this is has many casualties on the ground. today. it's really hard to determine what's really going on on the ground there because of safety issues to reach the place and confirm. definite numbers of people. according to that's what according to activists saying that the syrian military has basically. some parts of the city government completely refuted any type. that they have actually. shelled their own people in the city of. these terrorists that have been taking active role in the city they are spread all over the place there and causing many casualties the government also has issued many statements today that the security

forces were able to kill tens of terrorists that belong to these terrorist groups that they also believe that are being backed by foreign foreign influence on the ground. well russia's prime minister vladimir putin is cautioned against intervention in the syrian conflict and warned there was a risk of behaving like a bull in a china shop but moscow calls on world powers to use political clout to put pressure on both the syrian government and the opposition to lay down their arms and engage in talks let's know i get the latest from. joining us live in central moscow so amid the continuing showdown between world powers as to how serious conflict should be resolved what exactly did that to me putin have to say. well he has warned against foreign military intervention in the country he said. should be able. to decide the future of their country on their own again.

of the possibility of foreign military intervention the country comparing. this situation to the proverbial bull in the china shop once again he was speaking at the meeting of religious leaders and saying. that. during the perils of too situation libya where foreign involvement has actually wreaked havoc increasing confrontation between between armed groups and citizens on the ground in fact a world famous organization doctors without borders have actually recently reported of atrocities committed by the various armed groups who have been who have received military support from foreign countries of course the of russia has been along the advocate of peaceful and diplomatic solution of the crisis in syria and that has actually been the main source of disagreement between russia china and the rest of

the countries in the united nations security council when russia and china have vetoed the. resolution by other countries that in fact russia is taking practical steps in trying to solve the situation in syria on tuesday russian foreign minister said a circular part of the russian delegation to damascus has met with the syrian president bashar last coming out of those talks with russia's foreign minister said that the syrian president is ready to said dolly for a dialogue with the opposition in fact a senior a senior member of the opposition syrian national council has a welcomed russia's role as a mediator and the peace process and commenting on his visit to damascus on wednesday. courage all other members of the international community to put more pressure on all sides involved in the syrian conflict in order to bring.

peace to the country let's have a listen to what russia's foreign minister had to say. it was a live we have suggested that certain parties capable of influencing the opposition groups here in the specially those based outside syria as it so tried 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 confirmed they are ready to begin negotiations without putting forward any conditions. that the country is a merely the western countries such as france and italy and spain and the netherlands are just the latest among those who have actually lessened their diplomatic ties with syria by close it by pulling out there on a voice to damascus in fact the gulf states have essentially toward diplomatic ties with the syria by not only pulling out their diplomats but also for. it for telling the syrian ambassador to get out of the country in fact of course there are the

anti acid rhetoric is also continuing to come from the united states where the where the white house has said that the syrian president's days are numbered and the pentagon has assured that they are not going they're not looking at the option off supporting the syrian rebels with a military aid to. the police that that is the word that they are staying currently. ok thanks very much indeed for that live in central moscow for more insight. he's director of international studies at trinity college in connecticut in the usa so what do you make of the situation at the moment how do you see events unfolding now in syria. well it's hard to say what's going to happen in syria it's very clear that there is plenty fighting happening many many casualties many people

killed certainly the conflict is already brought in intervention as it were this is no longer just a song. either by was that involved in different ways as you mentioned you know the russian government is involved the united states isn't that good started so it's not a question of intervention and knowing dimension i think the main issue here is whether a political future can be crafted by the conflict in syria already for the good who would want it to do you did mention when we know i think that is the real question not intervention or no intervention but military intervention with us is the creation of a political route to create a stable and sustainable dialogue between the various parties in syria you say the various parties the gulf cooperation council it's planning to recognize the free syrian army as the syrian people's only legitimate representative is it really that

