that's true the security council will never approve bombing syria i guarantee it russia's foreign minister rules use of force against syria to settle the crisis there but says moscow never insisted retaining the current assad regime was a condition for peace. and the syrian opposition has rejected a chance for talks with the country's president instead of threatening be a sad family with a brutal and bloody end. plans to expand the u.s. military presence in asia pacific threaten to backfire in the philippines some in china call for sanctions against the island nation for offering to station american troops. and this is first exposes deepening divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to fiscal destructions that critics say is an affront to

sovereignty and democracy our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is. syria's opposition have made a chilling pledge to the country's leader they have president bashar assad and his family will be killed like libyan leader colonel gadhafi saying he's lost the chance of a peaceful exit fierce battles between government forces and rebel fighters a raging on the outskirts of the capital and it's off the sarah ferguson damascus reports the syrian conflict is beginning to resemble libya marketing. they're seeing an increasingly civil conflict evidence treaty by the violence has broken out for the past couple of days. like the others not being housed by the statement

by one of the members of the main opposition bodies a syrian national council. head said that aside and his family would be killed like gadhafi now certainly does going to fuel the fears of a base so it's really. going to be with ideation and revenge attacks coming in this teacher and certainly that is a genuine fear amongst the people here you're seeing a very polarized country right now and the dividing lines are really being too on you know here in the united has really said you're either for or against and people believe that moderate middle ground is being squeezed all the time and very concerning because the dialogue just seemed to being completely overshadowed by this very very strong aggressive rhetoric with the u.n. a meeting members of the arab league to discuss a draft resolution on syria still that talks skanks call for president assad to hound his deputy the problem is the measures that are described in the draft is to

leave the door open for military intervention and that's something the russians remain firmly against the continuing calls of a dialogue between both sides we can hear now from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov responding to criticisms on russia's stance when you're going to. we never said retaining bashar al assad in power is a condition for crisis sentiment we should something different it's not a part of russia's foreign policy to ask leaders to step down regime change is not our job to decision must be solely syrian only syrians all groups of syrians must gather at the goose eating table and hammer out a deal with you or if the demand is for him to go and he doesn't then what's next we're calling the air force by. we've seen that already and the security council will never approve this but i guarantee it. is going to be very interesting to see

how this develops because it watch how the opposition have responded how they feel they have increasing backing from the west this conflict is just getting bloodier and bloody and more and more violent. with the stones of gunfire and artillery. oh yeah i was afraid tests from the streets and the increasingly loud an email international opinions britain needs to lead the way in making sure we tighten the sanctions the travel bans the asset freezes on on syria can be hard to hear the syrians. 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 the finding people willing to talk right now has 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 when one of damascus at the moment now we were traveling. we thought it was a slightly safer area to visit but we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel there at the moment the situation is so volatile to show you really that you simply don't know what's going on in these areas even the people who are living in these areas don't really have full grasp of the situation at the moment we make it into the suburbs of job or using backwards 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 someone was shot dead during the funeral and we had to go and hide from the security forces. after it had taken to meet some

members of the f.s.a. the begins and some other members joined as well and those took turns to people they know just being arrested in the changes and the atmosphere starts to feel hostile so. such uncertainty right now it seems mistrust is rife. it seems. 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 u.n. briefing by the arab league having ground to a halt. to hold reconciliation talks is not one to be simply dismissed. many have already done they have do political aims they have two political reasons for. the poor for feeding the complicated in syria i think they don't want them 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 action it's just going to keep getting louder cerf r.t. enough is. concerning constituent from the foreign affairs committee in russia's state duma says the syrian opposition is being told by the west the regime is doomed and there is no need to negotiate. i believe that we all have had a unique chance to get together by arranging political consultations to moscow this initiative was rejected yesterday by their position and the. reason they have the

gear was look there are no prospects to speak out of this regime because this regime is out of question. why because messages coming to syria from abroad from washington from brussels from elsewhere has have all this build this regime does not have a future you don't need to talk to them this is the wrong message shown by the message they have undermined for political consultations in moscow or elsewhere and this is how we will continue to see clashes in syria we will see blood we will see a casualty this week timms unfortunately it will continue to happen not to due to the russian position but due to the position very you know that there are very very unfair position taken by the united states and their allies and we've been asking what you think about the situation in syria where the peace is still plausible vote on the poll on our website r.t. dot com so far almost happy believe a peaceful agreement is impossible because the west is determined to control syria

