right. from the studio. starts on t.v. don't. you seeking to impose tougher economic sanctions on syria's government after failing to boost pressure on president assad through a u.n. draft resolution blocked by russia and china. russia's foreign minister called western reaction to the veto indecent and hysterical ahead of a visit to damascus aimed at finding a political solution to the ongoing crisis. ensuring greater political involvement for the people through the internet prime minister putin laying out plans to upgrade russian democracy a day after massive anti-government rallies sweeping russia. and pressure on all fronts the greek coalition government deadlocked over adopting new austerity

measures needed to secure a second bailout while the e.u. says the time for a deal for athens is running at. ten am in moscow on or ten pm rather in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on our team our top story the e.u. and u.s. want to further toughen sanctions on syria in a bid to crank up pressure on the country's ruling regime the decision came after russia and china vetoed the latest u.n. draft resolution on syria moscow and beijing say the wording took sides in the conflict isn't solely blame the government for violence without mentioning armed extremist groups in syria opposition leaders claim at least fifty people were killed in the wave of a fresh attacks by the army on the city of homes the government denies the assault and amateur footage showing the alleged shelling can't be independently. or

a fight as artists are for of reports an absence of credibility in video evidence from the country raises the questions as to exactly what's going on there just a warning you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. video and social networking sites have for the past ten months been one of the activists he means is offering the world glimpses of the violence that's torn three syria activists glued supports how we got the brick through and we've just seen pictures which the b.b.c. called verify to say many differing numbers and reports getting to the bull some of what's really going on is a major challenge even from inside the country. oh everybody thinks. you're right the way. ahead is the u.n. security council showdown this weekend and the violence in syria seemed to reach fever pitch with activists reporting

a massacre in homs that was all of the headlines and watched with horror by people worldwide initially the death toll that night was put over two hundred you see there could be as many as two hundred just in the last hour or two that was later significantly downgraded strict access policies they have made it difficult for many foreign networks to get their correspondents into the country to collect evidence at the end of last year i leveled this criticism at the foreign minister's spokesman we've never banned the media by the way. because of the objectivity we've been filtering you how can you justify for instance you on the people relying on you tube and broadcasting one side even though or even on you tube you have also atrocity committed by the elements it's true that to a large extent mainstream coverage is the phrase government can't because the. this

graphic video appears to show every. being hanged with the clear picture of exactly what's happening in syria right now it's hard to know what the western allies that the un basing their sessions which is not really about genuine human rights and democracy this is all about regime change dissatisfied with the wedding at the resolution especially in china v tahj the latest proposal many felt it contained disturbing a case of libya pressuring china believes the do or a pin for foreign military intervention as the conflict between the two sides escalates the crisis in syria is becoming increasingly internationalized with a miss is in place slim a bold to try and put an end to the violence the going to have to be very careful not to make the same mistakes made in libya seems to be backing one so i. mean looking. indecent and

hysterical that's a russia's foreign minister characterized criticism by some western countries of the russia china double veto sergey lavrov spoke ahead of his upcoming visit to damascus where he's scheduled to meet with the country's authorities tuesday or he's peter all over has made. this was continuing on from that the system by china and russia to veto the recent un resolution on syria from moscow said he laughed it off saying that russia had asked the un security council to delay the vote for several days in order to allow mr lovett off to complete his trip to damascus now they were that request were turned down by the u.n. security council heading to damascus on tuesday bearing with him a message from president commute premed get every message that's believed to request the assad government make strong democratic changes in the country now the foreign ministry very unhappy about this the russian government very unhappy in fact going as far as to call it disrespectful to allow the not allow the vote to be

delayed until. a level of completed that trip now. with regards to the comments that it be made from around the world following that decision by china and russia to veto the u.n. resolution with condemnation from the united states from france from great britain the foreign secretary in great britain going as far as to say that this meant there was blood on the hands of those that had vetoed it well so very unhappy about these comments he was speaking at a press conference alongside people here in a foreign minister he said that he was scathing in his response to those comments made from abroad some western comments on the outcome of the u.n. security council syrian resolution vote sounded decent and almost hysterical in this connection i recall the old saying that those who are angry are really right why these are still recall statements attempts are being made to blur what is

