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twenty minutes time. from moscow you're watching ati activists in syria have accused regime forces of stepping up attacks on rebel held city meanwhile the announcement of a referendum on a new constitution does not appear to have helped stem the violence the vote which will take place at the end of february is aimed at significantly curbing the power of the ruling baath party. is in damascus for ati. the date for the people's referendum on the country's new constitution has been announced on wednesday it is expected to be held on the twenty sixth of february the syrian government has been working on a draft for this new constitution for quite a while now and it has sad that the most important thing about this new constitution the most important change is that it implies the end of monopoly of

the ruling party in syria the vast party has been in power in the country for the last fifty years actually since the beginning of the uprising here in syria last march protestors have been calling for democratic reforms and for amendments to the country's key law in the wake of violence that followed in the show demonstrations peaceful demonstrations many opposition leaders not been only demanding president bashar al assad to go and they will not be satisfied with this particular reform with this particular referendum this news it's how has come it's numerous reports about violence all across syria we've been hearing reports from the city of hama north of the capital damascus from the opposition activists saying that the tanks of assad's army have been deployed in the city and we've also been receiving reports from another troubled area from the city oklahoma where. reportedly

there have been explosions at the oil pipeline since almost all these recalls have been coming from one source from the opposition they has been a feeling that another part another side of this conflict in syria has been kind of ignored. but i knew a draft resolution on syria to pressure the ruling regime will be put to a vote happy u.n. general assembly they tried thursday moscow as war ended well in back the document suggest to them and take into consideration he wants both sides of the conflict healthy equally responsible making calls on all opposition groups not to back rebel militia the changes being dismissed by delegates at the u.n. well russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says foreign countries are intervening and part of the blame lies with them. you can always find a compromise but only through carrying out negotiations this is what some from the

opposition refused to do being dissuaded by some external players who barely huge responsibility for the ongoing violence for the deaths of peaceful civilians. or the white house has criticised the syrian government's promise to hold a referendum describing it as laughable accusing the regime of making a mockery of the unrest made a swelling chorus within the u.s. calling on washington to supply fighters with weapons and there's. reports that they believe that would make peace impossible. hawks in washington calling for the arming of insurgents in syria we should start thinking all options including arming the opposition i give them training i give them communications equipment and then ultimately i give them weapons. experts say arming the fighting groups among the opposition is a sure way to drag the country into a protracted civil war it will also further marginalize those in the opposition who

have advocated nonviolence or who advance political strategies the more that plied to the to the factions of the syrian opposition and the more that happens the less likely it is that they'll be a negotiated solution leading to a cease fire in a peaceful settlement they're encouraged i think very much by the united states the civil war in lebanon went on for fifteen years absolutely appalling bloodshed and you can easily see that that could happen in syria like the u.s. all qaida has endorsed the rebels fighting in syria under president assad syria has been a secular state some analysts argue that one of the reasons why al qaeda supports the violent uprising in syria is that in the last secular more islam is the environment it's easier to recruit new terrorists so if the government folds you'll be looking forward to just a very long period of complete disintegration and they will be able to attract more

and more fanatical recruits look at the so you are already in iraq in two thousand and six and seven it was absolutely appalling the calls to arm fighting groups in syria sound even more alarming given the u.s. history of arming radicals afghanistan one example that it was a placing itself in alliance with the mujahideen including osama bin laden and these people who now of course it is lately been deploring as fanatical fanatical enemies that the united states said these. these alliances a totally cynical and totally opportunistic there's not a shred of grins. but despite the hawks outcry the obama administration is taking a more cautious stance with regards to syria we don't think more arms into syria is the right answer some analysts say arming the very much fractured syrian opposition would contribute to its further radicalization and would make a political solution virtually impossible a number say washington might support arm supplies indirectly through its arab

allies as of now the administration denies having such plans but will that position hold. down reporting from washington r.t. . michel chossudovsky from the center for research and globalization says foreign intelligence operatives on the ground are helping to stir up political chaos in syria. i certainly know it's the fact that the government. that's its combat but to swallow by the constitution that introduced policy multi-party system but it's the people who out while fighting the government are not interested in multi-party democracy and they all out there are directly and we know they are directly backed by nato ally six and cia. operatives which are present all the crowd collaborating with the rebels the free syrian army is not something which is representative of the opposition the purpose of this direction is to

