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's 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. you're pissing off reporting there and in the light of recent u.n. security council fallouts r.t. spoke to russia's ambassador to the body to tell you you're going and he says that

piling pressure only on the yasid regime gives a unilateral 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'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 quote 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 many asian efforts in syria other nations sought to further isolate the arab country by withdrawing their ambassadors all 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 and boys in protest against the regime the u.s. has closed its embassy there 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 salahuddin with our believes the movie 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 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 designed by the americans they are the people who are trying to any possibility we've seen this before in the

. other when the west working the opposition. i mean. anybody who wanted to have a dialogue with the government regardless of whether they were. not they were accused of being. stooges of the government or the agents of the government or 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 one 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 to come in the program here in r t the green economy goes on sale fresh clashes erupt in athens as yesterday ravitch public rails against what they see as a buyer sale of the nation's future. and frozen to death by eating cold its brain in an icy grip as the country suffers its most severe winter in years with more than a hundred people die over the last week. britain after the european court of human rights ordered the release of dubbed some of bin laden's right hand man and you are it's the latest in a string of judgments that have overruled domestic decisions reinforcing the opinion that the e.u. is interfering in matters it has nothing to do with and as art is laura smith reports patients with use running thin.

a silver in land with its own queen its own currency and its own parliament but laws 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 or you can take his or broads to france and decisions made in strasburg could overrule 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 de railed that 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 dogged the european court in stroudsburg there's a backlog of up to eight years and when cases are decided judgments are 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 it makes me physically ill it would probably mean to give the vote to anyone who is in prison aside it could also cost a fortune 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 has worked for many many years for the seat or the mother why do we need trials per 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 a 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 its stance on the use of and past stating there have been nerve gas although banned from use in warfare there are fears it could be adopted by british riot police read the full story at r.t.

dot com. also on our website a holy war for america enraged catholic priests are preparing for a legal fight with president obama saying his new health insurance policies are an assault on religion. on the brink of bankruptcy in greece as you are crap pm has reportedly said that a draft of the long delayed dad 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 then you see their livelihoods and the country being sold out with a little benefit for them probably man three 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 default but according to investment adviser patrick young hopes of a positive outcome are fading fast. this is truly finally the brink we are only of the great eurostar the troika of the group of people the world bank the i.m.f. the european union people there all of the point where they know there is truly exhaust the issue in the rest of the world as to why they should be paying for a greek economy of a greek state that is totally completely and utterly by approach has been completely and utterly mismanaged for decades and ultimately tragically the greek people themselves are going to end up suffering as. already our problem is it all went wrong because a group of rather well rather than the scar i kind of dream in pyaar i didn't they just saw that there could be one single europe and they rush to compress everybody into single currency and ultimately none of the countries were actually remotely

compatible economically in order to make that giant leap for it's gone wrong and this is a tragedy for europe and the european union washington is sending a top official to egypt to tackle cairo's crackdown on us now profit groups the groups played a pivotal role in the popular uprising that toppled president mubarak last year but are now falling victim to egypt's new military leadership or if it actually has been following events egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and they may want to is right now the group's menu which funded by washington has 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 mutants religious sheep laymen scoff or the slow pace of reform some of them are used by this. they are quoting people of the world.

and they are the ones that evolution they have. won the radicals who live there this is very much a dangerous world the rhetoric girls this is specie 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 fines to promote and run in the post mubarak country activists how would claim they are the victim of scarves reluctance to give up power with dreaming the people about the rights of the scaf looking for enjoy. some against the regime and all the mind the round up of activists has also netted the son of you asked mr tahsin secretary ray la hood for the fueling tension between cairo in washington. because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think that. anything.

so this was it and there it was military aid to egypt to reduce one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there has been quick to condemn the car when in the days of blank checks are over or the condemned mobile spot of the end of the continued on flowing that the provides support also continue flowing we don't order washington's so-called support for democracy getting that in the east washington wants to step in always the situation as much as possible in order to get on to its interests they don't care about democracy meanwhile even those on the streets protesting against car share the council's concerns about the n.g.o.s motives. and we support the police and the army in the streets in these organizations because it's for good i mean that agree some kind of suspicion that these are going to say should work according to for an agenda that harms egypt's

future it's i'm against the usa has had a hand in tips policy making for years but the whole n.t. and your campaign has become the first serious disagreement between america and the countries of your story 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 last so the rate any outside interference some doubts though they really minute the end to military movement growing ever bigger you can see it over there this is in council of the armed forces of scholars 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. we've. seen cairo. that regime change in egypt has severed previously well established ties between cairo and tel aviv and this as israel continues to take steps to further isolate it from

there a middle east neighbor policies that some former government members strongly oppose coming up next our former senior tel aviv diplomat shares his views on the matter here's a preview. the right wing always. profited from . the. public mood on new defense issues and i think a lot of. a lot of what is wrong. and i'm. very angry about this i think it should be stopped it once it is very obvious that iran is pursuing. its position as a regional power but primarily be fancy primarily it responds to. iran to protect itself.

