syria still reeling from escalating outbreaks of violence as its plight spreads to new york where un security council members are set to reach consensus on the address. occupy d.c. protesters dig their heels in as they wait for a police crackdown after the deadline to leave their camps said by city authorities passes. plus a bittersweet victory for the euro twenty five nations sign up for stricter rules while the czech republic joins the u.k. jesting much higher proposal.

a.t.m. the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshua welcome to the program the battle over syria shifts to the un security council in new york as its members are set to negotiate a new resolution on syria backing the arab league's peace plan moscow has slammed the document already saying the current text may open the door for a levy a style intervention. explains. the united nations security council will hear a report from the arab league today detailing findings from its recent monitoring mission in syria this of course coming as an arab european drafted resolution on syria is already circulating among council members the draft was introduced by morocco on friday and calls in part syrian president bashar al assad to transfer powers his powers to his deputy while a unity government is formed in preparation for new elections now according to

reports this draft resolution also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution now in a show in a show of western solidarity u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will be joining her british and french counterparts at the united nations on tuesday to show their support for this new draft resolution and possibly push for a vote in the meantime russia has said it cannot accept the draft resolution in its current form because it simply ignores moscow's position on the issue of syria in addition russian officials say they would like time to study the arab league's report in detail and not act so swiftly or too swiftly now on monday the russian

foreign ministry did invite members from the syrian national council as well as the syrian government to come to moscow to participate in negotiations and to get a dialogue started our viewers may remember that it was back in october when russia and china did veto of previous u.n. resolution on syria citing that the ambiguous. language that was used in that draft that was of course also written out by by european countries that the language opened the door for foreign intervention possibly foreign intervention similar to what the world saw transpire in libya. reporting there now the dust has not yet settled over the suburbs of the capital damascus which saw some of the fiercest fighting since the beginning of the unrest which regime troops with the regime troops taking the upper hand and that's amid concerns the escalation of violence is down to outside players pouring the oil on the fire as r.t. as sarah first now reports. with the sons of gunfire and.

oh yeah the face tests from the streets and the increasingly loud and memories international opinions britain needs to lead the way in making sure we tighten the sanctions the travel bans the asset freezes on can be hard to hear the syrian. the syrian case has developed and every side wants to push away the responsibility to another tossing the ball back and forth. in the last few days the situation has become so unstable the finding people willing to talk right now has present difficulties. we've had tanks entering and firing and just where we've had six people who've died we travel to the suburbs where some of the clashes have breaking out to try to get a clearer picture of what had been happening here in the last few days in one of the damascus at the moment now we were traveling. we thought it was

a friday. but we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel. with the situation so volatile it goes to show you really. don't know what's going on in these areas even the people who are living in these areas they really have the situation. we make it into the suburbs of job or using back the opposition that just last week had control of some of these areas have now gone underground so there was a funeral for a resident of. the file during his funeral people and his relatives were voicing slogans and called for freedom so someone was shot during the funeral and we had to go and hide from the security forces of. us who were taken to meet some members of the f.s.a. . begins and some other members joined as well and has talked to people they know just been arrested changes and. the atmosphere starts to feel hostile so.

such uncertainty right now it seems mistrust is rife. it seems sort. of convinced the free syrian army not coming closer to the capital would be simpler no this is harmful to the cause of bringing peace to syria. everyone it seems is no waiting to see what if any outcome will be the un's briefings by the arab league's with having ground to a halt. to hold reconciliation talks is not one to be simply dismissed as many have already done they have do political they have two political reasons for this for for feeding the conflict in syria i think they don't want to not interested in due form nor are they interested in democracy or freedom was the government accepted the invitation received mixed reactions from the opposition they size of being taken in the past including first syrian solution to

a syrian problem that it's repeatedly failed to communicate no opportunities to dialogue are running out fast. and with such desperate pleas from many people here the opposing sides continue to make it clear they don't want to listen the cools the international lection that's just going to keep getting louder surface r.t. this. and john bradley author of the book after the arab spring says the opposition's refusal to hold talks with the us government is dictated by foreign powers. they're under huge pressure from outside powers who want these talks to fail even before they begin most obviously nato nature is determined to bring us to eat something as a tribute to invading iran you have saudi arabia qatar saudi arabia is financially and politically active but. maybe an opposition. has been widely

