have been targeted attacks at the israeli embassy in new delhi as well as in tbilisi in new delhi as i mentioned earlier the israeli diplomats wife was injured as well as your driver it was said that she had managed to would drive to the embassy to ask for help after the attack had happened and in tbilisi it was stopped before the bomb had actually gone off a staff member actually found a bomb under the car and had reported that to the police before anything can happen and now the israeli foreign ministry had had to announce that told its diplomats to avoid getting into vehicles at this moment before it's been checked by security forces now yes the prime minister binyamin netanyahu did blame iran for these attacks and no one has claimed responsibility but this is special. is put on iran as well as its prodigy this is rather like a tit for tat situation because we did know we do know that iran had also been blaming putting the blame for attacks on its officials as well as scientists involved in its controversial nuclear program we do have to remember that this is happening on the backdrop of escalating tensions between iran israel as well as the

u.s. and europe there are a lot of sanctions that have been leveled on iran at the moment and time and time again had said that if sanctions are not enough to put a stop to the nuclear program of iran it's very controversial it is prepared to bring it up to a military scale and now that is this is the backdrop of all of this happening so the implications of a car bomb incident such as this in two different places will unfold that the implications will be based on that international setting that we just mentioned. earlier following again this developing story as these diplomatic attacks took place in georgia and thanks for that. well stay ahead for you still ahead for you i should say here are two with last a month to go until russia's president election prime minister putin latest campaign article highlights one of the toughest task facing the country's future.

find out exactly what that is story. plus the summer games in london risk being marred by a controversial sponsorship deal with a chemical giant linked to one of the world's worst industrial disasters. but first russia says it will study an arab league proposal for a joint arab u.n. peacekeeping mission in syria but foreign minister sergei lavrov says that a cease fire should be achieved before any mission of that kind could be deployed or to serve further has the latest from russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov was meeting today with his hero a counterpart they were discussing the ongoing situation in syria now if the we can of course the arab league called for a need joint un peacekeeping mission to enter the country now the foreign minister responded today schools by saying that russia would consider that proposal but the implementation of that would come with a number of conditions which took a so that's a first in order to deploy

a peacekeeping mission we need to be agreement of the host secondly there should first be peace which the peacekeeping mission will didn't help sustain you know the words there should be a kind of ceasefire agreement but the trouble is that armed groups for you with the regime's forces do not listen to anyone and are not controlled by anyone now one of the crucial points tonight and what the foreign minister had said was that damascus would have to agree to that plan and the arab league proposal was rejected by to ask is he could it be one sided simply backing the opposition not taking into account all sides because we've seen damascus very very wary about the u.n. being used in this way and indeed russia as well as the u.s. being used as a tool for regime change rather than pushing for an end to the violence as well russia from the very beginning means very clear about that the any proposal should be taking into account all the sides that. not simply part of the opposition now we

actually heard today from the visiting u.a.e. foreign minister was the arab league seem very clear that they're going to back the opposition financially and politically he said that the maybe there are plans to back the opposition militarily but of course there are already reports that countries like qatar i have indeed already started. the opposition within the country that's causing a lot of concerns of course we see the situation growing increasingly violent as members of the opposition and different factions of the opposition have the come increasingly arms now over the weekend we had al qaeda publicly backing the opposition and that's really fueling fears that the situation in the country at the moment is really a very fertile ground for the interference of terrorist groups that this is the growing violence russia's again really voting for dialogue today the foreign minister calling on the opposition he's made it very clear they they want to have dialogue with the president to at least continue dialogue with the government with

the vice president there later on today the arab league mission are going to be presenting their proposal to the u.n. and that moving forward of course everyone very focused now on finding a way to deescalate the continuing tensions inside the country. but james corbet independent journalist and specialist on the middle east says the peacekeeping initiative for syria put forward by the arab league could easily be hijacked by powers interested in regime change in the country. given the the disgraceful conduct of un peacekeepers everywhere from haiti to the ivory coast to the congo and many other countries besides i think the syrian people should certainly hope that peacekeeping mission doesn't come about and i think one would have to see it really is as nothing more than a ploy to involve the united nations in you know what is essentially at this point a civil war and and once the situation spun out of control it's probably inevitably would given the peacekeeping mandate a vote of force that would have the ability to defend itself in the face of that

violence the only sensible option at that point would be to send in foreign troops which i think is the really the end game and get it that's going on in the strategy in the first place. but the u.s. says it's just a matter of time before the syrian government collapses while the pentagon says it's weighing up theoretical old military action now although russia and china are adamant they won't allow foreign intervention in syria via the u.n. history shows washington may find a way to bypass diplomatic barriers to push its agenda he's going to camp explains . 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.n. 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 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

