to transfer power to a deputy moscow says the resolution should not contain any threat of sanctions or imply any outside intervention political analyst steve in london believes it's not by chance the arab league has halted its mission just as western powers i and open conflict. oh my goodness that sounds like a no fly zone to different language it was an open sesame to direct intervention meeting war the observers were saying it is syria you know they picked the wrong man to leave the mission sudanese general he they thought the air man in charge who with deliver the goods against the side believing him for everything going oh i'm cool what a general we do he said assad is cooperating it's exactly the opposite of what the last one they wanted a pretext to step up whatever they have in mind which is some kind of you do they

have a solution is the way syria's civil it's all going to see it's usually it shouldn't offices shouldn't syria syria is that authoritarian state recorder in the when they got a young reporter that we get to go to a national poll that apparently got some credibility he said that. syrians have aside for america and britain and the arab league and theirs to intervene in syria used spears and to have an arrogant resolution saying and although i would do it yet beauty in two weeks well assad absolutely should in diplomatic way which charlie's people go oh well amid intensifying of fighting between of the syrian army and opposition groups artie's sara firth has been to an area near the capital which was recently taken over by rebel fighters as she reports although the opposition is united against the regime they are poles apart on their methods.

again message from the protesters in a suburb of damascus as a funeral takes place. we don't want killing don't we don't want to. grab see children killing we don't read them we don't know what we will do you have to live. here i mean this this is going to all come to us for now they fail safety is being provided by the free syrian army the guerrilla body made up of many army defectors like to say its presence here has enabled protests 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 broad he's been steadfast from the start and his calls the foreign military intervention. say far void of partnerships with any other opposition elements he

sees differ significantly inside the country and the national coordination council one of the leading opposition groups remains adamant that foreign military intervention would make an already to tyria eating situation even worse the security position has caused some areas to get out of control of seems that there is a war between two groups 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 opposition factions and this lack of unity has hampered the growing calls for direct u.n. involvement russia and china remain firmly opposed to a resolution that would leave the door open to foreign military intervention and a far cry from previous calls that dialogue qatar and saudi arabia have now talked to further the opposition. could cost even more lives is say many lease lead to find rebel groups who you have to work with working with.

the f.s.a. say they have little choice but to use weaponry to protect civilians who have this main square here in time where people come out and protest even the security forces try to come in but we protect them this is what's happening here but it remains a precarious situation and the moment of confusion the crowd gets nervous and starts to run one point gunshots are heard still says where they've come from or from his. favor. a lot of confusion here on the safe haven that we're reading in a different direction it's not exactly sure what's going on at all that the you know as safe situations of air right now and all of this happening just fifteen minutes from the city center it's just a day before it seemed egypt pro-government demonstrations so position can show continues to gain ground the divisions within the country have never been clear

a battle that may i did well sara is keeping her blog updated at r.t. dot com where she's posting extensively on the support of syria there you will also find images from various parts of the country that haven't made it to where the latest pictures showing people. from the. video. and. polish protesters are refusing to give up the fight over the anti web piracy pact of their countries signed up to more demonstrations are planned against the

multinational deal forged in secrecy that activists say allows the firms to censor the internet and you official resigned over the treaty which was signed by twenty two european countries earlier this week. 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. judging from the number of masked men and cameras such resemblance was tangible the film character forceful 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 common it's a week of numerous mass rallies across the world with people protesting against the internet censorship act it 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 working under threat because of actors obscurity with the international pact worked out in complete secrecy issues with. first. legally 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 answer to no we don't believe you anymore this practice considers the harm government's appreciation the steadily . point of view a tactic and the not ratify act and they will have a second fault so after a week of ignorance i think suddenly they realize that the process. 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. to. do this don't you think i think there will be a lot of. these two weeks i think because.