reported to be funding arming the jihadi rebels who are leading this insurrection we can be absolutely sure that this is nothing to do with human rights when it comes to the west and even more sure when it comes to the concern of saudi arabia this is how preposterous the western media coverage is of this uprising rusher of course has that experience to draw iran and once bitten twice shy i know that if they support a un resolution that even ostensibly is aimed only protecting civilians it will be used by nato as an excuse to impose a no fly zone while the countries and saudis fund jihad is on the ground and so russia is essentially crucial in all of this. well in just a few minutes we report on and now there are potentially even bigger a powder keg in the region iran faces another blow from the u.s.

as lawmakers are pushing through further sanctions against iran despite its current talks with the u.n. nuclear watchdog. anti-corporate protesters from the occupy wall street movement in washington are gearing up for tough police action they have passed a deadline set up by local authorities to remove camping equipment from the city squares wallace covered the activists are remaining loyal to the cause. so we are here ad macpherson square where protesters have been occupying the park since october throughout the demonstration about one hundred tents have been pitched here the national park service has repeatedly slapped these notices on tents here at macpherson square informing protesters that they can no longer camped out here that means they have to get rid of sleeping bags and any other material which allows them to live here protesters are responding by painting that symbol on the notice which demonstrates the fact that they do not agree with this mandate for

tens can stay about their doors must remain open proving no one is living in it to notice warns protesters that violate the rule are subject to arrest and it's basically a symbol of opposition. to. what everything this movement is opposing right now and so i think the tents are really important part of occupy but police presence was sparse with no reported arrests they stand mostly on the sidelines refusing to answer questions from the media no reason why but occupiers made their message loud and clear they are not giving up the fight here as you can see protesters have erected a massive shadow over the statue here at macpherson park it's all a demonstration to the anticipated even action by park oh yes this is our tents of dreams we want to be able to sleep here so we can dream of a better world where everyone has access to health care education housing and where

the rich in corporations banks no longer have control over political system the federal government and the political leaders in wall street were all tone deaf they could not hear this so the occupy movement has offered them a hearing aid and they're getting our message loud and the purpose of this was to unite us in this space so if they want to arrest one of us after arrest all of us or not us and washington. liz wahl r.t. . occupy protesters in oakland california may be evicted from the city after the weekend's demonstrations there they were met by a strong police reaction with tear gas flash grenades and hundreds of arrests activists robert wolfe from the occupy d.c. action team thinks the protesters fell victim to a militaristically police force. i think you have to recognize the specifics of the oakland police department they're known as one of the most violent repressive in the country and it's exposed how militarists militarized american police have

become in recent years so you know it's it's shocking it's horrifying to see what's coming out of oakland but it's hardly surprising knowing what we know and it's worth remembering that the oakland police may be under federal control soon because there have been so many civil rights abuses there if you look at the videos you don't see protesters attacking people you see protesters taking together in ways that try to shield each other from the police and i think it's important to recognize the distinction that they are i haven't seen anything that looks like violence on behalf of the protestors coming out of oakland i've just seen people being proactive and recognizing that they're going to be facing what's effectively an armed force as a corporate movement's elsewhere in the world are also facing tough action and not only from the police. in a london daily front his car through a group of demonstrators as the police stand by and watch by the full story our london correspondent at are.

now america's decision to station its forces in the philippines as part of its new asia strategy is now threatening repercussions the state owned china daily called on beijing to enact economic sanctions against manila after dividing u.s. troops in reaction to an escalating territorial dispute well to discuss this latest development let's now talk to dr wong of the chinese university of hong kong thank you very much for being here with us on the program mr wang so the dispute has been going on here a while now but why would the philippines invite american troops which as we know they kicked out a decade ago back into the country now. yes i think there should be three or four and narcissus trying to understand how the philippines sees the matter at the at

