intelligence service and health for of course have met with president assad and with syrian political elite and according to the foreign minister president assad says that he is ready for dialogue with the opposition with russia being the mediator now this stephen was made to right after the meeting in damascus earlier on tuesday by russia's foreign minister and we've already had a reaction from the syrian opposition specifically from a senior member of the syrian national council george summer who says that russia has strong enough time as would the syrian people and it's being the mediator actually may be quite effective still quite a positive reply there now the foreign minister sergei lavrov has also stressed once again that both sides of this conflict must put their weapons down immediately our approach is based on a clear and simple goal to stop civilian deaths the region needs peace syria needs peace it is clear that efforts to end the violence need to go along with the start

of a meaningful dialogue between all political sides today we've received confirmation from the syrian president of his readiness to participate in that process we will continue to work with various opposition groups but anyone who has more influence on them than russia should also work with them but that's another issue discussed at the meeting was the new constitution of syria currently still being prepared and according to the foreign minister. of president assad says that the time of the nationwide referendum on this constitution is going to be announced in the nearest future and the important thing about that document is that it's supposed to cancel the political monopoly of the ruling party now all this comes amid a major diplomatic standoff between russia and china on one side and the west on the other side with the west pushing for tougher. again syria and regime change in

the country and russia standing for peaceful dialogue between both sides of the conflict now just to tell you a bit more about how the russian delegation was greeted there in damascus today truly a spectacular scene as the convoy you with the foreign minister and the head of the foreign intelligence service was the going from the airport to the president's palace in damascus it was greeted by thousands really thousands of people with flags with syrian flag so russian flags and chinese flags and many were chanting thank you russia and thank you china actually after that i spoke with some of the members of the delegation and they said at first they thought they just caught them they were caught in the middle of a nationwide holiday so spectacular this scene was just so really a massive crowd of people there were so many of them at some point the convoy even

had to stop all together the earlier i spoke with russia's ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin he says the international community should make every effort to solve the syrian crisis through dialogue in order to avoid more bloodshed. every conflict. needs to be resolved the su negotiations that there are two ways really in my view one is a frontal attack against the regime something which i'm afraid the has been happening lately including from some international important international players the advocates of regime change they have been trying to. resolve the crisis through from doubling the government in the moscow sound the this would mean bloodshed and civil conflict and. conflict which will be spreading beyond the borders of syria but the other the more rational way the only way which the international community should be supporting. trying to put the parties to the table to bring

them to the table and to arrange a dialogue among them in order to find a political solution with all for the bloodshed speaking of the bloodshed activists in syria say there has been a surge in government assaults on the city of homes where most the opposition is based since russia and china blocked the resolution demanding the army stop the violence the opposition say hundreds of people have died in what they are calling the army's massacre do you think that moscow could be blamed for that could that be the blood on russia and china's hands. well some are certainly trying to do so but you know the latest round of military confrontation in syria started a couple of days before that resolution draft resolution was put to vote and the reason i'm here i'm trying not trying to justify anybody but simply trying to be analytical is that as the monitoring mission of that i believe was there and that as the situation was evolving everybody saw that the government troops were pulling out of certain towns or certain quarters and in cities that territory was taken

over by armed rebel groups and that would mean that the the armed confrontation will continue and escalate and that was the reason for which were brought our amendments to the text of the draft resolution which would not only require the government to pull out its forces from from the cities but would also would also require the opposition forces to show restraint and not to exercise their military coup out taking advantage of some withdrawals by the government and that was in fact the key issue over which our efforts to have a consensus on a solution of the security council failed. gulf arab states along with spain france italy and the netherlands withdrew their ambassadors from syria saying the government has failed to end the bloodshed that decision was made just as foreign minister lavrov was visiting damascus gulf nations also said they were expelling syrian on boys from their countries as a protest against the regime the u.k.

