sol george summer it was 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 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 the country and russia standing for peaceful dialogue between both sides of the conflict. europe is going off reporting now in the light of recent u.n. security council fallouts r.t. spoke to russia's ambassador to the body and he says that piling pressure on the us and regime gives in a lateral advantages to the rebels who are also to blame for inciting violence in syria. 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 am 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 every conflict. needs to be resolved through negotiations

there are two ways really in my view one is a frontal attack against the regime something which i'm afraid 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 frontally the toppling of the current government in the mosque but this is 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 a dialogue among them in order to find a political solution with all for the bloodshed. while russia made to mediation efforts in syria other nations sought to further isolate the arab country by withdrawing their ambassadors and mass among them are the gulf states along with

some european nations including britain france and italy the gulf nations also said they were expelling syrian elbow is in protest against the regime the us has closed its embassy there and washington has also said it's not going to our military gangs however adding that no option is off the table president of the arab lawyers association savage darva leads the move shows 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 other 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 explore any possibility we've seen this before in the. other when the west who are supporting the opposition i mean.

anybody who wanted to have a dialogue with the government regardless of whether they were like they were accused of being. stooges of the government or the agents of the government or they are not part of you to know that 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 though position 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 protests were converted and join the conflict so that it gives the pretext for the west to intervene. and still the ground and the program the greek economy goes on sale fresh glad you were up in athens as the

a sturdy ravaged public rallies against what they see as a fire sale of the nation's future. and froze to death a blinding cold as a brain in an icy grip of the country suffers its most of your winter and years with more than a hundred people dying over the last week. great sweeps britain after the european court of human rights ordered the release of. a solemn bin laden's right hand man in europe it's the latest in a string of judgments that have overruled domestic decisions reinforcing the opinion that it is interfering in matters it has nothing to do with and artie's laura smith reports patience with the e.u. is running thin. a silver in land with its own queen its own currency and its own parliament law was made by someone else this building houses what we in the u.k.

call list supremum courts but in practice it supremes in name only despite being the highest court in the land when it comes to human rights if you don't like the way your case is going to hurt you can take his abroad to france and decisions made in strasburg could rule any may taya the european court of human rights was set up after world war two to avoid the persecution of minorities by the state but now it's been derailed and it was never never anticipated of the second world war after the holocaust off the terrors perpetrated by certain tyrannical governments but the court now would be protecting the criminal and not the victims delays in control of a sea have the european courts in stroudsburg there's a backlog of up to eight years and when cases are decided judgment so often bizarre . in two thousand and ten the court decided to give prisoners the right to vote

after a petition by john hirst who spent much of his life behind bars after killing his landlady the u.k. is still refusing to implement the ruling makes me physically ill it would probably mean that the vote to anyone who is in prison aside it could also cost a fortune but the last time that we looked at this the cost of complying with judgments under the european convention of human rights was about two point one billion pounds a year that's three point three billion dollars plus another two point eight billion in a susi ated one off costs in other areas an immigration ruling means a convicted nigerian rapist gets to stay in the u.k. because of his right to a family life. and most recently the european court of human rights ruled hate preacher abu qatada dubbed bin lardons right hand man in europe can't be deported

back to jordan he's now g to be released on to the streets of britain this is somebody who stands up and publicly. hatred about everything that our democracy is and stands for and yet we can't get rid of him because of the european convention on human rights sitting in strasburg forty seven judges one from each signatory country so far so fair except none of them were elected by the people of the countries they're making law for we've got a system of law and order in this country it's worked for many many years for the seat or the mother why do we need brussels to tell us what we can and cannot do the answer is we don't so therefore british law for british people those who aren't calling for the u.k. to pull out of the european convention on human rights all together are demanding reforms to stop strides burke making decisions on what should be sovereign issues the court house to be more focused on fundamental civil and political rights not

interfering in the daily lives. and in the ministration of the criminal justice system in the member states of the council of europe without reforms there's a risk of throwing the baby out with the bathwater as nations pull out of the human rights court undermining it leaving those in countries with we can human rights protections entirely vulnerable laura smith r.t. london. meanwhile would be riders in the u.k. could soon come face to face with military grade chemical agents the u.k. government is being asked to clarify it stands on the incapacitating nerve gas ban for abusive warfare a loophole could see it sprayed on british streets or the full story at our two dot com. also on our website a holy war for american rage catholic priests are preparing for in legal fight with president. obama saying his new health insurance policies are an assault on

religion. almost their graces you're a crappy am has reportedly said that a draft of the long delayed debt deal could be presented to parliament today however getting approval may be difficult more than ten thousand greeks surrounded the parliament on tuesday clashing with police while protesting the latest reforms many see their livelihoods and the country being sold out with little benefit for them parliamentary opposition is also strong with deputies wary of more cuts and tax hikes expected to accompany the deal greece has until march to secure financing or face the fall according to investment advisor patrick young hopes of a positive outcome are fading. one way the european union is certainly