create political instability which will subsequently lead to all to deal by the syrian government destabilizing syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is not a proxy us state it's not like with washington so it's not living all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. well for one possible outcome of revolution in syria we take a look at libya it's perfect yes it's the start of it's revolution it's a commie shambles former rebels fighting each other this is a former gadhafi supporters were brutally tortured in prisons. and overseas demand the insurgents drew pulls as a recession leaves a hopeful parents drop and paid less price tag. now greece

has fulfilled the last few preconditions needed to secure a second one hundred thirty billion euro bailout but that cash injection may yet prove to be elusive greece pushed to final cut some wednesday and committed to a written promise to stick by austerity after the elections that's still not enough for the e.u. which now wants saffron's to accept what it is to make sure it's following the terms of the bailout greece has already struggle to meet the terms that the idea of monitoring response in some quarters british any. part of an effort to bring athens to heel. what the e.u. is now doing it's trying to influence the outcome of the greek general election not satisfied with getting rid of the last democratically elected prime minister and putting a puppet in the forwards to papademos it now says it's now saying to the greek people unless you vote for the right parties or less you vote for parties that are

happy to be subjugated do you control we will not give you the rest of the money and you will go bankrupt i suspect that despite the dissatisfaction that is felt by many german politicians i think the german parliament just as the greek parliament did last sunday will continue to toe the line and continue to say the buyout so the answer as far as i'm concerned it's rather like saving accounts or not saving the patients. but the human cost of austerity in greece is being felt like never before cuts and spending slashes have left workers short of cash hospital short of medicine many greeks out of luck but. greece reports not so the military with nato chief and there's rasmussen's visit to greece highlighting a sector immune to stereotype. flamini athens has been a battleground in recent years to try to get some top your stare to sunday's events to show this little hope for a cease fire one shot being fired for those discontent is this discrepancy in

spending when it comes to the military something serving m.p.'s from a defense of our relations with turkey remain for some as ever present a threat as a current that crisis or our nato partners don't seem very keen to help us not to need to spend so much i mean think about it we have been through we are being threatened from a member of the alliance that we belong and the alliance doesn't do anything. so we have to spend huge amounts of money but the nato chief arise in athens the talks other things may be on the table among them what is the cure meant believe i mean there is a kind of negotiation if i may say so between major partners which are of course france. if we spend a little bit more on you procurement of course that major part probably crunch in germany france seems the our major creditors such potential buys include

a contract for greece to purchase a number of french frigates still under review the last talks remain afloat another threat louvers it be may nice but what we've been advised to do is to sell copies of medicine keeps relations of patients are being forced to put their hand in their pockets put treatment this problem persists in other hospitals i've worked in dimitri's account comes in the back of cots slashed medical staff by a letter desperate shortage of equipment including affordable prescription drugs is a problem only likely to worsen as the job loss increase and fewer people are way to afford private health care this is a very human face to austerity measure i think creasing number of people call on the treatment need and the current health care system and desperation to turn to aid agencies like this a regime known for kerry to athens immigrant population let me take you at this and

this shows just how soft the treatment is first of all are seeing more and more people coming to oz there are days and days that we might see up to three hundred people and the numbers of the greeks are also increasing in the past we have known many greeks but lately we see more than twenty percent greeks governing this cleaning so present many greeks remain too ashamed of the situation to be filmed those wanting to be. paint a picture of. greece cannot recover from what's going on right now if you ask me greece is finished. it's a situation that has a country verging on implosion all jury time of peace not war. nation remains sick cuts have a real damaging impact on the people's well being. is an illness that could spread as fresh measures may reduce spending outpatient drugs believe euros putting greeks

