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russia has accused forces outside syria of encouraging rebel groups to continue fighting and stay out of the storks the head of the un general assembly resolution . surrenders to the last of the. need to be kept in limbo and presented with terms as austerity leads greek hospitals struggling for the military unscathed. display of nuclear program offer of talks are dismissed by america and israel as. to severe economic sanctions. how washington is. twenty minutes.

and on line twenty four seven you're watching our table straight to our top story now activists in syria have accused regime forces of stepping up attacks on rebel held areas in the city of daraa the latest targets there are very fond reports of explosions and machine gun fire that while the announcement of a referendum on your constitution does not appear to help stem the violence the vote which will take place at the end of february that significantly curbing the power of the ruling party and the new york and new draft resolution on syria to pressure the ruling regime put to a vote at the u.n. general assembly. has warned it won't back the document it suggested amendments taking into consideration the changes have already been dismissed by some arab that gets. reports now from new york. the one hundred ninety three member body

will be voting on a draft text that was drafted by a. and circulated by egypt this draft text essentially supports the arab league plan for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside and relinquish his powers now the assembly draft essentially demands five key things from the syrian government including that the government stop all violence release all those detained during the past eleven months of violent unrest does the government withdraw all armed forces from cities and towns guarantees of peace peaceful demonstrations and the assad government allows unhindered access for all our league monitors and international media this. resolution being voted on in the general assembly thursday is very similar to the draft text that was proposed within the

security council about a a week and a half ago the resolution adopted by the general assembly essential we have no legal force when it comes to the security council they are still divided with russia and china both wielding vetoes at the last vote that took place about a week and a half ago and russia maintains its position and that is that it's best to have both sides halt violence put their guns down and come to the table to engage in dialogue should do is move to you can always find a compromise but only through carrying out. this is what some from the opposition refused to do we did find so my externals there's a huge responsibility for the ongoing violence for the peaceful civilians so we will see what happens with the journalist simply come thursday and how that action will subsequently affect what will take place possibly again within the security

council. but white house has criticised the syrian government's promise to hold a referendum describing it as laughable and accusing the regime of making a mockery of the un rest now it's amid a swirling chorus within the u.s. scored another washington to supply points with weapons designs he's going to use again reports many 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 that the more. 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 a less secular be environment it's easier to recruit new terrorists if the government holds we'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 civil war in iraq in two thousand and six and seven it was absolutely appalling the call so 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. totally cynical and totally opportunistic there's not a shred of grounds. 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 if now the administration denies having such plans but will that position hold i'm going to shut down reporting from washington r.t.

. on the show trotted off ski from the center for research on 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 it but swallowed by the calls that you should introduce balti a multi-party system but it will do well well quite a bit go but i know it's just multi party democracy. they are directly and we know they are directly backed by date so. operatives which are present rollo collaborating with the rebels the free syrian albeit not so big which is representative of the opposition because of this action is to create political instability which will subsequently lead through

to the legitimizing the syrian government and the stabilizing syria as a nation state what they don't like about syria is that syria is a proxy us state although like with washington so it's not a big all those it's a secular government it's a country of tremendous religious tolerance. but it's turned to a country now which the arab spring has already passed through a misty international has accused and that is rooting in national transitional council for failing to stop human rights abuses its has thousands of mug of coffee supporters of being held without charge and tortured by former rebels was in september it's reported that these twelve prisoners have died as a result of torture report comes as maybe a prepares to mark the first anniversary of the strength of its nato pollution but despite the celebrations that d.c. is trying to get the situation under control. the rebels now vying for power and the song the civilian population has failed country's economy is in ruins off the

wall and i think i'm saying from bethlehem university says serving the interests of the libyan people is not on the list of n t c priorities. the situation in libya is just improving and part of the main reason for this is basically the libyan revolution has come with violence instigated from outside the problem with n.t.s.c. is that it was a concocted group of people who were put in power basically to topple mom or khadafi because simply he was an unreliable dictator for the west there is basically the power struggle in libya now is the struggle of greed the struggle of more of libya's all oil and this is a struggle of dividing libya's resources among greedy people rather than taking libya's resources and giving it to the libyan people. well website r.t. dot com you can find out how the shock waves of the arab spring are still being