also recalled its ambassador from damascus monday and the u.s. has closed its embassy there president of the arab wars association. thinks the moves coinciding with russia stepping up its diplomatic efforts show the west has little interest in a peaceful resolution to the conflict. this is very clearly an attempt by the west to thwart any effort of settlement because i don't think the western powers whether it's the u.k. u.s. france or the europeans and certainly the countries the gulf countries really playing according to the rules that are being laid down to them by the americans they are the people who are trying to pull of any possibility we've seen this before. and you rather when the west in the opposition and i mean. anybody who wanted to have a dialogue with the government regardless of whether they were told not they went

accused of being. stooges of the government or their agents of the government well they are not the path between now and this is that they are doing now at the present moment i think in terms of the opposition in syria and i fear that this is really why of the russians are trying to get the opposition to talk to the government because that's the only way you can resolve the problem i think they will stop those people from even the opposition from discussing with the government sitting with them and this is really where they've done the same thing in libya where civilian and peaceful protest where converted into an armed conflict so that it gives the pretext for the west to intervene. diplomatic battles in the u.n. have morphed into diplomatic scandals with the media accused of blowing some issues out of proportion in one instance some news agencies made much of us wobble between the russians he went on a boy and a representative of katara ahead of the un vote on the syrian resolution and over

to our web site to learn of what the russian diplomat said when asked by r t if you really threaten to eliminate the story that never happened in made to measure media headlines that are to be done. public anger again spilling onto the streets of athens where thousands of anti-us staring protesters gathered in front of the parliament police use tear gas to disperse crowds trying to break through a cordon around the building this is greek trade unions hold a nationwide general strike in response to a new wave of fifteen thousand job cuts it's one of the concessions the greek government's already made to appease international creditors but the long delayed agreement on the debt bailout terms still failed to materialize and talks will continue into wednesday he's desperately needs one hundred thirty billion euros from international creditors to avoid default in march investment advisor patrick young says e.u. politicians are beginning to realize that a euro exit scenario has become

a very likely outcome of the deadlock. one way the european union is certainly adopted the politics of the insane because after decades of ignoring these sorts of things they suddenly realize that actually all greeks government figures are a complete nutter fiction that the greek economy is based upon the complete not true disorganization world to at least nobody has any incentive to pay their taxes etc the problem is for the greeks themselves if you're in northern germany you don't see why your local swimming who should be closed on it in order to pay for things that are happening right now in greece and that's why very interesting it should happen today we've got the deputy chairman of the deputy commissioner of the european commission mrs cruz now the crew she's from hold she's one of the few. commissioners he really has a huge how little on the political mood and she dropped something today she dropped a bombshell she said we'd like to keep you in the euro but you know while we don't have to keep you in the euro that's incredible it's

a seismic move finally in brussels it is being talked to by perhaps it's being whispered or more than shy to but the truth is the european union has finally realized that greece is not going to manage to reform itself or doesn't seem to want to and ultimately that's why we're on the brink and those people who are striking god love them i'm sorry for them but they're losing money out of their pay packets but there is no way that this farce can continue we're greece can be bailed out by the rest of the world that's the simple truth of the economics of the matter unfortunately. as the e.u. debt burden shows no sign of letting up it's been twenty years or exactly since the european union treaty was signed max kaiser and stacy herbert check out the e's record after two decades in existence the full program coming up next hour here's a peek. their opportunity was last year to have a coup d'etat and get it happened and they could have been put in a populist government and they could've saved themselves but they failed to do that

so it's finished for them ireland similarly is toast no hope for them whatsoever portugal under the bus spain no italy they have twenty five hundred tons of gold if they can hold onto it they're in good shape but i suspect that the current government will sell that italy's gold deal with the i.m.f. because they're totally corrupt and this leaves only germany if at the end of the day. after decades of drilling russian scientists in antarctica have uncovered a rare natural wonder an ancient lake buried thousand or thousands of feet of ice or he's shawn thomas toward the frozen continent a year ago and explains what this discovery could mean. vostok research base in antarctica it is the coldest place on earth and the deepest drilling location on the continent the main research was to drill the great your eyes as big as possible

