the european convention on human rights all together are demanding reforms to stop strides burke making decisions on what should be. the court press 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. . meanwhile would be rioters in the u.k. could soon come face to face with military grade chemical the u.k. government is being asked to clarify its stance on the use of quote in capacitate ing nerve gas in oban for use in warfare there are fears it could be adopted by the british from the riot police i read the full story at our 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 it may want 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 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 blaming scarff for the slow pace of reform some of them are used by the other. that are quoting people of the world the notion that 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 especially 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 the rights of the scaf looking for. 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. isn't simply because. of them in a sort of plans for. i don't think that. in the thing. 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 this car when in the days of blank checks are over or they condemned mubarak tons of times but at the end of that the continued on flowing that the provide that support also continue. to washington's so-called support for democracy 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 engine whose motives the usa has had a hand in chips 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 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 so the right 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. in cairo. they are not far from the business with kareena but for the meantime on the brink of bankruptcy crease has already missed three deadlines this week to present a draft deal to parliament with hopes that i may 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 livelihood sun 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 full because into investment adviser patrick young the e.u.'s hopes of a positive outcome continue to fade fast. this is truly finally the brink we are on the cusp of the great eurostar and all of the troika of the group of people the world by 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 problem is that all went wrong because a group of rather well rather hands in the sky kind of dreaming pie eyed individualists saw that there could be one single europe and they rush 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 the such a the r.t. world of it here and are to some other international headlines for your brief. a three eighty super jets are to be inspected after quantas found a hairline 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 flea of the cracks were discovered in parts of the wing on one plane

singapore airlines the emirates air france are among the airlines using these jets . fifteen people have been pulled out alive from the collapsed medicine factory in lahore as rescue workers and fifty six are still believed to be trapped under rubble with the death toll now 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 hour the update with the coming. twenty five past two pm here in moscow welcome to business here in russia 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 of 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 to g.d.p. ratios 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 if it's next month of rescue 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 reports show that crude stockpiles in the u.s. is up over ninety nine and a half dollars a barrel at about. one dollar thirteen cents and brant is trading at one hundred sixteen dollars per barrel that's. european stock markets are high as greek

officials prepare to finalize a deal on a starting measures banks across europe pushed higher in london lloyds banking group gained one point eight percent and barclays moved up one and a half percent mining stocks are also rebounding up to take most of the trading. markets are trading in the in the black with energy may just lifting the indices on high oil prices is up one point four percent. is just under one percent in the black let's have a look at some individual channels on my sex gold is lower after surging more than fifty percent in previous sessions. investors bet its london listed parent will make a buyout offer for retailer seven part of it is losing as well after saying it will buy back shares at a discount to the market price and russia's largest oil company rostam has slipped into the red despite strong. fierce peter weston from outside who says it's

a good time for short term investments as russian stocks are currently trading at a discount a number of sectors. for the first time i think again since two thousand and ten that the. russian looks are actually attractive so that should be fundamental the floor 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 with we're going to see europe meeting selections and also the 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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markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on our. show just joining us a very warm welcome to you this is from moscow so if you had lined. approach to the syrian washington's stepping up its rhetoric for regime change in syria ignoring moscow's attempts to bring. both assad and the opposition together for peace talks . the rift between the e.u. and the u.k. grows into a chasm on the european court of human rights the release of osama bin laden's right hand in europe. and washington's top military official will head to cairo

to try and suspend criminal charges against american n.g.o.s members as egypt's military leaders crack 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. where had 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 here in our team you resigned after more than thirteen years of service.

to greet the stuff of the foreign minister ministry of foreign and the bad news for him was. he needs to be careful rule. and i thought that was very telling. of the psyche that. exists behind his political. weight and i thought i could not. minister with this kind of statement is a statement supported by the majority of israelis i think we israelis we. we grew up with. you that. we need to be on alert. to any more most israelis live a life that is quite bad and you can of the environment here in the u.s.

and europe western europe and you will find the israelis quite. easily integrating into society into requirements in place and so on so it's not. the regiment it's society of my childhood. all the time at any given point in time but it is true that. you. believe that we can. survive here in the middle east. only if we are ready to fight for it and when you resigned we sent a message to all the staff of the foreign ministry explaining the resignation what would say the action and what is the general mood like among israeli public servants concerning the policies that i have to the friends i have no illusions some of us were frustrated by my letter. because it is outside of the code of conduct that you just drop out because you don't like the

message the messenger has no view over the message that is the code of conduct and it's quite legitimate to think in that way how many missions don't agree with the message and how many don't in the foreign ministry in my view the large majority don't care there are professionals and whatever message comes for them to believe that they will do. there is. a solid minority ministry that is politically motivated to promote. israel. in its. a rather. hawkish. position it's just government it is is issuing. i think we do also have the lefties leftovers from the