clune 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.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 posts 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 an earlier god. and earlier the sinai 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 recognized as a 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 from going away 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 a few 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. investigative journalist and middle east specialist also when stanley told r.t. that the syrian opposition is very fragmented and says there's no unity between groups over the means of fighting the regime here's

a quick taste of that interview coming your way later this hour. although both sides deny differences in. in military intervention essentially in political differences there is different trends in the syrian opposition mainly between the 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 claim that i know of. the syrian regime for all its many crimes there's no claims that it's bob people so no fly zone just seems a political pretext to invade to me. when buildings on fire shops looted and dozens injured this is how the greek public met a new round of drastic cuts approved by their parliament tens of thousands of people protested the deeply unpopular package needed to get the second bailout from

international creditors parties jacob greaves has the latest from athens. based on those pictures as events that took place last night really getting a sense here that the government the greek government is under attack from all sides now you've got the the euro zone international monetary fund really increasing the pressure saying the cuts haven't gone far enough and they have been implemented correctly also what we saw taking place last night we have the demonstrators now really massing in very large numbers up to one hundred thousand people in attendance and they're growing in anger throughout the course of that evening in the end we saw clashes taking place with police and that resulted in certain amounts of petrol bombs being thrown at police by some anarchists in the crowd also police a tally a saying by firing tear gas into the crowd there resulting in total in dozens of

injuries we also saw dozens of buildings of flame all of this of course taking place in central athens now there is a lot of discontent as well within harlem and we saw that take place last night a number of m.p.'s forty three from the ruling coalition made up of socialist served his they rebelled against this latest measure of force there if he cuts now what we're talking about here really is fifteen thousand job cuts in the public sector also that's going to be accompanied by slashing by twenty percent of the minimum wage and cuts to pensions three those who are being affected are those who are probably most exposed by these crisis conditions have to bear in mind this is something that greece is really where the for some time it's a situation they are all too familiar with and had austerity measures for a number of years impose them by international bodies and there hasn't been that many positive financial indicators since we seem g.d.p.

slumping in two thousand and eleven so the main message coming from the demonstration taking place yes they said and the protests this is that. price are they expected to pay for these bailouts. germany's finance minister has declared that promises aren't enough anymore saying greece must now implement reforms to prove it's not a bottomless pit down mark where now the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris says there are more radical plans currently being drawn up by the germans there is one theory and i lend some credence to it that the germans who are calling the shots on this do indeed want to force greece out of the euro there is a lot of bad feeling towards greeks by germans by germany and vice versa and there is a theory that certain leading german polish politicians want to love the boil and get rid of greece if that is the calculation in other words to force greece to leave the euro if that is the calculation i fear that it's

a mistake because the problem in the eurozone is not a greek problem it is a structural problem in the eurozone these debt problems which various countries are suffering from including of course italy but also portugal spain and ireland these debt problems are the inevitable consequence of the way the euro is structured they are the inevitable consequence of it and the measures which are being required of these countries to as it were remedy the situation are only making things worse so even if greece were to be forced out of the euro my prediction is that the markets would then realize that the eurozone is not impregnable and would turn their attention to other countries as well whose position is very similar in particular political. artie's cross talk also focuses on increases financial predicament coming your way next hour the hidden cost of the bailout rescue. the changes clear 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 met the most important. aspect which is your school your budget to technocrats in brussels that are not answerable to your population through. the move monitoring the going to mean there's nothing and that's i might's i might be provocative here but that's always the. moment that the funds. population decline is one of the toughest problems russia faces in the long term but the disturbing trend can be reversed according to the country's prime minister in the latest campaign article of his bid to return as president vladimir putin has put forward plans for social reform that he hopes will significantly improve the demographic situation but the proposed measures include better welfare for families

with many children and smarter immigration policies including the we're proud tradition of russians living abroad the article titled building justice also focuses on salary hikes for teachers and doctors as well as making housing affordable to everyone by twenty thirty but the near future has ramped up his election campaign in light of mass opposition protests and of political analyst community bobbish explains now mainly addresses russia's middle class. my whole is that which i'm no understands that he's a doctorate write no it's not reach you know reach people he's a true these are the real russian you know people you know the. even small towns who have a really hard time. with their market economy. so i hope he is economically . more to it and you know we. will finance minister cool dude we know that

different to the right now we believe which of rights he wants to give the states more real electorate which means you know the model of the russian people well you can always read more of our top stories online at r.t. dot com here's a look at what's there for you right now the war of words continues with the u.s. navy says it's ready to fend off any threat of a rainy and kamikaze attacks read more about the world war two tactic tehran is talking about on our website. and nothing says i love you like a cockle rhodes find out more about the creepy crawly valentine's day gift from birth of some love birds i should say are sharing with their sweethearts on our team dot com.

