terrorist groups for the several bombings that took place in damascus of last year the violence has escalated in syria for the past week opposition forces claiming assad's forces are shelling on several areas including the city of homs activists are accusing the government of a massacre saying that hundreds of civilians here have been killed something that's hard to verify meanwhile the u.s. is setting an international coalition aimed at supporting rebels and their struggle these so-called group of friends of democratic syria will involve countries will willing to prop up the opposition and pile more pressure on the regime although direct military action is has been ruled out some reports suggest the british consular a special forces are already in the conflict so there are now calls from washington to arm the opposition and as our teams merino portnoy i reports that the region has

been flooded with weapons from the u.s. . at the united nations security council america holds one permanent seat but when it comes to weapons the world's largest arms exporter is often seen as sitting on two chairs they say there isn't an international embargo on arms preventing them from doing that that is a fact that doesn't change the immorality of supplying a dictatorial regime that is killing its people in massive numbers every day and we are deeply concerned about that as u.s. officials continue publicly scolding countries over relations with syria critics say the accusations are being thrown from a tremendous glasshouse the us is a hugely difficult in this regard because they've long been the largest arms dealer and most of those weapons that the us sold the story clearly more than four hundred billion dollars worth of since the one nine hundred sixty s. have. on to the middle east and you can argue. seriously that it's really that

region any more stable in the past few years nearly fifty percent of u.s. weapons exports have been flowing to the middle east many countries with the biggest appetite for american weapons have also made headlines for carrying out brutal crackdowns against dissidents and opposition groups if. you're ok for their thug you're not mean this is for all of us who have been overseas the duplicity and. of american foreign policy is painfully. evident according to congressional figures america has sold one point four billion dollars worth of weapons to bahrain since two thousand and america struck its single biggest arms deal when saudi arabia ordered sixty billion dollars worth of arms the us has long subsidize the israeli military and recently supplied them with bunker buster bombs

experts say this strategic arming of middle eastern countries is aimed at iran and extending u.s. dominance in the region. is going on. against your own it's not all about you know human rights. it's all about some geopolitical f.b.i. whistle blower sibel edmonds has accused america of playing particularly dirty while leading a campaign for regime change in syria and it's not some kind of. simultaneously op rising situation where people are a ballet and then suddenly they are mysteriously arms and mysteriously arms are being smuggled into syria from cherokee who who's providing this arms nobody's asking in the us media well these are u.s. arms shipped to turkey this is the u.s. military complex flush with record revenue continues to. to lobby its interests on

capitol hill arms manufacturers or some of the biggest companies in america there are some of the most powerful lockheed martin not only do they they make and so arms for the defense department around the world they're a federal contractor in many other levels they're even involved in elections this statue outside the u.n. headquarters is a symbol of global peace and nonviolence but critics say the idea has been twisted by the u.s. which goes around advocating peace while arming countless conflicts all for the sake of profit. new york. also a journalist lucy feel and says the timing of the bombing attacks carried out by the syrian opposition is quite significant. first of all i'd just like to say that this attack is clearly a response to the russian and chinese veto is a message from the west that if we don't get our way through the united nations security council we are going to go ahead with these stabilizing syria by any means possible at the same time we are seeing in the media an increase in accusations of

syrian government violence against civilians and funds but since the military operation to protect civilians in a fund began the syrian military has found a number of caches of weapons of israeli weapons the west is going to try any means possible to destabilize the country. by not going through the united nations and let's be clear that the russian stance of consistently and continuously reminding the world obvious international obligations under international law is being continuously rubbished by the west as we've seen in these explosions today there was a time in to violate all all of its responsibilities under international law in order to get its way in syria you know that the destabilize the country. that was a journalist alyse feeling that talk now it's a bit earlier from london. as well greece is at a standstill once again with the people venting their anger at more planned cuts

which the e.u. is demanding in return for vital funds public transport and other services have been disrupted by the unions today strike protesters in athens are also clashing with police some throwing stones on molotov cocktails creases coalition government managed to agree on new austerity deals with their creditors or their credit is have been demanding but eurozone finance ministers say they want to see concrete action before the second bailout worth one hundred thirty billion euros can be handed over the greek parliament is expected to vote of it on sunday but a jew new coalition member says he will not back the new plan to start. two artes max keiser financial analyst and host of the infamous cause or reporter mike it's good to see you here thanks for coming on the program today tell us this what happens if not everybody in the coalition government it would if many disagree and the greek parliament fails to approve the new austerity package. keep in