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

i also can see how. the aftermath of the war in iraq and in afghanistan. and the american cities of the middle east. could work badly for the image is present in the u.s. in the political discourse in the us. in the context of american interests god forbid that the u.s. will be more reluctant. to reach out for israel because our predicament now is like a result of a policy pursued by this kind of government in a way that i think is tragically wrong. that we lean to the american congress a single source of strength in our diplomatic fabric and that is.

very dangerous what's gone on for much of playing israel has become increasingly isolated on the international stage what should the country. to bring it out of isolation in my view this government. very explicitly. made a statement to the fake that. steps. intentionally. of that. paradigm of land for peace and of occupation is the key to. a settlement in the middle east. and into a new paradigm. that stipulates the ownership of israel exclusive ownership of. over the entirety of the land of israel which comprises in the in the eyes of palestinians palestine that paradigm is a dead end i think it is immoral morally and practically it's not sustainable

and that is the reason why i left government i thought i could not see that kind of . message thank you move the united nations chain has caught on is often end of occupation of palestine morning and that is why only the to another israeli palestinian conflict but if the israeli government is willing to let israel does it on the west bank and the gaza strip whatever it likes. and. things are changing fast on the ground in favor of entrenching israeli presence in palestinian areas i don't think really jerusalem pays much attention too much attention to what to the secretary-general of the u.n. is saying who can is all the lion in the region considering that in the aftermath of the arab spring the middle east has become more radicalized i don't think israel

is looking for allies i think israel is looking for. partners. of convenience. one is jordan. who's survivability in the way in the form we know it is a house in my kingdom. so we entertain. a lot of common interests egypt is. consumed by its own revolution and as long as it doesn't pose a threat to us i think israel is taking a very careful distance and turkey. to cut a straw figure foreign policy towards one of the emerging powers in the middle through new that's why syria goes what is the best outcome for israel and why did the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants everything to change in syria if that would mean also i could mean another islamic state on the border i don't

think israel came there. have an impact on the outcome of any regime change that is underway anyway. so to ignore the fact that there is a regime change in the making in syria would be. unacceptable but at the same time we need to be very careful not to expedite it is there any way that it will cut the cord and i would break the military invasion of crimea deca tarr headquarters for what would such an invasion mean for israel and for the region i can hardly see the arab world rigid renting around one force that is prepared to walk into syria physically and intervene then i don't see it happening how much of a play is an advantage regional security it is very obvious that iran is pursuing its position as

a regional power. tool serve interests that go beyond immediate borders of iran it is primarily defensive primarily it responds to the desire of iran to protect itself that is one level the other is there the domestic political discourse in israel the right wing always. profited from. public move on you defense issues and i think. a lot of what is wrong actually serves political ends and i'm. very angry about this i think it should be stopped. at once do you think your man could attack israel i don't think you could israel attack iran i don't know but common sense. is critically

dependent on international legitimacy. respond response of strike on iran would be legitimate. and i think. any course. a preemptive strike on iraq and. thank you very much for joining us here are not seen.

since so. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough heard emergency department beds and not enough nurses to man goes there to take care of all the people who are the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to be a mass and i started out going to just do fire fighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the florida problem is medical i've had

a rescue couple weeks ago waited for hours for big i've waited sometimes three hours but i was it's a safe francis in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall of patients and we have a federal law that mandates that if you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least.

headlines the polar approach to the syrian. washington's stepping up its rhetoric for regime change in syria ignoring moscow's attempts to bring both the opposition together piece to. the rift between the e.u. and the u.k. grows into a chasm off of 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 will head to cairo to try and suspend criminal charges against american members as egypt's military leaders crack down on the west to help bring them to power. are those are

the headlines on odds here but now it's a semi finals day at the football africa cup of nations next with the latest on the . hello there thanks for watching the sports on this is what is coming up fighting his conviction the cyclist alberto contador calls his two year ban a terrible injustice and considers an appeal. while russian olympic medal hopes the mark the room she either faces a frantic legal battle in her bid to compete at the london games. and paving elephants we look at how the ivory coast the pairing to live up to their favorites tag in the semifinals of the africa cup of nations. but first disgraced cyclist alberto contador says he hasn't ruled out appealing against his two year ban for

failing a drugs test the spaniard was stripped of his twenty ten tour de france title after testing positive for the performance enhancing drug clenbuterol he held a news conference at his home town of pinto just outside madrid and told reporters he had no intention of quitting cycling while also reiterating he failed a drug test as a result of eating contaminated meat an explanation rejected by the court of arbitration for sport. or might be. though i try hard i cannot understand the ban imposed during the past months i have been trying to do my best to prove my innocence even dandelion tensed five hours answering questions like you can lead criminals i also want to know and everybody knows i will continue cycling and i will continue practicing in a clean way as i have done it all my entire life though i don't feel my best i think in the future at least will make me tougher.