straightforward to identify one element of the opposition to talk to not at all i mean the opposition is a fractured bloc the opposition is is obviously fractured there is a section outside syria section inside syria i think the g.c.c. is eager to kind of good syria into libya and i think that is precisely why the russians and the chinese in the united nations very cautious with the resolution before the security council on february fourth can cut quickly also but the significance of the g.c.c. we thought so much from the arab league and now we're hearing of course this from the gulf cooperation council just how significant a body and how much of the impact could this have on the situation it is a very serious question because the g.c.c. was create. did in one thousand eight hundred one largely by the gulf arab states in response to the iranian revolution of one thousand nine hundred seventy nine the

g.c.c. has a bloc inside the league of arab states but it doesn't have a majority position in the league of arab states in the question of libya the g.c.c. was able to move the arab states in its stead action and therefore the security council it was resolution one thousand seven hundred three right after that the league of arab states in a walk for a new leader rejected the qatari candide it on behalf of the egyptians never to not be allowed to be is that head of the league of arab states so what this means is that in the arab league there is now less appetite for allowing the g.c.c. to run things so the g.c.c. is trying to good alone that force never thought this move by the g.c.c. does not increase tensions with iran after all you said that the reason why it was set up and of course we're seeing international pressure on syria what impact are we seeing on iran perhaps getting involved the consequences of iran getting

involved if there is foreign intervention look the question is the g.c.c. i think is trying to up the pressure is doing something that i think is very responsible this is not the time i think to try to inflame the question in syria pressure needs to be brought on all parties to slow down on moving this into a full scale and very bloody civil war i mean there is not was issued here for anybody to be sanctimonious let's remember that just last year the united states government egged on the pakistani military to enter the swat valley which twenty thousand civilians were slaughtered by the pakistani military you know and nobody brought that for the u.n. security council port nobody in the current question has is sanctimonious you know . and where they can stand on the mountain top and say we have seen everybody's coming do this in a morally ambiguous musician and that is the one from which political dialogue

needs to begin not really sanctimoniousness clear understanding that we are in a very complicated situation visé thank you very much indeed for your thoughts great to hear from you vision pressure director of international studies there at trinity college in the states where the sanctions keep piling up on iran it insists that the european people will end up being hurt the most by the blocs recent or in bargo that view was shared by spain's you to tehran who said it will be his country that will suffer spain along with debt ridden greece and italy of the e.u.'s biggest importers of iranian oil and they only have until july the first to find alternative supplies well let's discuss this with miguel and your mother he's a spanish journalist rice is joining us live from madrid now do you share the view of madrid's envoy to run that spain will be suffering the most from this embargo is there some sort of element of exaggeration here do you think no no it's not all spain's biased fifty percent of its oil from iran actually last year was twenty

percent because of the crisis in libya so one of them a source of energy for spain let's remind the viewers that spain spain is energy comes eighty percent for oil and ninety nine percent of that are imports so yes. it is no association it will suffer a lot because of the sanctions not just spain but of course the rest of the beleaguered european economies that rely on all supplies field supplies from toronto so in a way to run is right in saying that the already vulnerable euro economies will be hit and in effect it is a case of shooting themselves in the foot is that a good point to run makes. well i think. it's right in particular because what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never wanted to go to to pollute to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the

united states pressure on the european union so it's not just a question of whether it is a good or a bad idea in terms of the economy but also it calls into question spain's tanami in making foreign policy decisions and he's not just to spain and italy i have to remind you that also greece imports lots of oil from coming from iran and it could be hard hitting away that will will will will bring them bankrupt in the coming future that would be a complete disaster for the european union and for the euro and that can happen because of these of these political move and also what about the political divisions we're seeing in the attitude towards iran among european members spain's ambassador to iran has said that negotiations were the best way to resolve this issue and yet iran is now claiming the west is trying to block all these efforts to resume six party negotiations so what's going on there in europe. well i think it's very clear that the. defensive let's call it like that against iran.