adopted the politics of the insane because after decades of ignoring these sorts of things we suddenly realise that actually greeks thought government figures are a complete nutter fiction that the greek economy is based upon a complete nutter disorganization world 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 pool should be closed on in order to pay for things that are happening right now. greece and that's why very interesting issue happened today we've got the deputy chairman of the deputy commissioner of the european commission this is crucial now the croce stronghold she's one of the few commissioners who really doesn't know how to go 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

on 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 of 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 force 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 washington is sounding a top official to egypt to tackle cairo's crackdown on the u.s. now profit groups the groups played a pivotal role in the popular uprising that toppled president a bark last year but are now falling victim to egypt's new military leadership but if enough now has the following events. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and they may want to is why now the groups many of which funded by washington have been on the ground here for

a while they were at the vanguard of the uprising against mubarak that eventually brought the supreme council of the armed forces and no one has ever seems to care about this sources of income that is until they directed their criticism to the new military leadership raman scarf or the slow pace of reform critics say the indians have gone way beyond their brief and stated reasons for being in the country some of them are used by this other. they are quoting people of your work to an agenda they are the one that evolution they have. won the radicals who live there this is very much for the rhetoric this is specious led to prosecutors raiding seventeen offices of advocacy groups forty three activists including americans germans and egyptians are now facing trial for illegally using foreign finds to promote unrest in the post mubarak country activists however claim they

are the victim of scarves reluctance to give up power with dreaming the people about with the brides with the scarf looking for enjoy. some against the regime and all the mind the round up of activists has also netted a son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood further fueling tension between cairo in washington director for the washington based international republican institute he was in when a group of americans banned from leaving the country but some believe his arrest in particular was part of a wider political game. than simply because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't. think. so this is america whose military aid to egypt reaches one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there has been quick to condemn scaf born in the days of blank checks are over or they condemned mubarak tons of times but at

the end of the continued on flowing that the provide support also continue flowing we don't buy or washington's so-called support for democracy here in the middle east washington wants to step in always the situation as much as possible in order to get in to its interests they don't care about democracy meanwhile even those on the streets protesting against car share the council's concerns about being genomes motives. we support the police and the army industries in these organizations because it's for good we know these organizations receive foreign financed through some kind of suspicion that these are going to say should work according to a foreign agenda that harms egypt's interests i'm against that the usa has had a hand in tips policymaking for years but the whole n.t. and your campaign has become the first serious disagreement between america and the countries your story takes cairo wanted to send washington and message that it's no longer the silent dog it was under mubarak but an independent state which will law

to liberate any outside interference some doubts though they really minute the end to military movement growing have a bigger you can see it over there this is in council of the armed forces or scaf now running egypt is in a very vulnerable position and this nationalistic pronouncement may just be a nationalist show put on to calm the people down and to win back a shred of credibility. here if your. cairo. regime change in egypt has brought uncertainty to the future of the previously well established. between cairo and tel aviv israel has been taking steps to further isolate of their country from their middle east neighbors policy that some former government members strongly oppose coming up in about ten minutes a former senior tel aviv diplomat shares his views on the matter and here's a preview. the right wing always. profited from.

public move on new defense issues and i think a lot the boat a lot of what you say about you're wrong actually serves political aims and i'm. very angry about that i think it should be stopped it once it is very obvious that iran is pursuing. its position as a regional power but it is primarily the fancy primarily it responds to. iran to protect itself. for most of europe the recent severe weather conditions mean some transport disruption of war a spot in ukraine the consequences are far more serious the country's and during its harshest winter in recent history with over one hundred lives lost to the cold in the last week alone are just less here chefs he has more. when the thermometer

hit minus twenty seven degrees celsius last week you got very frightened homeless and with a child to care for she feared they would both freeze to death until she found the public eating sand in a key of park look at the. schools were closed because of the trees and i had no way to take my daughter i was scared at first went to a train station to get but we were kicked out days ago we found this heated tent but there were many ukrainians who were not so lucky at least one hundred thirty five people are reported to have died because of freeze related injuries within only a week several thousand were hospitalized and have been on high alert upgrading the weather conditions to natural disaster status. the situation is serious but it is controllable the emergency ministry has set up thirty two hundred heating centers nationwide. come here to turn this more than ninety five thousand

people turned. the strong siberian cycle on hit many countries on the continent reaching as far as a telly of course with such extreme conditions ukraine is not the only country to experience casualties but why so many dead experts say the reason for that lies not in the climate but rather in kiev social and economic policies with more and more homeless people on the streets the majority of the deaths were in eastern ukraine the region with the highest unemployment rate. the government hasn't created any jobs housing or social programs and doesn't replenish the state but more and more people are finding themselves in the streets that's where there are so many did because of the freeze heating centers help will save some people's lives but they won't solve the issue of deepening poverty such a figure there are moments that would not scare anybody in this. part of the world

