the syrian opposition was here there that which until now has been unwilling to do to go to any negotiations with the current government in syria has said that they are willing to talk but they have said that russia must provide the roadmap for those negotiations and that they must go beyond just the talking that some actions should be taking place now syrian president assad has also said that she is hoping that he that he is actually he was once the observers from the league of the arab states to stay in the country and of course russia has also mentioned that the peace process in the country must go through according to the plan laid out by the league of the arab states now until listen to the russian foreign minister to give a profile on the results of his the visit to syria or approaches based on a clear and simple goals 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 their 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 there of course also countries not seem to be as eager to see the peace process in syria to go through france italy and spain are among the latest countries to have pulled out their basters promised syria also there at the gulf states which have not only recalled their ambassador some of the country but have also sent out syrian ambassador from their countries there are also statements from the united states who are make it clear that they're not willing to see president bashar lock the to remain in power for much longer the u.s. ambassador to the united nations has said that his these are numbered also the white house has mentioned that to negotiate with osce that is to is basically. to failure

now the u.s. has said that the higher not planning on supplying arms to the syrian rebels but they have said that no option is off the table. reporting there in the light of recent u.n. security council fallouts one moscow and beijing blocked a draft resolution on syria are spoke to russia's ambassador to the body says that piling pressure only on the us and regime gives you no lateral advantages to the rebels who are also to blame for the 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 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 in trying to. resolve the crisis through frontally toppling 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. now the pentagon has reportedly launched a revision of its to fans capabilities in case of will have to resort to a military option in syria president of the arab lawyers association says this is nothing out of the ordinary and it's simply a matter of history repeating itself. this is very clear 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 go countries greedy playing according to the rules that are being laid down to them by the americans

they are the people who are trying to any possibility we've seen this before and the. other. thing the opposition and 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 going to be to know that this is that they are doing now at the present moment i think in terms of the opposition in syria 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 into an armed conflict so that it gives the

pretext for the west to intervene. and so the kind of program the greek economy goes on sale fresh clashes erupt in athens as the austerity ravaged public rails against what they see as a fire sale of the nation's future. and frozen to death by being cold has ukraine and. as a country suffer its most severe winter in years but more than a hundred people dying over the last week. outrage sweeps in britain after the european court of human rights ordered the release of abu qatada dubbed to some of the audience right hand man and he were 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 artie's laura smith reports patients where the e.u. is running san. silver in land with its own queen its own currency and its own

parliament laws made by someone else this building houses what we in the u.k. call list supremum court 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 abroad 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 circle or war after the holocaust off the terrace 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 a good vote to anyone who's 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 laden's 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 stands for and yet we can't get recent him because of the european convention on human rights sitting in strasburg forty seven judges one from each signatory country so far. 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 seats or the mother why do we need straws purple 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 process to be more focused on fundamental civil and political rights not interfering in the daily lives. and the ministration of the criminal justice system in 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 weaken human rights protections entirely vulnerable laura smith r.t. london. meanwhile would be rioters in the u.k. could soon come face to face with military grade chemical agents the government is being asked to clarify its stance on the use of incapacitating nerve gas although banned from use in warfare there are fears it could be adopted by british riot police so read the full story at r.t.

dot com. also on our website at. war for america and rage catholic priest are preparing for a legal fight with president obama saying his new house insurance policies are an assault on religion. washington is sending a top official to egypt to tackle cairo's crackdown on u.s. nonprofit 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 refinishing it has been 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 their sources of income that is until they directed their criticism to the new military leadership lehmann scaff for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the other because. they are quoting people they are working. their view on the revolution they have. won the radicals who live there this is very much a dangerous war there are two girls this is special 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 unrest 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 inge all. subdivision against the regime and all the mind the round up of activists has also netted the son of u.s. transportation secretary ray la hood further fueling tension between cairo in washington. simply because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think that. the thing that so this is america has military aid to egypt to reduce one point three billion dollars annually has been very serious there has been quick to condemn the car one in the days of blank checks are over or the condemned mubarak tons of times but at the end of the continued on flowing that the poor mother support also continue flowing we don't buy or washington's so-called support for democracy here in the middle east and 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 ngos motives 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 you're thora to 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 for 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 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. in our team cairo.

regime change in egypt has severed previously well established ties between cairo and tel aviv this as israel continues to take steps to further isolated from their bellies neighbors policies that some former government member strongly opposed just a few minutes a former senior a tell of a diplomat shares his views on the matter here's a preview. the right wing always. profited from. public mood for new defense issues and i think a lot about what you see a lot of what you say above you're wrong it to me serves but you could go 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 it is primarily the fancy primarily. response to. iran to protect itself.

on the brink of bankruptcy greece has already missed three deadlines this week to present a draft dad deal to parliament with hopes that it may finally do so today however getting approval may be difficult more than ten thousand greeks around the parliament on tuesday clashing with police while protesting the latest reforms manny's see their alliance and the country being sold out with a 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 a default but according to investment adviser patrick young the hopes of a positive outcome are fading fast. this is truly finally the brink we are on the cusp of the great eurostar the troika of the group of people the world bank the

i.m.f. the european union people they're all of the point where they you know they're just totally exasperated 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 bankrupt has been completely and utterly mismanaged for decades and ultimately tragically the greek people themselves are going to end. suffering as they already are the problem is it all went wrong because a group of rather well rather than the scholarly kind of dream in the jewellers there could be one single europe and they rush to compress everybody into a single currency and ultimately none of the countries were actually removed be compatible economically in order to make a giant leap towards going wrong and this is a tragedy for europe and the european union. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world fifteen people have been pulled out alive from the collapse of medicine factory in the last four as rescue workers

