please. please please. please please. please . put to the test as the u.n. general assembly scrutinizes a syrian crisis movie is seen by some as an attempt to put the screws on russia and china. europe gets hit with yet another wave of downgrades as confidence collapses over the bloke's future as the e.u. presses ahead with its austerity crusade against greece. and with the russian ways flooded with pre-election campaigning positive coverage of prime

minister newton's actions is criticised is not going to join with the other presidential candidates. on air and online twenty four hours a day for watching r t the un general assembly is preparing its members for an upcoming vote over a new draft resolution on syria documenter power the echoes the one vetoed by moscow and beijing at the security council in early february un human rights chief said the inability of the body to take action on the syrian crisis at hand the president called blanche to execute an all out assault decisions at the general assembly and not legally binding some believe the vote could be used in the tent pressure on russia and china to see. this meeting has

definitely last in the entire day we've been hearing speeches from dozens of countries that started early in the morning and of course this comes only a week after a double veto from russia and china blocked an arab and western backed resolution on syria at the security council so what we saw is an attempt from the saudi arabia and qatar to go to another body of the united nations and attempt to find some kind of decision there even though the general assembly does consist of over. one hundred ninety members we have to keep in mind that it's not nearly as powerful as the security council because whatever decision comes out of the general assembly is by no means binding it's only seen as a recommendation by the rest of the international community and what's key here is that the text of this suppose address aleutian that the general assembly will be voting on voted on has not even been circulated yet we're hearing about it's going to be pretty much the same document that russia and china vetoed and russia and china's problem with the text was that it seemed biased to the countries saying

that it only named to the syrian government as the main cause of the conflicts going on on the ground in syria but not the arms of grouped the armed groups and that's something that continues to be a major sticking point the recognition of two sides to this conflict by the international community we've been hearing all of these countries make speeches c.d.c. is saying that the syrian government is committing atrocities so really this is another opportunity for those who do support regime change on the ground to send out criticism towards the syrian government many experts are saying really that the fact that of this symbolic diplomatic gesture is being attempted at the united nations does not really mean much because any sort of document is not going to help stop the crisis on the ground on less pushes for a cease fire so many are saying that should be priority prioritized at the general assembly these days and not just you know a lot of words of criticism. well that's when the u.n. correspondent williams says if the action in syria is pushed through the u.n.

general assembly it's a dangerous precedent. the arab countries in the western countries want to show that they're doing something. if they were serious then they were oppressed for a special general assembly an emergency special general assembly meeting under the uniting for peace resolution and this you might remember in a field rich with irony was the form that the u.s. and britain used to fight the korean war in the face of a soviet veto in the early fifty's since then it was resurrected by the palestinians to bypass the american b.t.o. in the security council and that i presume is why it is not being invoked now because i use the phrase a non-binding resolution the resolution that established the state of israel and partitioned it was a general assembly resolution so if that was not binding then where do we go from there and you know what we have is some powers say that resolutions they like are binding a resolution they don't like

a non-binding. the qatari president of the general assembly could have followed earlier precedent and said that there was sufficient support for a special it matches the special session but he hasn't done so and i'm sure that's because of western pressure that he they don't want to establish a precedent they consider these resolutions binding because that would be upsetting next time u.s.b. down the palestinian resolution. well in syria reports continue to emanate from the protest hub of homs with the spiraling violence now being fanned by such players as our qaida concerns the crisis could take a sectarian forms r.t. sara for three points. the predominantly christian town of milly lies in the syrian mountains it's even here in this hauntingly beautiful place and the signs of the polarizing conflict that is tearing apart much of the country right now creeping in and a sense of foreboding hangs heavy locals tell us they don't travel out of this area

much longer feel it's safe we speak to the nuns at the monastery here they tell us about the town's preservation of the ancient aramaic language and like their cherished tongue they hate the fine balance of religious groups in the country can be kept even in these difficult times they have been this way we have been living with. their religion and ethnicity in peace for a long time. back in the center and damascus is known as a melting pot of religions south alloway sector a minority in the country that despite making up around just twelve percent of the taito population and always have occupied elite positions in the government and the military for decades and now there are fears that resentments among the majority muslim sunni sacks could or ups the country that until this crisis breakout was religiously diverse as the tolerance now the current increasingly polarized genuine

