but although her condition is not critical i want to exactly what happened according to eyewitnesses they saw a man on the motorcycle fall with the diplomatic car we're going to object to which the car exploded this explosion did happen less than a mile. residence police say they are currently looking for a man believed to be. now in terms of a diplomatic statement prime minister israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu. and the meeting of lawmakers say that he believes that iran was behind both attacks on the israeli embassy this is why george authorities are holding back until the investigation reveals more details some experts expressed skepticism on the involvement of saying that it will be difficult to carry out such an attack without the involvement of local people and the. had also said that i had nothing to do with it to put it in context iran had also been blaming israel for a series of killings and killings of scientists and officials related to the

controversial nuclear program the accusations from fuel to the flame to an already rising international tension iran is currently facing harsher sanctions over its nuclear program the sanctions coming from the u.s. and its allies as well. and these are all time and time again that is the sanctions against north we are willing to bring it up to a military level and of course it is on the backdrop of this international conflict international tension that such incidents such as today's car bomb attacks will be scrutinized and the implications analyzed will stay with us here at r.t. still to come with less than a month to go till russia's presidential vote prime minister putin is latest campaign order highlights one of the toughest task facing the country's future. plus olympic summer games in london the risk being marred by a controversial sponsorship deal with the chemical giant to one of the. the world's

worst industrial disaster. but first syria says it's categorically against the arab league resolution that calls for a joint arab un peacekeeping mission to end the crisis there arab states have also about to fully support the syrian opposition and plan to halt all diplomatic ties with the country's government or to marry if an ocean has more from damascus lots of prize in the official damascus has got fewer is over the initiative pushed forward by the arab league to send international peacekeeping force to syria calling this initiative. and flagrant interference in the country's internal affairs president bashar al assad blames. the eleven month one unlucky for the tal crossing we can see where the arab what's still to come here we see holds all the terrible rules of greats of the country it's the reason i wrote this is a twenty two men who are here a big meeting. tomorrow that she was

a very strong statement saying this initiative by the arab league nearest terek for all the countries for this alliance. to secure the u.n. security council interference in the countries in syria's internal affairs off to china and russia vetoed recently should many of those we've managed to speak to here in damascus also fear that this initiative make pave the way to foreign military intervention something they are really afraid of and they're very much opposed to moscow has been very quick to react following the meeting with the foreign minister of the united arab emirates russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has sat that russia needs more information more details on this plan to consider how successful how effective it could be. first in order to deploy a peacekeeping mission we need the agreement of the host she. there should first be

peace which the peacekeeping mission will then help sustain things are not that optimistic here in syria right now with violence escalating recently the terrorists' number one had a very high there has that the back to back up problems in syria urging all the muslims of turkey in lebanon and other countries in the region to get the united to help the syrian opposition fight against assad. the syrian crisis also being discussed at the un general assembly or he is out of stasi the church going to joins us live from new york now with the latest so what can we expect from the discussion today at the u.n. . well matt right now an hour a week rather after a double veto blocked a u.n. resolution at the security council the double veto that came from russia and china saudi arabia and qatar decided to give another push another attempt another step at

pressuring the syrian government and has called for a session of the general assembly trying to pass a vote of a draft resolution the general assembly of course of body that we have to keep in mind its decisions are only recommendations so what is going on right now are countries are speaking at the general assembly they're making their addresses russia has made it quite clear at this point that it continues to push for talks rather than any sorts of documents that would put additional pressure just on the syrian government and not on the armed groups we are expecting that some kind of vote will take place at the general assembly in the time to come but again it's important even though even if draft resolution of the general assembly is adopted later on today this would only be a recommendation and really just a little bit of pressure on the syrian government on the ground so we will be bringing you all the latest as that will takes place all right he's an associate

you're going to live for us in new york thanks for that update. james corbet independent journalist and specialist on the middle east says the peacekeeping initiative for syria put forward by the arab league could be hijacked by powers interested in regime change in the country. given the the disgrace full 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 as as nothing more than a ploy to to involve the united nations in what is essentially at this point a civil war and and once the situation spun out of control as it probably inevitably would given the peacekeeping mandate of a force that would have no no 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 in gambit that's going on in the strategy in the first place this is once again a very much a copy cat b.