the international level the philippines know that the u.s. is stepping misty return to asia refocusing its military and security deployment in the middle east in asia pacific targeting china in iran as the primary security concerns now at the regional level the philippines also see that their recent changes in the regional politics particularly in taiwan where mr martin to you and to call him restriction was successfully we elected their means. taipei would have more stable relationship express free in terms of economic integration across the strait in the coming years and if it means knows that the u.s. would need a more reliable ally in the asia pacific region so the philippines is reeling to lend its hands to it to the american for that kind of particular security concern the u.s. is having in the asia pacific region now i did national level i think the keno

administration has been trying to get support and get protection from the u.s. for tool major reasons number one. during the form are all your administration our oil government has been working more closely with the chinese government in terms of political and economic and trade relationship with the philippines anti china now after press of the keno has stepped up us as the president in two thousand and ten he referred to these foreign policy the russian and trying to side with the u.s. in order to. the internal inference of the hour or your faction no more talk. the kindle firmly has a stick and interests of oil refinery and petroleum exploratory business

and i think it is at the interest of the chemo family to side with the u.s. and trying to work with the u.s. on exploring all your resources in the south china sea where the are the our oil faction has been working with china in which they signed an agreement in around two thousand and five and trying to have a joint exploration for oil resources in south china sea so i think the philippines is altering that to trying to ballance and trying to get internal political supremacy on the other hand and on the other hand the philippines is trying to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations yes maybe wrong that is clear but given the security concerns that you mentioned earlier and the complexity of the situation in the region how does this sit with beijing with china specifically i mean as it all seems like it appears there is nothing china can do in this particular situation especially in its own

neighborhood kind of without the approval of the u.s. what are your thoughts. yes now i have already noticed there's tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china asking and urging the chinese government to top up for a tough position towards the philippines however i think the chinese government should be a bit more careful about these internal demand now i think the chinese government continue to just try to observe the situation as it is now and not to be pulled for the e.c.b. number two i think the chinese government is trying to continue to work with the. traditional allies within the philippine senate congress and the philippine society to try to find some creative proposal to try to work out that now why the chinese government work with allies within the philippines is trying to ballance the

inference of all of the arche no administration number three i think the chinese government should continue to look for creative alternative ways to try and all dialogue with the keno administration express or his family right now we need to understand especially the chinese government to study carefully what does the firmly with the warnings from china what china and what china cannot offer to china trying to understand the situation better before it presents itself into kind of tension and conflict with the arche in the administration ok now one of the chinese university of hong kong thanks very much for your thoughts here on r.t. . thank you. now to another asian region that's the focus of intense american interest u.s. senate lawmakers have released a plan for a new round of sanctions targeting iran's angy sector the bill and that choking

funds allegedly used by to iran to develop nuclear weapons will be mulled over on thursday but while washington shows no sign of easing up on to rot iran's foreign minister has welcomed the extension of the i.a.e.a. mission in the country a team of u.n. nuclear inspectors and iran may now prolong their stay beyond six he initially planned three days so minister was optimistic about the possible renewal of nuclear talks saying the i.a.e.a. visit is a step towards easing tensions however american radio host ralphie show one man is skeptical about the i.a.e.a. talks as he thinks the u.n. bodies under too much western influence. the very idea that iran is somehow obligated to open its front gears to inspectors who are essentially penetrated and permeated by the central intelligence agency in the mossad this imperial is a gem that which takes countries as syria has been targets now concentrating on iran will not expressed as the permanent war that we began subject peoples by

american corporate capitalism this united nations has forever been an instrument of such imperial policy first the attempt to cut off iran's your own trading capacity its ability to import replacement equipment for. them they want to tie up its banking and to preclude people from from trading with its banks then every company that is in fact engaged in trade with iran is subject the united states to penalty what do you think this is better than act of war. and don't hesitate to log onto our web site r.t. dot com and it's the best place to look for the latest updates comments and a video as well here's a sample of what's there for you right now. so hold healing pyramids attract russians hoping to improve their health but skeptics dismiss the structures as fraudulent false idols designed only to help people hearts and put their money.