fears about just where those divisions my lead here's a sectarian tensions being further exploited have been staked by the emergence of an al qaeda video calling for holy war overthrow the assad regime violence is just not going to end we see it happening and iraq neighboring iraq sectarian violence that is catastrophic and nobody is reporting on that the reporting on syria and they're not focusing. on the potential problems that syria could lead into another iraq on the streets through an increasingly desperate population has called for help in whatever form it comes as long as it stops the violence there's little time for them to think about long carrying risks as many of them are worrying about daily survival anyone or. we are ready to hear. anyone over there so for the sort of. yes i do you are in syria right now the split still largely remains a long pilliga collines that is concerned that is this increasingly bloody conflict

continues it could turn into a sectarian one as well. r.t. damascus syria. well still to come on the program super power games washington and beijing represent discussed gratian u.s. troops its forces in china's backyard. and tensions between israel and iran escalate the turn of the claims to run for carrying out to bomb attacks embassy staff in their fanaticism those events just a few minutes. yet another wave of credit rating downgrade has hit the e.u. with moody's one of the big three raters slashing the scores of italy spain and four other nations this is the book labors to erect a debt barrier around greece amidst hopes that extremists will halt any possible contagion as artie's jacob greece reports it's a plan that already seems to be unraveling. a system on the seach

m.p.'s drowned out the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators and masters in a short passing another round of unpopular cuts. the results proved incendiary. that uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and a kiss clashed with police again leaving their mark on athens. a day on this is the remnants of public anger but glass isn't the only thing that's been broken as the government's past increasingly unpopular austerity cuts will be left asking who can make trusts serve their interests the measures are very very tough part of the poor people especially and this is the reason that we feel. today i think more measures have been taken and they're not going to work and there will be another bill lee

bad and. i hope for the best but i don't see it coming. under pressure from brussels berlin and the international monetary fund the greek government to cut more jobs and slash funding for the nation's pensions a minimum wage but current policy appears to mainly expose those most vulnerable to crisis conditions is a mindset some feel is doomed to fail and they already have destroyed the whole generation of young people and their dreams destroyed. the sabian infrastructure of the whole country we know that it is. a piece there that we have now signs that these illegal or old news. we cannot continue like that because the policy that the government is following actually increases the day yeah instead of finding a solution but the heart of activists claims is their search and that they've known

as their. he for the best part of five years now and the time taxes have risen incomes have fallen but the country's deficit only seems to grow and in this austerity cycle is something sought by an increasing number despite the term all the government walls will follow but what. is the break up to. date even more. going to come the only way out of this point is the default default is good to be very tough for us but this is going to be the solution slow death for now relative calm has returned to the streets of athens smashed buildings have been patched up the signs of damage swept away but the simmering discontent hasn't been a mass force medicine appears to bring nothing but pain many are continuing their call for target of treatment greece r.t.

athens. well despite a greece passing its harshest austerity package yet there's no guarantee it will get more bailout cash i thin still has conditions to fulfilling further cuts to protect against a greek default but international consultant and author. says the country is locked in a vicious cycle. are bankers that stupid that they always make the mistake of lending too much money and are governments that stupid that they take loans much more than they can pay back or insist is this part of a model where like shylock's pound of flesh pay ability of the solver and this is literally used to control the entire country and it's so sad to see the same sickening scene time and again protests taking to the streets they are repressed by the police who tear gas they throw stones somebody gets injured hundreds get in somebody's always ends up getting killed and i always figure that it's the poor

people on the streets fighting the police who are also poor and i always wonder if there are a cigar smoking perched on the fiftieth floor board room looking down of these horrific scenes and just laughing at it all. well the troika of a greek lenders are due to meet on wednesday to give the athens bailout their preliminary approval the final say however rests with the german parliament something that's not sitting well with max kaiser coming up at seven thirty g.m.t. a unique take on europe's debt crisis and the kaiser report. greece proved tombstone austerity deal with troika so we see over and over there's a great deal there is not a great deal there's a great deal there's not a great deal of. on again off again there is a deal now there were german were crazy were trying to milk your draw and steal the elegant marbles but the u.k. already stole the. money. the

