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 me 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 or approaches 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 sanctions against syria and regime change in. 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 with the foreign minister and the head of the foreign intelligence service was the going from the airport to the president's policies 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 store 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 altogether. earlier i spoke with russia's ambassador to the united

nations vitaly churkin who said 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 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 a doubling of the government in the mosque us on the this would mean bloodshed and civil conflict and. conflict which would 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. 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 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 that was in fact the key issue over which our efforts to have a consensus on a solution of the security council failed. arab gulf states along with spain france italy and the netherlands have withdrawn their ambassadors from syria saying the government there has failed to end the bloodshed that decisions were 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 you k.

recalled its ambassador from damascus monday to us closed its embassy there president of the arab wars association. thinks the moves coinciding with the russia stepping up its diplomatic efforts shows the west has little interest in a peaceful resolution. this is very clearly an attempt by the west to thwart any 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 up any possibility we've seen this before and. when the west must work in the opposition and i mean. anybody who wanted to have a dialogue with the government and regardless of whether they're well liked among they went accused of being. stooges of the government or their agents of the

government well they are not going to be to know and this is that they are 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. the diplomatic battles in the u.n. have morphed into diplomatic scandals with some media accused of blowing issues out of proportion in one case some news agencies have made much of a squabble between russia's u.n. envoy and a representative of her head of the u.n. vote on the syria resolution but on

a website what the russian diplomat said when asked by r t if he really threatened to eliminate potter a story that never happened in made to measure media headlines on our team dot com . public anger against spilling into the athens streets where thousands of anti-war stare and protesters gathered in front of parliament police used tear gas to disperse crowds trying to break through a cordon around the building this is a greek trade unions hold a nationwide general strike irresponsive to a new wave of fifteen thousand job cuts it's one of the concessions the greek government already made to appease international creditors but the long delayed agreement on debt belo terms still failed to materialize and talks will continue until wednesday greece desperately needs one hundred thirty billion euros from international creditors to avoid default and large investment advisor patrick young says the 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

a dog to the politics of the insane because after decades of ignoring these sorts of things they suddenly realized that actually all greeks thought government figures are complete not your fiction the greek economy is based upon the complete not true disorganization world complete 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 coup should be closed on 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 this is crucial now the crew she's from holland she's one of the few commissioners. he really has a huge how middle on the political mood and she dropped something today she dropped the 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 not while 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 pockets 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 after decades of drilling russian scientists and arctic uncovered a rare natural wonder an ancient lake of buried thousands of feet under the ice our history on tolerance toward the frozen continental a year ago and explains what this discovery could me. 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 deep as possible to get these tiny bubbles off they are which was preserved for about. four

hundred thousand years at a certain point researchers made a new discovery lake vostok a team of russian scientists have drilled more than two miles into the ice and have reached the surface of the subglacial lake itself excited about the possibility of discovering life while the drilling project is exciting for scientists and promising in terms of finding new life form here on earth there are some who are skeptical of the project should continue in fact they say it could even be bigger through humans there were some words that we will bring up some microbes that are really harmful. to human beings which is from the biological point of view 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 selves this is the coldest we're stretched it 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. . explore all the stories we cover in depth on our website where we've got much more in store for you including this occupy the classroom i do core set to examine the worldwide protest movement kicks off at a us university. and with iran's government bans the sale of simpson's dolls and the country's shop. following an all out war with barbie disco to discover their crimes but. the 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 settle for torture

under gadhafi in two thousand and four the investigation into claims may have uncovered several other backroom deals between the u.k. and the colonel's fallen regime archy's ivor bennett explains. 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 haq is now libya's military commander along with sami el saadi he was part of the libyan islamic fighting group they're suing a former british spy chief for complicity in their torture to me the most damaging aspect is 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 his 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 within m i six counterterrorism chief says mark allen pulling the strings he allegedly writes in one letter sent to get daffy spy chief moose's. i congratulate you on the safe arrival of. deep 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 saying. that they are. they do not wish torture to happen. in the context of good at. those sorts of statements that. everyone would know

that there was an extremely high risk indeed or less certainty that these individuals will be 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 alan had just joined 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 if t m i six hasn't denied complicity in torture with 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. 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 r.t. london. taking a lot of other stories making headlines from across the globe president of the maldives mohamed nasheed has resigned amid a police mutiny following weeks of popular protests. crisis drew to a head when the authorities ordered security officers to remove the barriers

between the 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 into power in two thousand and eight pledging to bring more democracy to the island state. a factory in eastern pakistan has 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 already pulled several survivors from the rubble authorities say the factory was built illegally and close three times but each time unlawfully reopened. next artie's interview with former israeli ambassador to discuss the position his country occupies in 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 who have not seen you resigned after more than thirty years of service what was the final score. by

going to greet the stuff of the foreign minister ministry of foreign and the bad news for him was. peace needs to be careful. and i thought it was very telling. of the psyche that. exists behind his political wit and i thought i could not. 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 on. the view that. we need to be on alert. any more most israelis live a life that is. and you can cut it out of the environment and planted it in the u.s.

or in europe western europe and you will find the israelis quite. easily integrating into society into requirements in place and so on so it's not. the regimented society of my childhood. all the time it's at any given point. 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 resigned to the same time 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 were 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. it's just government it is is pursuing. i think we do also have the lefties leftovers from the

past but i think the minority your last overseas posting was as ambassador to south africa what is your experience in south africa teaching as far as a christian nation is all is concerned. i think that israel is. in a danger zone to slide by default. into. money for stations of apartheid if we don't take it and i'm afraid we don't take it there's going to come pain in the united states as far as israeli policies on iran and palestine does how deep is the rift between the united states and israel or is it maybe another quote i'm surprised to realize how deep the americans care for israel is that it comes to the conversation the political conversation in

the us. i also can see how. the aftermath of the war in iraq and enough to understand. and the american city of the middle east. could work badly for the image is present in the us and the political discourse in the us and in the context of american interest god forbid that the us 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 and. that we lean to the american congress. a single source of strength in our diplomatic fabric and that is. very dangerous can involve

a lie on 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 israel is looking for. partners. of convenience. one is jordan. survivability in the way in the form we know it in my kingdom. so we entertain. a lot of common interests. consumed by its own revolution and as long as it doesn't pose a threat to us i think israel is taking a very careful. and turkey. a catastrophic foreign policy towards one of the emerging powers in the mediterranean and. thank you very much for joining us here on oxy.

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one thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines. 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 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 assures russia's foreign minister of his readiness to talk to all political sides and promise syria's new constitution will be put to a vote. as russia steps up diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis in syria major european and gulf powers recalled their ambassadors from damascus. greek standoff clashes on the streets of athens as protesters voice and anger and massive

new job cuts book coalition members struggle to agree on more austerity measures to secure all vital second bailout. kaiser report up next stay with us. for this is the kaiser report the currency wars are heating up around the world stacy manx there are so many super committees and super bodies that i thought we here should form one on the kaiser report which is why we have the same exact shirt on oh great michelle little name tags i. think you will all the super committees and super bodies there in the news super committee that runs america urges and to the zero bound demand.