russia to host moscow based peace talks between syria's authorities and the opposition has been accepted by the assad government but given the call reaction by their potence. the latest 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 the 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 the 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 them on it as well it's hard to say really exactly what the future of the mission now is there's a little bit of a sense that it's dead in the war so now what we saw at the end of the month of course as they presented their reports i what was interesting is the details of that has 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 house feeling what we saw was the decision for the goal safe to weave through them all this is now 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 for the situation through dialogue again because what we've seen with the arab league is this instigates the u.s.

the fears are that there's a real close now the international and the parents the international involvement adding possibly we could see the conflict get even more violent even more militarized and that's not what. well once this is the set the last few days have been an escalating situation sarah furthur and john are probably he's a specialist on arab countries and author of the book off to the arab spring believes that syrian opposition groups are opposed to negotiation largely because all the foreign backing. they're under huge pressure from outside powers who want these talks to fail even before they begin most obviously nato nato is determined to bring the outside regime to its knees as a prelude to invading iran and last but by no means least you have saudi arabia qatar saudi arabia is financially and politically backing the the very opposition and has been widely reported to be funding arming the

rebels who are leading this insurrection now obviously apart from doing nato as dirty saudi arabia. the syrian regime for simple reason it's secular this is the only secular country that's left in the middle east now saudi arabia of all the countries and complains about human rights abuses on the part of the assad regime and say things withdrawing its monitors because he doesn't want to be a false witness to human rights abuses i mean saudi arabia has a reputation second perhaps only to north korea in the world repressing and oppressing and torturing and imprisoning its own people so he sees the saudi. revolution and its culmination will be the overthrow of said regime. still ahead for you in r.t. just over a month before russia's presidential vote. prime minister vladimir putin

is the real action article. as the presidential candidates for widespread economic reform. and also still to come for you the occupy movement spills onto the streets of london with police accused of going over the top during a crackdown on protesters. iran has vowed to halt all exports to some e.u. countries for up to fifteen years despite its parliament displaying a debate on a complete ban on crude supplies to europe it would be in retaliation to the e.u. imposed embargo on the ring in all due to come into full effect this summer russia's foreign minister says 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 member states. meanwhile iran's nuclear program the target of e.u. sanctions is being scrutinized by u.n. inspectors to run is offered. the chance to extend their mission and says it's ready to answer any questions to prove its atomic ambitions peaceful want to discuss the situation i'm joined now from london by author and journalist. what you make of the sudden display of cooperation from iran does it really have nothing to hide it's not really a sudden display of cooperation after all their full time monitors there anyway and there are cameras vaillant. equipment over all the different sites so i'm not exactly sure why i. needed another visit from an organization as you know from wiki leaks run by by an american guy. well you raise that point of impartiality a veteran has expressed optimism regarding the outcome of this mission yet some experts are questioning the agency's impartiality since balanced approach in giving

the damning report of course we saw a few months earlier do you think really tehran has cause for optimism then on the basis. perhaps iran are just taking these inspectors around to see persepolis or something because of course the main action now is these e.u. oil sanctions sanctions that are uniting greece's commentators had it for the first time since from openly and before because specter regime i think it's a it's a front for w. and d. inspection that we've seen previously in that region. some would say that this is whatever the conclusion of the report it may well be ignored because all the western interest in justifying the military buildup in the region and we all see evidence of that at the moment of course that's right and you heard in the past hour or so the united states plans to supply military equipment to bahrain as part

of its pro-democracy credentials no doubt obviously the united states. i would say to a certain extent seemed to run scared from iran one could tell that from obama's state of the union speech winning again said what people were frightened tend to say all options are on the table so the real action now is what happens to the petro dollar because the use of shot themselves in the foot over or oil sanctions as india and china or japan or even south korea all say we're not going to follow the sanctions route will just explain a bit more saying they've shot themselves in the foot it's something that so liberal mentioned about sanctions not being effective in counterproductive in what way you could turn has really capitalize on this. already the head of opec has said that the sanctions regime is likely to increase oil prices which will further have an impact on e.u. economies and greece and the mediterranean e.u.

countries need iranian oil they're not going to get it it seems or they're going to have to get it through with other sources because iran and you mentioned earlier the proposed motion in the iranian parliament that not only does iran not care about e.u. sanctions it's going to preempt them and make the e.u. suffer for what they've said because. india japan despite the u.s. is protestations these countries are if anything thinking of ditching the petro dollar so they can evade sanctions by bringing gold and other currencies in here even saying rupee action we wouldn't really not going to see military confrontation over this are we in iran i mean if so what would be the consequences. i think when president obama said all options on the table to huge applause in congress at the state of the union it again shows have the united states is playing . to its north again and yet again threats against entire populations

unbeknownst to the iranian regime there may well be people planning to support iran via asymmetric warfare there's no doubt that these policies and these pronouncements i know from the cameron government have already banned iranian television stations news the best time in history british history banning strangles these countries don't seem to realize what exactly they are playing with as they make these threats because the world is changing and that's why the nonaligned movement supporter of and i really feel for how the un has any relevance or un agency like the i.a.e.a. has any relevance now. let's hope. as i say the developing world is kind of the developed world. than it was vice was vice a versa. i should always good to hear thoughts to have time with thanks very much indeed for joining us live in london action were tense.