arrival of the chinese vice president xi jinping in the u.s. comes after testing point in relations between the two economic giants due to meet with his american counterpart joe biden the two are expected to work on ties against the backdrop of a u.s. military buildup around china michael rosco defense out of this right around him school of international studies says that this visit is an introduction tour for china's future president. twenty twelve is also very important here in chinese political system it's a year where you'll see a generational shift in chinese political system. being basically represents a fifth generations of new chinese leaders which will take after after this here he's basically posed to become a gentle party secretary in october of this year and they're becoming china's future president and secondly he wants to give us a sneak preview of if he wants to basically show himself a little introduce himself to the u.s.

now there's a very little information on what he really what he's really worldview what he's world views are so i believe there will be tension problem but most of all it will be very important how the new generations of leaders especially in the trial now will be able to manage the on domestic problems and how they will be able to communicate with the americans and vice versa. or you can log on to r.t. dot com the twenty four seventh's the latest details on the stories we're covering also online the recent cold spell parts of your. temperatures that way those zero just child's play for one russian teenager the fear this video set to become the youngest person to reach the north pole or the guinness book of records is likely to ignore his daily find out why. also anonymous testimonies just days after crushing the cia's official web site. activist group released an online explanation of what was behind the attack at the full version of

r.t. dot com. iran has denied responsibility for the attacks on israeli embassy stuck to the indian and georgian capitals of the qs the islamic state. india to cyprus planted an explosive device on diplomats because the blast injured four people just five hundred meters from the residence of. tbilisi explosives also talk to some people who discovered and diffused the blame game between the two countries. tehran and me as well. concentrations of scientists radio host stephen lemmon these iran had reason to organize the attacks. if i had a need my top suspect it would be star and i mean mossad i mean the fingerprints

over territory or attempted it and mossad speak of great all over them israel there is no compunction about kill each you is well as anybody else if it serves their intention israel makes characters' american made charges but no evidence is provided one thing or earth would rarely have to gain by read cations when they were so many accusations flowing again just to reiterate no again no evidence substantiate anything including its alleged nuclear weapons program it's entirely all because according to u.s. intelligence as a march two thousand and eleven is no evidence whatever prove it. well more on the western government's approach towards iran r.t. talked to brian becker a member of the anti war coalition it's a taste of what's coming up few fifteen minutes. u.s.

says they're not carrying out regime change but in fact everyone who's watching knows there is the u.s. policy to create pressure on iran carry out overt operate covert operations economic sanctions and now these new sanctions are not really even like the old saying they are same to the rest of the world if you dare do business with iran central bank if you buy iranian oil which constitutes half of iran's g.n.p. if you have any business with iran whatsoever you will not have access to american banks to american corporations to the american market this is in fact a blockade. now look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour. a radical muslim cleric veges links to al qaeda described it's been lardons right hand that has been released from prison on bail in the u.k.

extremist. has been in jail for six years last week the tribunals ruled he should be freed british officials say he poses a threat to the country's security attempts to deport him to jordan to face terrorism charges have been blocked by the european court of human rights. extreme weather conditions are continuing to affect much of europe and. the passengers had to be rescued after being stranded for three days on a train locked inside a tunnel by an avalanche person died helicopters have delivered aid to say the trapped in serbia so this is still closed for a second week to save energy and in romania planes flown in merchant. supplies snow bound villages. of snow song trapped in their homes.

computer software company has asked customs officials to imports and exports i pads in china because of the speed of the ownership of the name. technology say the shipments falling in the shape of the trademark in china they registered it in the country in two thousand and one apple then bought the rights to the name from a company taiwan affiliated with preview company says it still has rights to use the name in china. now russia's legal voters is demanding that the country's central channels drop their alleged pro putin bias ahead of march's presidential election the league standing for a fair election doesn't like the positive tone of reports about the prime minister saying it undermines others' chances but artie's their prescriber reports every candidate makes good use of their allotted time. was right. here live here gates a good show for the most eccentric video in russia's presidential campaign urging

