journalist. explains more from. the greek lawmakers finally passed this back as it was a crucial vote always have seen violence hard violence in the streets of athens it was the worst day since the violence we had the in two thousand and eight we have seen i guess young people who did who did the youth breaking marbles throwing molotov cocktails and then their police men answering throwing tear gas is we have seen fires all in the streets are around the scene that must wear on greek parliament they have also looted many many stores around around the streets and these harsh measures include even a lowering the minimum wage by twenty percent this is very hard because the net wades. that somebody will receive its four hundred euros and

unemployment i mean come on being a much higher than that twenty percent so people say that they will not stay at home they will continue to riyadh and we will continue to demonstrate on the other hand people are really angry and we expect more violence well germany's finance minister will. has declared promises and enough anymore saying that greece will have to implement reforms to prove it's not a bottomless pit but investment advisor petra young says whatever happens in greece there's no saving it from a collapse that will be felt across europe. in every possible respect greek greece is not a tragedy and it is due and the reason for that is simply because the reason no way that they are going to be able to implement whatever austerity they're talking a fight against such a backlash of public opinion whatever happens there the problem for the rest of the

euro zone is that not only we have to basically prepared to defend the whole integrity of the euro and actually if you read what's been said behind the behind closed doors you can see there's a spirit that you know what we may have to do three so we may even have to end up ditching portugal from the euro zone but we're we have to defend now it is italy and that's really good of forward the shoulders of the technocrat mario monti and this is going to be our cataclysmic event during the course of up to later see a problem does the euro survive at the moment i think probably a shrunken euro it's sixty forty it can do but ultimately we're going to see swinge in recession even worse of the recession really down to we've already been receiving through why do european union and that's bad for everybody in the world ultimately within the next maybe it weeks greece is going to be forced to default and that's going to be quite cataclysmic. coming up later today on talk program

focuses and what's behind the international drive to save greece. the change is clear in germany you give me the cash to survive given my debt problem and i'll give you my sovereignty but will the public actually comply will they agree to accept the pain of this austerity and will they agree to submit the most important sovereign aspect which is your this goal your budget to technocrats in brussels that are not answerable to your population through the problem is that gentlemen france are not managing the greek economy they're just managing the greek beds and over the last over the last couple of days i haven't heard anything about how we can return the economy to growth. the basket has swiftly rejected a brand new arab league package of initiatives on syria the proposal backs the

opposition and calls for a joint owner of a un peacekeeping force in the country the group has also said its cutting all diplomatic ties with us at the government that's the un general assembly is set for more talks on the syrian issue they told monday multi-user english to report stuff from cairo. syria world probably see un peacekeepers most likely to arrive in the country in order to try and reinstall peace in the country again the arab league was meeting in cairo on sunday took them about eleven hours to come up with a decisive response to the situation in the country which has seen a lot of bloodshed over the past eleven months we started in march and of course the arab league has asked for tightening of sanctions which have already been imposed on syria they aborted the observers program which was halted in january of this year very conflicting numbers as to how many people have been killed depending on whom you ask really the opposition says hundreds of people are being killed on

a weekly basis of the same time the authority years saying that around two thousand syrian military officers have been killed since the unrest have begun also you have the mounting pressure from washington from the white house who have put together a sort of a coalition of the so-called friends of syria who are going to meet in february and february twenty fourth to be precise in tunisia which is part of the arab league in order to figure out further details about what exactly they're going to do about the bloodshed that's going on in syria there are concerns that the rebels are being supported by by al qaida and the statement from the al qaida leader on sunday who did a voice to support for this syrian opposition who did encourage all muslims the world over to come and join forces and that it reinforced by the information from the iraq intelligence was said that al qaeda fighters were being transported from iraq

into syria in order to fight on the rebel side when you put all of that together with the fact that washington d.c. is absolutely adamant about just coming into talks with the syrian president they have essentially dismissed him as a leader you end up with a very volatile situation which really is incredibly hard to solve so i get it right now all we can do is observe. well author and journalist shira tensing thinks the u.s. and al-qaeda are fighting side by side in syria to protect common interests we know the united states and the european union all but military intervention. could happen should happen some sources even saying british sure special forces already in the ground or maybe there is already foreign intervention we know there is some kinds of foreign intervention we have heard about al-qaeda. in syria now once again the united states and european union states as usual supporting al-qaeda as they did in afghanistan prior to nine eleven will they never learn it is