mind that the entire europe project was started by germany as a back door way to reunify east and west germany now that it's been reunified germany is prowling around europe looting assets from countries like greece the greeks are the new jews if you will and this is a financial holocaust perpetrated by germany. you say a financial holocaust puppet perpetrated by germany but let's look at what germany and of the e.c. be the i.m.f. the euro krauts in brussels it seems that to some that they are force feeding high interest loans here some are saying that putting a stranglehold on members of the eurozone and then only squeezing tighter is it is it the age old story of the rich getting richer. they've been force feeding

toxic debt for ten years going all the way back to the creation of the euro we now know that goldman sachs on wall street force fed accounting fraud so that greece could be included in the euro this is all planned ahead of time because germany knows that eventually it would all fall apart germany's there to pick up the pieces germany storming into greece they'll be storming into portugal they'll be storming into spain this is the fourth right this is all been baked into the cake as i've been saying on the show for quite some time it's germany holds all the cards they're playing them brilliantly. so the measures agreed upon on thursday include further cuts of fifteen thousand jobs and lowering the minimum wage how does greece eventually plan to boost growth if you're seeing sloshes to this extent it to seem simple mathematics don't even i don't up they can't possibly grow their way out of this they're they're heading to the final solution and of course the i.m.f.

will own the railroad tracks and the railway cars to take the greeks to the final solution that's where we're going with this now accord let's there are reports that a greece is private debt holders are experts expected to accept some seventy percent reduction in the value of their investments now even if they agree to that which one would say must be a tough pill to swallow or they would hardly decide to lend any will money to greece knowing they may never get it back isn't this in effect already an unofficial sort of default. the credits are going to take a haircut on their debt already have that fully insured in the credit default swap market and they're going to make money no matter what they don't take any risk that's why greece is in this problem to begin with all of the toxic debt that has been accumulated on banks' balance sheets around the world in germany and the u.k. and the u.s. have been put onto the balance sheet of greece and now the government of greece

wants the people of greece to pay for this toxic debt the debt in greece did not originate in greece it originated in these other countries that have used greece as a toxic debt dump to dump their debt now they want the greeks to pay the debt the greeks of course will be on able to pay the debt and then we're going to see a financial holocaust greek politicians have been struggling to comply with the u. demands and even when they did creditors just want more do you think we'll see more conditions along the way the greek government is in place by the bankers the previous greek government was put there by the bankers he was trained in chicago the same place christine legarde was trained the greeks have not had representational government in quite some time they need to take a page out of the arab spring they need to stage a revolution they need to replace this government they need to become self-sufficient and regain their sovereignty again by staging some kind of coup my

some running very low on time here but i just want to ask one question here that there are many conspiracy theories running around about how is it that a year across from brussels can continue to force feed these high interest loans you know some people talk about the bailout of the rothschild and some people talk about these so-called money makers are there any conspiracy theorists that could be anywhere close to the truth when it comes to the true power of those who will bring the financial power and political power of europe. when it comes to these financial markets rory the bottom line is it's not about conspiracy theories it's about about a complete absence of the rule of law we saw this in a not a sense of m.f. global goldman sachs and jamie diamond and m.f. global and jon kors on stole money from customers a billion dollars is missing they're not having investigating it there's no rule of law in banking anymore it's open season it's just looting germany knows it they

love it they're going to go and take all of greece's assets portugal all spain it's germany four point zero get used to it by scott the host of the cars reporter live on our t.v. here thanks very much. all right let's go straight to live pictures here and live pictures coming in from athens of the center of athens a very near to the parliament building many people preparing up protesters gathering more planned cuts that max guys i was just talking about i reports coming in some of them have been clashing with the police you can actually see the riot police there throughout the day here and say we'll be covering this for you of course are streaming it twenty four seven now on our t. dot com it's expected hundreds if not thousands will show up just another another not in a tying gold string a time gold web of ants your therapy protests that have been plaguing greece now for well over a year you're watching live pictures right here on out. now