the. prime minister has been adamant warsaw would not give in to blackmail in the streets but what was initially a quiet social protest has become politically broader with every rally ask elating in both the numbers present and the level of aggression let's see russia. reporting from warsaw in poland. well twitter is in a flap over a censorship scandal of its own it's after the microblogging firm said it can now remove tweets country by country if they local laws needless to say users are furious at the potential free speech purge liberty campaigner aaron swartz told r.t. that countries that. twitter should expect this to backfire. the important thing to understand about twitter's policy though is that it's reactive they get it in response to government order or court order and what's nice about twitter is

because it's a real time service the government is going to be slower than twitter almost always you know by the time you get a court order asking someone to take down a tweet and by the time twitter reviews it and it goes through all the policies will probably be passed and everyone on twitter will have read it already it'll have been retreated hundreds of times twitter has been especially admirable in how they deal with this in that they are particularly highlighting tweets that have been censored by the government so there's no none of this disguise that goes on with some of the other major companies where things just suddenly disappear and you don't know why twitter has said they'll make it very clear to their users your government is censoring you and i think that will be a huge step in pressuring both people to share the stuff that was censored but also pressuring governments to change their policies we've seen this incredible uprising all around the world against censorship in various forms whether it was sofa in the us or act in europe and i think it's just going to build people realize they have this power now they can when changes not just from companies but from governments and the more people realize that the more people are going to get involved and participate and the more that happens the harder time everyone's going to have

censoring people. and you are with r t just ahead how even the winter chills don't stop global warming getting people out of the car. would you be willing to. hear any more than i'd be willing to do would you be willing to drive. on the line and never use it. i don't. believe the president asks people in new york what they would sacrifice to save the planet. and then we head off to sochi and skiers put the slopes through their paces for the first time before they welcome the winter olympics. years. iran is banning sales of oil to the european union in a return to the tory move after the e.u. banned oil from iran lawmakers in tehran have finalized a draft bill to be discussed on sunday immediately halting crude oil sales in

response to an e.u. embargo on iranian fuel to begin in the summer iran is also to restart talks on sunday with un nuclear inspectors in tehran the first such discussions in over three years the country's nuclear program. is peaceful is the source of rising tension with the west which fears its for military reasons the e.u. is planning to ban oil imports by july but tehran's going to make the first move by cutting supplies earlier possibly next week or to use laura smith is in london where anti-war protesters are fearing the worst in the continuing standoff. the people here are saying that this is just the first step in street many again still calling a possible war with iran that got the terror outside the u.s. embassy in london and that message is very clear you can stay on the phone is all around me saying don't attack iran calling on people to stand up and be counted and

a possible war with iran which the they say is becoming more. more likely sanctions are in. oil exports and own financial assets and of course. the recent killing any rain. they say was carried out by israel or the us they saying that. threats against iran and they're here to show that there is a very little public support in this country anyway for a war with abroad. the tools of. the financial. people. it's brutal as. big a very skeptical of being held. outside the u.s. embassy to protest against what these people are calling this u.s.

imperialism they say the government and the mainstream media in this country is building something. coming out on the streets to protest against. what is laura smith reporting for us there now the ratings firms keep raining the blows on the beleaguered euro zone now fitch has downgraded five countries they include spain and italy which are the big worries because of their size if they fall you leaders and key financier's are struggling to find a remedy to the debt crisis at the annual world economic forum lauren lyster reports from davos. we've seen leaders not only from the eurozone but from other countries financial am political leaders also continuing to fight and to argue over the proper solutions for the eurozone crisis and at the center of it is a lot of people pushing for a larger bailout fund for a for a secure fire wall the irony is that as they're talking about this we hear that

germany wants greece to hand over control of its fiscal budget as a condition for the next bailout package the further irony is that we've seen capitalism really be one of the topics one of the issues here at this davos questioning of capitalism in its current form is still serving the global and these western nations and i just heard david cameron and his remarks at davos asked about this and he said you know despite the problems i still believe that the capitalism in its current form and western democracies is the best first serving freedom and democracy at the same time that we see not only technocrats managing it to push through very difficult budgetary reforms in italy in greece these are people that were not democratically elected now to go a step further we have germany wanting greece to hand over control over its budget entirely this is often t.

over its fiscal matters and online it are to dot com find out about those who are headed for the world economic forum where the business. was with three activists from the group stage a topless protest in davos against the economic elite also. this is what's greeting visitors all strolling in the natural history museum but some of the kids are clearly want their history a little less vivid if you put your story panic on mine. for.