to get these tiny bubbles off they are a force preserved for about. four hundred thousand years at a certain point researchers made a new discovery lake vostok team of russian scientists have drilled more than two miles into the ice and have reached the surface of the sub lake itself excited about the possibility of discovering life while the drilling project that leg is exciting for scientists and promising in terms of finding a new life form here on earth there are some who are thought of the project should continue in fact they say it could even be bolder through humans there are some words that we will bring up some microbes that are really harmful. to the human being which is from the biological point of view it is some kind of the harsh conditions that make working in vostok difficult now scientists have a limited window of opportunity to conduct their research for the season with the

arvin we have mana sent for self this is the coldest water we're stretched at as minus eighty nine celsius at the end of february beginning of march temperatures begin to drop drop drop at these temperatures the planes can't fly anymore and that is it. now that the drilling task is complete the race is on to find the new discovery of ancient life on our planet in antarctica sean thomas r.t. . you can explore all the stories we're covering in death on our website where we've got much more in store for you a click away moving this occupy the classroom a new course set to examine the worldwide protest movement kicks off at a us university plus. toyed taboo iran's government banning the sale of simpson's dolls and the country's shop following an all out war with barbie to discover their crimes but are to dot com. former head of britain's m i six

spy agency sir mark allen is being sued by a pair of dissident libyans he allegedly helped capture and sent her a torture under gadhafi in two thousand and four investigation to claims they may have uncovered several other backroom deals between the u.k. and the colonel's fall and regime better has more from london. abducted imprisoned and tortured for six years all thanks to british government held those are the claims of two former gadhafi detainees who say they were captured by m i six flown to libya in two thousand and four abdul hakim is now libya's military commander along with sami al saadi he was part of the libyan islamic fighting group this suing a former british spy chief for complicity in the torture to me the most damaging aspect is that the just how much the british were involved in even just two cases of sending senior people back to libya and then the potential damages how much they

knew about the nature of gadhafi regime and how he and his officials were tortured prisoners that were that should have been obvious documents found in tripoli by human rights watch seemingly expose britain's key role in the libyans rendition we've been m i six counterterrorism chief says mark allen pulling the strings he allegedly writes in one letter sent to get daffy spy chief moose. i congratulate you on the safe arrival of our last a geek mr hard this was the least we could do for you and for libya the papers show the cia seized bangkok thanks to an m i six tipoff al saadi was supposedly snatched by the m i six in hong kong both men were sent straight to libya and the notorious abu salim prison where they say they were tortured there are statements from u.k. authorities. that they are. they do not wish torture to happen.

in the context of death. those sorts of statements that. everyone would know that there was an extremely high risk indeed or less certainty that these individuals will and tortured but by that point the british government's love in with good daffy had already begun turning him from their sport to darling and it wasn't just good daffy you reap the rewards mark allen was britain's negotiator in what was a two way deal it was in this exclusive london clubs to mark owen said to have met . his intelligence chief the alleged occasion a top secret dinner to celebrate the end of negotiations libya gets a seat at the international table in return for scrapping its weapons program and giving britain a lucrative oil contract one worth fifteen billion pounds went to b.p. in two thousand and four the same company allan had just joined there even

allegations the controversial release of lockerbie bomber mcgraw he was part of the same shady deal to find them well and refuses to comment on the claims against him he m i six hasn't denied complicity in torture but the government saying all actions had its approval a long standing get out clause but maybe not now the secrets out so we know that ministers in the past were sounding off on the sort of facts of complicity that those ministers themselves should face criminal prosecution in the civil case against markel and could be just the tip of the iceberg of what went on behind the scenes between britain and get daffy police have launched a criminal investigation to see just how far up the tree complicity may have gone either bennett party london. some other stories making headlines across the globe the president of the maldives mohamed nasheed has resigned amid a police mutiny following weeks of popular protest. the crisis came to

a head when authorities offered security officers to remove the barriers between government and opposition supporters protesting close to each other the leader had earlier come under fire for arresting the chief judge of the criminal court accusing him of being loyal to the country's former president nasheed swept to power in two thousand a pledge to bring more democracy to the island state. factory in eastern pakistan collapsed after gas cylinders exploded inside rescue workers are struggling to reach dozens of people trapped under the debris a day after the incident the number of dead currently stands at eighteen though there are reports that rescuers have told several survivors from the rubble authorities say the factory was built illegally and shut down three times but each time unlawfully reopened. up next artie's interview with former israeli ambassador to discuss his position that the position the country occupies on today's worldwide political stage stay with us.

