security council which is discussing the crisis is split on how to end it russia has given a resoundingly no to a new resolution on syria drafted by the u.n. and arab states that one of the further action if damascus fails to comply moscow says that the motion should not complain any threat of sanctions or imply outside intervention political analysts to see the believes it's not by chance and the arab league has halted its mission. oh my goodness that sounds like a no fly zone to different language it was an open sesame to direct intervention meeting with the observers who were sitting into syria they picked the wrong man to lead the mission the sudanese generals be based off the air manage your eyes well with deliver the goods against the side believing him for everything going on what a general he do what he said assad is cooperating it's exactly the opposite of what

the west want to be they wanted a pretext to step up whatever they have in mind which is some kind of if it should be solution is the way syria's civil it's only to see it's usually a chicken in office issue that syria syria is that authoritarian the reporter in the when they've got a young group or did we get to go to a national poll that apparently got some credibility he said on a binge already of syrians bad for america and britain and the arab league and there's to intervene in syria use of fears and to have an arrogant resolution saying and all the power to what you are unique in its two weeks well assad absolutely should in diplomatic way which charlies people to to go. amid intensifying fighting between the syrian army and opposition groups our sara firth has been to an area near the capital which was recently taken over by rebel fighters and as 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 we don't want to. see. children killing we don't read don't we don't we we're all to. live. here i mean this this is going to all come to us for now they feel safety is being provided by the free syrian army the guerilla body made up of mainly army defectors who 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 brute he's been steadfast from the start and his cools the foreign military

intervention the safer voided partnerships with any other opposition elements he sees differ 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 deteriorating situation even worse whole while the security position was called 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 in saudi arabia now talk to the

opposition this could cost even more lives say many knisley to find rebel. you have to work with the other side working with the other side. of. the f.s.a. say they have little choice but to use weaponry to protect civilians. who have this main square here in tone with people who come out and protest every evening the security forces try to come in but we protect them but this is what's happening here but it remains a precarious situation and the moments of confusion the crowd gets nervous and starts to run at one point gunshots still says where they come from or from i know you can save a lot of confusion here on this day seem to be running in the different directions not exactly sure what's going on that really you know as safe situations we are right now and all of this happening just fifteen minutes from the city center is just a day before it's major pro-government demonstrations so position can show continues

to gain ground the divisions within the country have never been clearer. idea. and sarah is keeping her blog updated where she's posting extensively on the situation in syria there you'll also find images from various parts of the country that have not made it to air as of yet the latest pictures show people rallying in. the official. video.

polish protesters are refusing to give up the fight over the web piracy pact their countries signed up to more demonstrations are planned against. the multinational deal forged in secrecy that activists say allows firms to censor the internet and official has resigned over the treaty which was signed by twenty two european countries earlier this week. 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. 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 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 work is under threat because of actors obscurity with the international pact worked out in complete secrecy issues with. first of all. the. possibility of 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 doubt it was purely political answer to no we don't believe in any more of this but this considers the harm governments are pretty nice in the steadily. their point of view already tactic and the end now is 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 and i think it came as a complete shock nobody expected nobody expected. to. do

this kind of thing i think there will be a lot. of these two weeks i think because. i think how long that will take to the. prime minister to be adamant war so would not give in to and 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 alexy russia. reporting from warsaw in poland. twitter is in a flap over a censorship scandal of its own it is after the microblogging firm said it can now remove tweets country by country if they flood local laws needless to say users are furious have the potential free speech purge liberty campaign or aaron swartz told r t that countries that censor and twitter should expect this to backfire. the

important thing to understand about twitter's policy though is that it's reactive if 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 so in the u.s. 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. just ahead how even the winter chills don't stop global warming getting people hot under the collar. would you be willing to blow dryer here anymore yes that i'd be willing to do that would you be willing to draw. the line and never use. the resident people in new york they would save it. and then we head off to the ski slopes through their paces for the first time before they welcome the winter olympics finest in two years time. iran is banning sales of oil to the european union in a retaliatory 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 which. is peaceful is the source of rising tension with the west which fears it is for military reasons. planning to ban oil imports by july but tehran is going to move first. supplies earlier possibly by next week parties or smith is in london where anti-war protesters are fearing the worst continuing. the people here are saying that this is just the first step in street many still calling a place to be with. the u.s. embassy in london and that message is very clear you can see all around me saying

