the end of the monopoly of the current ruling party another note for the moment is the fact that the syrian opposition was here there 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 he 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 military listen to the russian foreign minister to give a broad look at leasure that we have suggested that certain parties capable of influencing the opposition groups especially those based outside syria will try to

convince those groups to begin negotiations parties with influence on damascus have been trying to convince the authorities to do the same as i have mentioned the syrian authorities confirm they are ready to begin negotiations without putting forward any conditions there of course to 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 best interest from syria also there at the gulf states which have not only recalled their ambassadors from the country but have also sent out syrian ambassador from their countries. going into i don't find it easy to comment on this because i don't want to give an impression that all these processes have a certain logic behind them we don't see any logic in them just as much we didn't understand the furry decision to suspend the arab league observers mission to syria therefore i don't think that the ambassadors respond. helps create conditions

favorable for implementing the league of arab states initiative there are also statements from the united states who are making 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 also it is still is basically a way to fail or now the u.s. has said that they hire not planning on supplying arms to the syrian rebels but they have said that no option is off the table. reporting right there well in the light of the recent u.n. security council fallout so when moscow and beijing both blocked a draft resolution on syria we spoke to russia's ambassador to that body but ali says that pine pressure only on the saddam regime gives unilateral 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 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 the 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 there in trying to. resolve the crisis through from 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. and in the meantime the pentagon has reportedly launched a revision of its defense capabilities in case it will have to resort to a military option in syria but the president of the arab league lawyers association

. says this is nothing out of the ordinary and it's simply a matter of history repeating itself 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 arab 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. where the west were supporting the opposition and they were i mean. anybody who wanted to have a dialogue with the government regardless of whether they were like the naacp they went accused of being. stooges of the government or their agents of the government or 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 all 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. so delve into this a little bit further here on r t enough more perspective on what the future mashi hold for syria let's now talk to professor when playing for the chinese academy of social sciences are joining me live from beijing thank you for coming on today we've heard reports here that the pentagon is reviewing military options for syria now given china's resolution veto what's your reaction on. i think that the pentagon story actually actually is conflict we want to do president

obama has just the motion to another article because he got the interview always correspondent from the u.s. and he said very clearly that they are not is there is has no intention to make any military intervention into the syria issue not just hours later after the president obama obviously and then the pentagon showed this kind of strong statement i think there have been to float all of this reaction from the go number one is that they want to show that the united states particularly from the media terry they still have a very strong determination to tough down the cyrus regime and the secondly they want to put another pressure that is a very heavy pressure to their here and also gave some pressure for their uniform russia's forty reduced as currently we seat to their c.d.o.

well it's interesting how you bring in the american conflicting angle here the american president obama saying that any military option is not on the table here we have the most recent reports the pentagon are reviewing military options for syria now on the table let's address there where you are now what does china stand to lose if syria turns into another libya what's at stake here from beijing. actually. you my all candy i think a cigarette right now is. gradually moving the sliding into a civil war and going to copy leave your model actually. same side as the matter of time on the floor turn on you know the reason for. a veto they you're a wrestler roshi is just because we don't want to see and it seem like to leave that kind of protest being copied again because we all remember very clearly when they use their resolution one thousand nine hundred seventy three gave the green

light to pull any outside very into range into into the league are you sure that's the original purpose it just to establish a no fly zone is not has nothing to do with any seem like a region change but not after a diet given this because of those agreeing neither given by the un resolution and they told me quoting other members believe they have a just you know over or over used to the u.n. mandate so i think that's why we don't want to see this kind of. this is sparking of u.n. resolutions professor as you say as you say that beijing does not want to see another libya style situation taking part in syria but if that's the way that china feels that do you think it's possible that beijing could take a more active role in syria and if so in what capacity. oh yes i even did in the past. conses tend to be here peaceful

dialogue trying to live you know you from core on all of those and how do you see you see there are two back to the negotiation table and even though you are also discussing how so china can do more like some will also said i was a special envoy of the middle east the affairs told me so probably. know that by sheer government tool also i understand that the situation on the ground more clearly so i think. so i think a time oh well all those so western countries to be careful about their any media tearing into actually those assert that and also trying to. persuade they even not to go to that you know the meter with that is that i may be the same either way that is still on the rebel forces as they use. the twelve c.

professor when ping from the chinese academy of sexualizes i wish we had more time we don't thanks for coming on out to you today. my precious. as always hear it out say we love getting you involved about top stories here we've got an entire section dedicated to syria on our website of course dot com then we have also got a poll asking what you think will come of possible peace talks here how you're voting right now at this hour on r.t. the majority if you believe that the west will find a way to remove assad regardless of peace talks but a court of belief that even if an agreement is reached the opposition will not stay on or it's thirteen percent say the talks to do anyway and they won't achieve a thing just six percent saying that the talks will bring long sort top to peace do argue about now if you can head over to dot com let us know what you think. what is still to come of the program here on r.t. the greek economy goes on sale clashes erupt in athens as the austerity ravaged

public rails against what they see as a sale of the nation's future. just on a quarter past the hour here in moscow. sweeps britain after the european court of human rights ordered the release of qatada dubbed osama bin laden's right hand man in europe it's the latest in a string of judgments of over ruled domestic decisions reinforcing the opinion that the e.u. is interfering in matters it has nothing to do with and it's all he's laura smith reports patience with the e.u. is certainly running through. a silver in land with its queen its own currency and its own parliament walls 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 to 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 off the second world war after the holocaust off the terrace perpetrated by certain tyrannical governments but the court now would be protecting the criminal and not the victim which 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 judgment so often bizarre in two thousand and ten the court decided to give prisoners the rights to vote

