as the u.n. peacekeepers into syria these are the three main points which the arab league has come up with during their meeting in cairo the arab league has also called on the stronger backing for a position the fact they all rallied there is a board just for the opposition there is also the so-called saudi arabia draft resolution which may be discussed at the u.n. general assembly in new york on monday and there are reports that this resolution isn't that much different from the draft resolution which the u.n. security council was trying to buy which was also vetoed by russia and china earlier this month syrian opposition fighters have received really strong support not just from the arab league members but also from some of the more and expected sources for example from al qaida and some intelligence from iraqi officials suggest that in fact al qaeda militants are fighting alongside armed rebels in syria of course you have to remember also the increasing pressure from washington d.c. just recently the u.s. state department has published photographs those photographs show the artillery

tanks are situated in the syria what exactly those photos were supposed to prove is not quite clear as most people by now have seen the actual pictures and images after xander tillery on the ground of course we have to think back to these so-called friends of syria which isn't quite completely formed coalition but it's a sort of an alliance of several countries including the arab league states who are being strongly supported by the united states and france and u.k. who are going to be meeting in tunisia later this month in order to discuss further actions that they should be taking in regards to syria of course moscow stands on the matter continues to be. leaving it up to the syrian people to decide words they want to do with their own country moscow is a system that's all sides involved in a conflict should lay down their arms and resolve this issue of violence peacefully . or through a journalist russian 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 have 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 three way 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. well the u.s. has continued its cause for regime change saying it's only a matter of time before the assad government collapses and as history 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 that 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 filling 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 if 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 authorizes nato 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 these libya

that these u.n. mandates really are meaningful in 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 u. one but they want the u.n. to do the u.s. bidding way of the united states uses the united nations in regard to be israeli post in 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 hour. 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 dared 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 u.s. that we do towards the u.n. as use it if needed go around it if you don't like it but while an all la carte approach to the world body might suit washington it makes for a bad recipe for world ability i'm going to check our reporting from washington. but 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 that calls for military intervention aren't supported by the facts here's a taste of that interview. 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 the 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 people so no fly zone just seems a political pretext very. unprecedented humiliating sent out of greece's sovereignty in future that's the view of greek protesters after the approval of a massive new austerity package the bill was passed as running battles tore through the capital with dozens of buildings looted or torched by mobs two hundred ninety nine vote in favor of many of those who were bell thrown out of the parties those

thirty measures were demanded by greece's international creditors for a second thirty billion bailout things these the cash to pay. interest on its debts to keep its rapidly shrinking economy from defaulting will greet journalists explains more from the capital. the greek lawmakers have finally passed this austerity package it was a crucial vote so if you have seen violence heard 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 would be who did the youth breaking marbles throwing molotov cocktails and then their police men answering or throwing tear gas is we have seen fires all in the streets are around the scene that must wear our own greek parliament they have also looted many many stores around around the

streets and these harsh measures include even lowering the minimum wage by twenty percent this is very hard because the net wages. that to somebody will receive it's four hundred euros and there we found employment i mean come on being a much higher than the twenty percent so people say that they will not stay at home they will continue to react and we will continue to demonstrate but on the other hand people are really angry and we expect more violence well germany's finance minister will. has declared that promise isn't enough anymore saying that greece must now implement reforms to prove it's not a bottomless pit but investment advisor 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 be 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 is italy and that's really going to fall on the shoulders of the technocrat mario monti government and this is going to be our cataclysmic event during the course of 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 of the recession read out of we've already been receiving

through why the 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. well arty's cross talk program also focuses on greece's financial predicament coming your way in fifty minutes time the hidden costs of the bailout risky. the change is clear 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 all it is the. monetary fund.

he's assessed the country's education system examined its health care and laid the foundations for new housing policies and his latest prediction i first to putin lays out his plans for social reform in russia party's peace all of the has some of the details of his proposed changes. let me if it was outlining his plan for social change in russia should he be elected president in march now 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 those who are educated teachers and doctors being among the groups in russia that don't really get the the levels of pay we see in other countries as a something a lot of support right he outlined

a plan that could see them receive a two hundred percent pay increase by twenty eight teen pensions also an issue that vladimir putin was addressing he praised the fact that russia had to raise the age at which a person can receive their state pension like many countries around europe to do however he does acknowledge the fact that the state pension in russia isn't enough in fact he does acknowledge that one in every eight russians live below the poverty level and many of those are of pension age now we also heard him discuss birth rates want to see an increase in the birth rate in russia and give to give more money to families to encourage them to have a second child and in some regions that have seriously low birth rates and more even more money to encourage them to have safe third or fourth child now all those extra children are going to mean that are going to be more houses and housing was another issue that the prime minister was addressing he wanted to see an increase

in a number of homeowners number of people getting on the property ladder and in order to do this one of the key issues that have to be tackled was corruption in the construction industry is the prime minister saying that around two thirds of the cost of buying a house in russia at the moment could actually go towards the shady end of the construction industry something which he wanted this he stomped out in order to allow more people to buy their own homes. all of her reporting that well you can find more analysis of published election articles on our web site r.t. dot com here's a taste of what else is lined up few online truck killer photos from japan rising to its feet once again eleven months after a devastating blow by the elements sparked fears the destruction was beyond repair . and sky high ambition for russia's a.b.h. and capital city that built on the world's largest planes through down the gauntlet to its competitors.

