the assad government. has the latest now from damascus. well we've seen the situation escalating dramatically over the past couple of days now over the weekend the suburbs were embroiled in that heavy clashes between the two sides in fact in damascus people were waking up yesterday to the sounds of gunfire and shelling in those areas very very alarming indeed some of the reports that were coming from those areas and certainly the response from the government to the free syrian army taking control of some of those suburbs has been a strong well we've had reports of tanks going into those areas and the death toll on both sides extremely high as well and of course this comes on the back of the arab league monitoring mission saying that they had hold said that mission for the time being is that the remaining observers that are here in the country they hadn't really seems to recover from that decision last week of the gulf states to withdraw

their monitors well it's hard to say really exactly what the future of the mission now is there's a little bit of a sense though that it is dead in the war so now what we saw at the end of the month of course as they presented their reports i was interesting is the details of that made note of abuses on both sides that was what had been mentioned and on the back of that it was discussed possibly increasing the numbers on the ground and making the mission stronger as well is whether the happening what we saw was the decision for the goal say to withdraw them well this is not today russia's foreign ministry has said that it has put forward the offer of using moscow as a place to hold a reconciliation talks between the two sides pursuing some sort of resolution to the situation through dialogue again because what we've seen with the arab league decision to go to the u.n. the fears are that there's a real close now international and parents the international involvement adding possibly we could see the conflict get even more violent even more militarized and

that's not what i. well once this is the third the last day i have been at an escalating situation so furthur was still ahead for you on r.t. there's just over a month before russia's presidential vote. prime minister vladimir putin pantsuits real action on a gold painting himself as the presidential candidate for widespread economic reform. and the occupy movement spills on to the streets of london with police accused of going over the top during a crackdown on protesters. iran has vowed to halt on exports to some a u. countries for up to fifteen years despite his parliament disappointing debate on a complete ban on crude supplies to europe it would be in retaliation to the e.u. imposed embargo on iranian oil due to come in to fuel full effect this summer russia's foreign minister says that to ron's threat shows how unilateral sanctions

can often backfire. russia has firmly held the opinion that in most cases sanctions are not only affective but also counterproductive the current situation yet again confirms the old war 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 iranian oil by even member states. meanwhile iran's nuclear program which is the target of e.u. sanctions is being scrutinized by u.n. inspectors tehran has offered a officials the chance to extend their mission and said it was ready to answer any question to prove its atomic are peaceful but some experts suggest the only report western states want to see is one that justifies a military buildup in the region. o.e. is made up of inspectors they don't necessarily control politically but i think what the united states walls is some kind of

a state. you know which they use ballast on a balanced way to be sure that a stage i.v. what we are witnessing here is is a build up. of military calls for the station we have the mass of the flavors of u.s. military hardware troops going into israel to be stationed in israel also going to pull weight. you know naval. naval forces in the. ocean goals i would describe as why the actual war the issue of nuclear weapons. of iran's nuclear weapons is a red herring but it is a red herring which could well be set off. and later in the program we explore why some u.s. politicians are banging the drums for war louder and louder. and

how calls to attack iran become calls to attack the american president himself to protect the interests of a different country. when iran for its part seems confident it can withstand the building international pressure the country's interior minister believes sanctions will end up hitting the countries who impose them and not to run his exclusive interview with r.t. is coming up in twenty minutes from now but in the meantime here's a preview. i think the way we're doing it is. i believe they've made a big mistake as this action results in turbulence for the oil in the energy market this very fact it can result in oil price growth in these conditions the best 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 the decisions taken today by the west unilaterally will result in the escalation of the economic problems.

after surveying the damage from saturday's occupy protests in oakland in california the mayor wants to kick activists out of the city the latest rally ended with police firing tear gas and flash bombs meanwhile in washington the national park service has given activists until today to remove all camping material from to supply camps the demonstrations are planned a peaceful protest in response sort of flanders from the international action center has told me that she believes the occupy movement continues to attract followers. it's very much achieving its goals in terms of waking up the youth and the 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 thousands of one percent is gaining a normal new wealth so that they are very successful and drawing attention to that