people in russia are becoming more and more involved in the political structure of their country ahead of next month's presidential election a group of journalists bloggers and proactive figures have created a league of voters in a bid to make the upcoming vote fair and transparent. reports. it doesn't take long to find videos of the alleged way lesions during the recent parliamentary vote in russia just a couple of clicks is enough years of these files have flooded the internet and even though most of the o.e. shoes are still to be proven in court tens of thousands of people have been taking to the streets demanding fair elections with marches presidential votes just around the corner events are unfolding quickly with. people willing to do it responsibly and with them into new where they are. the ones political competition independent courts and media fooling the looters league she hadn't the idea was floating in the

air the voters' lead was officially founded in january by a group of journalists bloggers activists reuters and other public figures i'd stay with sweden tedious t.v. host and now activist. but one of the ladies in africa or the head of a charity fund and blogger it is idea to be also known as dr lisa. or other school martha ordinator of the blue buckets movement fighting for equal rights on roads for everyone. our league is an opportunity to gather people who are not indifferent to what's happening to more people with a similar position there are better the leagues main goal is to ensure fair elections is published a list of initiatives on the web divided into groups that everyone can be a part of public discussions and online votes are the key instruments and letters have been sent to all presidential candidates asking them to cooperate with the

league and even though the project is less than a month old everyone has so far agreed including pledging looking to another candidate businessman mikhail prokhorov has already struck a deal with elite you have to go i'm willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand league observers was also arranged to put together a unified database to keep a check on the election for two post according to its founders around ten thousand observers are needed to ensure a fair election in moscow alone. it's great that the civil society wants to be more active but it's critically important not to cross the line and observers not only are positioned it is serious so for the mutations not to take sides in the political process. the league's founders say those shut the organisation down if it ever starts turning into a political movement claiming they are keen to work with all candidates equally there's no doubt society has changed more people want to have more influence on russia's political life perhaps that's why it took less than one month for the vote

was leaked to establish ties with both the authorities and the opposition and with the help promise from candidates just may secure enough access to effectively monitor the vote in march as long as it avoids taking sides and protects its neutrality is going off r t moscow. are you watching r t and just to keep your mind here that plenty of news and eye catching videos are always available twenty four seven and artsy dot com let's have a look at some of the stories in brief now waiting for you at our website hungry for power the muslim brotherhood demand that egypt's military rulers sack the appointed prime minister and replace him with their own candidate. and a cia spy jailed former engineer from the police at school military cosmodrome gets thirteen years behind bars for selling secret data on russian intercontinental ballistic missiles to the united states get more on that story at r.t.

dot com. now before we get to katie with the business now the r.t. world update some of the global news in brief eleven militants have been killed over a dozen wounded in pakistan after local security forces fired artillery shells at their suspected hideouts the crackdown took place in the tribal region where dozens have died in fighting between soldiers and insurgents over the last few weeks pakistan's military has been conducting anti terror operations including since the beginning of the year. a plan strike by police in the rio de janeiro over low pay could jeopardize the next week's notorious annual cotton evolve despite an agreed pay rise of thirty nine percent over the next two years lauren forces are demanding double similar industrial action in the city of salvador so the murder rate doubled with one hundred twenty people killed just during a nine day police strike thousands of soldiers may be deployed in brazil's capital

to try and provide security. hungary's central bank is literally burning money to help keep people warm in europe's deadly cold snap the bank has been pumping wards of disused notes into bundles that can be burned by those in need of heat by no it's a b. provide. as a free source of fuel for the past four years the need now was particularly great with hundreds perishing in the conditions across europe over the past few weeks. marrying the person you love and living freely with there may be a basic right in most democratic countries but apparently it's not always the case in the jewish state israeli palestinian families say they face daily discrimination and risk being separated altogether and israel's insistence that it's quote only protecting national security as few people convinced artie's polis live reports. this is the document that's ruining lana's life it makes no mention of

a university degree a husband or two children it's simply states she's palestinian and therefore illegal and wanted in israel i have a pension stay here now but i don't have any rights just to breathe and eat and drink and for me it's not allowed but a lot of chooses this non life because it's where her husband and children live by law very israeli where is the rest of her family live across the border in janine palestine each time we travel during the week. goes through perth and i and the kids go through another. i have to walk. until now known as move between the two worlds with temporary visas issued by television but she's afraid they could stop at the government tightens its grip on a law denying permanent citizenship to palestinians married to israelis it's trying