iran calling on people to stand up and be counted and a possible war with iran which these bases becoming more and more likely that sincerely. both own oil exports and own financial assets and of course. the recent killing both any rate. they say was carried out by israel or the us they saying that it's threat against iran and that here that is a very little public support in this country anyway for a war with abroad to see that the tools of the law and he is. financially in terms of human law if. people. only is not just a. 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 that the government and the mainstream media in this country is building something. coming out on the streets repeatedly to protest against. reporting for us they're now the first signs of hope of a merge after nearly two weeks of deadlock in talks between greece and its creditors over the country's huge debts negotiators say a deal could be closed within the coming week while the final details are. private investors are expected to agree to write off more than half of greek bond holdings that would reduce the country's debt by more than one hundred billion euros and to pave the way for the next tranche of a vital bailout from the e.u. and international monetary fund to keep the country afloat the search for a remedy for the paralyzing eurozone debt crisis has been center stage at the

annual world economic forum in davos switzerland lauren lyster reports on what. the finance years have in store for greece and other debt stricken countries. we've seen leaders not only from the eurozone but from other countries financial and 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 in 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 and greece these are people that were not democratically elected now to go a step further we have germany wanting greece is going to hand over control over its budget entirely this is offered to me over its fiscal matters. lauren lister for us there in davos now online at r.t. dot com to find out about those who headed for the world economic forum but not for the. heads of three activists from the feminist group stage a topless a protest in davos against the economic elite for you. this is what's really visitors out in australia that natural history museum but

some of the kids clearly want their history lessons vivid. the prius story. line. 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 a food future will end generations of local marketing traditions. as discoverers. 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. 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 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. 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. the small business will be swallowed by will not like 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. finalized store owners like singh chauhan 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 livelihood of good businessmen in india we will not allow this to happen in india resisting outsiders from potentially destroying his family's tradition priya sri there are tea delhi india. now taking a look at other news from around the world this hour. the nigerian army has.

suspected boko haram insurgency 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 family a week ago boko haram killed more than one hundred eighty people during a gun and bomb attack in the northern city of kano. sharia law enforced throughout of nigeria. at least twenty six people have been killed and injured in a fire which swept through a drug 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 of the fire is being investigated right now. french tourist has been killed after a group of bedouins opened fire while trying to rob a currency exchange on the egyptian resort of sharm el shake

a german tourist and two locals were also wounded the shooting began after police arrived and tried to stop the they escaped however with an unknown amount of money . divers have found the body of a woman aboard the sunken costa concordia cruise liner bringing the death toll now to seventeen and sixteen people remain missing meanwhile operations to pump fuel from the ship had been delayed because of bad weather the luxury. a cruise liner with over four thousand board ran aground two weeks ago on reefs off the italian coast with the captain later arrested. 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 resort facilities are hosting their first skiers and organizers hope it's all downhill from here. plains.

it's no weekend cold in the caucasus mountains but it's the hottest time for ski founds many like this couple even promise forests a period for the seasons grand opening in sochi it's neat to see mrs now that. it's thirty snowing a month ago so much snow who wanted to ride so badly and now we had this chance. super this is also cool to a brand new resort just off the black sea coast with a number plan 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 the sure and seasonal warm weather lets 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. believed and everyone enjoyed.

very positive feedback this morning. but they're also kudos biggest test is yet to come in february and march. two thousand and fourteen winter olympics it will mean more is too will be strictly off list but for now they're making the most of the snow the freedom and even the romance and the russian winter it's greener if there is snow is still that it was supposed to kiss and that's why when downhill so. so if you'll excuse me. sochi. the snowy slopes of may bring skiers together but our fluctuating weather continues to divide others in the international community harvest asks 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 drive a 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 i absolutely absolutely is a. virtual. well it's good what about showering for under a minute. i'm always. pretty much broke sawlogs so the electrical futile saves money but because 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 it a 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 the that is all for now but i'll be back with the headlines in just a couple of minutes stay with our.

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a group of basically retired military police love to shoot holes in i'm sorry if you know that the bullet comes out here and this makes it go bang and if what's in front of here is going to die and that's all the training you really really need raise your hand if you know somebody's been shot ok to live well one of the philadelphia lawyers over streets. until about a hopefully we will never have to use the weapons for self defense but we should be prepared a full class including the teacher as a close. seventeen students as safe and want to share and or still.

welcome back you are watching our team glad to have you with us let's get right to . the arab league suspends its observer mission in syria citing escalating violence as its reason to get out of there damascus criticizes the move alleging it's aimed at increasing pressure for foreign intervention and will also encourage more violence from armed groups. to.

the international. and to their politicians who support trade agreements activists say it allows governments to police the internet under the guise of protecting copyrights. and after two weeks of talks deadlock. could deal with. the country's debt meanwhile the eurozone crisis has been the focal point of the world economic forum in davos. to explore russian traditions in italy this time moscow out team takes you to florence to find out the surprising influence of russia there.