health at risk despite the sizable military defense is protecting them. greece athens. but it's been no secret that from the onset of the euro crisis germany has spearheaded the austerity drive the original argument was that cuts and pain when necessary and seven thirty g.m.t. max and stacey focus on that. well actually wolfgang schauble cording to this article he was actually quoted caught on tape anyway talking to a portuguese finance minister in which he said to the portuguese minister don't worry we're not going to do this to you this our treatment of greece is in order to appease our population at home right exactly this is amazing it's coming through now that the policy makers in germany that are applying the scorched earth policy to greece are doing so to appease their local constituents who want blood for some reason they're just bloodthirsty which then brings up all kinds of other questions about who is this to germany of all is this to germany we remember from world war

one and two is this the imperial genie out of the bottle once again. israel wants a washington to that iran is tougher sanctions before its nuclear program reaches what's described as a point of no return came in response to tehran's demonstration that its atomic power. it is progressing iran says it's willing to restart nuclear talks with world powers but only after announcing it domestically produced nuclear fuel rods stated the centrifuges to enrich uranium this is meant to skepticism the u.s. state department dismissed the claims as hype in the face of western economic pressure it's creating situation about underground someone heard about a military outcome but the from the national iranian american council believes a military strike would wipe out its nuclear capabilities. the real problem here is

that there is this escalation towards this military action that's not going to actually take out the nuclear capabilities of iran if israel bombs iran the program back a couple years and then they have to go in and bomb again and then have to go in and bomb again and you just have this cycle really the end of the day this ends in full scale occupation total war there's no clean right that happens this is if this happens it's the beginning of a long confrontation that really it's going to make you rock in afghanistan look like a cake walk and it's going to plunge the u.s. into a very long term military engagement. that more on the israeli iran standoff when we talk to joe selenski the founder of the trends research institute has a preview of what he has to say if the interview is coming up in the next hour here . if the united states israel or nato attacks iran's nuclear facilities. it will be as i said

before the beginning of world war three syria may be the other. serious topic. are wrong. and as we have seen from reports that came out with ealy. the united states and the west has been very instrumental in undermining the syrian government even before the latest uprisings have begun. a misty international has accused libya's national transitional council of failing to stop human rights abuses it says uncounted thousands of gadhafi supporters are being held without charge and tortured by former rebels since september it's reported at least twelve prisoners have been killed as a result of torture reports it comes as libya prepares to mark the first

anniversary of the start of its nato. despite the t.c. is struggling to get the situation under control groups of former rebels are now vying for power. in the civilian population failed and the country's economy is in ruins awful beirut based political scientist predicts years of turmoil in the beer . gadhafi was only a puppet in the hands of the western countries he was buying his to his stance he was buying everybody out so cozy berlusconi and all of the other western leaders his time got expired and this is why they got rid of him because he was paying enough but not good enough we all know about what's happening the recession in europe and what's happening towards the oil and the gas so what they want is to get to get control of everything in libya i see a very grim future in libya i see a civil war in libya i see it's never going to have

a good stable. environment there and this is exactly what the western one wants to happen because they want to get control of all the oil all the natural resources there. but our website altie dot com you can find out how the shock waves of the arab spring felt a year all because of these over the bahrain protests is who took to the streets calling for democracy reforms fronted with a whole respect. for law and vandals with. the security measures needed to protect the mosque is bending machines right cokie are touch of a button. now the double hit of infertility and recession is forcing some hopeful parents to get

creative in the u.s. it costs as much as one hundred thousand dollars to use a surrogate mother to start a family get on the plane to india it could be much cheaper to met one couple who did just that. eric and susan floyd and paul came to india from texas two weeks ago india is a bit of a challenge for someone who's used to traveling in the states that in europe. but you figure out your way around the world and they're not here to see elephants and by being coles they also came to meet peter for the first time their new baby boy it was a bit easier pregnancy i mean. although peter is genetically there susan didn't actually give birth to. an indian sarah get who they never met did around ten years ago we decided we would try to have a child and didn't happen naturally we pretty much given up hope and we spent