however meteorologists say that they expect at least minus thirty degrees centigrade over the coming weekend the old reduced serious situation may become even more difficult with at least eighty five thousand homeless people roaming the streets of ukrainian cities let's. see reports you from kiev ukraine. ukraine is not the only country suffering bitter weather across the globe is also feeling the full force for having worse a cause of your floods in central and northern regions of the country some seven hundred families have been affected by dancing waters with flights suspended in the peruvian capital because of the downpours the country's rainy season is expected to last throughout february. over four hundred protesters have taken to the streets in the haitian capital calling on president michel martin we need to prove he's eligible to rule has been asked to show his passport when rumors he holds dual

nationality which would bar him from office under the country's constitution so far he has refused it's led to the first anti-government protest of its kind in haiti with demonstrators destroying posters of the president. argent time argentina's president cristina fernandez has accused britain of militarizing the focalin saying she plans to make a formal complaint to the un it comes after a deployed one of its warships to the south atlantic last month there's been no long running dispute since the two countries went to war over the british royal falkland islands in one thousand nine hundred two which i can tie and say were stolen from them almost two hundred years ago. over is up to date here on our t.v. next we've got all the latest business news with korea after that i'll be back with the top stories. hello and welcome to business here and i too thanks for joining me russian firms

are splashing out record amounts on advertising to spike the crisis and prices for billboards commercials and t.v. campaigns are expected to grow as the russian economy continues to strengthen. the program. they say a picture is worth a thousand words and you're likely to see a lot more like this one clocks to close right up in twenty twelve and that's because advertisement is selling big as a russian not to make ice houses appetites but advertise that according to some of the you know market intelligence the company pulled out a lot of punches that was caused by the rough surf advertisement that it's likely to enjoy the biggest expansion and that followed by follow merging market pays china india and brazil and also those big voting activities going on at least if they killed it including the cramming crowd and champions league matches to

train c.s.k. a moustache and brown madrid these are likely to attract big the mudsill spending bills like the one all modern presidential election would like me to see that i'm inside my. brain i had a vision united states them same benefit from a presidential election which is about to reach a peak and these people these politicians love to have the right to each other across the page and wise not to different story to europe of course when times are tough enough the advertisement that he's caught so when it's too late to start say are likely to be playing it down this season and that would be a little bit sharper i leave that but it cuts up the line up because this is set to go down to twenty miles but the internet to look up twenty percent of will be just ten day. let's take a look at the markets now oil first light sweet is heading higher after an industry

will report showed that crude stockpiles fell in the west the world's biggest consumer of the commodity but brenda's training under the waterline and the shedding a quarter of a dollar a barrel the south. asia store. so moving high was sentiment held by progress towards a greek debt deal and another boost is coming from corporate results to us stocks rallied almost four percent after the carmaker reported a fall in quarterly profit but raised full year earnings target hong kong stocks are also on the rise after china's central bank said it will support first home purchases now here in moscow traders will roll up their sleeves in less than two hours time on tuesday russian markets close makes the ati has added almost half a percent struggle to move into the positive territory for the second day peter weston from investment bank is looking ahead to two days straight. if we have good news out of greece then root definitely move higher during the day but i think

it all coming back from a sort of negative day yesterday we could start to be a little bit lower but then people are sort of look through the the news and you know i think there's still momentum in the market for a higher level before we go lower again so i'm i'm fairly optimistic about the next couple of days trading unless we have some very sort of significant news out of greece. and that's all this is for now i'll be back in about fifteen minutes with.

the close up team has been to the whole bar of screeching for the country's little wealth starts its way across the ocean. now archie goes to the area. once named dr len in good looking to a different character to represent itself. for 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 union of creature. russia close up on our cheek wealthy british style it's a small time to rise. in.

find out what's really happening to the global economy is really large. talk about your weather team here is a look at the top stories breathing life into hopes for a peaceful solution to the syrian crisis russia's delegation to the country sees signs that both sides are ready for dialogue. the rift between the e.u. and the u.k. grows and after the european court of human rights orders the release of osama bin laden's right hand man in europe. and washington's top military official has the pirate to try and suspend criminal charges against american engineer members as egypt's military leaders crack down on the western activist who helped them to power last year. today we sit down with a former israeli ambassador to south africa to discuss his country's foreign policy

and working things it will be. where have his radio address today 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 to agree with ambassador thank you very much for joining us here in our team you resigned off to more than fifteen years of service what was the final score. to greet the stuff of the foreign ministry ministry of foreign news and the bad news for him was. he needs to take the full view. and i thought that was very telling. of the psyche.