syria still reeling from escalating outbreaks of violence as it's widespread to new york where u.n. security council members seem unlikely to reach consensus on the young rest. occupy d.c. protesters dig their heels in as they wait for a police crackdown after the deadline to leave their camp said by city authorities passes. and 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 the show of force. and in the business bulletin i'm urging market currencies have been outperforming both the year on the dollar so part of this year should we expect this rally to continue my doubt in about twenty minutes.

one pm of the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie welcome to the program the dust has still not settled in the suburbs of damascus which in recent days has seen some of the fiercest fighting claiming scores of lives as the end restaurants high of moscow has offered itself as a stage for dialogue between the regime and the opposition who are currently rejecting talks with president bashar asad but as r.t. as sarah firth reports there are concerns outside players determined to throw fueling the fire are behind their refusal. with the stones and. tests from the streets and the increasingly loud annie wrist 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 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 the squeezing to schools. we've had tanks entering in firing and just 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 travelling. but we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel. with the situation. to show you really. 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

suburbs 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. are 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 in the changes and the. this starts to feel hostile so. such uncertainty right now it seems mistrust is rife. it seems not 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 to halt. the whole reconciliation talks is not one to be simply dismissed as many have already done they have do political. 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 surf.

is. the idea of the syrian opposition dancing to the foreign drums as shared by john r. bradley author of the book after the arab spring is has 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 us agree to something as a prelude to invading iran saudi arabia at least financially and politically back to back the. 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 they know that if they support a u.n. resolution that even ostensibly is aimed only at 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 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's peace plan artie's marine port now has or people. 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 the 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 apt 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 calm 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. e.u. nations agreed to a new treaty making it a sanctionable crime to abuse differences while the czech republic joins 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. 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 a local authorities to remove camping equipment from the city squares but artie's a liz wall discovered 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 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 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 that 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 or with what 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 head over the statue here at macpherson car it's all a demonstration to the anticipated even action by park oh yes this is our tents are 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 and corporations banks no longer have control over political systems the federal government and the political leaders and 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 rest one of us the after rest all of us are not us and washington. liz wall. the mayor of oakland california has called on the nationwide occupy movement to disown the local protesters after the weekend's demonstrations there they were met by a strong police reaction was tear gas grenades and hundreds of arrests activists robert wolf 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 sticking 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 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. anti-corporate movements ause who are in the world are also facing tough action and not only from the police a london basically runs his car through a group of demonstrators as the police stand by and watch you can find a full story from our london correspondent at r.t. dot com.

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 day called on beijing to enact economic sanctions against manila after it invited in u.s. troops in reaction to an escalating territorial dispute well to discuss this latest development let's now cross live to pay the interest of all on political research or at the institute of southeast asian studies thanks very much indeed for being with us here in the program so having invited u.s. forces money is now urging china to accept philippine dominance in the disputed territory so how's it going to go down with beijing you think. cause a complication you know in the least and cheap between defeat the u.s. and china i think there has to be no move on the part of the u.s. to. use. beans and. some sort of opposition.

but what it would be you know. this could be about to strengthen me between the philippines and the us i think the cost impact on china is role in the region. well yeah also an interesting fact that these territories or the territories that are in question are also said to have vast oil reserves so there is more than just a question of reputation there for beijing is there. you would you say can you repeat again yes absolutely well the whole situation i mean the situation of the territories there are in question also have vast oil reserves so i mean. this issue is not just a question of reputation for beijing there what do you think. i think yes the. issue of the u.s.

reengagement we saw you say sure we saw. support intervention in the south china sea issue is very important for a force for the chinese government the chinese government has perceives. you as part of. serving national interest so i. expect or anticipate some sort of rest from beijing in the next couple of weeks perhaps we might see something coming out of beijing in regard to the philippines but i just want to to bring up the issue of you know this must not lead to. political conflicts you know in the region because there are the oven used. major powers can sit down and talk about it especially true. what you said a while ago that there might be a strong response to this but how do you actually see america's military presence affecting this region and why of what's going on now. sure i

think partly for us to come back we idea of reengaging with especially true. the us has claimed that this is about to maintain the freedom of navigation and this is partly the interest of the us but i think if we look deeper this is not only about. to defend and navigation this is about two cultural balance the rise of china and when you talk about the rise of china this is not about economic rise but it's also about the rise of military capability of china so i think the u.s. has been watching these developments inside china is very very closely and one way the u.s. can play an impact important role is to come back to beast region to strengthening to strengthen the treat i think not only with the philippine perhaps maybe with singapore and also thailand in basically try to reduce the impact. of china this

region what would your political landscape given the situation there is are shaping to a very interesting forum there but we also know that singapore has also been a long time proponent of a stronger u.s. military presence in asia here and tell us why very briefly if possible. i think it is no doubt as singapore has already crossed with the us and singapore has always perceived us as some sort of defender of national regional or security and peace and i think singapore has also been aware of the growing influence you know military and economic influence of china so that's why i think maybe singapore as a tiny stay in my field more controversial to have for the u.s. in the region especially as i said earlier in trying to alleviate. the impact of china in this region and you have to understand that east is constantly breaking

out in the south china sea that would definitely cause an impact on the strait of malacca and we have to stand all saw that singapore see it right at the you know at this particular strategy the location where you know the south china sea meet with the strait of malacca and that would cause an impact on a national interest of singapore that's why the singapore has an interest in involving the u.s. in this you know a power game. thanks very much indeed for your thoughts on the program sir that was probably in touch of our lead researcher for political and strategic affairs at the institute of southeast asian studies. now don't hesitate to log on to our website r t dot com it's the best place to look for the latest updates comments and videos here's some of what's there for you right now. so-called healing pyramids attract russians hoping to improve their health but skeptics dismiss the structures as fraudulent falls iowa is designed only to help people part with their money.