after surveying the damage from saturday's occupy protests in oakland california the mayor wants to kick activists out of the city the latest rally ended with riot police firing tear gas and flash bombs meanwhile in washington a deadline issued by the national park apartment to dismantle occupy camps as poss but with protest to stay put these director of its economy told me a little earlier that the recent excessive force used by police will not scare them away. who knows what's going through their head space on that you know when we i watched that video available online and it looked like there was no justification for it when i went to meet piers from the day to ask about it people said the only thing he was doing was taking down signs that were on the tents that said no camping and so that was the rationale for tasering him he was being a biology is not being as threatening looks like a excessive use of force my sense is that it's not going to provoke the macpherson

campers that they're more. disciplined than that to fall for that kind of track the occupy movement in a few months has shifted the debate and show the american people that if they get mobilized and organized that we have power we can change the direction this country so the future's going to be an american spring that's going to explode on the scene and become more important the presidential race in two thousand and twelve police in london have also been accused of excessive force in their efforts to clear out occupy demonstrators protesters did together last night as officers look to take over their camps and laura smith has more on the london based battle between occupy and offices. what we've seen in the last twenty four hours is the first if exception of the occupy movement from a building that they were calling the bank of ideas it was a building that is by u.b.s. the bank and it was evicted by a group of anyone who's been up against a bailiff 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 the face the police apparently did nothing apart from briefly confiscate the keys of 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 no response from the police. and remember you can always find more news coming down analysis on our website it's on to you don't come online all the time let's take a look at what's there right now in secret a war british intelligence has been ordered to do classified documents related to f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko who died of radioactive poisoning in the five years ago find out more on developments online plus. the biggest growth in the world has crashed in exploded in israel during

a test flight discover the cause of the accidents on the web sites on t.v. dot com. the pre-election promises are coming thick and fast here in russia less than five weeks before the presidential poll prime minister and presidential kind of. program to reform the country's economy and his third pre-election article on you going to . 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. says he wants to see the role of the state and of state monopolies reduced for example gas from which as quite an influence on 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. of 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. the e.u. leaders may have gathered in brussels for talks on boosting growth and creating jobs but there's an elephant in the room that's hard to ignore. and on the verge of

bankruptcy as it struggles to agree a debt reduction deal and they're adults the country is even able to control its finances a corresponding test australia report 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 e.s.m. 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 german so 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 all 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 it's 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 a second tranche of its bailout which it needs to pay some debts in march because if they don't they will technically default on a general strike a lot of walking and cycling today because all of the metros down you know buses and one of the airports is also closed the unions are protesting against the government 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 enterprise is are not getting here at. what is just

a mention designed to push through so-called fiscal union to toughen budget rules and punish those who don't have a member of the european parliament has been speaking to be only one or two and he says the direction in which the is moving is democratic. they're trying to put a lot of pressure on greece and this idea that the germans have that you can almost a budget commissioner math and means it will oversee their budgets set taxes is quite frankly an affront to democracy the oldest democracy in the world and if i was in athens of the moments on the streets demonstrating this well the scary thing here that you have is once you start tinkering with democracy and trying to change things i think you're on a very slippery slope in these and what's happening at the moment over here is that the e.u. is really showing it through that showing what it's all about it doesn't want to listen to the people what they're doing at the moment in the building behind me is they're talking about an intergovernmental agreement and this will go into primary e.u. law through secondary legislation which means that the people can be bypassed there

won't be referendums across the continent particularly in ireland where there should be a referendum on this and what will happen is they will bypass the people and it will go straight into we need more and they will get exactly what they want and it is a complete across the markets and they only got to get worse i mean at the moment they're bending german flags on the streets of athens i predict it will be roll next and then there's been you never know it could be toppled as well the tensions between the countries and particularly between the north of europe and the south of europe is only going to get greater and what you've got is you've got protests in the south and what we're seeing in the north is a political revolution where new parties are springing or and euro skeptic parties are getting better results than ever before. well as the way the news looks from iran braces itself to face the effect of fresh west imposed sanctions we talked to its interior minister to ask how the current state of affairs is influencing matters inside the country that's our special interview with a recap our top stories in time and it's from oh this is all to.

