as a sissy as they as an official body however it is hard to say again what exactly will come out of this meeting of course the the violence in syria has been escalating there are claims by the by the opposition for saying it that more than one hundred more than one hundred people have been killed just over the past week of course if you listen to if you listen to the syrian officials they are saying that more than two thousand officers from the syrian army have been killed since the unrest in the country began in march of last year and when the claims from the opposition from the rebel fighters come. with jordi of the people that there is a massacre going on in the city of homs the syrian officials beg to differ and this is what they say. those people who are who are have been killed are people who supported the government. people who were could know by the armed groups and they were massacred on the. evening of to be.

or do to the exact time of the meeting of the security council and you. of course syrian authorities are also saying that the funding of the financial and the military support comes for the rebels the military support and financial support for their bills is coming from abroad from various other states there have been reports that could star and u.k. special forces are fighting on the sides of the rebel and also what with the with the recent announcement by the head of al qaeda who said called on all arab muslims and muslims worldwide to support syrian rebels those claims from the syrian opposition may not be untrue or the arena of a question time now moscow has been trying to urge both sides the government and the opposition to to both come to the peace talks and negotiations any chance of that happening do you foresee any luck that. almost goes very persistent in

continuing to press for the fact that it's the it's up to syrians themselves in order of the series themselves must be able to solve the current crisis of course the support of the arab league in its endeavors to try and stop the bloodshed in the country however. however russia's envoy to the united nations. i did say even in an interview to our teeth that perhaps the arab league isn't quite as effective at the moment as it should be. as the morning during mission of that i believe was there and the as the situation was evolving everybody saw that the government troops were pulling out of certain dollars or sort of quarters in the city is that door to door he was taken over by armed rebel groups that would mean that the the arm the confrontation will continue and escalate. and of course there is also the water there is also

a washington which increasingly which increasingly makes its rhetoric little bit sharper than before they refused to have any dealings with the syrian president assad whatsoever so they're trying to get so they're trying to rally all countries in order to press on the syrian government for the president to step down of course with the recent developments with the support for all kind of this is becoming more and more dubious situation with every moment of while the violence continues people here including the arab league in cairo trying to figure out what exactly they can do in order to stop the violence all right art it's a ridiculous you have a live in cairo thank you. they were on there will soon reveal some major advances in its nuclear program speaking on the thirty third anniversary of the islamic revolution president ahmadinejad said tirant would never stop enriching uranium iran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful energy purposes only but

the united states and its allies the e.u. and israel suspect iran could be pursuing nuclear weapons and they've been piling up sanctions against iran but actually denied warns that europe's planned oil embargo will ultimately backfire spain one of the biggest e.u. consumers of iranian oil says the sign sions would hurt it more than any other european state madrid based journalist. believes the embargo has been forced upon europe. what we're seeing here is not a decision that comes actually from european countries to spain never wanted to go to to poot to be put in place this is something that comes externally from the united states pressure on the european union so it calls into question spain's tanami in making foreign policy decisions and he's not just to spain and italy also greece imports lots of oil from from europe from iran and it could be hard hit in a way that would 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 the political move your opinion actually had a very good relationship in terms of the economy and trade with iran it was retrieving in the last twenty years the connections that had been lost after the iranian revolution and the situation was improving until we came to this new tension that has been in my view to a great extent artificially created. you're watching r t it's good to have your company today and still ahead here in the program here one year since the toppling of mubarak but instead of celebrations across egypt a general strike as people feel betrayed by the military rulers and want to change that still has yet to arrive. and a group of politically active russians take the matter of election transparency into their own hands by organizing a vote his lead. it's tough new cuts on already struggling greeks

or an imminent default as the country's prime minister warns failing to get more bailout cash will be catastrophic the parliament is set to vote on the unpopular new austerity bill that e.u. creditors want passed in return for the one hundred thirty billion euro rescue package the cabinet has quit the plan after some debate but lost six ministers or deputies in the process some coalition m.p.'s are threatening to vote against it if it goes ahead though a fifteen thousand civil servants will lose their jobs and the minimum wage will be slashed thousands of greeks have been protesting the deal throughout the week there have been clashes with police who fired tear gas to disperse crowds and more rallies are expected later on sunday when the parliament votes on the bill economist yanis varoufakis said that e.u. leaders are only looking to secure their own financial stability. this government was always expendable the point of putting it in place was to ensure that this deal

goes through. it's my prediction that did we go through this government. is done these measures are part of a loan package the purpose of which is to delay. the steady disintegration of the euro zone and give more time to germany's politicians to find out what they're going to do with their with the german and the french banks which are insolvent. greece is being sacrificed on the altar of a utopian procrastination while whoever is doing it is treating a very severe medical issue by means of cortizone only bit of ice cream what is happening here is that greeks are being threatened that unless they keep borrowing money from germany from france from the i.m.f. from the e.c.b. we noted to keep repaying the northern european and big banks then they are going to be thrown out of the use of this is of course an empty threat here we have people six hundred euros a month who would have to live on four hundred fifty euros

