the security council will never approve bombing syria i guarantee it ruptures the foreign minister rules out use of force against syria to settle the crisis but says moscow never insisted that retaining the current assad regime was a condition for peace. that the syrian opposition has rejected a chance for talks with the country's president instead of threatening the assad family with a brutal and bloody and. plans to expand the u.s. military presence in asia pacific. far on the philippines something china called for sanctions against the island nation offering to station more american troops. this year's first e.u. summit exposes a deepening divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to school

restrictions that critics say is an affront to sovereignty and democracy. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow. syria's opposition has made a chilling pledge to the country's leader. president bashar al assad and his family will be killed like libyan leader colonel gadhafi saying he's lost the chance for a peaceful exit fierce battles between government forces and rebel fighters are raging on the outskirts of the capital and authorities sara for reports in damascus the syrian conflict is beginning to resemble libya mark two. it got

a civil conflict on your houses just seeming to ramp up all the tidal settlements like the ones that have been made by one of the a senior position figures in the syrian national council and not going to help the situation at all he said that the assad and his family would be killed in syria that they would be killed like it does say that they left no room for a peaceful solution now i mean that's going to be huge blow to the opposition remember the opposition in this country recently started this movement calling for a peaceful solution be seen over the ten months the calls for reform change the calls for the president to step down and now it's very common on the streets that many of these protesters to hear the protesters themselves calling for the president to be hanged say so i think you've got a very dangerous situation and you have the u.n. are going to be meeting with the arab league today they'll be briefed on what the arabic have been calling for they want the u.s. backing for that plan which is calling for the president to step down clearly

there's a very heavy push now for some form of intervention from certain countries i mean you've got all these to this current test that you think are really ends of faring with the what everyone was hoping would happen which is the ability to find a syrian solution to the syrian problem that russia of course has been calling right from the beginning for dialogue between the sides to try and bridge this gap we can hear now from the foreign minister sergey lavrov speaking about some of the criticisms of russia's stance on the situation when you are going to do a good we never said returning bashar al assad in power is a condition for crisis something that we should something different with it's not a part of russia's foreign policy to ask leaders to step down regime change is not our job the decision must be solely syrian only syrians groups of syrians must government to negotiate in tables and hammer out a deal with the girl if the demand is for him to go and he doesn't know what's next book. call in the air force bombing we've seen that already and the security

council will never approve this i guarantee it but it's very unfortunate recently that what we saying is that this moderate middle ground as it was as essentially being trampled on you've now got very very strong side certainly within the country does the sense that right now you're either for we were against this conflict is just getting bloodier and bloody and more removed violent. with the stance of gunfire and. oh yes 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 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 has presented the calls come on we've had tanks entering in firing and just enjoy or 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 when one of the stabbers of damascus at the moment now we were traveling to a suburb called in time we thought it was the right if they did but we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel there at the moment with the situation so volatile it goes to show you really they simply don't know what's going on in these areas even the people who are living in these areas they really have full grasp of 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 rosa. died under fire 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 all of. us who were taken to meet some members of the f.s.a. for the int he begins and some other members join as well and there's talk turns to people they know they have just been arrested in the changes and the atmosphere starts to feel hostile so. it's 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 now this is harmful to the cause of bringing peace to syria. everyone it seems is no waiting to see what if any outcome there will be at the un's briefings by the arab league having planned to halt. the whole reconciliation talks it's not want 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 that they're not interested in to 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 for 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. and a constant in cost from the foreign affairs committee in russia's state duma says the syrian opposition is being told by the west that the regime is doomed so

there's no need to negotiate. i believe that the whole have had a unique chance to get together by arranging political consultations and most of this initiative was rejected yesterday by their position and the. reason they have the look there are no prospects to speak for this regime because this regime is out of question they really why because messages coming to syria from abroad from washington from brussels from elsewhere has have always been this regime does not have a future you don't need to talk to them this is the wrong message and by that message they have undermined for political consultations and most or elsewhere and this is how we will continue to see clashes in syria we will see blood we will see casualties weak teams unfortunately will it will continue to happen not to due to the russian position but due to the position there you know that there are very very unfair position taken by the united states and their allies. and we have been

asking you what you think about the situation in syria and whether pieces at all plausible or you can vote on the poll on our worldwide web site right now r.t. dot com let's bring up the numbers here so far almost half of people leave a peaceful agreement isn't possible because the west is determined to control syria a little over a thing that such a possibility exists thanks to russia's determination to of bird a libyan style scenario thirteen percent agree outside support for the rebels makes war in evidence all of the minority believe the syrian government will defend itself no matter. a u.s. plan and to increase its military presence in the philippines is causing uproar china's state run daily said that manila should be made to pay for creating tension and in danger in regional security america will also boost its presence in the asia