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 of 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 the right hand man in europe can't be

deported back to jordan where 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 country so far so fast 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 of. 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 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 aig the u.k. government is being asked to clarify its stance on the use of quote in capacitate ing nerve gas although bad for use in warfare there are fears it could be adopted by the british and riot police i read the full story at our c dot com. also on our web site for you a holy war for america enraged catholic priests are preparing for a legal fight with president obama saying that his new health insurance policies

are quote assault on religion. washington is sending a top official to egypt to tackle cairo's crackdown on u.s. non profit groups the groups played a pivotal role in the popular uprising but toppled president mubarak last year but are now falling victim to egypt's new military leadership. has been following the 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 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 to power last february 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 lamie scaf for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the. 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 of 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 funds 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 rights of the scaf looking for enjoy. some agent 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. because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think.

so this is 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. the end of the continued on flowing that the provide that support also continue. to washington's so-called support for democracy get in the middle 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 sharing the council's concerns about the n.g.o.s 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 your story cairo wanted to send washington and message that it's no

longer the silent dog it was under the water but an independent state which will last celebrate any outside interference some doubts though they really minute the end to military movement growing ever bigger you can see it over there is a very callous 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 cairo. they are not far from the business with kareena but for the meantime on the brink of bankruptcy greece has already missed three deadlines this week to present a draft deal to parliament with that of a finally do so 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 sand tax hikes expected to accompany the deal greece has until march to secure the financing or face the fall according to investment adviser patrick young the e.u.'s hopes of a positive outcome continue to face fast. this is truly finally the brink we are on the cusp of the great eurostar and of the troika are the group of people the world by the i.m.f. the european union people they're all at the point where they know there is total exasperate in the rest of the world as to why they should be paying for a greek economy and the greek state that is totally completely and utterly by corrupt has been completely and utterly mismanaged for decades and ultimately tragically the greek people themselves are going to end up suffering as they already are the problem is that all went wrong because a group of rather well rather heads in the sky kind of dreaming pie eyed

individualists saw that there could be one single europe and they rushed to compress everybody into a single currency and ultimately none of the countries were actually remotely compatible economically in order to make that giant leap that's where it's gone wrong and this is a tragedy for europe and the european union. or is such a god the alter world of it here on out to some other international headlines for you in brief. a three eighty super jets are to be inspected the quantas found headline cracks in the airliners wings manufacturer of the world's largest passenger jets says repairs will be carried out of damages found last month european safety regulators ordered checks on a third of the fleet of the cracks were discovered in parts of the wing on one plane singapore airlines the emirates and france are among the airlines using these jets. fifteen people have been pulled out alive from the collapsed medicine

factory in the hole as rescue workers and fifty six are still believed to be trapped under rubble with the death toll now at at least twenty one the three story building collapsed monday after several gas cylinder explosions the factory which local authorities had been trying to shut down was set up illegally in a residential area of the whole. oh let's get to the latest from the world of finance now the hourly at the update with the coming. it's twenty five past two pm here in moscow welcome to business here in russia outstanding domestic debt 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 just by the increases the government plans to continue raising the debt burden and it has plenty of room to do so russia's

debt to g.d.p. ratio is around ten percent the lowest among industrialized countries. so look at the markets now exchange rates first the euro is flat against the dollar investors are keeping an eye on the greek debt talks it would enable the country to see what's next a lot of rescue plans here in russia the ruble has advanced against the dollar to its highest level in five months on the back of strong oil prices. now for the second day after an industry report showed that crude stockpiles in the west is up over ninety nine and a half dollars a barrel at about saying one dollar thirteen cents and brant is trading at one hundred sixteen dollars a barrel that's. your opinion stock markets are high as greek officials prepare to finalize a deal on a sturdy measures bags across europe pushed higher in london lloyds banking group gained one point eight percent and barclays moved up one and

a half percent lighting stocks are also rebounding up to sustaining losses in the trading week. here's moscow where markets are trading in the in the black with energy mage's lifting the indices on high oil prices the r.t.s. is up one point four percent demise x. is just under one percent in the black let's have a look at some individual shambled sodomize export is gold is lower after surging more than fifty percent in previous sessions. investors bet its london listed parent will make a buyout offer food retailer seven part of it is losing as well after saying it will buy back shares at a discount to the market price at russia's largest oil company rostam has slipped into the red despite strong. fierce peter weston from absent who says it's a good time for short term investments as russian stocks are currently trading at a discount and with sectors. for the first time i think again since two thousand and ten at the end russia looks actually attractive so that should be fundamental

the full support for russia in my view at least short term but it you have the most important thing is not a call for two thousand and twelve we will turn around some point we would have another big downturn but this momentum can probably last for a month month and a half i think we have to look into march we're going to have elections and it's a very difficult agenda would you go she europe meeting selections and also best payments in march that could turn it around. that's all the business is for now thank you for joining us.

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economy in these kinds of reports on. a very warm welcome. from moscow so if you had. approached. washington's stepping up its rhetoric for regime change in syria ignoring moscow's attempts to bring both. the opposition together for peace talks. the rift between the e.u. and the u.k. grows into a custom of the european court of human rights released. in europe. washington's top military official will head to cairo to try and suspend criminal charges against american n.g.o.s because as egypt's military leaders cracked down on the western activists who helped them to power last year. and now

here we sit down with a former senior israeli diplomat to discuss in depth his country's foreign policy and where he thinks it will lead you watching. with me or 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 fifteen years of service what was the final school. to greet the stuff of the foreign minister ministry of foreign and the bad news for him was.