to keep its rapidly shrinking economy from defaulting greek journalist to do that explains more now from the capital. the greek lawmakers finally passed this austerity package it was a crucial vote always have seen violence hard violence in the streets of athens it was the worst days since the violence we had the 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. 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 are some aynesworth include even a lowering the minimum wage by twenty percent this is very hard because the net

wades. that somebody will receive it's four hundred euros and unemployment being being much higher than twenty percent so people say that they will not stay at home they will continue to riyadh and they will continue to demonstrate on the other hand people are really angry and we expect more violence will germany's finance minister will has declared that promise isn't enough anymore saying that greece will have to implement reforms to prove it's not a bottomless pit but investment adviser patrick says whatever happens in greece there's no saving it from a collapse that will be felt across europe. in every possible respect greek if greece is not a tragedy and it is 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 things we may even have to end up ditching portugal from the euro zone but we're we have to defend now it is it late and that's really going to fall on the shoulders of the technocrat mario monti and this is going to be our cataclysmic event during the course of at the latest april 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 than 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. what artie's across talk program also focuses on the greece's financial predicament coming your way at seven thirty hidden costs of the bailout rescue. the change is clear in germany you give me the cash to survive given my debt problem 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. they're not managing the greek economy there's nothing and that's i might's i might be provocative here but that's always the. front. the mask. to the brand new arab league package of initiatives on syria the proposal

backs the opposition calls for joint arab un peacekeeping force in the country the group has also said it's cutting all diplomatic ties with the us government that says the un general assembly is set for more talks on the syrian issue later on monday or teasing of the school reports from cairo. syria will probably see the un peacekeepers most likely to arrive in the country in order to try and peace in the country again the arab league meeting in cairo on sunday took them about eleven hours to come up with a 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 sanctions which have already been imposed on syria they aborted the observers program which was 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 authorities are 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 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 these rebels are being supported by by al qaida and these statements from the al qaeda leader and something who did a voice his support for the syrian opposition who did encourage all muslims the world over to come and join forces and that reinforced by the information from the iraqi. fighters boruc 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 coming to talks with the syrian president they have essentially dismissed him as a leader end up with a very volatile situation which really is incredibly hard to solve so again right now all we can do is observe. by the author and journalist ashton returns he thinks the u.s. and al qaeda could end up fighting side by side in syria to safeguard common interests we know the united states and the european union. all but military intervention. could happen should happen some sources even saying british just 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 americans are doing are not protecting the interests of u.s. citizens and lawyers being 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 where the u.s. has continued its calls for regime change saying it's only a matter of time before the assad government collapses and sister shows washington may 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 the yuan we'll 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 the operation clue you know actually it's for exceeded the u.n. mandate and that operation i think that symbolic of the fact that these libya that these u.n. mandates really are meaningful in the terms of international law and it'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 one 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 is done repeatedly demanding that the israelis get out of the west bank and earlier gaza and earlier the site. i 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 there take 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 it chose to take sides in a civil war. one might describe the us towards the u.n. as use it if needed go around it if you don't like it but while an all or card

approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for ability i'm going to check out reporting from washington. for more in-depth discussion on the standoff in syria coming up in the next hour investigative journalist a so when stanley says there's no unity in the opposition and the calls for military intervention are supported by solid facts is a taste of i think. 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 protest. 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 the syrian regime for all its many crimes there's no claims that it's the people so no fly zone just seems a political pretext. now

it will be assessing the country's education system examining its health care and laying the foundations for new housing policies but there are thirteen outlined his vision of a better life for the average russian and his latest pre-election manifesto with more on his proposed changes that's joined r.t. correspondent peter all of them are for a. lot of changes can the average russian expect to get to this president. vladimir putin was outlining his plan for social change in russia should he be elected president. the main areas he's been looking at the education system in the country saying that everybody should have the ability to be able to to raise their social standing to education to work. paying. teachers and doctors being among the groups in russia that don't really get the the levels of

pay we see in other countries which is something to put right he wants to see teach the doctors given a pay increase in terms of those teaching it high education facilities those university professors outlined a plan that could see them. a two hundred percent pay increase by twenty eight team no pensions is always an issue a key issue when it comes to elections in russia vladimir putin praising the fact that russia hasn't had to raise the age a person can receive their pension however he does acknowledge that with one in eight russians living below the poverty line the vast majority of those are pension age and that the fact that the pension in russia really does not cover. money and they need to put more money into that from the state birthrates always

