from the center for research on globalization stephen good to see you again thanks for being with us now as the international community mull over their next step the arab league cites a spike of bloodshed in syria how objective are the reports of violence do you think. well there's a lot of why he's going to be so good to be with you when the to report it is that the violence is externally generated this is this is an imperial operation the libya model is being replicated short of nato directly intervening the reason russia objects to the new grass the new west and graft a resolution just it's got language shit saying if assad does not comply with the terms of that resolution that have dished additional measures that will be considered it oh my goodness that sounds like a no fly zone in a different language there was an open sesame to direct intervention meaning war russia and china accepted this is the the observers were sent into syria

they picked the wrong man to lead the mission only so he picked the sudanese general. they thought they had the air manage your eyes who would deliver the goods against a side believing him for everything going oh i'm cool what a general he do he said assad is cooperating it's exactly the opposite of what the west wanted me they wanted a pretext to step up whatever they have in mind which is some kind of intervention either direct nato and even though nato say it will do it and nato says one thing in the end up doing something else or it could be proxy intervention regional countries turkey you've got the syrian national council eastern turkey you've got this so-called free syrian army it's it's extremely weak compared to the

syrian military and you're in it and you've got these these opposition forces the syrian opposition forces to be had lead divided you've got the national coordination body for democratic change in syria. absolutely there in syria you are absolutely opposed to outside your bichon and violence they wanted syrians to settle your own assyrians the other party the syrian national council wants outside intervention even one side interrupted i just want to make sure we touch on this the fact that the arab league chief and the qatari prime minister are heading to new york to rally u.s. support for the arab e.u. plan to end serious crisis what do you think their hopes and chances are of succeeding there well they're going to new york because they were ordered to go to new york their masters or new york what he did in america and we'll give you my jingle orders but with the great fire wall that gives washington warrants and the

key nato partners will make a fraction of the aggression in china and they absolutely firmly opposed intervention through the security council whether that will stop benito alliance i don't know what do you think with with all that we've discussed is the best solution for syria. the best solution is a less serious sedulous on a serious serious legitimate opposition in syria syria is an authoritarian state but compared to the despotic regimes in saudi arabia in the rain if yemen in other regional countries assad looks almost but not right he has agreed to a new constitution he's agreed to address grievances to to to make serious reforms i think he means it because i mean they don't do everything people one but i think he does want reform i think he needs were willing t.e.o.

and unreported opinions you is the reporter in the london got you reported we get to it go get a national poll that apparently has some credibility he said of a journey of syrians back aside right here in maryland for us right during that reported in the washington post where they don't say a word about that most syrian support aside they wonder if no one changes i think yet come and have syrians that just allow it to you know if it is i think they knew who it and the other key thing always is international law for it to actually call me back and nineteen and thirty three don't want to be able to bench him and this is your west french british law it is signed on to this convention that last state specifically no nation may intervene in any way in the internal affairs of another

country the only exception is if a nation is attacked by another one and then candidate un chatted it said if that happens a nation can act in self-defense but only until a security council acts for america and britain and the arab league has to get to the end in seriousness that is and to have an arrogant resolution saying and all the power to it yesterday. two weeks without a so absolutely should. totally. wealth even we both know that international law hasn't stopped countries from invading other countries before but we will be watching the un very closely next week stephen leatherman thank you very much for joining us from the center of research on globalization. well amid intensifying finding between the syrian army and opposition groups artists are firth has been to an area near the capital which was recently taken over by rebel fighters and she reports although the opposition is united against

the regime there are poles apart on their methods. a clear message from the protesters in this suburb of damascus as a funeral takes place. we don't want killing don't we don't want to. globe see children killing we don't read them we don't we will do you have to live. here i mean this this is going to all come to us up to now they feel safety is being provided by the free syrian army a guerrilla body made up of mainly army defectors who say its presence here as unable to protest like these to go ahead. 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 schools the foreign

military intervention the armed his safe are we did partnerships with any other opposition elements he's defaced significantly inside the country and the national khuda nation council were at the leading opposition groups remains adamant that foreign military intervention would make an already to tear erasing situation even worse whole while the security position was called 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 is the main opposition that it has failed to unify the many different position factions in its lack of unity has hampered the quelling coups the 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 schools to dialogue and saudi arabia no tool to the