a month while at the same time inflation is increasing and taxation is going through the lure of. you watching are just shortly ahead for you in the program despite mounting civilian deaths and plans for an early withdrawal by the number of nato airstrikes in afghanistan could actually be increasing explain why in a few months. and here are some. others the u.s. army private accused by washington of treason received a nomination for the nobel peace prize. of the hour here in the russian capital fair and transparent people here in russia want to see the upcoming presidential election in march polling stations across the country are being acquitted with webcams to avoid any wrongdoing but a group of proactive citizens has decided that using technology alone is not enough to go to prescreen off now explains how they're planning to secure honest voting.

it doesn't take long to find videos of alleged violations during the recent parliamentary vote in russia just a couple of clicks is enough since years of these files have flooded the internet and even though most of the allegations 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 where. people want to vote responsibly and to know where their votes go they want political competition independent courts in media feeling the voters league is not . the idea was floating in the air the voters league was officially founded in january by a group of journalists bloggers activists writers and other public figures and stay with us t.v. host and now activist. ladies. or the head of a charity fund and blogger. also known as dr.

other school markets 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 it's 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 middleton another candidate businessman mikhail prokhorov has already struck a deal with elite you have to go on willing to authorize one hundred fifty thousand league observers we've also arranged to put together a unified database to keep track of the election points because 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 clearly important not to cross the line and observers not only are a position it is serious so if limitations not to take sides in the political process. the league's founders say they'll 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 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. how about our top story here on to. the issue is the arab league currently meeting in cairo to discuss the future of the crisis in syria we are we are hearing that the reports of escalating violence all across the country and let's discuss this further with a doctor. now joining us live from. i thank you for coming on r.t. today the latest angle we have on this story is that al qaeda is now saying that it's extending its support to the syrian opposition as washington is now preparing to back the opposition it does seem perhaps a bit bizarre at first that they're both supporting each other in this against the assad regime america ultimately backing its enemy in the war on terror. i don't think that a clear idea is to follow through the united states boutiques in the region all over or all over the i mean the. many branches of of canada are in fact could lead to the weekly and mainly if you knew there had to have been because he had to do

originally the united states i mean. accordingly i think that is behind inquiry that in syria as it was behind that in libya it is the same by the way and that's why you know i think the cards are still trying to manipulate the people there to want a card that is there is the it's because it is some form of the in the compromise between the that she will have. so as to show their business this because they're in the united states in the region have a very bad reputation by it so it's fair to say then that it looks like now that washington al-qaeda both fighting against the same enemy that of president assad. it is for sure and we have to put in mind also that the fundamentalists in general are in a very good relationship. regarding you know the issue of capitalism that capitalism and fundamentalism are allies if you like from and it did you can point view and

also it is they are as i merely got into their interests that's why the both of them are fighting the same in which is you know the syrian regime and especially and largely if you like the arab nationalism or if i may that the u.n. is set to team up with the arab league monitoring mission over the first mission report wasn't even taken into account by some u.n. members even before they voted on the draft resolution we're looking. at a u.n. monitoring mission part two what's the point. i don't think that the you know the united nations will be a neutral party in the conflict in syria it is the same for the to redeem you know that the united nations is controlled by the imperialist countries especially the united states and accordingly i do think that they will accept its report if the report will be similar to the report which you will do so by the end of the i mean

this is a person from the arab league directly and all the people knows you know that when the when the syrian representative in the knitted missions us for a deadbeat to come there to talk to me and to deliver his speech the united nations did not allow him to come this means that you know they are not the neutral in the beginning and they will not be in your time. or let's let's just jump in here and just shift gears here if i may some analysts believe that washington and its allies want to use this conflict in syria as a means of targeting iran and hezbollah or do you see any truth in that. it is not a secret you know there are. fears that one wants to destroy syria so as to cut you know the art of resistance which is starting to damascus and also through to south of lebanon for sure. this is the world this is

a very good and also we have to put in mind that there is this terrorist movement and then there are the arab league especially syria who are against imperialism in the region this in your current order this is a new front if you like is challenging the traditional front which is you know. and the heart of. the through the united states or. that's why this in your front should be destroyed and it is not to see that as a super. adult some are live in ramallah thank you for joining us and also today that's all the time we have for thank you. afghan president hamid karzai has accused nato of killing eight children in an airstrike on wednesday officials launched a probe later claiming foreign forces wrongly targeted civilians after receiving incorrect report that the men were preparing an attack in the area the bombing came just a week after the united states announced it might stop combat operations in afghanistan earlier than expected but this strike could stoke already strained relations