felt a year old case of deja vu in bahrain where protesters who took to the streets one of the democracy reforms confronted with a harsh police crackdown. also online vandals with taste of the security measures needed to protect most please mr vending machines for coffee are. 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 and i think push through final cut some wednesday and committed to a written promise to stick by austerity after elections that still enough for the new year now once financial monitors to ensure the terms of the bailout being followed the greek president in this. new questioning countries like germany holland in finland criticize greece and its m.e.p. national farrar says it's part of an effort to bring athens to heel. 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 to e.u. 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 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. well the human cost of austerity in greece is being felt like never before slashes in spending have left workers short of cash hospital short of medicine and many greeks out of luck. jacob

riis reports the nato chief's visit to greece suggests the military may remain largely in mean. flamini athens has been a battleground in recent years fighting against unpopular stare to sunday's events are showing there's little hope for a cease fire one shot being fired by those discontent is a discrepancy in spending when it comes to the military something serving m.p.'s from a defensive on relations with turkey remain for some as ever present a threat as a current debt crisis for 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 spare huge amounts of money but does the nato chief arise in athens the talks other things may be on the table among them weapons but you're meant believe

me there is a kind of negotiation if i may say so between major partners germany or france. if we spend a little bit more on you procurement of course a major part probably to france and germany france since the major creators but was torture main afloat another threat looms it be made nice but what we've been advised to do is to sell copies of medicine relations of patients are being forced to put their hand in their pockets for treatment this problem persists in our hospitals i've worked in dimitri's account comes in the back of cuts slashed medical staff pay a letter desperate shortage of equipment including affordable prescription drugs this is the very human face the term austerity measure and increasing number of people call on the treatment need in the current health care system and desperation to turn to aid agencies like this

a regime known for caring to athens immigrant population the midday cure at this center shows just how sort. after the treatment is first before you see more and more people coming to us that are there is that we might see up to three hundred people and the numbers of the greeks are increasing the present many greeks remain too ashamed of the situation to be filmed those wanting to be heard paint a grim 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 despite the sizeable militia defenses protecting them. happens it's been his secret that from the onset of the euro crisis germany has spearheaded the e.'s austerity drive the original argument

was that the cuts were necessary and pain a consequence. t.m.t. max and stacey focus on that. 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 this 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 the 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.

simplified the transparent and mork. imperative elections the purpose behind the new parliamentary bill introduced by president dmitri medvedev the draft proposal and this it is an election process with less bureaucracy and more representation that also take into account the country's vocal online community where correspondents piece all of the has more on the proposed changes. this bill is being put forward by president proposes a major overhaul of the electoral process in russia and some of the key points in this bill is put to. rights. polling stations to video and photograph what is happening also allowing of course the the web cams that we will see across polling stations across russia that will not just be broadcasting the live from the polling stations but also the count

taking place. now the system of proportional representation in russia will remain. we will see changes to how the country is divided up now what is being put forward has been put forward. two hundred and twenty five. the country will be into all of them roughly equal. it's expected. a lot more parties from all over the country. going for seats in the duma many more parties means much more competition means much more pressure on the politicians to do what the people want from the bill that's been put forward by. the full bill regarding electoral reform in the country. being debated in the duma on the twenty eighth of this month and all of this really comes after the elections in december of last year which resulted in many people be unhappy and what they saw was elect

a regularities protests on the streets of russia president medvedev said he would address the issues that had been brought up over those elections and this is why i put these bills to the state duma. for its nuclear program which is what i described as a point of no return he came in response to tehran's demonstration project is. progressing iran says it's willing to restart nuclear talks with world powers but only after announcing it can now domestically produce nuclear fuel rods and state of the art centrifuges to enrich uranium this was met with skepticism by the u.s. state department dismissed the claim this hype face of western economic pressure the escalating situation around iran has some worried about military outcome. the from the national iranian american council believes a military strike wouldn't 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 it sets 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 that 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. more on the israeli iran stand the feel when we talk to joe cemented the founder of the trends research institute here's a preview of what he has to say the full interview coming up next hour. 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. because who is serious topics. are wrong. and as we have seen from reports they came out with really. united states and the west has been very instrumental in undermining the syrian government even before the latest uprisings have begun. look at some other stories making headlines around the world egypt's ruling muslim brotherhood party could scrap a peace treaty with israel and washington times through a threat to halt an actual raid america could stop the money in response to recent raids on n.g.o.s operating in egypt which nineteen u.s. citizens were arrested and put on trial. this is the nonprofit groups of contributing to government movement big nineteen rest.