is driven by three different elements in international community by saudi arabia mostly also by israel for its. interests and then because of these being to our allies of the united states united states is involved and it's actually the most important power behind the sanctions and behind a whole campaign against iran let's say the case of the european union it's actually. the influence of the united states that has brought us into the into the situation because european union actually had a very good relationship in terms of the economy and trade with iran it was retrieving the last twenty years all the the the connections that had been lost after the iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to these two these new tension that has been in my view to a great extent artificially created and yes it has now become an economic issue and

can have even more. destructive effects if the iranians decide to say cut of the strait of hormuz or even if they now decide to beat europe to it by by by cutting off their oil now because we need this time to find alternative supplies if they cut the supply now we want to be able to find them there will be a huge recession in europe of course i don't think there will be doing that that would be. would be good for iran either because then europe will become to them to be an enemy of iran but that is something that can happen and in that sense it's an unwise move interesting analysis on all of this thank you so much for your thoughts miguel and spanish russian journalists live in madrid thank you time. outrage sweeps britain after the european court of human rights blocked the deportation of abu qatada dubbed as ahmed bin laden's right hand man in europe it's

the latest in a string of questionable judgments that of overall domestic decisions as artie's nor smith explains patience for the e.u. is running thin. still for inland with its queen its own currency and its parliament but no 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 home you can take his abroad to france and decisions made in strasburg could the rule any may taya the european court of human rights was set up after world war two to avoid the persecution of minorities by the state but now it's being de railed and it was never never anticipated of 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. delays in control of a sea had the european court in strasburg there's a backlog of up to eight years and when cases are decided judgment. in two thousand and ten the court decided to give prisoners the rights to vote through 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 even contemplate having to give the vote to anyone who is in prison aside. it could cost. the last time that we looked at this the cost of complying with judgments under the european convention of humor 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 dated one off costs in other areas than 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 dumped bin ladin's right hand man in europe can't be deported back to jordan where he's now g. to be released onto the streets of britain this is somebody who stands up and publicly. hatred about everything our democracy is 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. 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 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 making decisions on what should be sovereign issues the court has 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 weak a human rights protections entirely vulnerable. r.t. . remember we always have more stories news and comment on our website r.t.

dot com and if you should log on install for you right the moment the notorious a lot of us group hacks oakland city officials and publishes their personal data online in retaliation for the violent crackdown on occupy protesters. plus it's reported that the british government is to sanction the use of nerve gas by riot police despite the chemical agents being banned in warfare those stories and plenty of others for you at r.t. dot com. in the recent reports the bureau of investigative journalism uncovered countless deadly drone strikes carried out by the u.s. in pakistan it also highlighted several quotes from president barack obama claiming the strikes only target terrorists and not civilians over the report found hundreds of civilians have in fact been killed by these cia led aerial attacks chris were to

compile the report thinks it won't be long before the legality of using unmanned drones in that way is tested in court. cia has been saying for some time that it hasn't killed a civilian in pakistan since at least two thousand and ten every news agency. pakistan every credible news organization that's looked at this is finding that that's not the case we know that civilians are being killed pakistan is clearly very unhappy with the strikes there's an interview in a british newspaper today with pakistan's high commissioner to london describing the drone strikes as in effect extradition executions a state sanctioned executions does seem to be an indication that these drone strikes are happening despite what mr know because of what pakistan wants you know his state court has ever looked at the legality of these drone strikes and there's a reason for that every time

a case has been brought in the united states that is attempted to look at whether these strikes are legal or not the united states is claiming something called state secrets privilege but that's where they say actually this is a covert operation and we can discuss it really does need to be an accounting here and an examination by the u.s. courts about the legality of these drone strikes and the various additional legal questions that they raise and that time i suspect it's coming quite close given the pressure in the u.s. right now. twenty three and a half minutes past the hour hand on the russian capital. with a lot of business in case you will do just that next on r.t. . thank you bill. well to scientists. and as i must a just cussing the russian economy and its prospects of becoming a global financial hub most of them believe russia has the resources to succeed as

