the u.n. security council meets on syria is seeming to seek consensus rather than any armed action russia says of military intervention and sanctions against the country calling for dialogue between the opposition and their son regime. in syria clashes between government forces and rebel fighters continue on the outskirts of the copper so the opposition is rushing their sound family in with a brutal and bloody. and unemployment in the eurozone. the rate of the balance of the single currency topping ten percent just today so e.u. leaders pledged over a two billion euros to great jobs had at the summit of twenty.

alone welcome to our. main story now your own security council members amazing on a new draft resolution on syria have almost unanimously stated military intervention is not an option and called for dialogue between the opposition and the assad regime russia which has offered to host peace talks has warned against using the international body to intervene in the country's domestic affairs well she's merino port not small. the united states france britain could tar and all all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention in closed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push

for this draft resolution are also calling for a ceasefire in syria and also calling for a national dialogue between the government and opposition groups these steps these calls are calls that have been made by russia for the last few months draft resolution supported by the arab league and european countries does indicates that the security council can adopt further measures in fifteen days if the assad government does not comply with the text of the resolution and this has been a major sticking point between russia and western powers because russia has indicated on tuesday that it will veto a draft resolution on syria in which the tax calls for imposes any regime change and leaves a rhetorical door open for military intervention similar to what the world saw

transpire in libya no russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin did address the security council indicating that russia is clearly committed to finding a peaceful solution to the ongoing conflict in syria but it is a solution that has to involve the syrian people not a solution that is imposed by outside forces take a listen to what he had to say this unity prescribe radio disappears for. domestic political donations it's in the. we don't want the security council to pull and fall into the habit because once you start it is difficult to stop then you will start doing what needs to resign and you know what prime minister needs to step down this is really not the business of the security council moscow has proposed its own draft resolution on syria which calls for both parties

participating in the violence to come to the negotiating negotiating table and take part in a dialogue this is an invitation that russia recently made to representatives of the syrian government and opposition groups earlier this week to try to get them to come to moscow and participate in talks now the syrian ambassador to nations said that his country would never permit military intervention on its soil in the coming days the security council will be working to try to come to a consensus on the text of a resolution on syria but if the text remains as it's been presented calling for president bashar al assad to step down and leaving the door open for military intervention this is something that russia firmly will be opposed to. and. go the american future of freedom foundation i don't think group that we go home

and so would a final resolution on syria looks like the west will think he needs a new on motion for its own agenda in the region. that's the whole idea of these resolutions that their condition no matter how tightly they are constructed they will always be construed to do whatever the u.s. government the british government want to do well one thing's for certain this is a problem for the syrian people to resolve not for the u.s. government the british government the united nations this is a problem for the syrian people so obviously that the main thrust of u.s. foreign policy is regime change we've seen that time in common humanity and begins with sanctions those into embargoes blockades but ultimately the quest is to remove a recalcitrant dictatorship install a u.s. regime even if it happens to be a dictatorship so this is another classic example of where the u.s. is but in india other people's affairs when it really has no business doing so.

right now on our website i. think will be called the u.n. security council meeting on syria and so you saw a good majority fifty percent thing that you added simply being by the way as to how that is a loser that syria twenty five percent say it will end with a russia china block veto session of this found face and there will be agreement on a motion under the minority interest while found it will end with it continued u.s. efforts to overthrow the assad regime so please head to our website article called to cost you about it and also on our website a whistleblower in springfield and drew in a small engine makes it to that small screen in the final hundreds at the simpsons disco when you can catch it on air as our website.

moving on now unemployment in the eurozone has hit over ten percent the highest ever since the birth of the single currency figures released show a sixteen and a whole million people to work in these seventeen states a day also the e.u. summit in brussels placed eighty billion euro to create more jobs and you know one of the well it also of the end of the year or believes it's not enough. eighty billion euros is zero point seven percent of the e.u. g.d.p. so this is really not very much when you want to improve growth job creation possibilities it is more a question of each of the member countries i just think its policies accordingly and then we are talking about tax reform regulatory reform we are also talking about much more flexibility that is needed in the labor market so it's one thing to have as an object leave more growth and more jobs it's quite another thing to come

to the policies and again these are first of all measures or policies that need to be adjusted in order to come to some real result in terms of growth and jobs ok why protesters have stood up to the authorities in washington d.c. refusing to remove that counts from two parts despite threats of police action. still preparing to resist with officers standing at the ready nearby and as she is explaining occupies a range 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 macpherson square informing protesters that they can no longer camp out here that means they have to get rid of sleeping bags and any other material which allows them to live here protesters are