a bunch of money. and that's why we risked realized indian surrogacy was actually something that was reasonable surrogacy is the latest trend in the outsourcing relationship between the west in india since the recession began doctors here say they've seen a demand for their services quadruple and most of that interest is coming from abroad that's because the price tag of serapis e is a quarter of what it costs in the united states eric and susan found this deli fertility clinic online while they were at home in the us they paid the clinic twenty five thousand dollars which covered everything from the sarah get to the lab work in the united states they would have spent four times that much one hundred thousand dollars for sarah got herself received anywhere from six to eight thousand dollars for the job and amount of money that is hard to say no to for many of these women who are poor and on educated. people here is

a huge amount of money much more than they could possibly make in the whole year after no one child and husband left are serious and seemed the best way to support her two kids and mother good. at the end of the deed they do would they want one get the much needed money. but it's this sense of desperation that critics fear would make these women vulnerable because women are poor because they are. for you know because they have the challenge said vi. i and four just said why would they have to sell do it of them and here are people who are exploiting it for american citizen however the issue isn't so black and white they're happy that they're indians gave them a shot at completing their family you know she didn't seem all upset she seemed like she did something really nice in this far as i'm concerned she did. ending their ten year journey to have a baby in a place they never expected priya sridhar r.t. . but now in

a couple of other stories making headlines around the world almost one hundred percent of the serb voters in over the course of the rejected route from the course of the capital pushed the. organized referendum. and serbia were against the vote saying it would complicate ongoing discussions with a breakaway state around forty thousand serbs to the. tree root from seven almost four years ago. and thousands have gathered in the north korean capital to commemorate want to be in the second to the birthday of the late leader kim jong il the crowds have been making their way to the city's main square to leave flowers next to his portrait the former head of state who died of a heart attack two months ago has been succeeded by his son kim jong un. but the business news now with katie. welcome back to business is our the united states is looking to tell surveillance

financial life by removing it from the wall financial clearing system known as swift it will rack up pressure on toronto is the. new progress on its nuclear program but is all she's done you a bushel of pulls america's action could end up backfiring on its people. this is a bid to kill iran's economy washington's move to tehran from the swift world transaction system would choke its ability to trade internationally swift interbank payments orders the worlds of business that own the world of business they used for practically every company state in the world to exchange financial info the legality of america's move is hardly question its unprecedented political interference in a network which has always said such issues should be handled on a national level what is clear is barack obama's frustration the sanctions aren't working iran hasn't backed down in the nuclear dispute in fact it's no one else to enrich fuel production new tensions mean more misery for u.s.

consumers brant his six month highs last night over one hundred nineteen dollars a barrel cutting iran out of swift will again hit not just the energy price but the recovery of the world's economy. the pay is enjoying intern new deal with russia the british job will walk with the skulk of all high tech cop to improve the efficiency of crude oil refining the announcement comes just days after a british lawmaker called on westminster government issued a warning against doing business of russia the head of b.p. in russia david pitie dismisses such concerns saying his companies in russia along . i'm not a politician i'm in business representing b.p. i would say b.p. set a very successful business investment for over twenty years inside of russia we had to be in russia for many decades to come we have a successful business and we have the support of the russian government and the u.k. government. let's have a look at the markets now

a stalled of with oil and it's in the red this hour despite reports around halted shipments to europe only asian five pounds and later this year as you can see light sweet is down point three hundred one point fifty that dollars per barrel brant is over one hundred eighteen dollars per. the asian markets are mixed after a decision on a second very doubt that greece was postponed although some japanese says it getting support from over a weekend as you can see nikkei is just a not shop in the hang sang its point six percent down. is less than one hour ahead of the bell here moscow now the russian markets closed in the black on wednesday lifted by high up crude prices. russia's largest lender has finally found the key to access the european markets spare bank is closing the long awaited deal to purchase bank international dmitri medvedev has. sperm bank

has finally got the platform for foreign expansion after more than a year of searching and negotiations it's finally closing the deal to buy austria sports bag international in vienna now since sealing the deal way back in september but bank has managed to receive several sweeteners for the deal with the final price being almost was initially agreed and that's five hundred and five million euros now the final price cut of around eighty million came through. hung garion operations coming in with poor performance now with these deals burbank now gains access to financial sectors of twelve countries where operates excluding romania which was not included into the deal now this is of course a very important step towards establishing itself as a global brand although the strategy for business development of bank has not to.