where have his radio. who recently resigned from the government on grounds of principle he said he could no longer serve in a government whose policies he did not agree with ambassador thank you very much for joining us here in our team you resigned after more than thirteen years of service what was the final score when you. arrived. to greet the stuff of the foreign minister ministry of foreign and the bad

news for him was. he desires peace needs to be careful. and i thought that was very telling. of the psyche that. exists behind his political. and i thought i could be. a minister with this kind of statement is it a statement supported by the majority of israelis i think we israelis yes we. we grew up. with you that. we need to be on a little. more most israelis live a life that is quite. and you can of the environment here in the u.s. or in europe which to. and you will find these quite. easily integrating

into society into requirements in place and so on so it's not. the regimented society of my childhood. a little old time it's at any given point in time but it is true that israelis are not naive and they believe that we can survive here in the middle east. only if we are ready to fight when you are resigned to the same to message to all the staff of the foreign ministry explaining the resignation what was the reaction and what is the general mood like among israeli public servants concerning the policies that will have to differ and i have no illusions some of us. are frustrated by my letter. because it is outside of the code of conduct that you just drop out

because you don't like the message the messenger has no view over the message that it is because of conduct and it's quite legitimate to think in that way how many messengers agree with the message and how many don't in the foreign ministry in my view. large majority don't care there are professionals and whatever message comes for them to deliver they will do. a solid minority ministry that is politically motivated to promote. an. image. rather. hawkish. position government. is pursuing. i think we do also have the lefties. leftovers from the

past but i think a minority your last overseas posting was as ambassador to south africa what's your experience in south africa she seems as far as the persuasion is on its content. i think that israel is. in a danger zone to slide. by default. into. many stations of apartheid if we don't take it and i'm afraid we don't take it and there's going to contain in the united states as far as israeli policies on iran and palestine does how deep is the rest between the united states and israel or is it merely a lover's quarrel i'm surprised to realize how deep the americans care for israel is when he comes to have the conversation the political conversation in the us. i also can see how. the aftermath of the war in iraq

and enough guns. and the american fatigue of the middle east. could work badly for the image is present in the u.s. in the political discourse in the us and in the context of american interests god forbid that the u.s. will be more reluctant. to reach out for israel because our predicament now is like a result of a policy pursued by this kind of government in a way that i think is tragically wrong. that we lean to the american congress a single source of strength in our diplomatic fabric and that is a very dangerous. in the region considering that in the aftermath of the arab

spring the middle east has become more radicalized i don't think israel is looking for i think looking for. partners. of convenience. one is jordan who survive ability in the way in the form we know it the kingdom. so we entertain. a lot of common interests. and as long as it doesn't pose a threat to us i think israel is taking a very careful. and turkey. foreign policy towards. emerging. in the mediterranean and. thank you very much for joining us here on our.

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twelve thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headline. political issues it is clear that efforts to end violence must be accompanied by a dialogue between all political forces syria's president confirmed that he is ready for such work and syria's opposition signals it welcomes russia's mediating efforts in trying to bring them and the government to the negotiating table this after president assad assured russia's foreign minister of his readiness to talk to all political sides and on the series new constitution will soon be put to a vote. as russia steps up diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis in syria major european and gulf states were called their ambassadors from damascus. greek standoff clashes in the streets of athens as protesters voice an anger at the

massive new job cuts while coalition members struggled to agree on more austerity measures to secure our vital second bailout. up next a special report from bali sun so paradise where poverty is rife and so-called beach cowboys cash in on female sex tourists stay with us that report coming up. probably slept with a lot of women from america. canada austria did not marry here. and we're going to. respond you know but i'm just but i still struggle. it has. no real ranch is seeded to among three. it is not anything in. value.