responding by painting that symbol on the notice which demonstrates the fact that they do not agree with this mandate there tends can stay about their doors must remain open proving no one is living in it the notice warns protesters that violate the rule are subject to arrest it's basically a symbol of opposition. to. you is 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 when or why but occupiers made their message loud and clear they are not giving up the fight here as you can see protesters have erected a massive shadow over the statue here at macpherson park it's all in demonstrations of 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 arrest one of us after arrest all of us or none of us and washington liz wall. well she was granted grows in person as no gearing up for london summer olympics preparations are calling on all corners of the nation's differences but as always either then it 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 will leave no hiding place the drones can make out to cause numberplate from heights of up to one kilometer privacy campaigners fear is the start of a slippery slope. i think our salute tragedy for britain the largest part of the olympic legacy was a surveillance legacy where we had stored a sequence of them with national security and then within a picture over we keep using it a spy in the skies been piloted before in britain by four police forces that 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 so it's all just shy of fifty thousand 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 london. and a look now at some other world news in prefigure this hour israeli prime minister may mean it. and yahoo has declared victory in retaining the leadership of his likud party according to initial results he won more than seventy percent of the vote over his alter nationalist rival netanyahu victory comes just hours after his government approved new incentives to entice small jewish settlers to move to new homes in the west bank that's despite such housing construction being because of the collapse of peace talks with palestinians. thousands of egyptians have flooded the streets and thrushes the parliamentary elections demanding foster the saloons demonstrators and the dissolution of the military council which in heritage

absolute power from the deposed president hosni mubarak its limits parties are expected to win majority control of the upper house of parliament and already hold the majority of seats in the last us. the u.n. nuclear watchdog three day visit to iran to monitor the country's nuclear facilities and choose date despite an offer from toronto for along the mission u.s. lawmakers say they intend to impose new sanctions on days that it will probably even before the i.a.e.a. inspectors publish their findings tensions have been running high between iran and the west and it accusations that to iran's nuclear program is not for peaceful purposes. a u.s. plan to increase its military presence in the philippines is causing off who china's state run daily said manila should be made to pay for creating tension and engaging in danger and rather regional security america would also boost its presence in the asia pacific region by putting all 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 the return to asia refocusing its military and security deployment in the middle east in asia pacific targeting china and iran as the primary security concerns now at the regional level the philippines also see that there's a reason changes in the regional politics particularly in taiwan where mr my into your 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 for that kind of particular security concern

that u.s. is having in the asia pacific region i have already not just there's tremendous pressure from the public opinion within china. urging the chinese government to top up for a tough position of towards the philippines however i think the chinese government should be a bit more. 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. talks to british parliament.

today were joined by more. conservative and he's also the new head of the european conservatives and a reformist group. thanks very much for joining us today the first question is the. president of the country over its controversial nuclear program statement minister david cameron along with. merkel and said that quote our message is clear we have no quarrel with people but the leadership has failed to restore international confidence in be exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program

now at what cost to the european union is this message being delivered. you have agreed that we don't go to buy any more oil from iran. reasonable. you know the. you know we have. twenty seven nations. you know we read. must get some assurances on the nuclear program it's unacceptable to the rest of the world for iran to acquire nuclear weapons but i will factor will these sanctions be right now you see india still buying oil from iran with gold and you have china could possibly just step in and buy the oil that the us and the e.u. don't want so how effective really will the sanctions be trees like india which of course. functioning democracies as well i'm sure other diplomatic pressure being

applied to them too to maybe get them on board with the with the regime as well you know we have to be united as a world to say to iran this is unacceptable you will not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons. we will leave no stone to terms of pursuing this policy and british petroleum or b.p. would be a british government as well as the e.u. have been lobbying u.s. lawmakers for an exception from another proposed new u.s. sanctions which seek to stop western companies from doing business with iran in particular this has to do with the shah denice project in azerbaijan iran has a ten percent stake in that while greece is now forced to find alternatives to almost one third of its oil imports from iraq even if it didn't want to to begin with and here you have the u.k. asking for an exception how can that be fair when we see if there is an exemption on this pipeline that you're referring to from us about ten percent owed by.