again and again the media tries to bait this occupy movement as being violent the violence has come 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. accusations of excessive force by police in the us have been well documented since the occupy movement began more than five months ago and proof on our web site in washington a seemingly innocent protester is corralled by police and tasered as dozens of fellow occupiers look on. this video and many others all of you tube channel you tube dot com. and police in london have also been accused of excessive force in their efforts to clear out occupy demonstrators protesters stood together last night as officers broke down the doors to their camps nor smith has

more on the london based battle between occupiers and offices what we've seen in the last twenty four hours is the first of the occupy movement from a building that they were calling the bank of ideas it was a building that is owned by u.b.s. the bank and it was evicted by a group of anyone who's been offered to pay less in this country would call them hired thugs basically and what you see on the video that we're showing now is a bailiff essentially driving into a group of protesters watched on by the police basically he allegedly before this incident took place punched a photographer in their face the police apparently did nothing apart from briefly confiscate. the car keys of the bailiffs in question they then gave back his car keys according to the occupy movement and then cleared the way for him to leave the scene so far they've received absolutely no response from the police to this instance at all. there in london and remember you can always find more news and

analysis on our website is online all the time dot com let's have a quick look and see what's there at the moment secrets unlocked british intelligence has been ordered to declassify all documents related to. alexander litvinenko who died of radioactive poisoning in london five years ago you can find out more about that online plus. the biggest drug in the world has crashed and exploded. discover the cause of the accident dot com. it is a gathering for their first summit of twenty twelve with a sense of deja vu greece is still the center of discussion the pressure is still on the athens to overhaul its economy with the german finance minister warning it

won't receive a second financial lifeline if it doesn't correspond to reports from brussels. they're supposed to talk more about the fiscal compact they had agreed upon at the last e.u. summit as well as push for the european stability mechanism which is the permanent bailout fund they will put in place now in june instead of july these are the official informal topics but greece is still hanging over their heads especially since there have been war of words between greece and germany with the germans are calling for moving taxing and spending power over to brussels and the german finance minister saying that the europeans are willing to support greece as long as greece actually implements these decisions instead of just talking about it well the greeks had responded to that with a lot of that still to be saying that this is definitely out of the question especially since this is a matter of national sovereignty and one former economist who's now the greek education minister had actually called it quote unquote a product of

a sick imagination so you can you can tell that the greeks are definitely upset with the german suggestion now why did the german suggest that this is because of that ongoing talks between the greeks and their creditors it's still dragging it's been stalling for some time now the greeks need to strike a deal with the private sector and their creditors asking the banks for example to write down some of the greek back to take some losses about fifty to sixty percent of losses and this is in order for greece to get the second tranche of its bailout which it needs to pay some debts in march because if they don't they will technically default now as the e.u. leaders are getting ready for the summit belgium where this is happening in brussels it's on a general strike a lot of walking and cycling today because all the metros down no buses and one of the airports is also closed the unions are protesting against the government of cutting their benefits slashing retirement age and also raising the retirement age rather so they're complaining that the workers are bearing the brunt and the

enterprises are not getting here at. tesser is also keeping her twitter stream updated on developments in brussels her latest post says that the city is empty because general strike and people have to walk or cycle. members taking part in the protests and some are refusing to rule out europe strikes in the near future all available back to. the. election promises are coming thick and fast here in russia less than five weeks before the presidential poll prime minister and presidential hopeful vladimir putin outlined his program to reform the country's economy in his third pre-election article. reports. this article has already been deemed by many analysts as

a whole list of liberal reforms proposed by the prime minister on the economy first of all was going to poison 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 a 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 tax which should concern the v.a.p.

real estate and other a luxury purchases an issue which has been and is still being discussed in russian society for quite some time now. stay with r.t. and in our business bulletin with a few minutes from now we'll have a more detailed analysis of that i mean putin's proposals so now let's update you on some other major news stories across the globe in this hour as world update we start in nigeria where the terrorist organization is suspected of attacking a police station in the northern city of color government opened fire and threw explosives killing two civilians in the assault over the weekend organization distributed leaflets around the city warning residents of more attacks on security services ten days ago carried out multiple blasts and kano which left almost two hundred dead. in the capital dhaka the head of the opposition and thousands of his supporters staged a demonstration calling for early elections the next poll is not due for two years

