the council will never approve bombing syria i guarantee it russia's foreign minister rules force against syria to settle the crisis there. never insisted return as. a condition of peace. in the syrian opposition has rejected a chance for talks with the country's president instead threatening. with a brutal and bloody end the. plans to expand the u.s. military presence in asia pacific threaten to backfire on the philippines as some in china call for sanctions against the. station more american troops. and this is first exposed as deep in divisions within the union despite most members agreeing to fiscal restraint that critics say is an affront to sovereignty

. top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow. a fierce battle is unfolding at the u.n. security council where discussion is underway on a new resolution on syria western and arab diplomats and launching a major offensive to overcome russia's strong opposition to a text calling for president assad to go it also doesn't rule out the use of foreign force. is monitoring developments in new york. the reality is that russia has maintained a position on syria in which it believes that both sides of the conflict need to come together in a dialogue and russia has said that it will not support any use of force into syria

on syria now according to the arab european draft resolution that's now being presented to the un security council it calls for a syrian president bashar al assad to step aside hand over his powers to his deputy while and national unity government is formed but most of it in at the end of this war ph resolution is is a paragraph that says that the security council can decide to review syria's implementation of the resolution within fifteen days and if the event in the event syria has not complied the security council adopt further measures we need to stress that that is words that can be interpreted in various different ways and that is something that russia china and other member members of the security council are very much against they don't want to see what happened in libya happened in syria the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says that russia has not and will never subscribe to

a campaign of organizing or overthrowing governments of other countries when you can. we never said retaining bashar al assad in power is a condition for crisis something that we should do something different it's not a part of russia's foreign policy to ask the leaders to step down regime change is not. the decision must be solely syrian only syrians groups of syrians must gather at the negotiating table and hammer and to deal with if the demand is for him to go and he doesn't then what's next calling the air force bombing we've seen that already on the security council will never approve this i guarantee it. as more details become available on this story we will keep our viewers updated. well the debate on syria at the u.n. most powerful body is shuttle to start at seven pm g.m.t. and we'll be bringing you the highlights of the meeting live right here on our t.v.

series opposition who have made a chilling pledge to the country's leader they have veld president bashar al assad and his family will be killed like libyan leader kohl could deathy saying he's lost the chance of a peaceful next it clashes between government forces and rebel fighters a raging on the outskirts of the capital and as sarah ferguson damascus reports the syrian conflict is beginning to resemble libya mark two. you've got a civil conflict on your hands is just seeming to ramp up evidence really by the violence has broken out for the past couple of days between the two sides now that is not being housed by the statement by one of the members of the main opposition body the syrian national council the mother had said that assad and his family would be killed like gadhafi now certainly does against a few of the fears on both sides really. going to be retaliation 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 neighborhood as really in. the for oh you're against people really that moderate middle ground now 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 this conflict is just getting bloodier and bloodier more and more violent. with the sounds of gunfire and celery. oh yeah there's a phrase 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 hit the syrian . the syrian case has developed and every side wants to push away the responsibility to another tossing the ball back and forth. in the last few days the

situation has become so unstable the fighting people willing to talk right now has proven disapproves of we've had tanks entering in firing and just enjoy a war we've had six people who've died we travel to the suburbs where some of the clashes have breaking those to try to get a clearer picture of what had been happening here in the last few days where. in one of damascus at the moment now we were traveling to a suburb called entire we thought it was a friday. but we just received a phone call telling us that it's not safe to travel at the moment with the situation 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 the job or using that creates 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 who 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. had taken to meet some members of the f.s.a. . begins and some other members join as well and has talked to people they know he's just been arrested changes in the atmosphere starts to feel so we leave 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 will be the un's briefing by the arab league having crowned to a halt. to hold reconciliation talks is not one to be simply dismissed as many have

already done they have do politically they have two political reasons for. feeding the conflict in syria i think they don't want they're not interested in the form nor are they interested in democracy or freedom was the government accepted the invitation received mixed reactions from the opposition. they size having taken in the past in calling for a syrian solution to a syrian problem that has 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. r.t. to nothingness. and to discuss the battle in an over syria with me now is on the risk of an expert on middle east affairs serve