now for most of europe the recent severe weather conditions mean some transport disruption and worse but in ukraine the consequences are far more serious the country is enduring its harshest winter and recent history with over one hundred lives lost to the cold in the last week alone. has more. when the thermometer hit minus twenty seven degrees celsius last week got very frightened homeless and with a child to care for she feared they would both freeze to death until she found a public eating center 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 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 to. come here and 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 key of 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 is. the

government hasn't created any jobs has no social programs and doesn't replenish the state budget 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 and will save some people's lives but they won't solve the issue of deepening poverty such as there are moments that would not scare anybody. in this part of the world however meteorologists say 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 ruling the streets of ukrainian cities let's. see reports you from ukraine. ukraine is not the only country suffering bitter weather across the globe peru is also feeling the full force of nature of the showers of caused severe floods in central and northern regions of the country some seven hundred families have been affected by advancing waters with flights suspended in the peruvian capital because

of the downforce 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 martelly to prove he is eligible to rule is when asked to show his passport following rumors he holds dual nationality which would bar him from office under the country's constitution so far he has refused once led to the first anti-government protest of its kind and with demonstrators destroying posters of the president. argentina's president cristina fernandez has accused britain of militarizing the falcons saying she plans to make a formal complaint to the un it comes after the u.k. deployed one of its most modern warships to the south atlantic last month there's been a long running dispute since the two countries went to war over the british world in islands and nine hundred eighty two which arjun tie and say were stolen from

them almost two hundred years ago. i'll bring it up to date here on our tea and business news is coming to coming your way with kareena miller can shortly but we'll take a look at the earth from a new angles or to join scores of air ballooning enthusiastic our special report coming up in just a few minutes business news before that. hello and welcome to business here in a t. thanks for joining me russia's outstanding domestic debt grew in two thousand and eleven at the fastest rate in fifteen years the money the state owes to the people to the population has tripled over the last three years last year domestic debt rose forty two percent to an equivalent of one hundred forty billion dollars that's on top of a forty percent advance a year before despite the rally the government plans to continue creasing instead

it has plenty of room to do so russia's debt to g.d.p. ratio ratios around ten percent one of the lowest in the developed world. also firms are splashing out record amounts on advertising despite the crisis prices for billboards commercials and t.v. ads are expected to grow as the russian economy continues to strengthen our g.'s katie pilbeam. they say a picture is worth a thousand words then you're likely to see a lot more like this one last across russia in twenty twelve and that's because advertisement is selling big as a russian not to make your eyes causes up tight advertise that according to some other you have market intelligence that the company pulled out of love on just that one by the boss an advertisement that is likely to enjoy the biggest expansion and that followed by follow merging market pays china india and brazil

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the internet to look up twenty percent of will be just that day. as they call it at the markets now or first light sweet is heading higher after an industry reports show that could start paul's fell in the u.s. the world's biggest consumer of the commodity but brant is trading under the water line and shouting quarter of a dollar a barrel this hour as a stock some moving higher was some. jamin held by progress towards a greek debt deal and another boost is coming from corporate results toyota stocks rallied almost four percent after the carmaker reported a fall and poorly 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 of purchases here in moscow traders will roll up their sleeves in less than one hour let's look at today's closing figures where the r.t.s. added almost half a percent to my six as we can see the struggle to move into the positive territory for the second day peter weston from out our investment bank is looking ahead to

today's trade. if we have good news out of greece then we definitely move higher during the day but i think you know coming back from a sort of negative day yesterday we could start to be a little bit lower but then people would 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 new site in greece. and that's at this hour but stay with us for headline news coming up next.

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welcome back here with our tears will go top stories of breathing life into hopes for a peaceful solution to the syrian crisis as russia's delegation to the country sees signs the both sides are ready for dialogue. the rift between the e.u. and the u.k. grows into a cow's map very european court of human rights orders the release of osama bin laden's right hand man in europe. now washington's top military official had to cairo to try and suspend criminal charges against american n.-g. o. members as egyptian military leaders crack down on the western activists to help them to power at last here. and now prepare to take the clowes r t explores the

wonderful world of air ballooning. people couldn't fly for a long time i don't think because they didn't think it was possible we can learn how to do that without machines anywhere if we want to. just read your own one people here are ramon ticks they have generous souls. this is something out of this world and enchanting experience this is the skies would brings these people together they come here from all over russia in the world the. people stick together because of both the love of ballooning and that none of them would be able to do it single handed each person is a zone of responsibility those on the ground are responsible for the ones in the sky together they are a close knit team.