pacific region by putting more of its forces in australia and singapore as a strategy seemingly aimed at constraining beijing's growing power. at the international level the philippines know that the u.s. is stepping this three 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 this recent changes in the regional politics particularly in taiwan where mr martin to you and to call restriction was successful we were elected there means beijing and taipei would have more stable relationship expression in terms of economic integration across the strait in the coming years and the footprints 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 airline for that kind of particular security concern the u.s. is having in the asia pacific region i have. tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china asking and urging the chinese government to top of very tough position to us 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 they're trying to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations. it's good to have you with us today you are watching are still to come for you deadline in d.c. u.s. occupiers refused to move despite threats of a picture of that and asked. the purpose of this was to unite in this base so if they want to arrest one of us they have to arrest all of us a visible message of opposition and defiance from protesters camped out in two

national parks. plus south london prepares to welcome the world it's a limb pick efforts to ensure safety seem to be falling short of the gold standard . e.u. leaders have the first summit of two thousand and twelve all smiles with the existing tensions were quite clear to see there was another war of words between the french president and the u.k. prime minister over whose industry is larger and poland set to join the eurozone demanded a greater say in decision making there was at least one decision made however with twenty five of the twenty seven e.u. nations agreeing to a german school rules that would limit the size of nations spending they also agree to set up a permanent bailout fund for struggling members are for more insight on the outcome of the e.u. summit i'm now joined by your home van overtveldt author of the end of the year i

thank you for coming on r.t. today you leaders have pledged to create jobs in the face of figures showing the eurozone ended two thousand and eleven with a record high unemployment how can they improve that and still introduce austerity . well one of the conclusions of the summit to be yesterday is that eighty billion euros are earmarked to four programs that will improve growth and jobs now eighty billion euros is zero point seven percent of the e.u. g.d.p. so this is really not very much. secondly when you want to improve growth and job creation possibilities it is more a question of each of the member countries adjusting its policies of cordingley and then we are talking about tax reform regulatory reform we're also talking about much more flexibility that is needed in the labor market so it's one thing to have

as an object the growth and more jobs it's quite another thing to come to the policies and again these are first of all measure no policies that need to be adjusted in order to come to some real results in terms of growth in jobs now i understand what you're saying there but let's talk about one major issue simply is is there still any unity in the european union for example france is introducing a tax on financial transactions so the u.k. store opportunity and offer to host french banks in response is there is no way they can pull together on this well it's of course very big problem for the european union to keep up the unity it's always a question of national preferences. coming into kalash or at least into some kind of coalition with each other and for example you mentioned france it's obvious that for president sarkozy the upcoming presidential elections are quite important

and he uses the european platform to a certain extent to try to get some score back on these opponents in that presidential election race but you're entirely right there certainly is at the moment a lack of unity at the european union level but also at the level of the eurozone countries where of course the dominance of germany is something that most of the other countries are looking. very very i should they say fearful way where as you as you imagine the dominance of germany here. many saying for many months now that germany has been has been shouldering so much of the cost and the burden of the of the struggling eurozone it was germany who put a put forward this idea that almost all the e.u. states agreed to this fiscal pact with tough debt rules and punishment for those who disobey but how democratic is this move for example where's the logic in fining

stations who are struggling with debt in the first place well indeed there is certainly what we call here a democratic deficit in this entire procedure and by the way it's not entirely clear when you read carefully the conclusions of the european summit of yesterday how the whole this issue will be regulated in the end and there is explicit reference to are all to be played by the european constitutional court or european justice. that is how that should be done and what exactly will be the powers of the european council is quite mature at the moment and a lot of other issues with respect to this fiscal compact are also still open is it really very biting and especially is it really automatically binding the question the answer to that question rather seems to be no now let's let's just go on here

to the longevity and the overall health of the eurozone i've heard some people refer to the eurozone financial crisis as if you have a bucket of water with a hole in it you patch up the hole you don't just pour more water into it what do you see is the future of the eurozone or can it continue at this rate i mean you look at the ongoing greek debt crisis that's a prime example of what looks like a cancerous problem on the body of the european neighborhood. i agree with that with that kind of analysis i think we are now changing from what i would call the acute phase of the crisis to the chronic phase of the crisis we really have a chronic crisis where a very important role since a few weeks is played by you in central banks they're creating money at a very rapid rate to make sure that the banks have enough funding and as of today the news came out that the second round of long term financing that the e.c.b.