really happening in syria and what's really happening is that there are several sources of violence in syria not just one it seems that the resolution cool authors who rushed the vote despite the odds are more interested in simply finding somebody to blame drawing attention away from the armed group. that are receiving weapons and other kinds of encouragement from abroad but with regards to why russia vetoed that resolution over the weekend while russia's position on syria has always been the same they condemn both sides both the a side comment and the the opposition doesn't want them both sides to put down their weapons and come to the table for talks now as far as russia concerned the resolution was on the table only focused upon the government forces and didn't make any requests upon the the opposition to lay down their arms and as far as russia concerned that's not acceptable when it comes to un resolution on syria. john lackland political hours for me instead of democracy in cooperation says countries pushing for regime change in syria are also pursuing goals that lie beyond just

this middle eastern country but it's part of their general program of regime change across the middle east of course behind syria there is the far more important target of the wrong syria is one of iran's most important allies in the world and certainly in the middle east so we have a target syria targets iran as soon as the international community starts to get involved even even politically never mind by sitting in bombers or troops even politically as soon as it starts to get involved in the civil. situation of civil unrest of this kite then the tables are tipped in favor of the rebels in favor of the rebels in the country in question there too because those people think that they can rely on foreign support political or military and it weakens as it were the government position only strengthens them. back in the gates the government so

foreign intervention can make things worse because it distorts the natural mechanisms which exist in any country resulting in a conflict of this current. stay with us here on r t still ahead this hour a whistleblower nominated for the nobel peace prize a u.s. soldier accused of releasing secret files to wiki leaks now on the list of candidates for the prestigious award we'll talk with one of the people behind his nomination. but first with less than a month to go before russia's presidential ballot emotions are running high as the campaigns shift up a gear following a day of demonstrations across the country prime minister and presidential candidate lattimer putin continues laying out his electoral program this time it's more about web shape democracy with initiatives allowing people to suggest their own laws online is going off as. well the main idea of the sort of civil society in russia has grown and developed and become much more active most importantly compared to say ten years ago and what comes to the state well it's

a lagging behind at the moment people do want to be more active and have more influence on the political life and one of the mechanisms providing them with these opportunities is the internet and this is not only about the tens of thousands of people who now take to the streets for this or that rally is about millions of internet users in russia who over the past few years have become very active. stores of blogs and forums videos of all internet lures between political movements and all of them are going on on the web and the prime minister wants to see the role of the internet and its influence increase more user friendly government websites to provide proper basis for public discussion and not only on initiatives put forward by the state any person any internet user has to be able to put forward their own draft law and if the dean see one hundred thousand approval signatures from other users it has to be reviewed by the parliament the internet also gives

another opportunity to evaluate civil servants for example if locals are. district of any city are not satisfied with the way the head of the local police department or judge or even the principal of a local school they have to be able to voice their concerns on the web by the authorities so that the civil servants. let's move the web aside for a bit and focus on other initiatives like reintroducing the elections of local governors was initially put forward by the president supported by the prime minister now another initiative in this sphere is easing the rules for registering new political parties which should make way for more competition now this brings us to another problem of corruption the prime minister is proposing to increase the salaries of civil servants in exchange for their complete transparency and put together a list of the most corrupt jobs and it's in the ninety's many people wanted to become all the guards now there

a need for civil servants because these positions are often viewed as possibilities to make easy money and according to the prime minister. it's time for that to change as well. from play more on this and other stories that we're covering a click away at our t.v. dot com online right now the kremlin wants a more competitive approach to russian politics president medvedev saying the country needs a strong liberal party that would break the mold of our politics more highlights of what he had to say and plenty more at r.t. dot com. plus u.s. battleships carrying out military exercises off the country's east coast ahead of a deployment to the persian gulf it's thought to drill not depict a country resembling over on find out more at r.t. dot com. meanwhile barack obama orders new sanctions against the islamic republic hitting its central bank and giving us agencies the power to freeze assets linked to iran the move is part of an effort to pressure to iran over its controversial

nuclear ambitions also coming amid growing fears of a unilateral israeli strike on the country's atomic program israel's former head of intelligence tells r t that the country and western leaders are attempting to demonize iran to stoke panic and suspicion. the leadership believes that in order to arouse international public opinion in order to mount pressure upon the iranians it's necessary to impress upon the world at large public opinion the national public opinion this is a serious international threat and i believe that in this context probably the leadership here believes that using the word if the stench will rings a bell which also brings you back to the days gone by in the twentieth century the rise of nazi germany the world war two and of course the holocaust and the. apparitions these. pictures these experiences recalled in order to impress