down the pentagon's money management proves to be far from the station as one hundred million dollars once more and it's down the same powers disappears into thin little air. little . now the latest e.u. afeard to save the euro underway in brussels is off to a characteristic starts with the leaders of france and britain arguing over which of them has more industry the exchange came as the two often a logger heads look to downplay disagreements and mutual distrust the incident however wasn't isolated toland said to join the euro zone demand a greater say decision making the spanish in turn argued against excessive hysteria while everyone pressed the greeks to complete debt talks with its creditors there was one result however with twenty five of the twenty seven nations agreeing to

german fiscal rules that would limit deficits and a new bailout fund paul the tall a member of the european parliament says democracy could suffer as a result. this will go into primary e.u. law through secondary legislation which means that the people can be bypassed there will be referendums approach to come to me particularly when i look at the should be a referendum on this and what will happen if they don't bypass the people on the streets and. they will get exactly what they want but it is a complete food democracy the scary thing here is that you have once you start tinkering with democracy and trying to change things i think you know the very slippery slope who would be there trying to put a lot of pressure on the germans but you could all. commission to the mountains to see the tuxes is quite frankly the fruits of democracy the oldest democracy in the world and if i was in athens at the moment on the streets demonstrating as well and as the e.u.

works to finally rein in its less than fiscally responsible members the kaiser report looks at what god into this whole mess in the first place debt next and stacy and their take on this strange and wonderful world of finance is coming your way at seven thirty g.m.t. . zombie debt or a zombie deader is a noun and indebted consumer who is only able to pay the debt interest each month so here you have the two pillars of society zombie debtors who never escape and clown bankers who never have to pay debt so the zombies and clones yes wherever there is a zombie debt or you can be sure there's a zombie creditor and there's zombie central banker feeding them all. now look at some other stories from around the world over two thousand people have

gathered and believe years main city demanding their government resume construction of a controversial new road said to go through an amazon reserve plans to build a highway to work council last year after indigenous tribes members went on a two month long march in protest but now other communities are asking president adam raleigh's to continue the project saying it would bring much needed to come out of development to the region. here pro-government militia leader has been killed after a suicide bomber targeted his home in northwestern pakistan rival militants have claimed responsibility for the attack which follows previous clashes between the two groups in which hundreds of people have died three other people including the man's son in law were also killed in the blast and eight more were injured. it brings us up to date here in our business news is next with natasha.

almost twenty five minutes past eight am here in moscow you're with business are european leaders have managed to marry growth and austerity at their first summit this year twenty five out of twenty seven e.u. nations agreed to a strict budget discipline but britain and the czech republic refused to sign the document that imposes sanctions on members breaching budget rules some analysts hope the move as a step toward fiscal union but i left because of. the new rules will be hard to follow. i think is true implications. countries will be able to adapt and be with you within the limits and inevitably we've are pain penalties and would prefer to get out of the euro so there's. going to be as many countries using this current solution which is a great for europe trade and the second thing is they will gradually see more rifts

between the european nations and maybe all together. will become a currency for only the strongest. and let's now take a look at the markets oil first and it's gaining value as traders get the message that greece is closer to the final stage of its talks with predators that brings hope to you with a resolution of the european debt crisis and the increased risk appetite this hour of the w g i is that around ninety nine dollars a barrel brand is topping one hundred eleven dollars now on to equities asian stocks up turnarounds from a lower opening and of producing moderate gains and exports are declining in tokyo is the rises in value as losing more than two percent and we just tell machining around seven percent but industrial companies are pushing tokyo out of the red dot she's at. three percent of you have the industry's up two percent in hong kong they

hang saying is gaining things to energy stocks including petro china and china petroleum chemical corp. two hours ahead of the opening bell here are both the mind set something r.t.s. finished monday's trading session in the red the arch yes lost more than one percent of them my sex was only eight percent down. russia's economic expansion is losing steam the g.d.p. rose point four point two percent last year according to a mid january estimate by prime minister vladimir putin the final figures coming out later on tuesday retail sales. wage increases industrial production growth cut costs to four percent as the euro crisis tighten the demand for exports. sam soon will open more than one thousand branded corners and russia's top mobile phone retail euros set the south korean giant hopes the move will help it secure

its heavyweight status in the market each department will be from three to twenty square metres it will require to just fifteen thousand dollars of investments you know set says the number of the departments within the chain could grow to three thousand in the near future analysts expect the teaming up will help samsung to roll out fifteen percent of the market last year some some managed to grow its share to thirty six percent against forty held by nokia. and that's all the latest business news i'll be back in about fifteen minutes.

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