shocking to hear a american statesman like john mccain calling for intervention presumably u.s. troops and al-qaeda side by side fighting against president assad of syria this really shows up what exactly the americans are up to they are not protecting the interests of u.s. citizens and or european union leaders our very statement to back any armed attacks we saw with lethal consequence in aleppo twenty eight dead in december forty four dead in damascus this is this is getting out of hand this is getting dangerous but the u.s. has continued its course for regime change saying it's only a matter of time before that assad government collapses and as history shows him watching tonight find a way around the barriers including the u.n. if it decides to push through its agenda on syria. what's in

a mandate having failed to reach international consensus on syria it's been a complete waste of time washington prepares to act around the u. way for the time being the administration firmly rules out any form of u.s. military intervention in syria but the pentagon is busy laying out an attack strategy on syria just in case should the president call for action experts say history shows the absence of international consensus would not be an obstacle to washington if it decides to go ahead with intervention the united states sees the u.n. as a tool of convenience of the u.n. is supple and going along with the united states then the united states is fine to have a u.n. sanction for its actions but when the u.n. and the people of the world or the countries of the world resist then the united states says the u.n. is unwilling to do its job and then uses other instruments like nato or other military arrangements they did that in the case of yugoslavia they did that in the case of the iraq war whenever the u.n. doesn't go along the u.s.

then says well to heck with you one will use some other instrument for the exercise of american power last year the u.n. security council authorized me to protect civilians in libya but the mission resulted in regime change the libyan authorization of force was very specific and it didn't authorize regime change in the countries that partook in their operation clue you know actually it's for exceeded the u.n. mandate and their operation i think that's symbolic of the fact that he's living that these u.n. mandates really are meaningful in the terms of international law and that's just the reality of it nato countries have flooded libyan rebels with weapons despite a u.n. arms embargo u.s. government wants the u.n. but they want the u.n. to do the u.s. bidding way in the united states uses the united nations in regard to be israeli palestinian question is very emblematic when the united nations passed resolutions which it has done repeatedly demanding that the israelis get out of the west bank and earlier gaza and earlier this summer. the united states didn't enforce those

resolutions they didn't demand that they be enforced when it came to the united nations saying the palestinians have a right to be a recognized state the united states acted as if there was a crime against humanity that the united nations they're taking up the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does what the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat found a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take sides in a civil war. one might describe the u.s. attitude towards the u.n. as use it if needed go around it if you don't like it but while an almost carte

approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for ability i'm going to check on reporting from washington r.t. . what about twenty minutes we have more in-depth discussion on the standoff over syria today we speak to rescues of june this a someone standing who believes it's incredibly difficult to verify information coming out of that country here's a taste. i find it all seems to me basically. although both sides deny differences in in military intervention essentially in political differences there is different trends in the syrian opposition mainly between people who support outside intervention and the protestors who don't so you've got groups like the syrian national council which are now openly in favor of a no fly zone which to me seems ridiculous because you know there isn't any even claimed that i know of. the syrian regime for all its many crimes there's no claims that it's bombed people so no fly zone just seems

a political pretext to invade to me. now russia's prime minister and presidential candidate for the new putin has presented his vision of improved social policies his latest pre-election article called building justice is focused on the overall well being of the average russian well there for more on his proposed changes let's join r.t. correspondent of peta all of their up peter well what life changes can the average russians expect if putin is elected as president. well in his latest article before the presidential elections he outlined his his plans for the social future of russia the current prime minister saying that with one in every eight russians living below the poverty line this is something that has to be tackled now he said that everybody should have the ability whether it be through education or through work to raise their social standings he said that the government does have

a big role to play in this and it better the more effective spending of government funds was needed especially in terms of health care what he said is that if he's elected president to be looking to to give more power. a lot more government money is given to regional governments how to give the big pond to give those regions more control over how they spend it of course they work and live in those regions they know where that money needs to be spent the best that's one of the plans he wants to see brought in now in terms of public sector pay this is always a major issue we want to see that increased. not just public all public sector workers you want to see people working in higher education and scientists receive better pay for the work they're doing to bring the tape of onto a par with europe and say the united states no good news if you're a professor in a university the prime minister saying that if he's elected president by twenty