mareena cars are about reports not without a song. the auditorium was jam packed with business owners and experts hungry to get outside the all. russia's investment climate a walk can be done to improve it all the foreign specialists agreed on the one thing and that is that russia has a lot of potential but the problem is how to realize that more investors are buying their merchant equalities like russia right now because they're seen as the best place to support cash given the economic uncertainty in europe and the u.s. at the moment of russia lark's the global competitive edge and many of the russian experts here today said that the country has many internal problems which need to be fixed and a symbol of the government should join forces with the business elite to make the changes required they believe that it's in order to convince local businessmen to invest in russia rather than abroad and keep specialists in the country as well as create an atmosphere where unsupplied yours are appreciated another one of the main

points they will see in the vacation russian state companies have significantly increased investment to ward stands the foreign specialists here say that russia has all the potential to produce the next generation of entrepreneurs and become the next silicon valley but it needs to act fast and start implements in the changes required now. thanks mary you know we're going to have a look at the markets now and get started with exchange rates here is high against both the dollar and the variable investors are keeping an eye on the greek debt talks an agreement from athens new spending cuts for the allow it to receive the next allotment of rescue funds on the ruble advancer its highest level in five months against the dollar and strong crude prices. on the u.s. markets are open but they've actually. gangs and as you can see the dow jones and the nasdaq firmly in the red now i've been monitoring the situation there on the

greek cliffhanger is a concern for investors across the pond. european stock markets well i. now the now the there are mixed view now as you can see they gave is the greek situation which is keeping me of the investors on their toes a foot see has just recently gone into the red in the dax is holding on to a quarter of a cent of games the russian markets now they all closed the most it's finished a third of a percent up by the r.t.s. was a point six percent we're going to see what happened on the individual shares on the my sex most of the blue chips have a good day sped by gained almost two percent there one point seven you can say call finished higher supported by those stronger crude prices but bucking the trend towards food retailer seven continents become the company made an offer to buy back shares at a discount to market pries it all pro higher from troika dogs says investors are

lurch ahead of chinese inflation figures to out. investors are expecting. important news from china which will be released this night this is a number you for we see that inflation is slowing down china will create a very good sentiment many will be with will be thinking the central bank of china . lending rules and we can see more liquidity from china. russia's gas problem is in talks to buy or maybe an oil field from austria an energy giant over m.v. according to local press and book arrest is the biggest corporation ever mania and the largest oil and gas producer and eastern europe they paid one point five billion euros for a fifty one percent stake in the company eight years ago it's not clear how much gas pump is to pay to take over control was certainly be monitoring the situation

for you here on business out say that's it for now be back in about fifty five minutes. the closest team has been to the hub bar of screeching for the country's little wealth starts its way across the ocean. and. now our chief goes to the area. named dr lenin looking to

a different character to represent itself. for local businesses are striving to build the aviation capital of russia. and for the four by fours are made and should be tested to the limit. welcome to the streets of. russia close up on our to. lose. just simply. just seems.

odd. live from moscow this is our t. top stories now this hour the russian insists that only by urging both the syrian government and opposition to lay down their arms can end the bloody conflict that's while western gulf countries keep regime change i recall their ambassadors from damascus. fury in the u.k. is in the tourist terror suspect dubbed al qaeda spiritual leader in europe is bailed and allowed to roam the streets of london that's after his deportation to jordan where he's sentenced to life in prison that's been forbidden by the european court of human rights. and questions over the galaxy of u.s. drone attacks on pakistani soil resurface with a fresh strike just days after

a report revealed evidence that dozens of civilians were killed by america's unmanned aircraft. when. former senior israeli diplomat to discuss in depth his country's foreign policy and where he thinks it will lead that's a special interview next on r.t. . what now happens radio. who recently resigned from the government on grounds of principle he said he could no longer 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 fifteen years of service what was the final score. greet the stuff. and the banner banners for him was.