the spirit told the twenty twelve olympic games they're now being mobbed by sponsorship deal with dow chemical the company many believe is a moral debt to victims of one of the worst ever industrial disasters in bhopal india ortiz i would bet it looked into the toxic legacy that the games are adopting with a controversial new partnership. organizers claim it's 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 one thousand nine hundred 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 is just quit in protest all of it is supposed to be about this and instead all of us are going to have the toxic legacy of dow chemicals are hundreds fifteen thousand people died when poisonous gas leaked 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 for always ten of the time the gas she inhaled left permanent damage and as well i can believe that how it would open her and the money's been taken far got just one thousand dollars compensation part of 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 dow stumps up one point six billion dollars to clean up the contamination that lives on people's building that water that has been contaminated . by factory children are being born with deformities people have more cancers there's growth lead our nation and boy there is there is girls have problem with their periods all kinds of issues that have. have risen from the legit see that has been left behind by this boy and his 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 limb pick partner and organizers say their conscience is clean supposedly thanks to a green light from the ethics watchdog absolutely i do 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 self presented a lot of evidence about what happened. and then i was shocked to see a public statement come out i would never have signed off that statement 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. distance the most sustainable solution to our rock and we are comfortable with that a boy called from indian athlete has been called off but india is a limpid 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 in doubt either bennett r.t. london. but now to some other stories from around the world this hour the leader of a left wing of rebel group has been captured in peru after being shot in the jungle region for drug trafficking. artemio has now been airlifted to hospital but the government saying his arrest signals at the feet of the signing. of kill thousands of. people in the country and his battle against the state for twenty years the u.s. previously offered a five million dollars reward for information about the leader. of the stance prime minister yousuf raza gilani could face six months in prison disqualification from office he's been charged contempt of the final court order to reopen a corruption case against his political president late late kickback scheme i said

it was a very nice with companies in one thousand nine hundred years later given immunity from prosecution that was eventually overturned by the country's supreme court not a supporter said chief justice is either pursuing a personal vendetta or being backed rather to start a military. operations to pump almost two and a half thousand tons of fuel from the stricken costa concordia cruise line begun a month after it capsized it's been repeatedly delayed because of bad weather officials say it will now take four weeks to offload all the fuel on board seventeen people died and fifteen are still missing after the nine are run aground off the northern coast of italy captain was said to be among the first to flood the ship and is now under house arrest. but our latest crosstalk program is coming up on our team just a few minutes but before that it's the business news with maria. hello

and welcome to business here on our start with greece word that problems 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 european partners and the i.m.f. to release one hundred thirty billion euros in rescue loans greece is due to repay a fourteen and a have billion euro bond on march twentieth and needs the bailout funding in place to avoid a devastating default now the country's loan package is expected to get final approval of the eurozone finance ministers meeting this wednesday. but sounds like a look at the markets now will start with the exchange rates of the euro is gaining value on easing fears over the greek debt crisis and stronger or oil is pushing the ruble higher against both the european and the u.s. currencies and let's take a look at oil crude advance from a three day low after greece's parliament approved austerity measures easing

concern that europe's that prices will worsen and curb commodity demand. is trading at around ninety nine and a half dollars per barrel while the brant blend is over one hundred eighteen. and the asian markets are up following news from greece as well x. waters are among the main gainers in tokyo with carmaker mazda up over a percent so careless the shares generally shrugged off or report that 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 trying to round one percent. here in russia on the markets have recovered from friday's losses both horses are gaining with the r.t.s. over two percent in the black let's take a look at the index movers on the my sex gas problem is up on news its european market share grew by one percentage. twenty seven percent last year. farm standard is in the black after reporting it has increased revenues by over forty percent

around one of the half billion dollars in two thousand and eleven and bucking the trend is gold make apologies gold or news merger talks between the company and another miner polymath will have collapsed mark rubenstein for measurable financial corp looks ahead to this week's right. this week is going to be. very important in terms of markers to do so there's a bunch of markers that just six coming out over the united states and. particular compared to the previous week when there was very little marker data hitting the market this in a week is going to be very busy and i think the risk of entire remains high so we will likely see market moving higher the russian market will. accuse not only from the global markets but also from the commodities market and there we have observed quite a lot of strength there with the past several weeks and i don't expect that. two and. easing concerns over global growth have made many investors turn against

emerging economies and russia is some longer apparent beneficiaries capital flowing through the country reach the psychological mark of one a billion dollars in the early february and analysts expected to strengthen after the presidential elections in march adding that most russian stocks are currently at the lowest level in three years and this follows last year's impressive capital outflow of over eighty four billion dollars. that's once a food retail now which is among the fastest growing businesses and emerging markets and here in russia left casi sues the former chief of the biggest retail group x five and now the senior vice president at wal-mart who says that he believes this market offers a 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 brazil mexico and i think we're generally not too far from them sol let's first to beat

this country this country and then thinking about our next levels you know the largest russian or thought companies to this moment have about three to five percent market share and that 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 again i am saying that russian market is that probably best in the world market for retail industry. and that's how business looks the sour carries the ax for the headline spy for the.

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talk about the headlines for you now syria brushes off arab league initiatives targeting the assad regime washington is thought to be then bring up for military action. approves draconian measures as the city explodes with rage what protesters say is a sellout of national sovereignty to foreign interests. and equal opportunities to study work and. for social reform pre-election article.

program where people are venting his guests to tackle the choking austerity been inflicted on the people of greece. with. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future. and you can see. the low in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in these hard times there's no shortage of austerity and the slashing of budgets and the shrinking of the welfare state generate jobs and returns to prosperity and is the pursuit of austerity inherently anti-democratic.