almost one hundred percent of voters in the course of a rejected to rule from the cost of capital pristina. referendum the e.u. and serbia were against the vote saying it would complicate their discussions with a breakaway state in two thousand still living cost of them which you do that really brute force most four years ago. a crowd of young tibetan activists have attempted to force their way into the chinese embassy danny to demand independence from beijing blocked from entering in the way in. it follows a wave of unrest in recent months in western china which has seen many tibetans setting themselves on fire protest. wants to prevent its own independence from the dollar number insists that it just wants me. from stock markets across the globe or much more now for the businesses.

thank you jerry welcome to the program at this hour the u.s. is looking to custer vons economic lifeblood by removing it from the wall financial system no sway it will rack up pressure on toronto as the country's leadership reveals new progress on its nuclear program but as all she's done you a bushel reports america's action could end up backfiring on its own people. this is a bid to kill economy washington's move to. the swift transaction system would choke its ability to trade internationally swift interbank payments orders the worlds of business that all the world's business practically every company and state in the world to exchange financial in for the legality of america's move is hardly question it's 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 work in iran hasn't backed down in the nuclear dispute in fact it's no one else in. production new tensions mean more misery for u.s. consumers brant it's six months over one hundred nineteen dollars a barrel. oil to swift not just the energy price but the recovery of the world's economy. let's have a look at the oil prices now despite u.s. crude inventors falling for the first time in four weeks you can see a light sweet. to. the point in doing that sense that. now moving on to the cart says the year is trading lower. after the talks over second bailout for greece. and the ruble is losing its value against european and the u.s. count. on the market is all losing value this hour on news moody's investors service has threatened to downgrade one hundred fourteen financial

institutions in sixteen countries and its grace of course remains a concern the foot to that point nine percent down the. one percent down on the russian markets they opened in a rather not very many you may have had difficulty getting out of negative territory yes one point six that the my sites are one point two percent let's move on to the individual on the my stocks a sea of red chop my come out is losing ground up. if it taking after adding over twenty percent beginning of the weight and the majors are tracking down market sentiment posting most losses banking stocks are also under pressure is losing the sound out just on the percent looking at. the day's trading question i saw from our capital tells us what sectors he favors. generally we feel like it's really right time to invest into. consumer sector in russia because

stocks look a bit cheap and where we also can expect some positive fundamental drivers to emerge and become an malls so probably in the consumer sectors again in their activity which drove the market last year and an energy sector some kind of stability with the tariff policy which is going to give huge job side to this conference so it's better to be in right now than to be in after the. twenty percent russia's largest lender has finally got the keys to access the european market bank is signing a long way to go to put just vaults bank international there's a growing the acquisition back in september bank has managed to drive down the final price by eighty million euros to five hundred five billion the banks had no risk in entering the european market despite the current debt crisis. financier's

the greek default has already happened the contra structuring of greek debt is a trial to find a way out of this default we're now more interested in what's happening in the south of europe which will screen italy but were not present in these countries the countries where we are present they have a clear macroeconomic picture and policy. the battle between the owners of the world's sixth largest mobile operator vimpel com is over no which intel and nor has it regained dominance and the company is now largest shareholder with a thirty six percent stake tellen or has withdrawn all claims against them cool calm and is not russians at all to much but claims came after vimpel coms agreed to merge with autonomy and wind in the twenty eleven and then also the deal of value to project some control in the campaign. innovation hub may hold an initial public offering of some of its companies the head of the project fits of excel bug outlined the idea in london and attracting more cash however vax

a buck says it will not happen this year. grew very large you for the next few years will be able to bring to market share a new company or start ups company so maybe you can be one of those stock exchange it should be a good place to play. more successful companies last year were reduced to well actually hold a top ten years in a different stage of development but then you really it's a do. this year a new company will deliver a year or two to come to market to some international. saw the business spend i'll be back in about fifty five minutes.