a diplomatic showdown at the un with western and arab nations trying to persuade russia to back wrist controversial resolution what do you expect to come out of this meeting. well i think that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov made it very clear because basically what he was saying in those statements which we heard is that the u.n. security council will not become a body for regime change and now previously what we had seen is that for example during the bush administration military force was being used for the sake of regime change in libya for example we saw in nato now when it comes to syria i don't think you can either see unilateral american military action nor can you see military action of course when it comes to unilateral military action from the u.s. the u.s. now its military it is overextended the pentagon is the creasing it's its budget and also we have america focusing more and more on the chinese threat which leaves that less room to focus on on the other big issues. for the reason you won't see

any u.s. military action and when it comes to libya a repeat of nato military action syria has a lot more different than the libyan case because syria has very important allies most notably iran and here in lebanon a little on the possible law and i think that syria's allies have made it very clear that they will not stand aside if the united tries to attack will try to bring about regime change so the only choice left for the enemies of the syrian the syrian regime is to go to the security council now even the security council it appears that they don't have a lot of hope because of the veto power and the clear russian the stance of course the russian stance was very logical as well because it said that you know a very clearly the security council is not for a change those who decide on changing the regime are the syrian people themselves and we saw on the streets of damascus how how much support bashar assad actually has so i do expect that in the security council the enemies of the syrian leader or

the enemies of the syrian leadership also won't be able to achieve their aspirations or to fulfill their aspirations so in the end i think what we are heading towards i think we're heading towards. people look taking into consideration into consideration the russian proposal of power sharing with bashar assad staying in power really so you think negotiations are actually possible clearly russia pushing for that very concerned that foreign intervention could lead to more disastrous results there you think that negotiations could happen. yes i do i do think that negotiations could happen because in the end that is the only ending result and i think you also have to realize that this is more of a broader regional package after all what is this whole issue about syria what's it about previously if you recall when obama first came into power for example there was a policy of the morning with syria you know communicating communicating with syria

and some of america's allies like the french president nicolas sarkozy paid more than one visit to syria the i am then was to decouple syria from the resistance axis and particularly from iran you know by communication by dialogue by incentives when syria made it clear that it would not be decoupled from the resistance axis and from the iranian led axis there now we have this new approach of trying to decouple syria by changing its regime by changing its regime in this way asserted by taking that into consideration i think the solution to syria will come more as part of a broader regional solution for example when the u.s. and iran reach some kind of draw a grand bargain when there was some kind of a midway an agreement reached between the u.s. and iran if that is possible then i think you'll see a whole all in agreement great regarding syria so when we speak about the syrian foil you can speak of it as a separate issue from the broader region i think you have to speak about it as an issue related to iran to hezbollah more broader issues ok despite all the pressures

and the intentions from foreign countries we are seeing this this rebellion against the regime coming from the syrian people and the opposition and selves are saying they could or they'd like to see that demise or be inflicted on a sad in the way that we saw get deathy dying now do you think that now we're seeing them surrounding the syrian capital that actually the assad regime really is vulnerable now in this way that we saw gadhafi fall. no no i can't i can see that the syrian regime is not vulnerable now the syrian regime is obviously in order and not in a comfortable position position yes but you have to remember as well that in the damascus countryside on the outskirts of damascus the army was able to push back the rebels all the other fighters whatever you want to call them so it has achieved success in addition to the fact that we have all seen the huge protests which have taken place and damascus. have been to let it be

a very recently one of the port cities in syria and also over there what you hear from many people as of shops many other people and what they only one would you hear is how some media some arab media is playing a role of incitement against the regime so when you go into syria you know the situation is a lot different yes there are some opponents of bashar assad but he still does have the considerable popularity and that considerable popularity i think is what will keep him in power and incidentally what keeps him very yes go ahead just just very briefly i've got a lot of time but just put it in perspective we talked about a lot of pressure from the west and the u.s. but of course we all sing a lot of pressure from arab countries who are pushing for a sad to go out of course insisting the security council gets involved how significant is it that we are seeing those arab countries with that intention. you know they are these arab countries when you speak about these are countries in europe because saudi arabia and qatar i mean these are the main two countries in addition to one arab country which is turkey these countries are very much against

any iranian what they perceive to be here a nixie expansion or the expansion of shia influence iranian led access and in syria falls within this perspective within the context of the saudi behavior all the qatari behavior his convoy took put a stop to this through what they perceived to be expansionist policies we all know that the saudi regime really really views issues in a sectarian manner and so the war it's waging against syria believe that it perceives it to be part of the war which is that which it's waging against iran and incidentally on the issue which you just mentioned i have heard information that some arab countries in the persian gulf are paying a sum of one hundred fifty million dollars per week to the syrian fighters to those who are of the syrian regime which tells you to what extent they're willing to go but i think that there are basically i'm not fortunately is based on sectarianism and anti iranian policy or approach interesting thoughts i thank you very much for joining us live here on r.t. on the risk an expert on middle east affairs. a u.s.

