here he is still reeling from escalating outbreaks of violence as its plight spreads to new york where un security council members seem unlikely to reach consensus on the. fall coupon i.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. and the london security goes large for the upcoming summer olympics with tens of thousands of troops and high tech spy drones all that amid fears the spirit of the games will be damaged by a show of force. watching

aren't you coming to live from moscow joshua welcome the dust has not yet settled over the suburbs of damascus which in recent days has seen some of the fiercest fighting since the syrian unrest began with the crisis gaining momentum moscow has offered a platform for dialogue between the regime and the opposition who are currently rejecting talks with president assad and his ports this decision may have been dictated by outside players determined to throw fuel on the fire. with the sounds of gunfire and. oh yeah the face tests from the streets and the increasingly loud and numerous international opinions britain needs to lead the way in making sure we tighten the sanctions the travel bans the asset freezes on syria. the syrian case has developed as 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 that finding people willing to talk right now this present difficulties. we've had tanks entering in 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 just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel. with the situation. to show you really. don't know what's going on in these areas even the people who are living in these areas don't really have the situation at the moment we make it into the 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 died in the file during his funeral people and his relatives were voicing slogans and called for freedom so someone was shot dead during the funeral and we had to go and hide from the security forces. taken to meet some members of the f.s.a. . begins and some other members joined as well and people they know he's just been arrested changes. the atmosphere starts to feel hostile so. such uncertainty right now it seems mistrust is rife. it seems not to have convinced the free syrian army that 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. the whole reconciliation talks is not one to be simply dismissed as many

have already done they have do political aims they have two political reasons for. for for feeding the complicated in syria i think they don't want they're 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 in calling for a syrian solution to a syrian problem that it's repeatedly failed to communicate no opportunities that 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 action it's just going to keep getting louder surface r.t. this. the idea of the syrian opposition dancing to the foreign drums is shared by john r. bradley author of the book after the arab spring he says nato members are committed

to toppling the regime to make iran their next target. 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 the us agrees to it something as a prelude to invading iran saudi arabia at least financially and politically active. opposition and has been widely reported to be funding and 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 russia of course has that experience to draw on and once bitten twice shy i know that if they support

a u.n. resolution that even ostensibly is aimed only at protecting civilians it will be used by nato has 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. the battle over syria shifts to the u.n. security council in new york as its members are set to negotiate a new resolution on syria backing the arab league peace plan i just mean important has a preview. 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 calls in part for syrian president bashar al assad to transfer powers his powers to his deputy

this draft resolution also says the security council could quote adopt further measures if syria does not comply with the terms of the resolution in the meantime russia has said it cannot accept the draft resolution in its current form because it simply ignores moscow's position 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 a previous u.n. resolution on syria citing that the language that was used in that draft that was

of course also written up by by european countries open the door for foreign intervention possibly foreign intervention similar to what the world saw transpire in libya. reporting there and still to come on the program a bittersweet victory for the euro twenty five even nations agreed to a new treaty making it a sanctionable crime to use deficit while the czech republic joined the u.k. in rejecting the much hyped proposal. and the philippines finds itself in the middle of a power struggle between two global giants turning the battle of wills to its advantage. and to 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 but wall discovered the activists are remaining loyal to the cause.

so we are here at 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 camp 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 there tends can stay about their doors must remain open moving no one is living in it the 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 from corporations and 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 clear now the purpose of this was to unite us in this space so if they want to arrest one of us the after

arrest all of us or none of us in washington. this wall. the mayor of oakland california has called on the nationwide occupy movement to disown the local protestors after the weekend's demonstrations there they were met by a strong police reaction was tear gas flash grenades and hundreds of arrests activists rubber ball from the occupy d.c. action team things the protesters fell victim to a military stick 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 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 are trying to shield each other from the police and i think it's important to recognize the distinction that there i haven't seen anything that looked like violence on behalf of the protesters coming out of oakland i've just seen people being proactive in recognizing that they're going to be facing what's effectively an armed force. i think corporate movements elsewhere in the world are also facing tough action and not only from the police of london bailey runs his cars through a group of demonstrators as the police stand by and watch by the full story from our london correspondent at our t.v. dot com. 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 a divided in u.s. troops and reaction to an escalating territorial dispute dr pac-man wang of the city university of hong kong told r.t. that the philippines is cashing in on regional instability at the international level the philippines know that the u.s. is stephanus the return to asia refocusing its military and security in the middle east asia pacific targeting china in the primaries security concerns so the philippines is reeling to learn the stones to. four cannot but to close a critical concern to us is having in the asia pacific region i have. tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china. urging the chinese government to topple for a tough position towards the philippines however i think the chinese government should be a bit more careful about these internal demand so i think the philippines is all