opposition i mean this post even more lives the same in mislead the for. and rebel groups you have to have groups of sides working with the other side uses them to instead of fighting the f.s.a. say they have little choice but to use weaponry to protect civilian. people who have these means 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 the limits of confusion the crowd gets nervous and starts to run at one point gunshots the school says where they come from or from oh yeah you can see that that a lot of confusion here on the street seems to be running in the different directions not exactly sure what's going on though 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 day before it's seen major quake of the demonstrations so position can show

continues to gain ground the divisions within the country have never been clearer. that only you can get yes thank god. thank you thank. god yeah. thank you i do yes. well sarah is keeping her blog updated at r.t. dot com where she's posting extensively on the situation in syria and they're also find images from various parts of the contrary that haven't made it on to air the latest picture so people rallying in. damascus. the official we can show you on the phone called talk from the.

video. an omission st now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. well as protesters are refusing to give up the fight over the web piracy pact their countries signed up to more demos are planned against the act the multinational deal force and secrecy that activists say allows firms to censor the internet and e.u. official has already resigned over the treaty which was signed by twenty two european countries this week like sirus have the reports from warsaw. a passer by from england confused scenes on friday in central warsaw with the filming of a sequel for the hollywood movie before vendetta judging from the number of masked men and cameras such resemblance was tangible the film character fought for revolution these people are also 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 the world with people protesting against the internet censorship act in may have a positive aim to protect intellectual property but these protesters fear it will be used to police the web and take harmless websites offline. engineer martin says he's work is under threat because of actors obscurity with the international backed worked out in complete secrecy issues with. first of all. the. facility of illegally censoring information the government. is very unclear the negotiations have lost since two thousand and four and nobody's been told 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 and experts say the scale of public dissent. has managed to make war soldiers ruling elite nervous the government was promoting itself as being modern as. 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 no we don't believe you anymore this practice considers the harm government's appreciation this suddenly seems their point of view or order a tactic and the and the knowledge that they might not ratify 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 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 and i think it came as a complete shock nobody expected nobody expected. anything i think there will be a lot more. because. i think. prime minister has been adamant warsaw would not give in to 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 is reporting from warsaw in poland. european liberty campaign. believes the polish government sort of listen to the public because they're the web's real stock holders. the way it was great it my right leg those

basic freedoms and your match with the freedom. you were there without really actually with the goodbye you later in the internet and though the internet provider companies which are taking advantage of. the internet the first thing we should be aware of the. people are feeling that they were cheated by the government and that something is wrong that there were no contemplation and there was no possibility of the debate before or. for the signature of the document there were many afghans in the region were returned man who had the internet and every time people had the impression that the government is taking that without the basin without. you there now and the internet users

we're with are day just ahead how in the winter chills don't stop global warming getting people hot under the collar. they don't really care about the planet until until it affects them personally and the world we live in the president asked people in new york what they want and what they would sacrifice to save the planet . then we could battle to so change as they are put the slopes through their paces before the for the first time before they welcome the winter olympics finest in three years. the ratings firms keep running the blows on the beleaguered euro zone now fed has downgraded five countries they include spain and italy with are the big worries because of their size if they fall leaders in k financier's are struggling to find a remedy to the debt crisis at the annual world economic forum or lister is in davus. 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 eurozone captures though because it 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 euro zone 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 five 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 eurozone 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. the chief economic correspondent for the newspaper the independent believes cruise has already come to default in reality. i don't think you have to be a whiz at math to figure out that it's not just the indebtedness of some countries 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 you're repaying thirty or forty cents in the euro your debt and the

write down is going to something like that could be four to seven forty if you're lucky thirty if you're unlucky is that it any rational say it's the is the country defaulting on its debts and whether technically that it 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 fireball 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 lend to italy. well later today the kaiser report takes a swipe at politicians and bankers who aren't doing enough to reassure the markets and people that recovery is around the corner. under the bank of england urged against despair because all crises come to an end eventually he says he looks pretty miserable doesn't think he should talk like usually very telling people don't despair you don't look like you're about to top yourself you tried to have

a smile and put it like cloud nose on really like a burning look out the clown those are always delivering that economic numbers of irving gang has got that british kind of in the bag have blitzed on luck which is not fooling anybody and of course the u.k. economy is contracting why because the debt in the banking sector continues to expand and nobody's doing anything about that mervyn king wake up. when iran is due to resume talks with un nuclear inspectors in tehran this weekend in the first discussions of their kind in more than three years countries also allowing a senior un weapons expert to be part of the mission iran's nuclear program is the main reason behind rising tension with the west the most recent moves have seen the e.u. adopt a complete ban on ukrainian oil imports from july but their bonds are considering heading off the sanctions by cutting supplies to europe as early as next week