a little over a third think such a possibility exists thanks to russia's determination to avert a libyan star scenario forty percent agree outside support for the rebels makes war inevitable and deepen already we can see that on screen the moment believe the syrian government will defend itself no matter what's. the u.s. plan to increase its military presence in the philippines is causing up brought china's state run daily said manila should be made to pay for creating tension endangering regional security america will also boost its presence in the asia pacific region by putting more of its forces in australia and singapore a strategy seemingly aimed at constraining beijing's growing power. at the international level the philippines know that the u.s. is stepping missed the 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

the recent changes in the regional politics particularly in taiwan where mr martin to and to call restriction was successful we heard 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 air i for there cannot particular security concern the us is having in the asia pacific region i have all i did notice there's tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china asking 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 so i think the philippines is all

doing that through trying to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations. well still to come here and r.t. this deadline in d.c. u.s. occupiers refuse to move despite threats of the victualling and the rest of. the purpose of this was to unite in this space so if they want to rest one of us they have to rest all of us. a visible message of opposition and defiance from protesters camped out in two national parks. classes london prepares to welcome the world to them to get us to ensure safety seem to be falling short of the gold standard. those stories still to come but first e.u. leaders at their first summit of twenty twelve were all smiles but the existing tensions were clear to see there's another war of words between the french president and u.k. prime minister over who is industry is larger and potent set to join the euro zone demanded a greater say in decision making and was at least one decision made however with

twenty five of the twenty seven e.u. nations agreeing to a german fiscal rule that could limit the size of nations spending it was agreed to set up a permanent bailout fund for struggling members you have done over the author of the end of the euro says there's a lack of solidarity in the e.u. and some leaders are pursuing their own political interests within it. it's of course a very big problem for the european union to keep up the unity it's always a question of national preference to. coming into kalash or at least into some kind of coalition with each other and for example 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 french presidential election race but 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 upon in a very i should a see here full way and later today max kaiser and stacy herbert take a swipe at those they say orchestrated the e.u. financial mess. be debt or be 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 again and clown bankers who never have to pay dead zombies and clones yet wherever there is a zombie debt or you can be sure there's a zombie creditor and as zombie central bank are feeding them all.

ok by protesters have stood up to the authorities in washington d.c. refusing to remove their camps from two pollacks despite threats of police action activists there was still prepared to resist with officers standing at the ready nearby. wall explains occupiers 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 but 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 movie is opposing right now and so i think the tents are really important part of what you buy but police presence was sparse with no reported arrests they stand mostly on the sidelines refusing to answer questions from the media no one 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 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 and 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 clear now the purpose of this was to unite us in this space so if they want to rest one of us after rest all of us are not about us and washington. to forget we've also got the world covered for you on our website. time and his at the moment no idea. just disappeared into thin air. springfield. five hundredth episode of the simpsons when you can catch it. on our website.

warships. britain is not gearing up for war but from london summer olympics preparations are calling in all corners of the nation's defenses but as reports many fear the measures will pose serious risks to 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 their lympics 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 like a city where we have store all this equipment in the name of national security and then when the other bits are over we keep using it personally very very serious risk to the privacy that might not be adequately protected and 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 anchored 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 shy of

fifty thousand the budgets ballooned by a 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 fears the olympic village will be a siege city but with such a massive security operation the plan the limb pick legacy of international friendship may not be the one that's actually left. after bennett r t london. and some other world news in brief before dmitri joins us with the business news overnight air raids by american drones in southern yemen have killed fifteen suspected al-qaeda militants the target was an insurgent base in an area taken from the government following the el sting of former president ali abdullah saleh the country's been locked in months of political turmoil and violence which saw its embattled leader step down last month and head to the u.s. for medical treatment. and you clear watchdog three day visit to iran to monitor

the country's nuclear facilities and tuesday despite an offer from tehran to prolong the mission u.s. lawmakers say they intend to impose more sanctions on iran even before the inspectors publish their findings tensions have been running high between the islamic republic and the west amid accusations that terrans nuclear program is not peaceful. the search for the remaining fifteen passengers still missing from the stricken costa concordia cruise ship has been called off italian officials say the effort was too dangerous for rescue workers the search and already been suspended several times due to poor weather and choppy waters seventeen bodies have been recovered from the concordia since it ran aground off the island of giglio earlier this month. recap of our top stories with people god is only just a few minutes away from now but as promised business news is next with dmitri.