upon the world that maximum pressure should be mounted on the run. the full interview coming your way in about fifteen minutes here on r.t. . the greek prime minister is struggling to get coalition party leaders to buy into harsh new international bailout terms the talks have now been postponed till tuesday but a massive fifteen thousand jobs cut has already been accepted this is pressure mounts on athens with the european commission spokesman saying the deadline has already passed the country must now accept even more painful cuts if it's to get a one hundred thirty billion euro second lifeline from international creditors if the deal falls through greece is expected to default by the end of march trevor evans a professor at the berlin school of economics and the law says austerity measures may only make the situation worse. but at the moment it's a very close play they're putting great pressure on greece to make these cuts

greece is having enormous political difficulties in making the cuts but furthermore if they do make these cuts it's just going to drive greece into an even deeper recession which means it will have even less money to meet its foreign debt repayments the only possibility of greece but also portugal or ireland repaying their debts he is if they get long term financing that means that they can begin to invest in projects that have a future based on skilled labor not on cutting wages and driving the country into a recession with ten years of euro massive imbalances built in europe germany built up a massive trade surplus of two hundred billion euro the countries of southern europe greece spain italy and portugal built up deficits of between one hundred fifty to two hundred billion euros failing to deal with those balances is that the root of the problem and that's the european union and mrs merkel and president sarkozy

address this problem they will not get to grips with the crisis. the name private bradley manning a u.s. soldier accused of passing classified material to whistle blowing web site wiki leaks has consistently made it into headlines mostly in connection with his trial but now is names on a different list that of more than two hundred nominees for the nobel peace prize brigitta yon's daughter a member of the isolated parliament from the parliamentary group a group called the movement which put forward meddings nomination told me earlier why she thinks he deserves to wait for the manning is on there because he's criminalize poor lonely whistle on war crimes it is not a criminal act to blow the whistle on war crimes or to blow the whistle on any crime and we feel that. now by these leaks for example the video kaleido murder. the wall. and. people that have.

put their may two who are in afghanistan in iraq through their governments need to know why this meeting going on there and by knowing what is going on there then we citizen can apply more pressure on our governments to be accountable for the crimes that have been put out in our names we do not. let the bradley manning case be because of his skin just treatment be the chorus of silencing all the people the courageous people who want to do their civic duty by reporting on crimes who are its state or military. taking a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe romania's prime minister has resigned to dissolve the government saying he wants to preserve social and economic stability in the country this follows weeks of protests over austerity measures introduced in two thousand and ten to secure financial aid from the e.u.

and i.m.f. the pm urged the country's politicians to bridge their divisions and vote in a new government as fast as possible. anders breivik the norwegian man who admitted killing seventy seven people last july he told the court he deserves a medal of honor for the murders the extremist also demanded his release survivors and relatives of his victims sat in on the last on the last preliminary hearing before his full trial starts in april three weeks said the attack was against traitors who he claims were embracing immigration to promote quote an islamic colonization of norway. palestine of two rival factions as long as hamas and secular fatah have reached a deal to form a joint interim government they've agreed it will be led by palestinian president mahmoud abbas before the general parliamentary and presidential elections to deal brokered by qatar is seen as a major step toward reconciliation between the opposing groups after more than four years of separate governments in the west bank and gaza israel's prime minister

slammed the agreement saying palestine has a bend in the way to peace. britain is celebrating sixty years since queen elizabeth the seconds a session to the throne but the jubilee year in the u.k. is also marked by preparations for a referendum on scotland's independence and the next hour peter lavelle and gets to be what happens if the people say yes to separation is coming away and cross talk. well look at the figures and i'm sure you i'm sure the viewers will be able to judge the figures from themselves they're publicly available but let's let's look at this issue the last five years it does mean that anyone makes up plus the u.k. only once in the last five years of an economic growth you know there's to be look i want to be lower in scotland than the u.k. average. those loose figures are going to be so mint ok gentlemen i'm going to put one of the reasons why so many gentlemen let me jump in here david i guess is the interlopers here ok this it looks like these two people should be together look at all of the different the.

