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technology innovation. developments. we've. covered. stories on our t.v. russia has accused forces outside syria of encouraging rebel groups to continue fighting and stay out of peace talks and head of the u.n. general assembly vote on a resolution aimed at the assad regime. surrenders to the last of the bailout amounts only to be kept in limbo and presented with more traps as a sturdy leaves greek hospital struggling with the military on steep. costs in iran's display of nuclear progress and offer of talks are dismissed by america and israel as a loss for and response to severe economic sanctions. and in business we'll be discussing how washington is targeting these lawmaker republican banking system

join me in twenty minutes but all the details. two pm here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. good to have you with us our top story a draft new draft resolution on syria to pressure the ruling regime will be put to a vote at the u.n. general assembly later on thursday a moscow was warned it won't back the document unless it suggested amendments are taken into consideration the changes said already been dismissed by some arab delegates out the u.n. and working but in a fortnight of reports from new york. the one hundred ninety three member body will be voting on a draft text that was drafted by saudi arabia 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 that 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 of league monitors and international media this draft 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 essentially 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. you can always find a compromise but only through coming out negotiations this is what some from the opposition refused to do being dissuaded by so my external players who burned a huge responsibility for the ongoing violence for the deaths of peaceful civilians so we will see what happens with the journalists come thursday and how that action will subsequently affect what will take place possibly again within the security council. now the white house has criticized the syrian government's promise to hold a referendum describing it as laughable and accusing the regime of making a mockery of the unrest well out some of the swelling chorus within the u.s. calling on washington to supply anti assad fighters with weapons and. reports many

believe that would make peace impossible. hawks in washington calling for the arming of things surgeons 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 would be asked political strategies that the more. plied to the to the factions of the syrian opposition 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 environment it's easier to recruit new terrorists 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 civil war in iraq in two thousand and six and seven it was absolutely appalling the calls to arm fighting groups in syria sound even more all army 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 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 i'm going to shut down reporting from washington r.t. . michel chossudovsky from the center for research and globalization says a foreign intelligence operatives on the ground are helping to stir up political chaos in syria. i certainly know that the fact that the government. that's its commitment to swallowed by the constitution that introduced baltic

a multi-party system but the people who are well quite a bit government are not interested in multi-party democracy and they are there are directly as we know they are directly backed by doing so six of the cia. operatives which are present. collaborating with the rebels the free syrian army is not something which is representative of the opposition the purpose of this action is to create political instability which will subsequently lead to all to. 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 still the line with washington so it's not the big all those it's a secular government it's

a country of tremendous religious tolerance the activists in syria have the keys regime forces are stepping up attacks on rebel held cities the announcement of a referendum on a new constitution does not appear to have help stem the violence while the felt which will take place at the end of february is aimed at significantly curbing the power of the ruling baath party but if an option is in damascus for r.t. . so there's a damascus has started within you so this is the nation the shake of one of the most of it done one of the districts of the capital was killed as far as local media is reporting he was short a dad with five scholz this area may dawn where we are right now he's famous to be very conservative people living here supporting a very much pro-government procession but at the same time there's been many office issues people living in this neighborhood as well and tensions between these two sides have been very hard especially the recent the just last month of this area so as to start over a type one twenty six people were killed and more than sixty all those injured

speculations appeared as well that they say was killed because of his political views but it's not only from damascus that we receive inside news today policies continuing in the southern part of the country we are hearing from the opposition activists that the army of bashar al assad has attacked the city of daraa targeting free syrian army soldiers and as a respond the sources say. rebels are firing checkpoints inside the city and also targeting ministry and police buildings ati has actually just traveled to the city of daraa on wednesday and we've been able to speak to the governor over this area on the ground with many military there and they've told us that there is no free syrian army in this region right now and actually in generally they say that it doesn't exist such a thing as a well coordinated opposition military force they've confirmed that they're

fighting every day the ministry of ration but they're fighting against separate armed groups which are. mostly consisted they say of army defectors and foreign soldiers. all that sort of a country now which of the arab spring has already passed through amnesty international has accused libya's ruling national transitional council of failed. to stop human rights abuses it says thousands of moammar gadhafi supporters are being held without charge and tortured by former rebels also in september it's reported that at least twelve presidents have died as a result of torture the report comes as libya prepares to mark the first set of verse three of the start of its nato backed revolution despite the celebrations the f.t.c. is struggling to get the situation under control groups of former rebels are vying for power efforts to disarm the civilian population have failed and the country's economy is in ruins after the war dr c.f. of the university says serving the interests of the libyan people isn't on the list

