closer to the to syria's main city the latest spike in violence came just a day after the arab league froze its observer mission there sara furth reports from syria. this is considered one of the big back to points between the city that and the suburbs people areas like harassed and i mean that have been the seeds of this fighting a for the weekend along with a number of other suburbs doesn't the forces have moved to retake control of areas that have folded to rebel forces now people here in the city who waking up yesterday morning sounds of gunfire and shelling from many of these areas the images this thing rising for in some of these suburbs and tanks rolling into the street it seems they were described as urban warfare the extreme weak concerning this comes on the back of the arab league monitoring mission hold saying it's a mission here for the time being they haven't really seen to recover from the decision earlier last week that the goal statement is to be withdrawn the arab

league and now taking their proposal for a political transition to the u.n. the backing that it seems to have made in the interest of the government have really been trying to quell the uprising this is carried so close to the center of the government think tanks the day if i think arms full says of course we do have these weeks now as the uprisings to to need we've seen this call they think to get the place into the thirty's need to be on the scene to the evidence to bring them to the president to start the search the extremely concerning since its missions being hosted to see the escalation in violence so you close to the cap is the. reporting right still ahead for you in the program here just over a month before russia's presidential vote on one of my favorite him and his pre-election article a painting himself as a presidential candidate for widespread economic reform. plus after more than

a decade of conflict in afghanistan the taliban and u.s. hold trust building. yet to be two sides remain far apart on a one issue. iran has vowed to halt oil exports to some countries for up to fifteen years despite its parliament postponing a debate on a complete ban of crude supplies to europe it would be investigation to the e.u. imposed embargo on iranian oil due to come into effect this summer russia's foreign minister says tehran's threat shows how unilateral sanctions can often backfire. russia has firmly held the opinion that in most cases sanctions are not only effective but also counterproductive the current situation yet again confirms the old law to every action there is an equal reaction iran's announcement was made in

response to be european union's decision to ban the purchasing of uranium oil by even member states meanwhile iran's nuclear program which is the target of e.u. sanctions is now being scrutinized by u.n. inspectors i.a.e.a. officials are entire on a three day mission which hopes will prove its atomic ambitions a peaceful some experts suggest that western states only wants a serial port that justifies a military buildup in the region. made up of inspectors they don't necessarily control politically but i think what the united states what else is some kind of well state it's you know which they use in the balance on a balanced way to to to lead to the late stage i think what we are witnessing here is is a build up cause of military culture and station we have massive the

flavors of u.s. military hardware troops going into israel to be satiated israel more troops going to wait. naval. naval forces in the. ocean go all of those i will i would describe as why the initial wall the issue of nuclear weapons. of iran's nuclear weapons is a red herring but it is a red herring which could lead to well as we said are you. one america's threatening behavior towards iran may not just be about terence nuclear ambitions this rhetoric has intensified noticeably over the course of the presidential race and its authors marina point nine explains some politicians are putting political points on the support of the jewish community ahead of the u.s. national interest. america almost never misses an opportunity to praise its ally ironclad commitment and i mean ironclad to israel's security has

meant the closest military cooperation between our two countries in history both point a proverbial punch at its greatest adversary but there be no doubt america is determined to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon and i will take no options off the table ok however for many american jews and israeli supporters barack obama's war of words against tehran doesn't go far no sign of the simply state i'm committed to israel security you have to promote policies that commit you show that you're serious about his security israel through these actions feels that obama is not committed to doing everything this power to stop iran from having nuclear weapons iran is a this is an existential threat to israel and obama should be saying. so publicly that he will support israel in whatever military action they say they need necessary more inclined is president of the zionist organization of america he says

an unprecedented amount of american jews and israelis share his animosity a feeling arguably underscored by the israeli government according to published reports tell of eve would only give washington twelve hours notice if deciding to strike iran i believe his policies are among the most hostile israel's ever experienced of any president in my lifetime recently it was the life of president obama being threatened in a column written by the owner of the atlanta jewish times in an article titled what would you do andrew adler listed the assassination of obama as one way to ensure israel's security he wrote in part give the go ahead for u.s. based massada agents to take out a president deemed unfriendly to israel. in order for the current vice president to take his place and forcefully dictate that the united states' policy includes

helping the jewish state obliterate its enemies i think that the threat made to obama. or we are going to kill you either politically or literally i think that it was serious threat. seriously the american president and the money. congress a pac is the largest. group in the united states that kingmaker in. the american israel public affairs committee known as a pac declined our teams work high score an interview meanwhile obama finds himself facing another election and a slew of republican opponents exactly banging on the much louder war drums against iran with regards to iran which perhaps represents the greatest exist central threat to israel we have to make it abundantly clear it is unacceptable that i take those that word carefully is unacceptable for iran to become a nuclear nation if rick santorum and when rick santorum is president iran will not

get a nuclear weapon because the world as we know it will be no more than clear i want to have israel i'm very close to netanyahu i would have said publicly that i would rather plan a joint operation conventionally than push the israelis to a point where the nuclear. at a time when the u.s. bears the burden of a broken economy growing social unrest and ongoing military conflicts starting a war with iran would not be in america's best interest but in order to keep a best friend many believe president obama will be forced to put israel's national security first marine up or nile r.t. new york. and iran for its part seems confident it can withstand the building in international pressure the country's interior minister believes that sanctions will end up hitting the countries who imposed them and not so iran has exclusive interview with r.t. is coming your way in about twenty minutes time here for now though