filing in this news block russians make up nearly thirty percent of latvia's population and a referendum is being held with fishley recognise their native language in the baltic state latvia's laws prevent the official use of any language other than a lot of the policy has prevented russian speakers from finding work and resulted in the closure of several russian schools over the last decade artie's like they are chefs he explains why the vote could be a step towards restoring basic political rights. this professor of problem once everyone in his country to have equal rights that's why he had no second thoughts when the initiative of a referendum to make russian the country second state language came up. with the can't accept the policy of true true to my friends from the russian minority those who also voted for independence in one thousand nine to one we were shoulder to shoulder back then but now they're being treated like garbage new citizenship for them jobs here that's why i signed for the referendum ethnic russians make up

a third of the us population the idea of holding this referendum came after what they describe as ethnic discrimination had reached a critical point if radical nationalists initiated their own referendum to close russian schools in latvia they failed but it was a worryin coup that's why we gathered signatures for a language referendum to legally protect ourselves after we did the ruling nationalists when hysterical trying to jeopardize the votes in the minority points to a recent statement by the country's president but yes at the referendum means voting against. escalating state level discrimination the nationalist camp denounces all such accusations however they believe their vote carries a threat to the country's sovereignty and are sending a stern warning. these people to live in our territory after the collapse of the

u.s.s.r. we said you can live here under certain conditions but if they are trying to alter the foundations of our state then we will have to be tougher and make new wars. and some lothians have already started to act this lawyer told us you had numerous reports of people being blackmailed from taking part in the voting those who would not talk on camera afraid of sanctions. but some are already scared to go voting their. should we see a stamp in the passport and the two parties in a language referendum then he would immediately fire them like this russians hope that the referendum will help brussels notice their distress call and have a hard talk with the russian may become law to be a second state language only if at least seven hundred fifty thousand people vote for it organizers of the referendum say realistically there will be only half of that the result will be then deemed unconstitutional but may still become a major talking point. r.t.

reporting from reader in a lot of. business news max stay with us here on r.t. . closure is that so much i can. tell to censorship terminations and sovereignty this is what many scots say they want realistic is an independent scotland would appeal for. the close up team has been to the hub arabs creature for the country's mineral wealth starts its way across the ocean. now our chief goes to the area. once named dr lenin but looking to a different character to represent. the local businesses are striving to build the aviation capital of russia. for the four by fours are made and can be tested to the

limit. welcome to the screeching. russian close up on r.t. . booking to business russia's goes from has acknowledged that it temporarily reduced supplies to european customers at the end of last week deliveries to some countries were cut by ten percent this is due to high demand in russia caused by a unusually cold weather the energy giant says it's now made up the shortfall in supply to europe and is pushing production to the maximum maria below from the school energy center to develop sport markets for gas cools the shortages. the first. to be blamed. for cold weather and the global warming the second european commission and the europeans who for the last two or three years established the policy they don't want long term twangers they want

to have the support deliveries which crazed competitiveness and due to the fact now they have a lot of trading at least a lot of quite a few gas on this hops and gas according to the normal during the initial delivered the gas and. couldn't be blamed for this situation. so look at the stock markets in europe they recovered a little in the off name but remain down for the day concerns over the greek economy with the main drag will be in the seas on monday russian markets they had a late surge when the day flood let's take a look at some of the main movers on the mind six on monday. gazprom followed the overall market into the black in the last hour of trade precious metals producer groups on the rise the price of polymath all reached an all time high earlier today for the investors cashed those gains in the afternoon p.t.b. bank is down on news it will use its own profit to compensate the losses of

minority shareholders the government has ordered them and the boy back shares from over one hundred thousand investors who brought the stock in two thousand and seven to roughly double the current market price. gold was not a hefty gain on monday putting on almost eight percent that's on top of friday's fantastic thirty five percent rise with the company's capitalization reaching almost nine billion dollars and is mentioned a number of factors among them a possible merger with russian rival polymath so also the company is expected to buy back four percent of its stock from minority shareholders. that's the comparative profound economic change has some talking about the new world order who will be the winners and losers mark astrologer the head of a brazil based think tank the center for business diplomacy offers his verdict. but we're in the midst of a transition phase what are the elements in this transition phase that i think will shape the world's. very straight very strong state owned enterprises from brazil

russia india china a renewed innovative capacity in the u.s. in knowledge intensive sectors they will create new facebook's new google's new microsoft and that is going to be good for parts of the american economy it will also widen the gap between the nose and the know not just the haves and the have nots and i think we're going to also see a time of sacrifice in europe airfares going to have to have. those of dynamism being inserted into its economy otherwise it's going to be stalled for a number of years. that's the business news the headlines are next to on altie.

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