the libyan situation that we thought last year with confirmed acts al qaeda fighters being part of the libyan opposition that the u.s. was openly supporting over one would certainly hope that some some enterprising u.s. citizen would take the department of homeland security up on there see something say something campaign and actually report to the u.s. administration for their material support for terrorist organizations perhaps some of the u.s. officials who have been materially supporting the terrorist organizations in the syrian opposition could be thrown behind bars for this. in neighboring lebanon officials say at least three people have died more than twenty wounded in fierce clashes between sunni muslims hostile to the syrian regime an alawite who supported . her saloon and ambassador for the universal peace federation says this shows the violence that's playing in the country was already spilling over the border this all issues is strong signal actually towards not only syria but all sort the middle east by itself because they're in on this not only enabling syria and the public

see the underbrush said today that it actually but the sunni and the shia the problem is that the other way they are interconnected to the shiites in the area the problem is this is not seen by the west or the international community as a sectarian not all of the sectarian. conspiracy against the region between different factions or do or different sects inside the muslim religion in the area between even lebanese themselves and syrian this is the whole plot that has been demonstrated or architected actually or engineered let's see by the west so far and the united states in particular and even israel in order to divide the nations of the neighboring nations such as lebanon and syria which is agreed that it made towards israel because they have supported the islamic and certain resistances whether inside lebanon or inside palestine i meant gaza and hamas in particular investigative journalist and middle east specialist winstanley told r.t.

the syrian opposition is fragmented and says there is no unity between groups over the means of fighting the regime here's a quick taste of the interview coming your way in about twenty minutes. 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. so you've got groups like the syrian national. and so 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 any of the syrian regime for all its many crimes there's no claim that is the people so no fly zone just seems political pretext to me. buildings on fire shops looted dozens injured this is of the greek public made a new round of drastic cuts approved by their parliament tens of thousands

protested the deeply unpopular package needed to get to get a second bailout from international creditors or he's 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 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 a certain amount of bias petrol bombs being thrown at police by some anarchists in the crowd also a police or tally a seeing 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 socialists to serve his they were against this latest measure of was 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 what price are they expected to pay for these bailouts. germany's finance ministers declare that promises aren't enough anymore saying that greece must now implement reforms or prove it's not just a bottomless pit john laughlin from the institute of democracy and cooperation 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 the 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 and 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. parties cross start also focuses on greece's financial situation coming up in the next hour the hidden costs of the bailout rescue. the changes clear in germany you give me the cash to survive given my debt probably and i'll give you my

sovereignty but will the public actually comply will they agree to accept the pain of the susteren and will their greatest men the most important sovereign aspect which is your first school your budget to technocrats in brussels that are not answerable to your population through analysis 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 there is the international monetary fund. population decline one of the toughest problems facing russia in the long term but the disturbing trend can be reversed according to the prime minister the latest campaign article in his bid to return as president vladimir putin is putting forward plans for a social reforms he hopes will significantly improve the country's demographic situation propose measures include better welfare for families with many children

and smarter immigration policies including repatriation 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 all by twenty thirty and has wrapped up his election campaign in the light of mass opposition protests as political analyst dmitri babich explains maint now mainly addressing russia's middle class. my whole is that which in on the stance that he's a doctorate right now it's not the reach you know reach c.t. people he's led to it these are the real russian you know people who believe in small towns who have a really hard time adapting to the market economy c.d.'s so i hope he's economic bullish a little more true than that you know we had a former finance minister who did we had that definite deal to the right now if we believe which and writes he wants to get the states more to he's real electorate