continue fifty six are still believed to be trapped under rubble with the death toll now at twenty one the three story building collapse one day after several gas cylinder explosions the factory which local authorities have been trying to shut down was set up was set up illegally in a residential area of lahore. large parts of eastern australia remain in the grip of floods as waters have started reaching peak levels thousands of people have been forced from their homes and it's feared up to ten percent of the country's cotton crops have been damaged astray being the world's third biggest supplier queensland state premiers says people won't be able to move back to the area until water levels drop sewage systems are restored now for most of you work the recent severe weather conditions mean some transport disruption at worst but in ukraine the consequences are far more serious the country's enduring its harshest winter in recent history with over one hundred

lives lost to the cold in the last week alone. he has more. when the thermometer hit minus twenty seven degrees celsius last week lou 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 things got 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. the government hasn't created any jobs has no social programs and doesn't replenished the state but more and more people are finding themselves in the streets that's where there are so many dead because of the freeze heating centers help will save some people's lives but they won't solve the issue of deepening poverty such as

their moment so 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 we all reduce serious situation may become even more difficult with at least eighty five thousand homeless people roaming the streets of ukrainian cities. see reporting from kiev in ukraine. while brings us up to date here on r.t. time to see what's happening in the world of business here is carrying mail account . thank you marina hello and welcome to business here in r.t. russia's outstanding domestic debts grew in two thousand and eleven at the fastest rate in fifteen years the money the state owes to the population has tripled over the last three years in two thousand and eleven domestic debt rose forty two percent or one hundred forty billion dollars that's on top of a forty percent advance the year before despite the rally the government plans to

continue increasing its debt burden and it has plenty of room to do so russia's debt to g.d.p. ratio is around ten percent and one of the lowest i want to develop countries russian firms us flushing out record amounts on advertising despite the crisis and prices for billboards commercials and t.v. campaigns are expected to grow as a russian economy continues to strengthen artie's capel be one of the details. they say a picture is worth a thousand words then you're likely to see a lot more like this one lots to close ross up in twenty twelve and that's because advertisement is selling big as the boston globe may cries out this is a tight advertisement according to some of the you know market intelligence that the company pulled out of love countries that would buy the us an 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 these big children including the pram and pop and chappies and badges to train c.s.k. a musket 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 homicide life. on television united states them same benefit from the presidential election which is about to reach a peak and these people these politicians love to the right to each other across the page and the wise not so different story to europe of course when times are tough tough an advertisement that he's caught so many late the saute are likely to be handing it down this season and that when asked about of a polish i leave that but it comes up online advertising this is set to go down to

twenty miles but the internet to look up twenty percent of will be just that day. as i look at the markets now exchange rates first the euro is flat against the dollar ministers are keeping an eye on the greek debt talks they would enable the country to receive its next along months of rescue funds here in russia the roble has a balanced against the dollar to its highest level in five months on the back of strong low price. says that years. for the second day after an industry report showed that cool stockpiles in the united states. is over ninety nine percent. and bouncing ninety five cents on brant is trading at one hundred sixty eight sixteen and a half dollars per barrel. asian stocks are moving higher with sentiment helped by progress towards a greek debt deal and another boost is coming from corporate results to yodel stocks rallied almost four percent after the car maker reported

a fall in quarterly profit put raised full year earnings target other japanese automakers followed the surged over seven percent and honda added two and a half percent. markets in europe open higher following games in the us in the u.s. and asia investors bed the greek parties will soon reach a deal or bail package and that will help avoid a chaotic solvent debt default and here in moscow markets the trading higher with energy majors lifting the indices on those high oil prices. is up over want to have for some the my xix is gaining one and a quarter of a percent and now let's have a look at some individual shot most of them isaac's quote is gold is almost five percent in the black in the red so lower on profit taking after surging will more than fifty percent investors bet its long list and pound will make a buyout for. food retailer seven consonants is in the red as well after saying it will buy back shares for the discount to the market price at russia's largest oil

company roll snap is bucking the trend and it's up over one percent the sell. the russian government wants to make its kong us satellite navigation system a big hit at any cost i was twelve billion dollars could be spent on russia's answer to the us g.p.s. system by twenty twenty the program had been approved by the space agency and the economics ministry and is now awaiting the government's approval around ten billion dollars will be spent to support and develop the class system around thirty one to go on our satellites are in orbit right now and russia plans to increase the number to thirty six and just eight years. that's all after this hour but stay with us for headline news coming up but after.

the close a team has been to the bar of screeching where the country's little wealth starts its way across the ocean. now our team goes to the area. was named after lenin could look into a different character to represent. the local businesses are striving to build the aviation capital of russia. the four by fours are made and can be tested to the limit. welcome to the union of screeching. russia close up on our cheek.

welcome back to what you are t. here's a look at the top stories while moscow goes all in to bring the sides of the syrian on rest to gather for peace talks there are fears with harsh rhetoric continue to pile deliberately on the syrian regime this may not be an option. the rift between the e.u. and the u.k. grows into a chasm after the european court of human rights orders the release of a solid law on this right hand man and you're a. fan of washington stop military official had to cairo to trying to spam criminal charges against american energy all members as egypt's military leaders crack down on the western activists who helped them power last year. while today we sit down was. a former senior israeli diplomat to discuss his country's foreign policy and

war he thinks it will be. with me or have his radio address today who recently resigned from the government on grounds of principle he said he could no longer serve in the government policies he did not 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 when. you. greet the stuff of the for you. and the bama he was who. he needs to be good for you. and i thought that was very telling. of the psyche.