thank you emerging market currencies are seeing the best start of the year since the turn of the century the russian ruble along with the mexican past seven the brazilian reale have outperformed currencies from the major development developed nations sentiment is supported by a rising risk appetite of the e.u. leaders signed up for a strict budget discipline at monday's summit however seem jacobson from site survey believes the positive mood will not last long. but the central banks continue to print money so much that they are actually running out of paper to printed on if you look at the easy be they have been expanding their balance sheet since july first by thirty eight percent in terms of currency strength and risk appetite has become a game of continuing to for all the credit she added what is extensively a solvency issue these little bit like pretending that you can treat a patient who is ill by giving them more fear and create a diagnosis of why the patient is sick but of course

a patient will improve short term and this is what's going on with the risk appetite and that's what's going on with the currency market the chiefs have knocked back warnings from iran that the decision to impose an embargo will lead to skyrocketing oil prices the organization thinks a fair price for a barrel of branch should be about one hundred dollars david global director of research as plants says the worry is not so much crude prices will hit one hundred fifty dollars a barrel but that they'll actually for. most of the people we talked to in the market don't expect oil to get anywhere near hundred fifty anytime soon i in fact the concern is really rather that oil will fall below that saudi arabia which of course has the greatest reserves of oil it can bring to market in the event of a disruption has made constant assurances that it's going to be able to fill any gap left by the iranians even if they attempt to close down the strait of hormuz which looks increasingly unlikely as the weeks go by right now there appears to be plenty of supply available in the event of a disruption of course there's

a lot of stock to hand as well a lot of countries have been busily stockpiling crude oil and they've been well aware of potential structure for the better part of a year now so the market is positioning itself to withstand the supply shock so much so it might be oversupplied the short term a lot of watchers are concerned that the price of all my fall rather than rise in may be a case of being a little bit overprepared here for what might come to pass. or as they're going to be a markets at this hour with parents ease and the dollar is slightly lower versus the european currency as some progress has been made in talks with the greek bond holders strong that while it was pushing russia's a ruble by twenty five copecks a stronger versus both the greenback and the year. boyle is still gaining value as traitors get the message that greece is close to the final stage of its tools with bondholders that brings hope to the e.u. prices might soon be a result which in turn increases the risk appetite now this hour we're seeing is

light sweet now below one hundred dollars a barrel is still up one dollar ten cents and brant is at hundred eleven dollars seventy eight cents per barrel. u.s. stocks on the negative slightly this out within a half a percent so with the main the concerns raised by u.s. consumer confidence retreating in january on the worries about income prospects. in europe the markets that will soon be using most of this be up by just well thought of a percent that's off the you need is a. read on monday evening to boost the school integration germany's unemployment data came out also today unpleasantly surprising to masters of fell to the lowest level since the creation of euro zone all the same sophistic rose to a record high for the eurozone as a whole now this hour as i mentioned for you in the backdrop just point three percent well we saw them up more than one percent so just an hour ago. this is the closing picture in moscow of the r.t.s. and my sax managed to maintain gains at the close up to two percent of the r.t.s.

my six one point two percent was the stronger ruble now financial shares were strong with her bank in the lead up pulled around one point two percent growth snapped up by just point four percent despite strong world prices and russia's biggest drugstore chain thirty six point six is among the top gains of more than two percent so that's on news of plans to open a drug discount chain to boost. russia's economic expansion is losing steam g.d.p. rose four point two percent last year according to a mid january by prime minister putin the final figure is actually just come out and it's a four point three percent while retail sales grew last year made a wage increases industrial production growth cut in half to four percent as the euro crisis tighten the demand for exports. read only son will soon become the controlling shareholder of russia's biggest carmaker after vows that co-owners have

agreed to buy the twenty five percent stake currently held by investment banks like a dialogue the cost of the deal which is expected to be completed next month has not been revealed the analysts estimated that the one billion dollars this will give read only seven fifty percent of a group the other major shareholder is the russian state which owns twenty five percent holding company of all stick all of. your stories of north korea have banned transactions with foreign currencies inside the country they say this was the last will of the late leader kim jung il citizens are being forced to exchange their foreign currencies to the north korean one experts say this could provide chaos in the country's markets where the chinese yuan is preferred by many merchants. all right in a few minutes bill will be back with the headlines and i'll be back in fifty five minutes i'm up there.

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