and the pentagon's money management proves to be far from efficient as one hundred million dollars one stored in saddam hussein's palace disappears into thin air. britain's preparing for the greatest show on earth and taking the possibility of a terrorist attack seriously a london summer olympic preparations are calling on all corners of the nations to fans but as our reports such measures may not only turn the capital into a siege city but simply prove to be an effective. 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 the largest part of the olympic legacy was a surveillance legacy where we had stalled a sequence in the name of national security and then when the other bits are over we keep using it person 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 could 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. after bennett london. and the latest e.u. afeard to save the euro underway in brussels is off to a characteristic start with leaders of france and britain arguing over which of them has more industry exchange came as a too often at loggerheads locked to downplay disagreements and mutual distrust the

incident however wasn't isolated poland said to join the euro zone demand a greater say in decision making spanish in turn argued against excessive hysterically while everyone pressed the greeks to complete their talks with its creditors there was one result however was that twenty five of the twenty seven either nations agreeing to german fiscal rule that would limit deficits and a new bailout fund martin callanan and repeat from the u.k. conservative 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. the loss that's being imposed. you could argue that that's effectively a default anyway what is clear to me is the code. is sustainable but you know a member of the part of the eurozone. we can give our opinions but you know we did not join the euro in the first place we are against the euro

being created. many pitfalls that there would be along the way looks like finding out the hard way. seventeen countries economic policies into one currency zone. operating different economic policy. while watch the full version of that interview here on our next hour and now to get more from the world of finance let's cross to our business desk. it's twenty five minutes past one pm here and while screen watching business on r.t.e. emerging market currencies are seeing the best start of the year since the turn of the century as global appetite for risk increases the russian ruble along with mexican peso and brazilian ryall have outperformed currencies from major developed

nations the euro is also enjoying a bounce back of the summit agreement monday to enforce a balanced budget by a new treaty and i'm now joined by stephen jacobson from saxo bank to talk more about what's happening in the currency market thanks for joining us so it looks like finally there are some signs of recovery in the euro zone or at least there's some hope of the resolution to the european debt crisis and perhaps some signs of recovery in the states so does that mean that the risk for the appetite for risk is increasing and the emerging market currencies are growing a what's happening there i think people are confused seeing what is really going on with the reality the reality is that we have seen the federal reserve the u.s. indicating last week that it will print excessively amount of money we have seen the easy be allowing the old the men making this for banks to being launched we

have yet another option next week so what we're seeing is that if you want to have a good stock tip for me it would be to buy a paper company because the central bank is so busy printing money that we potentially can run out of paper to printed on and that is really what's going on since july first last year the e.c.b. balance sheets that expanded by thirty eight percent the federal better balance sheet in the same paper was only one percent so what we've seen is a reversal of this because now all the sudden with the forecast for the year from seed we seeing that people are getting concerned about the dollars again so you all very good start to the emerging market is more a factor of the fact is more result of the. act that looks like the both the euro and the dollar will be engaging again in printing or money which is always the solution from policymakers also last night in brussels if you have a debt problem you create more debt to solve it and you forget that if you have to solve the issue you need to take a loss but apparently politicians are not very good at taking losses and they are very good at printing money so from what you're saying it sounds like the currency

markets is a dangerous place to be really essentially but if you wanted to stay in the currency markets do you think which currency do you think is going to perform this year well from a personal view and in my portfolio i have a fifty fifty split encourage you between the u.s. dollar and scandinavian currencies diskin encouraged because they are in the europe but have their own currency so they're not part of the seventeen so i think that's the best thing you can have these days being part of your of with all the advantages for not being part of the euro itself i think actually sweden and norway could become the new switzerland signally in terms of the u.s. dollar my bullishness on the dollar is not based on the fact that it will not print because they will but it'll be based on a fact that the u.s. economy is far better prepared to deal with the debt crisis and if the leveraging of banks because the u.s. corporation takes seventy percent of their funding from. the bond market they're not from buying that whereas in europe and in russia we almost exclusively take all our funding from from banks banks are having problems i.e.

there will not be enough funding for them to go to and then the u.s. has cheap money so they'll be the comparative advantage of the dollar well thank you very much unfortunately that's all we have time for this hour and that was steve steen jacobsen from saxo bank with us here in the studio and that's all we have time for in the sedition of business will be back in about fifteen minutes.

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