plan to increase its military presence in the philippines is causing uproar china's state run daily said manila should be made to pay for creating tension and 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 misty return to asia refocusing its military and security deployment in the middle east in asia pacific targeting china in iran as the primary security concerns now at the regional level the philippines also see that their recent changes in the regional politics particularly in taiwan where mr martin to you and to call 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 already not to stairs tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china asking and urging the chinese government to top up for a tough position towards the philippines however i think the chinese government should be a bit more careful about these internal demand so i think the philippines is all doing that to try to get the best interest from from this china and u.s. relations. r.t. live here in moscow still to come this hour deadline in d.c. u.s. occupiers refuse to move despite threats of a victualling and arrest. the purpose of this was to unite us in this space so if

they want to arrest one of us they after arrest all of us visible message of opposition and defiance of protesters camped out in two national parks. still to come free but first leaders at their first summit of twenty twelve were all smiles but the existing tensions were clear to see there was another war of words between the french president and u.k. prime minister over whose industry is larger and poland set to join the eurozone demanded a greater say in decision making it was at least one decision made however with twenty five of the twenty seven e.u. nations agreeing to a german fiscal rule that would limit the size of nation spending they also agreed to set up a permanent bailout fund for struggling members who have never felt the all through 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 seats it's of course very big problem for the european union to keep up the unity it's always

a question of national preference. 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. fearful way. and in about ten minutes from now max kaiser and stacey herbert take a swipe at those they say orchestrated the financial mess. that

tore a 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 zombie debtors who never escape and clown bankers who never have to pay dead zombies and clowns 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. because a report just over ten minutes from now 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 there were still preparing to resist with officers standing at the ready nearby and as artie's liz was explains occupiers remain united in their beliefs. so

we are here ad macpherson square where protesters have been occupying the park since october throughout the demonstration about one hundred tents have been pitched here the national park service has repeatedly slapped these notices on tents here at macpherson square informing protestors 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 and noticed warns protesters that violate the rule are subject to arrest and it's basically a symbol of opposition. to you know what everything this movie 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 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 recession 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 you have to rest all of us are not us and washington. so forget we've also got the

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inherited absolute power from the deposed president hosni mubarak is a missed parties are expected to win majority control of the upper house of parliament and already hold the majority of seats in the lower house. so for the remaining fifteen passengers still missing from the stricken costa concordia cruise ship has been called off italian officials say it was too dangerous for rescue workers the search is already been suspended several times due to poor weather and choppy water seventeen bodies have been recovered from the concordia since it ran aground off the. early this month. brings up to date for the moment with the summer of new stories about six minutes from now in the meantime the business news is next with dmitri. welcome to business artsy 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 the brazilian reale have are performed currencies from major developed nations sentiment is supported by rising risk appetite of the e.u. leaders signed up for a strict discipline monday summit however speaking jacobson from saxo bank believes the positive mood will not last long. the central banks continue to print money so much that they're 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 chief said knocked back warnings from iran that the e.u.'s decision to impose an embargo will

lead to skyrocketing oil prices the organization thinks a fair price for a barrel of bread should be about one hundred dollars david gallo global director of oil industry research as plots 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've talked to in the market don't expect oil to get anywhere near hundred fifty anytime soon 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 the ear now so the market is

positioning itself so withstand the supply shock so much so it might be oversupply the short term a lot of watchers are concerned that the price of all my fall rather than rise it may be a case of being a little bit overprepared here for what might come to pass. now second look at tao russia's markets and they choose day session and they was on a positive note would be authenticating more than two percent of my section one point two percent secular the main movers on the my six those were financial shares was back again one point four percent loss and half was up point four percent of the close despite high oil prices weaker than the market and russia's biggest a drugstore chain thirty six point six in the money game is that's on news accounts to open a truck discount chain to boost sales. rather nice and will soon become the controlling shareholder of russia's biggest carmaker after the car owners have agreed to buy the twenty five percent stake currently held by investment bank troika dialog the cost of the deal which is expected to be completed next month has not been revealed

and the estimated to be worth one billion dollars this will give read over fifty percent of the group the other major shareholder is the russian state which owns twenty five percent holding company of course to tell them. all right coming up next on i would say the headlines do stay with us. thanks. to a. huge

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