which means you know the masa of the russian people. you can always read more our top stories online at r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. stripping down to shake things up find out the naked truth behind the message that ukrainian activists groups topless tactics on a visit to russia. and nothing says i love you like a cockroach find out more about their creepy crawly valentine's day get some wild birds are sharing with their sweethearts on r t v dot com. after more than two decades the effects of one of the world's worst ever industrial disasters still lingers in bhopal india now the scandal is facing itself to

london's attempt to stage a green a lympics this summer which is ivor bennett has more on the 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 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 is just quit in protest all of it is supposed to be about valuers 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 fall out killed another ten thousand

congenital birth defects in the area a ten times the norm in the rest of india for was ten of the time the gas she inhaled left permanent damage and. i can believe that how it would open her and the money's been taken far i got just one thousand dollars compensation part of a four hundred seventy million dollar 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 cancer there's growth lead our nation

and boy there's there is girls have a problem with their periods all kinds of issues that have. have risen from the largest see that has been left behind by this boy in this factory 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 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. take a look at some other stories making headlines across the globe the islamic militants suspected of breaking the bombs that were used in the two thousand and two bali attack is on trial or marpa terek is the top remaining suspect in the

bombings that killed more than two hundred he was arrested last year and pakistan was trying to meet osama bin laden three other suspects are already been tried. and executed. families of the victims of the submerged coaster concordia cruise liner are marking one month since the disaster they are 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 fifteen remain missing after the liner ran aground the captain was said to have been among the first to a flood the ship he's now under house arrest kareen is up next with all the latest business news stay with us. how to welcome to business here now to thanks for joining me there's been a burst of interest in russian shares since the beginning of the year returning growth in the u.s. and progress with us stet is fueling appetite for risk last year more than eighteen

billion dollars that the country this year has been an inflow of one billion dollars to cool he shouted from the nations as it manages says that 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 pond but the russian equity market has outperformed the markets in the world so to give you a flavor of russia nearly twenty percent since the beginning of the whereas the u.s. market has gone up only by seven percent since the beginning of the certainty over the politics and seems to have subsided very much market expectations now and that . will come back is president and the one difference which we have relative to this time last year. there are expectations for the former. president. let's look at the markets now you are close in the black on monday after

greece's parliament approved the austerity bill banks were among the main gainers across europe mining stocks were also high as the stronger you were helped boost the price of copper and other metals carry russian markets ended higher as well the my six games the most in five weeks energy majors were among the biggest advances let's check on the index motors otherwise it. finished in the black hole to use its european market share grew by four percentage points to twenty seven percent last year there was a killer west biggest mining company and perhaps the most in amongst high prices for nickel holders gold ended lower on news merger talks between the company and another miner polymath will have failed. russia's fast growing food retail market keeps on lowering for investors seven eleven is one world renowned food chain saw it to be eyeing up the market the company has a deficiency come from the rumors last year the retailer said its priorities were

brazil and india analysts say that seven eleven will have a hard time if a class a developed a food chain in russia alone they add that the most logical move would be to team up with an existing market player their houses. a vice president at wal-mart believes derrick just a couple of ways to enter the country's market at the moment. only the way for and from market for being. at least visible in the market or struggling for leadership position is through a position of some of existing players or just with equal more solution when you don't need your stores patrol saw i think within the next year some other companies will think about the us market them will choose a way to enter the market and that's all the business is find more stories on our website r.t. dot com business. well

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for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report. ten thirty pm in moscow the zero t. headlights in israel accusing iran of being behind bomb attacks targeting israeli embassies in georgia and india in which four people are reported injured. russia says or regrets the arab league winding down its observers work in syria stressing a proposed peacekeeping mission could only be deployed once the government and opposition agrees to a cease fire. fiery protests and often is followed by chaos and looting as public outrage escalates after the greek parliament causes a new austerity bill to secure another e.u.

bailout. upticks an interview with investigative journalist a so winstanley focusing on the turbulent situation iran syria. 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 acer 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 a blur of trees figures. but there is another.