a preview. i think the way it was doing it. i believe they've made a big mistake as this action results in turbulence for the oil and energy of this very fact it can result in oil price growth in these conditions the west student spec the drop in the euro rate and the euro market this new decision will result in further economic problems which as we can see have affected them already and so far they've been unable to find solutions with the decisions taken today by the west unilaterally will result in the escalation of the economic problems. it is just after ten minutes past the hour here in moscow after surveying the damage from saturday's occupy protests in oakland california the mayor wants to kick activists out of the city the latest demonstration ended with a riot police firing tear gas and flash bombs first on account suggest police were

carrying so demonstrators to arrest just earlier this month a court appointed monitor told a federal judge she had serious about that apartment building your five protests sara flounders from the international action center believes the damage done by protesters pales in comparison to the brutality of police. it's very much achieving its goals in terms of waking up the u.s. and the us waking up working people in the us to the reality the reality that poor and working people are losing more and more and that one percent actually one thousand some one percent is gaining a normal new wealth so that they are very successful in drawing attention to that again and again the media tries to bait this occupy movement as being violent the violence house from the police and a broken piece of glass is not the broken heads that the police are inflicting on

the occupy movement and that movement is very determined to continue and to find new tactics. and i.q. sessions of excessive force by police in the us been well documented since the occupy movement began now and more than five months ago and there's proof on our website here in washington a seemingly innocent protester is corralled by police and tasered dozens of fellow occupies look on this video and many others are all of our you tube channel that is you tube dot com. you can see. these are the images. from the streets of. giant corporations are today.

he is coming here live from moscow. leaders are gathering for their first summit of two thousand and twelve with a sense of deja vu in greece is still the center of discussion and the pressure is still on athens to overhaul its economy with the german finance minister warning it won't receive a second financial lifeline if it doesn't correspondent. has more from brussels. that's not being labeled as a last ditch effort and this time nevertheless the stakes remain very specially with regard to the economic social and political stability of the state official. our jobs and growth this is very useful at a time when the average unemployment is at around ten percent even as high as twenty three percent in countries like spain it is expected that the seventeen members of the euro area may. be one of the most important topics you need to discuss is that of ongoing negotiations between greece and its creditors.

where. some of the greek take some losses is crucial to get this. money out into the mix of what's happening today. people are going out to protest against the government moves to make it harder for them to retire early as well as the. benefits of all of this is part. of. the prior to today. so it doesn't coincide with. all but all of these are happening today. also keeping. the

reaction of. some of them complain the e.u. summit should be focused on the needs of. private enterprise this. ruling. it's good to have you with us today here on our team at the preelection a promises are coming thick and fast in russia less than five weeks before the presidential poll a prime minister and presidential hopeful lot of me put in outline his program to reform the country's economy and as a third pre-election well let's get the latest now on this and cross over to our tease you got to just kind of a detail as to how you go to so what are the most crucial points of putting a focus is on this time. while this article has already been deemed by many

analysts is a whole list of liberal reforms proposed by the prime minister on the economy first of all the unification says he wants to see the role of the state and of state monopoly is reduced for example gas from which has quite an influence on our russia's business life secondly the fight against corruption especially in the sphere of high level kickbacks during state orders and purchases more attention is needed to be paid there as well now another major problem for the economy according to the prime minister is its. remaining connection with the natural resources its dependency on natural resources which has to be reduced as well and says that if these issues would be dealt with successfully it should improve the investment climate in the country and increase the economies competitiveness

against other international players there is also another point worth mentioning from that article and that is the idea to propose the world's tax which should concern v.a.p. real estate and other a luxury purchases any issue which has been and is still being discussed in russian society for quite some time now. right. and will continue to a. keep a close watch on the forthcoming russian presidential election thanks very much. well historic talks between the u.s. and the taliban have reportedly begun in pakistan who had previously tried to block the talks has now let's talk about leaders pass safely through its territory the two sides are said to be discussing trust building measures including a possible transfer of prisoners from guantanamo bay however the taliban has refused washington's demands for a ceasefire before it releases five taliban in its cully nori from the think tank

new world strategies coalition tells us here at our at the peace talks show a military solution is now impossible for the united states. they thought the taliban could be defeated in january the talks could go on in without the taliban in the taliban's were regarded as the terrorists and also an alternate taliban are good people. and this has long for ten years and the fact that if there is going to go for another ten decades this there will be no military solution to afghanistan i stand in need of see tank in the knowing to soviet era invasion of afghanistan that there was no military solution whatsoever and we knew all along dad the only solution for afghanistan would be political it down to has a bumpy road you have some high walls to climb. all right before we get to kate with