of m.t.c. priorities. the situation i'm grooving and part of the main reason for this is basically the libyan revolution has come with violence is to get that from outside the problem we're going to see is that this was a concocted group of people who were put in power basically to. simply who was an underlying bill dictator for the worst basically the polar struggle in libya now is a struggle over. more of libya's role in this is a struggle of dividing libya's resources of greedy people. taking libya's resources and giving it to the libyan people well on our website r.t. dot com you can find out how the shock waves of the arab spring are still being felt here on earth a case of deja vu involving protesters took to the streets calling for democracy

reforms we're confronted with a harsh police crackdown. and also online for you vandals with a taste find out the security bashers needed to protect moscow's new was betting machines plus offer of red caviar touch of a button. 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 athens push through final call some wednesday and committed to a written promise to stick by a city after elections but that's still not enough for the e.u. which now wants financial monitors are sure the terms of the bailout are being followed by the greek president got almost lashed out at the e.u. . countries like germany holland and had to criticize greece or wish every piece nigel farage says it's all 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 in a puppet in the form of mr papademos it now says it's now saying to the greek people unless you vote for the right parties the 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 service far as i'm concerned it's rather like saving the cancer and not saving the patients well the human cost of a steady greece is being felt like never before cuts and slashes in spending have left workers short of cash hospital short of medicine and many greeks out of luck but artie's jacob green's reports the nato chief visit to greece suggests the military may remain largely immune. the mini athens has been

a battleground in recent years fighting against unpopular stare to sunday's events to show 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 or nato partners don't seem very keen to help us not to need to spend so much i mean think about it really have been through we are being threatened from a member of the alliance that we belong to the alliance doesn't do anything. so we have to spend huge amounts of money but there's the nato chief arise in athens the talks other things may be on the table among them weapons but you're meant believe i mean there is a kind of negotiation if i may say sure between major partners germany

or france. if we spend really big nor a new procurement of course a major part will be to france and germany france she is the major critic of the last talks remain afloat another threat looms it be may 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 to treatment this problem persists in other hospitals i've worked in dimitri's account comes on the back of cuts slashed medical staff pay a letter desperate shortage of equipment including affordable prescription drugs this is the very human face to. measure an increasing number of people caught up on the treatment need in the current health care system and desperation to turn to aid agencies like this regime nova care into athens immigrant population the midday queue at this center shows just how sort. after the treatment is first of all 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 during a time of peace not war but was the nation remains sick cuts have a real damaging impact on the people's well being despite the sizeable midget defenses protecting them do you agree happens. well it's been no secret that from the onset of the euro crisis germany has spearheaded the a steady drive and the original argument was that cuts were necessary and paying a consequence well in fifteen minutes time 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's in order to appease our population at home right exactly this is amazing it's coming through now that the policymakers 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 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. a simplified transparent and more competitive election is the purpose behind

a new parliamentary bill introduced by president dmitry medvedev well the draft oppose all envisions an election process with less bureaucracy and more representation that will also take into account the country's vocal online community our correspondent peter all over has more on the proposed changes. this bill is being put forward by a president who poses a major overhaul of the electoral process in russia now some of the key points that are in this bill if it is put through the deal where it becomes law what will mean is it will establish rights for observers at polling stations to video and photograph what is happening there also allowing of course the the web cams that we will see across polling stations across russia that will not just be broadcasting the the live from the polling stations but also the count taking place where those votes are added now the system of proportional representation in russia will remain as it is however we will see changes to how the country is divided up now what is

being put forward has been put forward is two hundred and twenty five electoral districts that's what the country will be split up into all of them roughly equal. it's expected if this law goes through we will see a lot more parties from all over the country. going for two seats in the duma now 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 president is the fourth bill regarding electoral reform in the country some of those will start 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 being unhappy and what they saw was electoral irregularities we saw protests on the streets of russia president medvedev said he . address the issues that to be brought up over those elections and this is why you

