daily behavior even though i'm a little proud to call them selfish you know they don't really care about the planet until until it affects them personally unfortunately that's the world we live in whether or not you're willing to change your energy consumption habits now the bottom line is you might just have to in the future if global warming continues to progress. stay with us i'll be back with headlines in just a couple. we

have seen the damage it has done to our environment mark chemicals what the poor probs we do not want any more new g.m.o. foods. our core system is just that was a does more experience and i'm just just appalled that that's allowed to go on american. eating this unfortunately because we don't know what's in it there's no labeling there for it being used they come aboard to

experiment to be used as guinea pigs. now we have more questions than we have answers to cards. like.

let's check on the headlines now syrian factions argue over who represents the will of the people while opinions clash at the u.n. security council resolution against syria joining harsh criticism from russia. thousands of angry protesters in warsaw crying out against an international online piracy act claiming it targets the basic rights of internet users.

takes yet another pounding this time with a credit rating pitch downgrading five more european nations even as its leaders talk to concerns the world economic forum in davos. next. spotlight talks to the survivors of these costa concordia cruise liner disaster. hello again to welcome to spotlight. on arctic. and today we'll meet the survivors of the wreck of the century the incidents in the mediterranean a ship carrying over four thousand people has been dominating international media for more than two weeks.