and other anti-government rallies across the country turned violent with three people killed in clashes between protesters and security forces activists also say over a thousand demonstrators were detained. a car pileup at a florida highway is left ten people dead and a dozen others wounded before it is trying to find out what triggered the riff it 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 not back to the growing international pressure on iran america's behavior towards the islamic republic is often seen as the most threatening but it may not just be about iran's nuclear ambitions this rhetoric has testified noticeably over the course of the current presidential race and as artie's marina portnoy explains some politicians are putting political points and 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. 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 that 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 is an existential threat to israel and obama should be saying. so publicly

that he will support israel in whatever military action they stay necessary more inclined as 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. has the largest. one group in the united states the king maker in. the american israel public affairs committee known as a pac declined our request for an interview meanwhile obama finds himself facing another election and a slew of republican opponents banging on much louder war drum 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 clear i want to have israel very close to that. 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. a view from tehran and growing western pressure and other issues coming up in less than ten minutes from now in our exclusive interview with the iranian interior minister and now as i promised a little earlier katie is here with the business update.

hello there welcome to the business program a company as we've just been hearing first made putin has outlined the changes he things need to be made to the russian economy precision recognizes the need to diversify away from role materials reduce state control over business and improve the investment climate national vandyke capital says the plan lacks concrete details and underestimates the value of private capital. there needs to be opposed to government policy as putin said very well i mean. the real question question is never going to be russia is how does this government really. positive government policy how does it build roads what is it with sponsor industries where you look at what works in russia at the moment is the private sector you've got great supermarket chains that have opened up you've got good for natural companies that

have really evolved mobile telecom companies you know these are really successful companies that have been developed over the last fifteen years and they're a long way ahead in terms of their efficiency in the government sector. the prime minister has been taking. to business on monday he opens a new state of the art train coal production plant in buses northwest the billions all the facility will produce thirty thousand wagons a year to meet the growing demand for ralph writes i'm a place the soviet era cars that make up most of the culture is a rolling stone. ok but still if the market is over the oil traders are just ahead of the european union summit in brussels on monday even tensions with iran are selling to boost the prices around steps the all minister said crude could break one hundred fifty dollars per barrel if an e.u. in father comes into force in july this out of the top. just a fraction below that just

a note in the red. just cloris why it's positive territory u.s. stocks are shopping down minutes of the day. on media reports greece would not accept supervision of its budget decision a condition of. both the dow losing. this out i started in the rads and they all still had their heads going to head on to the exit is now european bourses are failing to withstand the pressure ahead of the e.u. me saying greece will be in the spotlight so as other members of the eurozone try to force it to accept outside control. on the budget this hour both of the on the facts are setting one percent you can see that. on the my sites on the r.t.s. they finished two days of trading session in the red the artists lost over one percent of my stocks that last point eight percent as of friday our next a day round reading let's get over to the biggest movers on the my sex finances finished shopping downbeats sends me your questions talk then discuss bank dropped

over two percent energy majors did better than the market gas pump finished haarp of a retailer mark me dropped over one percent despite news its net profit rose twenty four percent last year. than expected. from the recap so that saw the day's trade for all. again abstain from lower and reserve requirements that was the expectation. in markets where this morning plus. there's no understanding of how the greek talks and obviously that's not the end of the story there's portugal has been making headlines today as the yields climbed actually climbed for. almost across the board in europe which is again a negative. over the second look at the currency rates now low all price so why on

the ruble it's musing against both the dollar and the year right on the year it is retreating against the u.s. currency that. and now a business exclusive. the owner of the world's biggest producer will sell one of roche buses weren't just meant bob may but it's 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 half of the year. we don't expect you know in a significant improvement the next six months in the we're. not in the very bush but optimistic for the second part of those a year but it's a moment come of this market is quite stable in general of course we come here we're. in a positive trend to nation in the improvement in the. slowdown in the euro but in general it's the. and you can see the full interview with

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opposition with damascus already taking up the. brussels for their first summit this year but the agenda is far from the dead still the center of discussion meetings taking place against the backdrop of. protests and a general strike. could stop supplying altered states in response to sanctions against its nuclear program which is currently undergoing a un inspection the iranian parliament suspending its debate on a complete crude exports to the whole european union. well next iran braces itself to face the effects of fresh western imposed sanctions we talk now to its interior minister and ask how the current standstill is influencing affairs inside the country this is r.t. . the possibility of.