eighteen we'll be looking to increase the wage of the average universe not the best of like two hundred percent. however most people working in the scientific community and in university shouldn't get too complacent the same that increases in wages based on performance related they will be performance related increases they won't just be sweeping across the board now. in terms of small businesses another issue that was on the table for the prime minister to discuss. aereo type about the small businessman in russia a hangover from the dark days of the the ninety's where if you ran a small business then you would usually. people thought there was a stereotype that people thought that you would have connections to corruption and perhaps even organized crime know not to be a putin wants this stereotype to be to be quashed in the government must give you a small business and small businesses the support they need to be able to. know the

birth rate has always been an issue in recent years in russia. again saying that we need to increase the birth rate especially in some reason regions very important to do that and in order to do that we have to be able to make sure that families can afford to have more children so there will be extra government funds made available for for mothers to have to encourage them to have a second child families to have a second child in some regions they'll be further payments made available for families and have say a third or fourth child those regions that have really serious demographic problems more higher birth rate more people being born they need somewhere to live another issue for me to discuss with housing he wants to make more social housing more state funded housing available to people but he also want to see more people get on the property ladder themselves people buying houses people buying apartments now.

one of the big problems that mr putin sees at the moment is the problem of corruption in the construction industry the prime minister suggesting perhaps two thirds of the cost of building a house and buying it actually went. to you to shape the shadiest side of business no he want to see that come down on you want to see that stomped out in order that more people can buy their own houses and get on the property ladder. ok . thank you for that. you can find analysis of all of the published election articles on our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what else is lined up online for you now spectacular photos from japan rising to its feet once again eleven months after a devastating blow by the elements spot is the structure of the younger pair. on flows to the city that's. bringing back its reputation as russia's aviation

capital. how the spirit of the twenty twelve olympic games are now being mobbed by sponsorship deal with dow chemical company many believe there's more responsibility for the worst ever industrial disasters in bhopal india ortiz i've been it looked into the toxic legacy of the games are adopting with a controversial new partnership. organizers claim is the greenest most sustainable a limb pick games ever but a poisonous cloud of controversy hangs over london twenty twelve because of links to this the bhopal gas leak nine hundred eighty four one of the worst industrial disasters of all time left a toxic legacy still claiming lives the company responsibles now owned by dow

chemical a major olympic sponsor meredith alexander was part of the game's ethics watchdog but has just quit in protest it's supposed to be an opportunity to showcase the best and the brightest whether that's the host city or the sports all of it is supposed to be about us and instead all of us are going to have the toxic legacy of dow chemicals. fifteen thousand people died when poisonous gas leaks from a factory in rural india the subsequent fallout killed another ten thousand congenital birth defects in the area a ten times the norm in the rest of india. ten of the time the gas she inhaled left permanent damage and. i can believe that it would open higher and the money's been taken and how dull just dulls time to prove that

there is a sustainable and they're really really good with you know they're trying to improve their image the best way that they can improve their image is by cleaning up the factory said farah got just one thousand dollars compensation part of a four hundred seventy million dollars payout in one thousand nine hundred nine by union carbide factory owners dow chemical company in two thousand and one but denies any lingering liabilities but the indian government disagrees demanding down stumps up one point six billion dollars to clean up the contamination that lives on . people still getting water that has been dominated union carbide factory children are being born with deformities people have more cancers there's growth retardation and boys there is there is girls have problem with their periods all kinds of issues that have have arisen from the largest city that has been left

behind by this boy and this factory dow chemical is paying for the fabric that will be draped around the stadium olympic rules forbid any advertising during the games itself but dow is allowed to splash its logo all over that. before the games actually begin but it's now said it's not even going to do that says it's nothing to do with the protests but it does mean it's paying seven million pounds for something that won't even show its name but dow will still be able to call itself a sustainable a limping partner and organizers say their conscience is clean supposedly thanks to a green light from the ethics watchdog absolutely i did not agree with that it was the question was asked to look at the process and there were discussions within the question and i lie south presented a lot of evidence about what happened in bhopal and then i was shocked to see