global policy consultant for fun told r.t. that by threatening to turn off the tap iran's hoping to soften the impact of the sanctions. the calculus from iran's perspective is going to be if they preempt by cutting exports the forward to july first date the e.u. has set for cutting the exports and iraq principally cuts its three four hundred thousand barrels with the exports to the e.u. will it be able to drive prices up enough by doing that to all. offset for that you know right now what is going on with iran is that the there is an existential threat to the government that 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 i think the real unwritten objective here is quite frankly in the call it by different name but it's regime change ultimately they want to put as much pressure that as they can on this government let's take

a look at some other news from around the world this hour in the post these violent nigerian islamists that boko haram is threatening to kill more security personnel and kidnap their families in an audio recording he also accuses president obama of waging war on islam a week ago the group killed more than one hundred eighty people during a gun you know northern town boko haram wants to relaunch more widely in force throughout nigeria. police in senegal have fired tear gas at demonstrators rallying against the court's decision to allow their president to run for a third term protesters then threw rocks barricades and started fires the presidents can see was in question because the constitution changed in two thousand just after he took office imposed a two term limit of july way believes the law doesn't apply to him because he was elected before it came into effect. now the ski slopes of such a are in place for the next winter olympics now comes the task to make sure they

meet world class standards the russian resort facilities are hosting their first skiers and organizers hope it's all downhill from here as the new lot explains. it's no way and called in the caucasus mountains but it's the hardest time for ski for many like this couple even promise for a say period for the season's grand opening in sochi you can see now that. it's thirty snowing a month ago so much snow who wanted to write so badly and know we had this chance. super this is also cool to a brand new resort just off the black sea coast with a number of plans to attract ski fans who might otherwise prefer a winter break in france or switzerland kilometers those tracks that will be able to compete with many european resorts it means six to ten thousand tourists will be able to ski here the sure and seasonal warm weather left a few foreign destinations a little high enjoyed but at the end stuff here it was

a cool go to became snowed under with work as skiers sold new resorts. we. believed and everyone enjoyed. very positive feedback this morning yes that's true . but they're also kudos biggest test is yet to come in february and march. two thousand and fourteen winter olympics it will mean two more just will be strictly our list but for now they're making the most of the snow the freedom and even the romance and the russian winter it's green of their snow is soft and it was supposed to kiss and that's why i went down the hill so if you'll excuse me. r t sochi. now the snow is slow may bring skiers together but our fluctuate weather continues to divide others in the international community more harf and it's now as people in new york how far they're willing to go to cool down global warming.

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 do would you be willing to dry your clothes on the line and never use a drag machine i don't know about that though it's a bad it depends would you be willing to change your behavior like say walking to any destination that's under two miles instead of driving like what i'm doing today is a yes yeah yeah i absolutely absolutely beside your virtual. well it's good what about showering for under a minute. i'm always. pretty much broke sawlogs so the electrical futile bit of a lot of dave's money don't become the postal is the clock. 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 and flush unless 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. well online for you at our two dot com we've got the world covered there right now the tar ronnell saurus that's terrorizing the top of the reading visitors and asks the australian natural history museum but some of the kids clearly want their history a little less vivid we've got the prehistoric panic all mine also. locked up and overlooks the american arrested for drunk driving but then held in solitary confinement for the nine doctors for two years without trial his story is that our two dot com. we're going to take a short break here on our t.l.

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here with are to me live from moscow where it's seven thirty pm our top stories brussels slams the new u.n. draft resolution on syria on the steps of both saying it's targeting regime change and paves the way for possible foreign intervention the arab league's also holding its observer mission is syria over the up thirds of the violence there. protesters

and hold them down to continue fighting the international anti web piracy pact and their politicians who support the notorious trade agreement activists say it allowed governments to believe the internet under the guise of protecting copyright . and yet another blow to the struggling euro zone as i'm nascent credit scores get caught including strain in italy you leaders and key finance experts are struggling to find a solution to the deepening debt crisis at the world economic forum. up next for you in spotlight we talk to some of the survivors of italy's costa concordia cruise liner disaster stay with us. hello again a welcome to spotlight the interview show on.