will be make it will be making available to the banks in a few weeks time will even be much larger than the initial amount so probably the verdict is not yet out but probably this is a now and direct way in which the european central bank will be financing in dept of countries in problem this process can go on for a long time but the longer you go into this process the more risks you start to take and the more you may jeopardize. the stability of the european central bank and hence also the stability of the euro zone economy and all the people who are watching this closely are asking. will germany accept this wrote that this road is traveled by the european central bank or will there come a moment which can be weeks but which can also be many months ahead of us where the germans say this is enough we can go on in days there is there an idea about it say

that how much longer can germany agree to shoulder so much of the burden of the of the eurozone i must have i never thought i wish we had more time the author of the book the end of the year i thanks so much for coming on arts. occupy protesters have stood up to the authorities in washington d.c. refusing to remove their camps from two parks despite threats of police action activists though are still preparing to resist with officers standing at the ready nearby and as artie's lives while explains occupiers still remain united in their beliefs. 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 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 are tens can stay about their doors must remain open proving 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 or 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 park it's all in demonstrations of the anticipated a vixen 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 are not us and washington. liz wahl r.t. . right before we get to a business with dmitri first this was ground to air missiles and drones britain is not gearing up for war rather london's summer olympics preparations are calling on all corners of the nation's defenses but it's artes of a bennett reports many fear the measures will pose serious risks to your privacy.

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 there a limb pick anti terror tactics it'll 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 have stalled a sequence in the name of national security and then when the other bits are over we keep using it 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 give you an idea of 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 shy of fifty thousand but that still couldn't stop two fake bombs being sneaked in under the radar at the stadiums do. me runs not exactly great value for money london

organizers have tried to play down fears the olympic village will be a siege city but with such a massive security operation the planned a limb pick legacy of international friendship may not be the one that's actually left either bennett r.t. london. or mine of our top stories with me rory sushi just a few minutes away before that to maytree and a business. and welcome to business r.t.e. mark twain famously said buy land they're not making it any more well wise advice in uncertain economic times although what the great often thought about commercial property his diary does not relate price waterhouse coopers on the other hand thinks moscow is a good bet the order to says the capital has joined the club of the dozen european cities with the most interesting commercial real estate opportunities to discuss

the issue i'm joined by holder mueller real estate leader peter we see russia holger welcome welcome to the program thank you so much for being with us so why is moscow up and running. good afternoon dignity good to be here and i think in the research very interesting to see that moscow is just one place lower than they were just before but all their different reasons london and zurich the safe bets and in these difficult times people like to go there must go on the on the other side. is still rather cheap but international commerce. standards but there's a lot of potential and i think the risk is already it's you know it's lower than it was in the u.s. before and this was one of the main reasons that russia has made it up now in the top ten of european cities what are we exactly talking about we are talking about office space. but i think there is in general interest on all twelve of the state in sco but in this as in focus mainly on retail but but all other types

of interesting. well if you think about russia you think about the size of the country obviously there's no shortage of land over here doesn't that kind of limit the price rise but then that's one thing infrastructure is the other thing and then if you're working in moscow and then part of the numbers of this of course is not of real help for you so you need all the real estate's together close to moscow for this you need the infrastructure the still a lot to be done and the deaths limits. is limits the value of land and put a price before you just put in your. do you focus mainly on moscow as far as i understand what about the other cities in russia i think we see more interest in interest in galaxies in russia as well but is right now mainly limited to retail and here we see a lot of interest option all the big. russian and international retail changed conquering russia right now really and in hotels i don't see so much interest in offices in the russian regions at this point of time well over the past couple of

years we've seen a very high rates of growth in terms of real estate prices i mean it has been a good bet so far but there's obviously a ceiling at some point what do you think will be the drivers of the growth in the coming years i think. in moscow a lot will depend specially in moscow on the political situation we have seen in our report that there is. very high potential for development and the big question is will it be the chances to execute all this development which depends a lot on the moscow city government and the other is as i said the infrastructure needs where russia still has to do a lot and the main question if we don't have enough infrastructure and if we don't allow for enough development in moscow then we will see stronger rising prices if there's more coming prices should stabilize but i think they will always will be quite high because they're simply russia the center of the of the main

center and they were over the top a lot of real estate in moscow all right holder mueller head of real estate practice at pete obviously thank you so much thank you very much for this. and i'm afraid we don't have any time for formal business news but we will be back in fifty five minutes time to bring in updates would you join me if you get.

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