to limit the graphic in growth of the arab citizens encourage. citizens who marry palestinians from the west bank in gaza or from jordan to actually immigrate to actually leave israel israel says the law is for security purposes and it's trying to prevent palestinians from taking advantage of being able to get an israeli id through marriage and then carry out attacks on israeli citizens but human rights groups don't buy that they petitioned the law arguing that in the last fourteen years more than one hundred fifty thousand palestinians entered israel because of family ties with israelis only fifty four of them were ever found to be a security risk. in upholding the so-called citizenship law the israeli supreme court president said it was one of the most difficult questions in the state's history the battle against terror while at the same time maintaining the nation's democratic nature we are talking about thousands of family that as a result of the decision of the supreme court that validated upheld the law they

are now living under the tangible threat of being forcibly separated from their spouses from their children from their parents so we are indeed talking about a huge issue with a huge effect on thousands of people this law is thinking about it. i mean one. of the greed is before having your very plume reduced but in the meantime it threatens to tear families apart as lawn interests you now face the very real danger that they might not be able to continue living together policy r t israel. let's go to the business has created. thank you rory welcome to the business program this hour gold is losing value on

the stronger dollar lifted by fresh worries about the european debt crisis however the sentiment has been generally bullish for the body and with the price up around ten percent rob edwards from rights was capsule sees no reason to think of gold bubble is developing and that the prospects for the metal are still. gold is twelve percent off its lows we should record in december it's only ten percent off its horrors it's been very volatile but if you look at the long term chart for gold going over the past. fifty. two thousand dollars. that's been a very consistent. many periods over that period of time and it's been going up in the currencies which is the true definition of a bull market was living in the age of gold is still going to be relevant we don't see it breaking below fifteen hundred dollars an ounce and the end of the day is still a commodity there's a cost of production there's a constant supply and it's still very very hard charging people think. let's have

a look at the markets now exchange rates there is lower against the dollar. about the great deal meanwhile we are all is weighing on the ruble which is losing value against the european and the u.s. currency. it remains down after the international energy agency cut its twenty twelve global oil demand forecast rest six months as a darkening economic outlook as they called it has reduced prospects for growth amid supply concerns for in the sanctions on a rainy and you can see the light sweet on the brands are in. european stock markets moving into the red after greece fell to come up with the debt talks that will continue throughout the we can european of finance ministers are now holding back the rescue package demanding further commitments from. i'm here in moscow the market is to remain in negative territory at this hour as you can see is nearly two

percent down. one percent. and on to the individual news on the my sex. continues to civilize from the previous session following the announcement. us is also down. the company's net profit reached thirty three million dollars last year against a seventy four million dollar loss a year before the us gold is a raising of the gains following reports about is felt with. some of russia's richest people my soon find themselves subject so one off tax prime minister putin says a way must be found to close the subject of privatization in the one nine hundred ninety s. he suggested who took control of the country's resources should pay back something he acknowledges that the process of privatization after the collapse of the soviet

union was dishonest there are one hundred fourteen billion as in russia many have made their fortunes from commodities alexy a still magnate says putin his idea will be difficult to implement. it's very important to understand how this idea can be implemented in reality who should pay the tax. trevor taws the assets back in the ninety's plus many large enterprises the privatized people this issue must be addressed the question is though how exactly this can be done. so for now i'll be back in about fifty five minutes with all business.

from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough urgency department beds and not enough nurses commandoes that to take care of all the people who are here 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 around so i started out going to just do fire fighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the far the problem is medical but they had a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for a bit i waited sometimes three hours but i was it's

a safe francis and we went for four hours and fifty minutes standing against a wall with a patient and we have a federal law that mandates that 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. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and real. everything you thought you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. world with. science technology innovation all the developments from

around russia we've got the future covered. five thirty pm here in moscow you're watching our time for you headlines syrian opposition fighters claim they are behind twin blasts in the country's largest city of aleppo which killed at least twenty five injured almost two hundred explosions hit a military intelligence complex and a security force base. thousands of greeks to lash out against small planned costs . to secure more bailout cash e.u. creditors are piling the tough conditions on athens while union stage a forty eight hour strike. and russia's public figures come together to ensure a fair and free presidential vote by forming the voters' league to monitor

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