the possibility of war between the united states and iran is being debated there

around the world but what the world is like inside the country to discuss that the endowed joined by iraq's interior minister. thank you for your time. to he several days after the e.u. introduced oil sanctions against iran and i know the iranian leadership has responded by saying the sanctions would do move home to europe none to iran. still since iran gets seventy percent of its revenues from oil do you have any fears about negative social reactions including strikes as people may lose their jobs do you take this somehow into account in your walk. these speculations aren't new our country and our government are the power of the people all around ruling bodies are in power as a result of popular voting therefore our government and our role for it is a completely popular and our people have participated in all areas and spheres of

our life from the very start of the revolution. therefore as i've said there's nothing new about these tours which are actually quite outdated and irrelevant we don't sell that much oil to us and our european accounts don't have that much money . for us that. the us and the west as a how do not conceal that one of the main tasks of these sanctions is to get the oil prices for the iranian oil know are just decreasing their revenues from the oil iran saudi this is a while as to how we used to manipulate the political situation. the way we're going into that area i believe they've made a big mistake as this action results in turbulence for the oil and energy markets this very fact it can result in oil price growth in these conditions the west should expect a 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 going in

and so far they've been unable to find solutions for oil and energy markets will experience instability and turmoil and this factor can boost prices for oil and energy products and jeopardize the market security but this is quite difficult for the markets which going on previous experience is used to consuming certain kinds of oil and energy and this also brings up technical and economic issues at the same time we're not worried for iran at all that we've ensured our efficient planning in advance and with god's help we will continue moving forward if i may i would like to ask you about the recent killing of a nuclear scientist have been other similar cases and as far as we understand the investigation in. it has not made great progress so far why have there been no substantial results and who may be behind the killing. of this is clear is day and they admitted mossad and the cia as well as some european security services don't like to see nations progress they would like to have control and

a monopoly over everything in the greater raney a nation and follows the path of searching for new technologies and it wants to stand firmly on its feet by means of its own strengths and produce its own knowledge they disapprove of this progress and they don't want to see other nations develop themselves and the fact that they come over to such people's homes or attempt to murder an educated and broad minded university professor highlights the grave nature of their situation that the scientists assassination will only make the iranian people stronger and more focused on their goal. you know people understand that they've chosen the going to try the one of scientific progress the understory doesn't want to see this happen or that it would cause harm to have that physical annihilation of people in full daylight is a sign of the adversary's complete power that mr nisbet our nation that's the rest of the us as you noted r.t. has been comprehensively covering the situation in the arab countries as we have covered the wars in libya and syria we often heard complaints from the leadership

that the intelligence services of other countries have stepped up their operations on the territories of the countries concerned in the past year the way many alleged mercenaries in syria and libya who could see with our own eyes that some people were apparently not libyans but fought on the side of the rebels can you see any increase in the operations of intelligence services from other countries or any attempts to penetrate your territory at least in recent years since the latest events in the arab countries began. you see foreign powers and other enemies are at work everywhere they might also be present in our country. but we do not feel we should worry about this of course we should look out for superpowers and our enemies are attempting to interfere in the home affairs of arabic countries especially in syria and in all countries where the people are in charge of running their nations they must keep track of such attempts. i don't know about always yes . it's been about c.s.

since the arab spring began its first even the iranian leadership hailed the movements in egypt and libya as expressing democratic sentiment but now this one here is past the attitude towards the events around your country has changed do you still believe those are people driven by their own democratic ideas do you see hunt of other countries in the events of the arab spring. we support any popular movement as long as people's demands are legitimate and imperialistic regime of world supremacies is obviously trying to lead people away from the right and neutralize the popular management will transform it and favor of their own interests but it will have to get a pure straightforward all righteous path that people have been following a lot in terms of the region however is stipulated by their willingness to defend their rights which is a legitimate demand from iran's viewpoint what buttons that putin's can one say that the instability in the region has considerably increased the narcotic drugs

trafficking well. yes afghanistan is certainly the focus of narcotic plantations now the americans and europeans are there and since they came narcotic drugs production has increased forty four world and it's a financial source for most terrorists who infringe the security of central asian states the states of the region and russia itself even if it's a fact that both iran and russia host the main drug trafficking route that i was just a pairing for this interview several colleagues approached me at r.t. are asking if there was going to be a war between iran and the usa which is you're on phone. as well in let me say this is. in all those fabrications and not new to us the islamic republic of iran is a strong power capable of defending its regional security for me and the iranian people being a great and powerful nation not afraid of those futile threats. lists

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syrians a voice are still a lot of. people should be allowed to defend themselves for their guns against the law abiding people are not sure i. was her basic leverage military least slow to shoot. 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 that's all the training you really really need. raise your hand if you know something. to live without one of. these urban streets. to live without a bully we will never have to use the weapons for self defense but we should be prepared. for the. seventeen students.

this is. the syrian government welcomes a russian proposal to host peace talks with the opposition which is given a mixed reaction. it could stop supplying oil to some e.u. states in response to sanctions against its nuclear program which is currently undergoing un inspection as despite the iranian parliament suspending its debate on a complete ban of crude exports to the whole european union. meeting brussels for the. new with greek debt still the center of discussion the new things taking place against the backdrop of ads.