doing that through trying to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations. don't hesitate to log onto our website r t dot com it's the best place to look for the latest updates comments and videos here's some of was there for you right now. so called healing pyramids attract russians hoping to improve their health but skeptics dismiss the structures as fraudulent false idols designed only to help people part with their money. and the pentagon's money management proves to be far prohibition as one hundred million dollars once stored in saddam hussein's palace disappears into thin air.

the latest effort to save the euro underway in brussels is off to a characteristic start with the leaders of france and britain arguing over which of them has more industry exchange came as the two off the longer hands looked to downplay disagreements and mutual distrust instead of however was an isolated poland set to join the euro zone demand a greater say in decision making the spanish in turn argued against excessive astaire and while everyone pressed the greeks to complete death talks with its creditors and there was one result however with twenty five of the twenty seven nations agreeing to a german fiscal rule that would limit deficits and a new bailout fund martin calen an m.p. from the taken service party believes greece is sliding into default while for britain staying out of the euro zone was a victory. i think it will be full you know effectively. being opposed. but he could argue that the effectively you default anyway what is

clear to me is the part of the greece is sustainable but you know. but a member of the of a country that is part of the euro zone so euro zone itself up to the way we can give our opinions but you know we did not join the euro in the first place we are against the euro be created. we've pointed out to many pitfalls that there would be along the way it looks like if i do go the hard way you know you can compress seventeen countries economic policies into one currency is owed while still operating seventy different economic policies. but watch the full version of that interview in about fifteen minutes time here on our team and as the e.u. works to finally rein in its less than fiscally responsible members the kaiser report looks at what god them into this whole mess in the first place stacy and their take on the strange and wonderful world of finance coming your way at eleven

thirty am g.m.t. . the debt or zombie debtor 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. debtors who never escape and clown bankers who never have to pay debt zombies and clones yet wherever there is a zombie debt or you can be sure there's a zombie creditor and as zombie central banker feeding them all. britain is preparing for the greatest show on earth and taking the possibility of a terrorist attack seriously london summer olympics preparations are calling on all corners of the nations to fancy us but as our teams i've been reports such measures may not only turn the capital into

a siege city but simply prove to be ineffective. spectators may know who they're watching at the olympics but they won't know who's watching them surveillance drones like this could be circling the skies of london this summer police may use the spy cameras in their lympics anti terror tactics it will leave no hiding place the drones can make out a car's number plate from heights of up to one kilometer privacy campaigners fear is the start of a slippery slope i think it be our salute tragedy for britain if the largest part of the olympic legacy was a surveillance legacy where we have stalled disappointments in the name of national security and then when the other bits are over we keep using it very very serious risk for purposes that might not be adequately protected the spy in the skies been piloted before in britain by four police forces but never took off after one crashed into a river and the u.k. aviation authority failed to grant the necessary license that's the only legal

requirement before this sort of surveillance becomes a reality at the olympics a minor hurdle for what's already britain's biggest peacetime security operation total cost over one point six billion dollars it is worrying that the security bill has increased so drastically from initial estimates one of the reasons being given for this is so heightened risk of terrorism which seems incredible as an excuse at a time when the original estimates were made around the time of the london bombings when london was considered to be a very high risk so it seems incredible they got the estimates so badly wrong in the first place commandos speeding up the thames is one answer to a myriad of perceived terror threats this time a hijacked passenger boat they'll also be warships and get on the thames attack helicopters on standby even ground to air missiles ready to launch or vance before

you even get to the security on the ground to give you an id. the numbers take the olympic stadium capacity eighty thousand ground security at the games is enough to fill sixty percent of that inside the venue will be over twenty three thousand security guards along with seven and a half thousand military personnel and then outside a further six thousand troops along with twelve thousand police total just sawyer fifty thousand the budget's balloon boy one hundred percent because initial estimates were woefully inadequate but that still couldn't stop two fake bombs being sneaked in under the radar at the stadiums dummy runs not exactly great value for money london organizers have tried to play down fees the olympic village will be a siege city but with such a massive security operation the plan the lim pick legacy of international friendship may not be the one that's actually left. bennett's london.