put these bills to the state duma. israel wants washington to batter iran with tougher sanctions before its nuclear program reaches what is described as a point of no return it came in response to tehran's demonstration that its atomic project is progressing well iran says it's willing to restart nuclear talks with world powers but only after announcing it can now domestically produced nuclear fuel rods as well as state of the are centrifuges to enrich uranium well this was met with skepticism by the u.s. state department which dismissed the claims as hyped in the face of western economic pressure but the escalating situation around iran has some worried about a military outcome but the national iranian american council believes a military strike would not wipe out its nuclear capabilities the real problem here is that there is this escalation towards this military action it'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 they have to go

in and bomb again and you just have this cycle that really the end of the day this and in full scale occupation total war there's no clean strike 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 us into a very long term military engagement. more on the israeli iran standoff for you when we talk to jerrold selective the founder of the trans research institute well use a preview of what he has to say of the full interview coming up next hour. if the united states israel or nato attacks iran's nuclear facilities. it will be as i've said before the beginning of world war three syria may be the other is the new into it because who's syria's top. are wrong. and as we have seen

from reports that came out with the leaks. the united states and the west has been very instrumental in undermining the syrian government even before the latest uprisings have begun. well let's look at some other stories making headlines around the world egypt's ruling muslim brotherhood party could scrap a peace treaty with israel if washington carries through a threat to halt financial aid america could stop with money and response to recent raids on n.g.o.s operating in egypt and which nineteen u.s. citizens were arrested and put on trial cairo accuses of nonprofit groups of contributing to the anti-government movement and igniting fresh on arrest. almost one hundred percent of serve voters in northern kossovo rejected rule for the cost of a capital christian art in a local organized referendum the e.u.

and serbia were against the vote saying it would complicate ongoing discussions with the breakaway state around forty thousand serbs still live in kossovo which unilaterally broke from serbia almost four years ago. a crowd of young tibetans activists have attempted to force their way into the chinese embassy in new delhi to demand independence from beijing they were blocked from entering and driven away and police found it follows a wave of unrest in recent months a bus in china which has seen many tibetans setting themselves up far in protest about being here celebrations due to start next week are expected to stir up more stress. well that's the news this hour now it's time for business on our team. thank you tess so welcome to the business program this hour the u.s. is looking to cause iran's economic lifeblood by removing it from the wall the

financial clearing system known as swift it will rack up pressure on to iran as the country's leadership reveals new progress on its nuclear program but as artie's daniel bushell reports america's action could end up backfiring on its own people. this is a bid to kill iran's economy washington's move to from the swift world transaction system would choke its ability to trade internationally swift payments orders the worlds of business or 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 highly questioned it's unprecedented political interference in the work which is 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 to fuel

production new tensions mean more misery for u.s. consumers brant six months was last night over one hundred nineteen dollars a barrel cutting iran out of swift not just the energy price but the recovery of the world's economy. well have a look at how or prices look at this and they are indeed exists a mixed picture despite u.s. creation ventris falling for the first time in four as you can see the light sweet is that over one hundred one dollars per hour brant is just recently got itself into the positive territory one i'll move on to the current season see what's going on the year is trading lower to the u.s. dollar they are after the talks over us second bailout for greece have been called off and the ruble is losing value against both the european and the u.s. currency. and the markets are losing value this hour on news nudism vestas service has threatened to downgrade one hundred fourteen financial institutions in

fixed income and grace of course remains a concern in the region. the russian markets are in the red this hour i've not managed to get themselves into the black at all today as you can see the r.t.s. is one point eight percent down to my sex is no point nine percent. down and most take a look at the individual news on the my sex truck maker can ask is losing ground on profit taking after putting over twenty percent at the beginning of the weight and majors are tracking down by market centers and are posting moderate losses that banking stocks are also under pressure is losing under one percent their point seven percent looking ahead to the coming trading sessions you gain you cause you miles off from our capital tells us what sectors he favors. generally we feel like it's really right time to invest into. consumer sartre in russia

because stocks look a bit cheaper we also can expect some positive fundamental drivers to emerge to become an walls so probably in the consumer circuits again to be true which drove the market last year in an energy sector some kind of stability with the tariff. which is going to give huge upside to this comp and so it's better to be right now going to be enough to. slow by twenty percent. plus of the quantum you will have a dynamic start to begin but is that to lose steam in the second half at least that's the verdict of standard and poor's rating agency which says the country's growth will drop to three point five percent a share among the reasons of the central bank slowing credit growth to cut inflation risk and. capital outflow. as the largest lender has finally got the keys to access the european markets.