iranian state assets so it's not clear what the exact effect will be on that but at the same time you know as well as the sanctions on iran we also want to pursue. diversifying energy sources. for western europe this pipeline is a key part of that but it is rather hypocritical saying this is a message to iran there are going to be loopholes that we've accepted that there will be costs to to the west on implementing this policy on this it could well be that this is one of the costs we have to bear. not a majority. there was only ten percent of it is a key part of europe's attempt to diversify our energy sources and our energy base and i'm sure they will want to continue with this but further discussions will take place on exactly what happened to this particular project so basically what you're saying is ok to have sanctions against iran as long as it doesn't go against the goal of the e.u. to diversify its sources that would look like that that's the view that's being

taken but i think the detail the detail work a lot to be done on this you know none of the sanctions are taking effect. anyway let's talk about the this question has been long enough even at the recent press conference of the. journalists to get a straight answer of whether or not greece will default or exit from the euro so what do you think will there be a greece default or it can give you my opinion but i think they will default you know effectively. that's being imposed on the bondholders at the moment many could argue that that's effectively a default anyway. maybe your question is. control credit event. i don't know what is clear to me is the current debt. is unsustainable. in my view that will have to be reduced considerably one way of doing it would be for them to default. i did my view that it's probably the most effective way of

doing that at the same time helping to save the rest of the eurozone but you know i'm not a member of a country that part of the euro zone so euro zone. but that seems to me to be the way that we're heading. that we delay this process the difficulties of being told that the u.k. wants to have a say what. 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 you know you. seventeen countries economic policies into one currency zone . seventeen different economic policies well there are still some people who would argue that there are other solutions to this crisis one of which would be. another

would be further. funding mechanisms for countries that would germany. and germany has said no to all of these suggestions some would say that this behavior from germany is. what do you think you have considerable sympathy for the germans in this i would if i was a german politician i wouldn't. you know i don't see how. the solution to that crisis you know we need to. find new ways of. all of the time. you know this look at the fundamental democratic aspect of it you know. from german taxpayers to perceive the greeks having greater levels of public expenditure having better social benefits having early retirement right. the. german taxpayers to pay greece to do this is the fundamental problem with the eurozone that was never resolved that the creation of it so i have considerable sympathy for germany in this and i hope they will also continue to resist as well so the december. of

course produces. where does that. leaders have been consistently talking about different meetings to push this forward are you now optimistic about the future of. just asking myself what is the point of this you know what we're going to achieve it's going to solve eurozone crisis at the moment it might prevent the next crisis five years down the right if countries are persuaded to rein in. a fiscal deficit but you know this is going to take. to be implemented by. all the national parliaments of countries that used to sign up to it so this is going to provide a solution to a crisis that could explode in the next month or two is fanciful it's not going to happen this is not going to solve the current prices and what worries me about the whole thing is that it's distracting attention from the very real things that need

to be done to solve the current crisis we're engaging in this institution of navel gazing of rewriting treaties and agreeing new pact. instead of addressing the fundamental problem which is there's too much debt in europe and there is a competitiveness crisis in europe none of these issues are being addressed by this fiscal pact so i don't think it work and i think it's essentially pointless let's talk about the european stability mechanism. this is the funding facility which will be put into place in the target is to have five hundred billion euros that will be available for countries that may need it in the future and also the e.c.b. is asking for that amount to a trillion euros do you think that. will be a big enough to question any impact that a possible default or euro exit may have on other countries. if if spain or italy runs into trouble you know you could look. in those countries you

can see that if i was not necessarily picking up but this is a matter for the eurozone countries themselves to be essential fundamental structural problems in the in the euro zone. being seventeen different countries this is the difficulty with david cameron uses veto the. just because he failed to get guarantees to protect the interests of the u.k. particularly in the city of london and france is circulating its blueprint for proposal on a new. how big of a deal do you think this could become our position is that we will not accept a financial transactions tax or do you look. at any of it. because it's pointless to get it you know it won't three raise very much money it will just drive the institutions away to other jurisdictions like new york or singapore or geneva or something outside of the scope of this tax their electronic

transactions by their nature they can take place in many different locations across the world so we don't they can raise very much money we think will be bad for european business. we think it's unfairly targeted it will be paid by by pension fund by individual investors the big banks and others who are the targets of it will be clever enough to do that transactions elsewhere which would avoid the tax operate on a worldwide basis it will be will be completely ineffective so they are the new had a european. parliament you said that the agenda is striking a chord with the european people what is this. i think it's a realistic acceptance of the limits of european integration you know there's a lot of people are very keen to. make you know. hyperbole and statements about about european integration and the cause of european unity etc you

know you're seeing with the eurozone crisis the limits to the. we can make all the grand statements we like when it comes to putting. to deliver. maybe some european electricity that i was seeing the limits of national sovereignty being being exceeded many areas the importance of sticking to their fundamental national democratic principle which is the basic building block of the european union so what are the limits of european integration what point do you. think we've reached out there right now in fact my preference would be for some powers that are already in the european union to be devolved back to nation states. so i think we we're certainly fit a bit of integration. and in some respects gone too far and mr callahan thanks very much for sharing your views on the program which.

you know are sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm targeting welcome to the big picture.