or let's not take a look at some of the stories from around the world over two thousand people have gathered in believe years from the city demanding their government resume construction of a controversial new road set to go through amazon reserve plans to build the highways were cancelled last year after indigenous tribes members went on a two month long march in protest but now other communities are asking president overall is to continue the project saying it would bring much needed economic development to the region. pro-government militia leader has been killed after a suicide bomber targeted his home in northwestern pakistan a 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. they have

a bangladeshi opposition and thousands of her supporters have staged a rally in the capital calling for. early elections and a return to the old voting system and in a pattern the caretaker government used to oversee the process before it was dropped by the country's prime minister sheikh hasina last year demonstration comes after previous anti-government rallies turned violent leaving three dead during clashes between protesters and security forces. the man who has been at the helm of russian premier league champions for over a decade has resigned or more in this in our sports both in that later in the program before that though he was happening in business with natasha. twenty two minutes past the hour you're watching business on r.t.e. emerging market currencies a seeing the best start of the year since the charge of the century that's according to the financial times as little glop a type for risk increases the russian ruble along with the mexican peso and the

brazilian ryall have outperformed the currencies of the industrialized nations most of them gained more than five percent against the us dollar reversing chart losses of the recent months and can't trust the euro the yen and the pound gain less than one and a half percent against the greenback but analysts warn emerging market currencies remain pretty risky local regulators are likely to intervene and halt currency appreciation to help exports. european leaders on monday have managed to marry growth and austerity at their first summit this year twenty five out of twenty seven nations agreed to a strict budget discipline but britain and the czech republic refused to sign the document that imposes sanctions on the budget rules some analysts hope the move brings europe a step closer to a fiscal union but also from the to be capitals as the new rules will be pretty hard to follow. i think there's two implications naturally not all countries will

be able to adapt and be within the within the limits and the never really wever star pain penalties and would prefer to to get out of the euro so there's was not to meet as many countries using this current solution which is a secluded great for europe trade and the second thing is it will gradually see more rifts between the european nations and maybe all together who. will become a currency for only the strongest will survive. and let's not check out the markets oil first it's gaining value us traders get the message that greece is closer to the final stage of its talks with bondholders that brings hope that the european crisis might soon be resolved which in turn increases the alpha type for risk this hour w g i's at around ninety nine and a half dollars a barrel brant is that more than one hundred eleven dollars. an hour into equities european indices started the trading session higher after on monday the e.u.

leaders agreed to boost fiscal integration german unemployment data is being released this hour both the footsie and the dax are at more than one percent. and here in moscow the markets are on a positive note tracking the upbeat sentiment in asia and now in europe the r.t.s. is up more than one of the how for sound while the my six is gaining around want to see. and the biggest movers on the my sex is very bank is higher on ease concerns about the euro debt crisis energy majors are also higher with rosneft almost one percent in the block and russia's biggest drugstore chain thirty six point six is among the top gainers that's in the news that it plans to open a drug discount chain to boost sales. stronger while is pushing the russian currency higher against the dollar however the ruble is still lower to the euro.

the dollar's also lower against the european currency as some progress has been made in talks with the greets greek bond holders that i already mentioned. russia's economic expansion is losing steam the g.d.p. rose four point two percent last year that's according to a mid january estimate by prime minister vladimir putin the final figure is coming out later on tuesday while the retail sales grew last year amid wage increases industrial production growth was cut in half to four percent as the euro crisis type the demand for exports. sam will open more than one thousand branded quarters and russia's top mobile phone retailer sets the south korean giant hopes the move will help boost its market share the company will spend from two to fifteen thousand dollars on setting up each corner. the number of such branded outlets within its chain grew to three thousand in the future last year some still

managed to grow its share to thirty six percent and that's compared to around forty percent held by its rival nokia a long streak of extremely cold weather is making the russian business shiver that conditions are causing logistical problems with icy roads destructing deliveries and cargo ships stuck in frozen rivers tourist destination managers are complaining that most potential visitors choose to have abroad moreover the freezing weather is changing the very nature of how people spend money over the past week online sales increased five percent according to a web giant mail dot are you the most frequently bought items are went to boots and snow tires surprising. and that's all the latest from the business desk i'll be back in about fifteen minutes.

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