to vote for the country's top populist legend isn't enough skin famous for his showmanship and occasional fist fights with fellow though. so you will see soon that this little mangy donkey has become a symbol of our country the whole country has gone to a standstill like this animal if i become president i will get moving again. less than a month to go and five candidates have plastered the streets where the election produced is dazzling view is. heated discussions have become part of everyday life. or a new board i don't cause in my race the billionaire businessman make a profit of a promise is the arrival of a new russian president known for his quite riches and playboy past he's the only new face on russia's political scene. formally and a tourist party animal his reputation was once dented by an international sex scandal which has come back to haunt him on the web we are vegetarian with all our

body and soul as for the elections will win them anyway you can buy anything so you can buy your victory to get three main candidates are some of the a crowd united to band of the old time communist party leader has always relied on the pension of voters who form about one third of russia's population now his laurels all contest is once again middle of from with a russia party is in the know should be you can't even afford to milk now whether pensioners. the competition has made you gonna reach out to younger generation and offer them a brand new slogan there's always a choice bloody mate put in the running for his that term has refrained from getting involved in the campaign directly he has controversially refused to take part in any t.v. debates sending his representatives instead and his promos never show his face. when he doesn't go to television when he's a part of three politics where he's

a part of television coverage he's job as prime minister he is there is the only one that's a the only kind that with so many resources so much media attention i think that he wants to show that he's the only real candidate precisely by not going there as the company in picks up steam it's expected so will the number of street protests both for and against putin and it's likely election two thousand and twelve will be remembered as one that got russians on their feet however the latest opinion polls also show the level of food and support keeps on growing across the country despite the wave of opposition protests and i think that process tend to mobilize his core letter because when people like brought her. are saying that you know that social benefits would be caught that factories that are inefficient would because that stage are not interfere so much i think that the message that people gather cross

russia is that we should keep putting busied in a song and recent online sensation praising the prime minister's virtues sung by supposedly migrant worker it claims to. be by his initials was sent to russia by god. i can't let. go of the many say this song is clearly too much and is just a clever headaches in the meantime the electoral campaign will be sewn with more surprises likely along the way down party scam. well the latest from the business well that would very. hello and welcome to business here on r.t. we start this hour where the russian crops where mother nature is once again

playing tricks just a year after severe drought the country's plantings are facing a cold test once again that is beside us on a bushel has more for us. or the whole of the crops may have been damaged by the extreme cold weather say worried farmers it's lead germany france and poland are also risk from sustained temperatures which of. three in some polls that's expected to skyrocket prices for things like bread week futures have been of the ukraine government warns they may limit exports to guarantee the mystic supply both countries are usually big exporters of grain global we proceed eleven percent in the second half of general alone we will russia's top or never received suspended its grain terminal civil times of the black sea froze over for the first time in thirty years a drop from july to november last year had already weakened crops of russia's one

company says fifty percent of the country's great could be damaged by heavy winds and the worst weather in a quilter of a century first. show one in three great points have already been lost. all right let's take a look at the markets now with oil which is down but still hovering around one month high and that's after the austerity plan approved by the greek parliament and tighten sanctions on iran climbed over two percent after companies in control of more than one hundred times said they would stop loading cargoes from iran. now moving on to the asian markets which have reversed earlier losses and that's after bank of japan surprised the market by expanding its asset purchase program and bank says the additional one hundred twenty eight billion dollars will be used to buy japanese government bonds. their russian markets have just opened and they are in the red the r.t.s. is losing over a half a percent and on monday the markets gained the most in five weeks with energy

majors being the biggest gainers well look at the head to the rest of the week time monday for one says the russian investors will be waiting for new economic data from the u.s. and. u.s. retail sales as well as job and production coming. out some numbers on the market tends to. look at those numbers as a reflection of how the overall economy is improving and the implication of that is also in the eurozone if we can get a soft landing in china i'm not stephanie some of the tribes which markets are numbers you could expect he's still them some particular surrounding. also the world's largest diamond mine are by al put may sell forty percent in an i.p.o. according to commerce on daily the flotation worth over one billion dollars may take part in the second half of this year. and that's all business looks the salver back in about fifty five minutes with more financial news here on r.c. in the main song feel free to check out our channel that's you tube forward slash

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