all of them back you are watching r t it is two nineteen in the morning here in moscow now the march of the multinationals in india is threatening to wipe out millions of smaller grocery stores while it's likely to mean cheaper food and jobs boost the pre-packed food future will end generations of local market traditions as

pressure either discovered. this dry food store has been set then 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 old delhi for hundreds of years ago want to help the six generations of our family grew financially and provided us with everything but now sing chalons way of life could be at risk after years of pressure the indian government decided to allow foreign multibillion 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 india's five hundred ninety billion dollars 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. once the big stores open up small 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 shops but we will not allow this to happen in india a lot of what is it the small business will be swallowed by the way small fishes are written 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

finalized store owners like sing 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 even the businessmen in india but we will not allow this to happen in india resisting outsiders from potentially destroying his family's tradition pre-history there are tea delhi india. well taking a look at other news from around the world making headlines this hour. the nigerian army has shot dead eleven suspected insurgents during a gunfight in the country's east it follows a warning from the supposed leader of the violent islamist sect that they will kill more security personnel and kidnap their families a week ago boko haram killed more than one hundred eighty people during a gun and bomb attack in the northern city of kano. shari'a law enforcement throughout nigeria. twenty six people have been killed and

injured in a fire which swept through a drug and alcohol rehab center in the capital of peru local media reports say more people died because patients were locked in their rooms on able to escape because it is being investigated. divers have found the body of a woman aboard the sunken coast concordia cruise liner bringing the death toll now to seventeen and sixteen people remain missing meanwhile operations to pump fuel from the tanks of the right ship have been delayed because of bad weather the luxury cruise boat with over four thousand on board ran aground two weeks ago on reefs off the italian coast with the captain later arrested. a french tourist has been killed after a group of bedouins opened fire while trying to rob a currency exchange in the egyptian resort of sharm el shaikh

a german tourist and two locals were also wounded in the shooting began after police arrived and tried to stop the fever. however with an unknown amount of money . well the ski slopes of sochi are in place for the next winter olympics now comes the test to make sure they meet world class standards the russian resorts facilities are hosting their first skiers and organizers hope it's all downhill from here as dennis blonsky explains. it's no weekend called in the caucasus mountains but it's the hottest time for ski founds many like this couple even keen promus for a say period for the season's grand opening in sochi now that. it's thirty snowing a month ago so much snow we wanted to write so badly and now we had this chance. super this is also cool to a brand new resort just off the black sea coast but the numbers just play to attract ski fans who might otherwise prefer

a winter break in france or switzerland kilometers those. that will be able to compete with many european resorts sixteen of them thousand tourists will be able to stay here to be sure and seasonal warm weather left a few foreign destinations a little high enjoyed but at the end staff here at the. would work as skiers sold a new resort just a little while and you. believed and everyone enjoyed. very positive feedback this morning that's true. but they're also cudos biggest to come in february and march which was just a bounce for the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics it will mean more is too will be strictly pissed but for now they're making the most of the snow the freedom and even the romance amid the russian winter it's greener of there the snow is soft and i was supposed to kiss and that's why i went down the hill so if you'll excuse me. r t sochi.

the bottom of the hill might make me go skiing more often. slopes may bring the skiers together but our fluctuating weather continues to divide others in the international community. to ask people in new york how far they are 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 how bad this week let's talk about that would you be willing to blow dry your hair anymore that. would you be willing to dry your clothes on the line and never use the drag machine i don't know about that. you know 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 yeah absolutely absolutely it's

a best idea i've heard so far well it's good what about showering for under a minute. i'm always skin anyway pretty much broke sawlogs so the electrical futilely little mother saves money don't become the postal is the clock on the marker or if you know do you think most people are willing to change their daily behavior even though 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. and that wraps things up for now but i'll be back with a look at the headlines in just a couple minutes don't go away what try to.

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violence that. protesters. to continue fighting the international. politicians who support them to trade agreement activists say governments have to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyright. to yet another blow to the struggling. nation's credit scores including spain. italy leaders and key finance experts are struggling to find a solution to the deepening crisis at the world economic forum. technology update gets closer to the secrets of the universe and it looks at what siberia house to offer the science of tomorrow.