a key issue in the rain russia as well now let me said the more money will be put towards giving towards families that will have a second child in order to be able to of course fund having a second child in fact in some regions that have serious demographic problems we could see even more money given to families that have a third child or a fourth child now all of these two extra children they were wanting to have in russia then they're going to need somewhere to live housing. was discussed by the prime minister saying that more state funded housing would be made available if he was elected president but he also said that he wants to see more. private housing people getting the buying their own houses now one of the reasons one of the ways he hopes to be able to do this is by tackling the issue of corruption. should industry. suggesting that two thirds of the cost of buying a house in russia could actually go on the shady dealings of dealing with corrupt.

this is something he wants to tackle in order to allow more people to own their own homes and. thank you for that update. where you can find more. on our website here's a taste of what else is. spectacular from japan. is winning back its reputation as russia's aviation capital.

the spirit the twenty games. chemical company. responsibility. india. the controversial new partnership. organizers claim is the greenest most sustainable a limping 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 that. fifteen thousand people died when poisonous gas leaked from a factory in rural india the subsequent fall out 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. how 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 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 farrow 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 contaminated union carbide factory children are being born with deformities people have more cancers there's growth lead our nation and boys there's there is girls have problem with their periods all kinds of issues that have have arisen from the legit see that has been left behind by this boy in this factory dow chemical is paying for the fabric little be draped around the stadium olympic rules forbid any advertising during the games itself but doubt is allowed to splash its logo all over the curtain 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 commission and i lie self 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 india 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 bennett london where the now to couple of other stories were around the world the south thousands have gathered in pakistan protesting against their government's ties with the u.s. according for nato supply routes to afghanistan to be cut off around two dozen right wing parties joined forces to organize the battle which organizers accused india of using as a weapon against pakistan. organizers of the interim government in connection with the room by terror attacks in two thousand and eight. operations to pump

almost two hundred thousand tonnes of fuel from the stricken costa concordia cruise line of the gun a month sized it's been repeatedly delayed because of bad weather fishel saying take a month to remove all the fuel on board seventeen people died and fifteen are still missing off the run aground off the coast of italy the captain was said to be among the first to flood the shit. house arrest. parents across saving the top business desk enjoy maria. thanks carrie hello and welcome to business here on r t we'll start with greece where that problems there may have come one step closer to resolution as the country approved even more harsh austerity measures to save the nation from bankruptcy now the historic vote paves the way for the country's senior pm partners any i'm asked to release one hundred thirty billion euros in new rescue loans

greece has a fourth in the half billion euro bond repayment to march twentieth and if acquires the bailout fund to be in place in order to avoid devastating the faults the package reportedly consigns three point three billion euros in the wage pension and job cuts this year. have a look at the markets we'll start with oil crude advance from a three day low after who says parliament approved austerity measures easing concern that europe's debt crisis will force and curb commodity we can see light sweet is approaching one hundred dollars per barrel while the blood is over one hundred eighteen dollars given all the markets there are still heading higher following greece exporters are among the main gainers in tokyo with carmakers over a percent so clearly such as generally shrugged off a report that japan's economy contract and by a larger than expected margin in the last quarter of two thousand and eleven and telecoms are on the rise in hong kong with china mobile one percent. well here in

russia it's now less than one hour ahead of the opening bell the russian markets closed in the red on friday the r.t.s. lost over two percent small the my six finished over one percent down and mark rubenstein from metropole financial corp looks ahead to this week's right. this week is going to be. very important in terms of markers to do. the. united states. compared to the previous week where there was very little data here in the market this is all. it is going to be very busy and i think they respond to thai remains high so we will a likely see market moving higher the russian market will take cues not only from the global markets but also from the commodities market and there we have observed quite a lot of strength there were there past several weeks and i don't expect that. to and. the announce of food retail now which is among the fastest growing businesses

and the margin markets well here in russia left casias who is the former chief of the biggest retail group x five and now the senior vice president walmart 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 russian market with qantas like china or brazil or mexico and i think we're going to do before from them sole let's first to beat this country this country and then thinking about our next levels you know the largest russian the companies this moment have about five percent market share. but if you. 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 growth of

competence like. money the dixie or others the space. so or again saying the russian market is the probably best in the world market for retailers. and that's how business looks the saulteaux back in about fifty five minutes with more financial news here on our t.v. and i mean some you can check out more stories on our website our.

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