a public statement come out i would never have signed off that statement i've been trying to get that statement revoked and it's because i'm able to do that i need to resign from the commission dow chemical refused to speak to us so did london organizers instead they issued this statement from twenty twelve chief lord coe. i absolutely stand by our procurement process and by a distance the most sustainable solution to our rock real comfortable with a boycott from indian athlete has been called off but the n.b.a. is a limp it committee is still demanding down to be dropped with just six months to go it's unlikely they'll get their wish. leaving claims of a sustainable legacy severely damaged other than it ought to. now look at some other stories around the world the south thousands have gathered in pakistan protesting against their government's ties with the u.s. according to nato supply routes to afghanistan to be cut off around two dozen right

wing parties don't force us to organize the right which organizes accused india using kashmir as a button against pakistan. organizes is also wanted by the indian government in connection with the move by terror attacks in two thousand and eight. an operation is to pump a five hundred thousand gallons of fuel from the stricken costa concordia cruise on have begun a month off it capsized it's been repeatedly delayed because of bad weather but official saying it will now take a month to remove the fuel on board seventeen people died in fifteen are still missing off the run aground in the northern coast of italy the captain was said to be among the first to float the ship and is now under house arrest. this is news down with marina. hello and welcome to business here on artsy we'll start with the greed that problems which may have come one step closer to resolution as the country approved

even more harsh sorts of measures to save the nation from bankruptcy this story both paves the way for greece's european partners and the i.m.f. to release one hundred thirty billion euros in new rescue loans. in the have your payment due on march the twentieth and requires the bailout pound them to be in place in order to avoid a devastating default the package reportedly can say is three point three billion euros in the way pension and job cuts this year. and let's take a look at the markets now we'll start with oil first crude advance from a three day low after greece's parliament approved the austerity measures easing concern that europe's debt crisis will worsen and curb commodity demand and we can see light sweet this currently trading at ninety nine and a half dollars per barrel while brian says over one hundred eighteen dollars moving on asian markets there i had an op following news from greece of course and

exporters are among the main gainers and so keogh with carmaker mazda up over a percent so if you're listed shares generally strong dollar for japan's economy contracted by larger than expected margin in the last quarter of two thousand and eleven and telecoms are on the rise in hong kong with china. one percent. here in russia it's less than two hours ahead of the opening bell the markets closed in the red on friday the r.t.s. lost over two percent while the my sex finished over one percent down and mark levin slide from metropole financial corp looks ahead to the week's trades. this week is going to be. very important in terms of markers to just a bunch of market statistics going all over the united states and. particular compared. the previous week when there was very little of a marker data hitting the market this in a week is going to be very busy so that's going to shape a knob there the trades of course the great story is going to be hanging around the

market and any steps in the right direction will have the market to move. in with an ounce of food read sell now which is among the fastest growing businesses and emerging markets here in russia less costly says the former chief of the biggest group x. five and is now the senior vice president at wal-mart he believes this market offers more potential than any other it's very traditional russian approach to compare ourselves with the u.s. i think better to compare the russian market with qantas like china. or mexico and i think we're going to live not too far from them sol let's first to beat this country this country and them thinking about the next levels you know the largest russian that the companies this moment have about three to five percent market share. but if you'll check same figures for some other

markets like marcus or western europe or u.k. the biggest players usually have twenty thirty percent so. space for rule of companies like x five money dixie or others the space is enormous so or again saying the russian market is the best in the world market for retailers. i saw him as a series for that you can always try got our website artsy dot com slash.

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if. you. welcome back the headlines now i think is a cruise draconian new austerity measures as the city explodes of rage of what protest to say is a sellout of national sovereignty to foreign interests. syria brushes off pressure arab league initiatives targeting that assad regime while washington is thought to be limbering up for military action. and equal opportunities to study work and earn in the polluted outlines his plans for social reform in his latest pre-election article. on r t our interview with investigative journalist

a seven stanley focusing on the turbulent situation in and around syria stay with us. today i'm joined by a so when stanley an investigative journalist rajan on the middle east his latest piece delves into the discrepancies amongst the casualty figures in the syrian crisis he said thanks for speaking to r.t. now one of the most quoted sources for those casualty figures is the syrian observatory for human rights but you've recently found out information that suggests it can't necessarily always be trusted why is that i think first of all we have to establish who really is this the syrian observatory for human rights. in our investigation we didn't really uncover any particular reason to doubt the genuine observatories figures. but there is another group led by this man with a.