after more than two decades the effects of one of the world's worst ever industrial disaster still linger in bhopal india now the scandal is fixing itself to london's attempt to sage a green olympic games this summer our teams armor bennett has more on 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 responsible zahn 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 us and instead all of us are going to have the toxic legacy of dow chemicals. 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. was 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 too far i 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 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 union carbide factory

children are being born with deformities people have more cancers there's growth. boy there's 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 in 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 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 myself 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 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 athletes 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 in doubt either bennett r.t. london. look now at some other stories from around the world this hour the islamic

militants the fact of developing violence mused in the two hundred in the two thousand and two bali attack is on trial but mark attack is the time remaining fast fact in the bombings which killed more than two hundred people he was arrested last year in pakistan while trying to meet a summer. and three other suspects have already been tried and executed. families of the victims of the submerged coast to concordia cruise ship are marking one month since the disaster staging a ceremony at a church near the crash site off the west coast of italy meanwhile operations to pump almost two and a half thousand tons of fuel from the stricken vessel have begun seventeen people died and fifteen are still missing after the liner ran aground captain was said to be among the first to have fled the ship and is now under house arrest. this business here in r t with kareena.

hello and welcome to business here and actually thanks for joining me there's been a burst of interest in russia shares since the beginning of the year returning growth in the us and progress with europe's debt ceiling appetite for risk this is helped reverse the trend in capital flow last year more than eighty billion dollars fled the country so far this year has been an inflow of one billion dollars to church from the nation's asset managers says the perception of russia is changing. there has been a change of attitude towards the russian equity market since the beginning of the euro and. demonstrated by the pound by the russian equity market has outperformed the markets in the world so to give you a plate of russia nearly twenty percent since the beginning of the whereas the us market has gone up only by seven percent since the beginning of the certainty over the politics and seems to have subsided it's very much market expectations now and

that. will come back as president and the one difference which we have relative to this time last year is that there are expectations for reform. back and president. let's have a look at the markets now exchange rates for us the euro is gaining value on easing fears over the greek debt crisis that oil is pushing the ruble higher against the growth in the west as. well as recover from a three day low concerns grow that a ban on the radio crudely cut supplies light sweet is trading over one hundred dollars per barrel while brand is it over one hundred and eighteen dollars per barrel european shares a high after greece's parliament approved the deep field populist era to build banks are along the main gate as across europe miners are also high asked to strongly you'll help to boost the price of copper and other metals here in russia markets have recovered from friday's falls with the mars exciting for its biggest gain in five weeks i think the majors among the biggest gainers let's check on the

index movers of them isaac's this hour gas problem is up on news its european market share grew by four percentage points to twenty seven percent last year to russia's biggest mining company and the most in a month on higher prices for nico importers gold is lower though on news merger talks between the company and other minor poly metal collapsed. well we go now to russia growing food retail market which keeps. loring for investors seven eleven is one world we now own food chain thought to be eyeing up the market according to media reports the company hasn't officially confirmed the rumors last year the retailer said its priorities were brazil and india analysts say that seven eleven will have a hard time if it plans to develop a food chain in russia alone they add that the most logical move would be to team up with an existing market player left haas is the former chief of russia's biggest retail group x five was now the senior vice president at walmart believes there are

just a couple of ways to enter the country's market at the moment. all of the way for and from crush market for being. at least visible in the market or dragon for leadership position is a position of some of existing players or just we've become a solution when you don't need your stores little saw i think within the next year some other companies will think about rush market them a way to enter the market. that's all the news this hour join me in fifteen minutes . so.

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six thirty pm moscow time these are the top stories on our t.v. israel blames a wrong for attacks on israeli diplomats in georgia. in india in which two people are found to have been injured. russia says it regrets the arab league winding down of servers work in syria and stresses a proposed peacekeeping mission can be deployed only once the government and opposition forces agree a cease fire. protest in athens followed by chaos and looting as public outrage as collates after the greek parliament passes

a new austerity bill to secure another e.u. bailout. now on our t.v. our interview with investigative journalist also when stanley focusing on the turbulent situation in and around syria. today i'm joined by a so in stanley investigative journalist rajan on the middle east whose latest piece delves into the discrepancies amongst the casualty figures in the syrian crisis 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 and we didn't really and.