between the karzai and his western backers over a mounting death toll documentary filmmaker clay claiborne's thinks that despite the condemnation civilian casualties in the country will continue to rise he. to have any the buy of bill if he is legitimacy as an afghan when something like this happens but he is basically a tool of the american occupation there so we can expect any real demands to change from here this kind of thing obviously doesn't win hearts and minds this happens in the same area were afghan soldiers recently killed french troops on ports and i think because the u.s. is planning a pullout even movie next day for him because of pressure are moving their troops out we can expect more airstrikes and more civilian casualties in afghanistan we

already saw two thousand and eleven eight percent above two thousand and ten in terms of civilian casualties i'm afraid we're going to see that trend continue in two thousand and twelve precisely because they noted they have to pull out decisively because they noted again this. on us actions and afghanistan on our website dot com just click away twenty four hours a day you can get there you can also find out about america's massive defense costs for example the u.s. congress has approved. dollars to build. the order from the. cold war. office. new.

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we're coming to you live from moscow it's good to have you with us today on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president hosni mubarak egypt's activists who have called for a general strike to ramp up the pressure against the ruling military council they want the council to step down immediately saying they are blocking reforms the military has said it won't accept any ultimatum to transfer power in june when the presidential elections. but many people fear they will stay in power beyond this day kyra post journalist bel truce says egyptians have every right not to trust the military. people are unsure about whether they'll actually transfer power in jean and so far the military the ruling military council has yet to fulfill any of its promises that said since it came into power also just generally on the streets we're seeing massive human rights violations towards protesters where people are expressing their freedom of speech and we've seeing excessive use of tear gas and cartouche they call it here which is shots i'm aiming protest is has been

absolutely no reform of the police is it exemplified by the football disaster a few weeks ago which saw the seventy four people die so essentially we've seen very little reform since mubarak stepped down and people are basically anxious that nothing will change and it will just slip into a new a new dictatorship i think most people here would post i would say they do you say in the revolution never ended but it's called the continuance of the ongoing revolution really since january even after mubarak stepped down this time last year they've been continuous sit ins and protests and violent clashes with egypt's security forces pushing for protesters pushing for change that they haven't seen yet so. let's get to some other global news for you in brief this hour with the odds he walked up to the israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip of left one civilian dead four others injured the man killed was a guard at a farm the israeli army confirmed the bombings saying they were aimed at sites belonging to terror. the groups were a response to

a short range rocket attack from gaza. malaysia has deported a young saudi blogger who is wanted in his home country for his remarks on twitter the journalist sparked outrage in the kingdom last week after he tweeted that he would not pray for the prophet mohammed clara's condemned his thoughts as a blasphemous twenty three year old could now face execution. and actress whitney houston has died at the age of. the former was found in a beverly hills hotel room on the eve of the grammy awards in los angeles her career was marred by a turbulent marriage on drug abuse north already as of yet to determine the exact. the u.s. army private bradley manning accused of passing secret documents and evidence of war crimes to wiki leaks as we nominated for the nobel peace prize he's been put

forward by a peace research center in the u.s. and an icelandic parliamentary group the twenty four year old is awaiting a court martial in the u.s. sand faces life in prison. but accused johns dettori who leads the icelandic nomination says exposing crimes should not be regarded as one bradley manning. because he's. who are long whistle on war crimes and he's not. a criminal iron law was war crimes or to blow the whistle on any trial. we feel bad . now by these leaks for example the video collateral murder. the wall. and in particular repeat the people that have. put their name to the war and afghanistan in iraq through the government need to know what the genetic gone on there and by knowing what is going on there and we see this and can apply more

pressure on our governments to be accountable for the crimes that have been productive in our lives we do not. let the bradley manning case be because his in just treatment the records of silencing all the people the courageous people want to do there still is duly by reporting on crimes the corporate states or military. all right in just a few minutes here in our see we discuss whether u.s. drone strikes in pakistan are helping the war on terror or hindering it will be after a recap of our top stories in just a moment. the

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three. the old free broadcast quality video for your media projects free media. if you are just joining us a very warm welcome to you live from moscow are your headlines now at the arab league to bring. stability back to syria the free syrian army says it expects official recognition from arab gulf states there are also reports that western countries could actually be propping up al qaida through their support of the opposition. iran's president promises to reveal a major advances in its nuclear program saying tehran would never stop enriching uranium iran insists it's only pursuing atomic energy for peaceful purposes despite

the long list of western sanctions against it. and are live pictures for you here from athens crowds once again gathering outside the greek parliament building for a tough choice on more yet more public cuts to secure one hundred thirty billion euro people angry had already very deep austerity i mean venting their frustration on the streets all week again these are live pictures for you right here. now where we talk to pakistan's foreign minister who explains why she thinks that u.s. drone strikes in a country are only making things worse instead of helping to fight the insurgency here watching not. she's the youngest foreign minister but has to deal with some of the toughest security challenges he not rabani khar pakistan's foreign minister is joining us now on i thank you very much for.