the business knowledge to check out the r.t. world update some other international news in brief let's start in ny jiraiya so where the. terrorist organization is suspected of attacking a police station in the northern city of car no gunman opened fire and threw explosives killing two civilians in the air sold over the weekend the organization distributed leaflets all around the city warning residents of more attacks on security services ten days ago carried out multiple blasts in kano which are left almost two hundred people. a pakistani doctor is waiting to see whether he'll be put on trial for assisting the u.s. in its raid on osama bin laden's compound dr schock you'll f.e.d.'s helped the cia collect d.n.a. samples from residents in the bad to check if the al qaeda leader was there last week u.s. defense secretary leon panetta publicly acknowledged that the doctor provided key

data and head of the operation. a car pileup on a florida highway has left ten people dead and a dozen others wounded authorities are trying to figure out what triggered the horrific crash witnesses say drivers were blinded by fog and smoke from a fire that may have been started intentionally at least a dozen cars and six trucks were. why are more news to come your way in about eight minutes time for now as i promised though it's kate and the business. welcome to the business program thank you ari. as we've just been hearing of has made peace and has outlined the changes he thinks needs to be made to the russian economy peter recognizes the need to diversify away from more materials reduce take control of business and improve the investment climate. capital believes the

country needs to act now to avoid future budget problems they'll be strong mockery economic and political economy incentives for put in short your return as a president to be much more reform oriented and much more proactive in introducing and implementing this kind of reforms this is an idea that we've been trying to advance your addresses capital russia is already running significant fiscal deficits based on our estimates into three years' time russia will start drawing current account deficits this deficit will need to be financed somehow therefore it is really it will be imperative for direction economy to change and i think of putting understands that i think that he would like to ensure that russia's image as an investment destination is changed a little bit and again i think there are enough incentives for us to assume that you might be a little bit more broad reform oriented in his term as a president of course if he if he wins their elections. in his article putin writes

the russian economy needs a new wave of industrialization and industrial holdings should be created to boost competitiveness the chairman of russia's institute for contemporary development says for this to work russia first needs to reform trade unions. at the moment. is that was in the soviet union so. democratically elected trade unions civic society industrial employers class and the state coming together. attacking the situation as a brainstorm save session liberalization and revolution in regulation cutting down the red tape to a bare minimum. ok let's have a look at the markets and we'll start with oil is trading mixed traders are

cautious ahead of the european union summit in brussels and later on monday even tensions with iran fell to support the oil price around step the all men says that the crude could reach one hundred fifty dollars per barrel of the ball go out of countries like schools coming into force in july this looked obvious he is talking about in the branches that one hundred eleven dollars. and on to exit is now european bourses all failing to withstand the pressure head of the e.u. meeting is likely to be in the spotlight once again differences are trying to reach a deal with private bondholders dissolve the physician almost two thirds of a percent the dax is half a percent lower and here in moscow the markets are shedding value this thought in sympathy with global indices low all is adding to the pressure as is down more than a point six percent the my sex is losing a third of a percent and all the biggest movers on the my sex my spine out jews are in the red

with bag losing point eight percent and energy majors are bouncing back from the early and also. lucullus gaining over point four percent this. and also the currency rights low all prices are weighing on the ruble is losing against both the dollar on the view right on the euro is retreating against the dollar ahead of the euro zone summit. and now a business exclusive all like that of the owner of the world's biggest producer will sell one of russia's the richest men predicts the first half of the year could be tough for his business he sees commodity prices remaining stable with growth only coming in the second self. we don't expect you know enough significant improvement the next six months in the we're. not in the very bullish but optimistic for the second part of the year but it's unknown how much just not

good enough is quite stable in general course we can never. in a positive try to nation in the improvement in. slowdown in europe but in general and state. speaking about all the rest of business before men's or leg that are passed that expects concern about upcoming political changes in russia the tycoon is getting ready for a transition period federal institutions not government agencies you know it always should not come until these are problems and not just in case that's happened and we have a transition period when government will be ineffective maybe from august and it's important to be having ongoing reform our second we still have ongoing process of adjusting our russian situation to the new w. some people a shift from foreign trade to europe european demand in the car and see in the pricing and the parity numbers busier and of course in sentiment. and you can see

that it's very of all like that a basket and unfold on our website. is us. as innovation hubs skolkovo is welcoming its first residents. paid fifteen projects out of all and fifteen hundred applicants giving them free offices one hundred fifty thousand dollars in stalls up tapazole skulk was head victim of excel bug outlines the plan for the ship. to push forward with no school it came as a surprise but skolkovo managed to attract over one hundred fifty million dollars of private investment last year this year we'd like to double the figures for a large corporation it's not a lot but to get into high tech and research orientated small and medium sized businesses it's very impressive. the stuff you do mr. imus in the business and i'll be back in about fifty five minutes i'm going to get those market photos up thankful for five minutes.

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suburbs of damascus. iran warns it could stop supplying the oil to some e.u. states in response to sanctions program which is currently undergoing a un inspection despite the iranian parliament suspending its debate on a complete. e.u. leaders meet in brussels for the first summit this year for the agenda is far from new with greek debt still the center of discussion at the meetings taking place against the backdrop of protests general strike. next as iran braces itself to face the effect of fresh western impose sanctions we sit down with this interior minister to ask how the current standstill is influencing affairs inside the country this is art.