the e.u. . u.s. declines to rule out arming the syrian opposition that was also backed by al qaida spreading fears that washington's push for regime change in syria could plunge the country deeper into chaos. and the failure of the u.n. nuclear watchdog mission in iran fuels talk of even more sanctions while tension around the islamic state begins to take its toll on the countries putting those fountains in place. plus the cost of going green as your proposes a new carbon tax airlines struggle to keep their ticket prices low and we'll have more of that in business in twenty minutes. in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program the streets of spanish cities become a battlefield a stands of thousands of school children and students protest against education

cuts the demonstrations turn violent earlier this week in the city of landsea were seventeen people were injured in what's been called the have the handed repression of the rally five days of protests have been sparked by the latest budget cuts implemented to meet tough deficit targets are to sara first has more from the spanish capital. scenes of a sturdy anger on the streets especially in valencia clashes broke out between riot police and university students and young protesters as they demonstrated against education budget cuts which they claim have left many classrooms without even basic piecing now scenes of riot police chasing dragging and hitting the protesters and claims of arrests being made in some cases involving minors a spokes widespread criticism here in madrid a smaller group of protesters turned out by the education ministry in support of the protesters in philadelphia but this is just thoughts of the why did

demonstrations we see him taking place across the country in recent days the new conservative government's been in power just a few months to space with its first must've union protest a for the weekend the government had introduced tough measures they say were necessary to bolster spain's economy but it hit the public sector hard including health and education let's face the full largest year as a member but has the highest youth unemployment rate shockingly more than forty nine percent spain's youth and now other employed that sixty to twenty four age group finding it extremely hard to get jobs and the adults not faring much better twenty two percent unemployment amongst the adults in space the people here in the country in increasingly desperate situations are left asking really just how much worse the situation can get. so first reporting there and greece remains in the eye

of the year was financial storm as a latest bailout deal leaves athens was years of pain a hat second cash injection of one hundred thirty billion euros has been agreed in exchange for drastic measures and sensitive concessions one of them mr allow permanent monitors into athens to control how the country fulfills the demands of its creditors. from the e.u. research center things greece or won't be able to escape default even with the rescue cash. there's no question that the greeks are going to end up defaulting at some way down the road the problem is that europeans the rest of the eurozone is not quite ready for a disorderly default right now and so another hundred thirty billion is being poured into that country so there isn't a disorderly default so it doesn't spill over into countries exactly next spain and italy so what you're going to end up seeing is some very very poor countries which have been put into dire straits because of the fiscal austerity measures that we

just agreed upon the problem is when the elections happen for example in greece in april you know when the new government followed through with such harsh measures i mean they're in place now but what happens is anyone's guess. and what effect do you saying the latest round of austerity measures will have on greece let us now by logging onto our web site actually dot com and share your thoughts with us let's take a look at what's happening there now well as you can see there is not much optimism so far as more than half of you think it will change nothing and economy that's already doing more than a third say the measures only need further hardship for greek people six percent are convinced the e.u. will not lead the greek economy collapse and the minority considers bailouts to be the only way for athens to survive. the u.s. has handed its could eventually gave arms to rebels in syria despite previous strident opposition to further militarizing the conflict in the country the obama

administration says if a political solution to the crisis proved impossible it might consider other options this image warnings that washington's continuing efforts against the syrian regime could see it finding side by side with al qaida are going to check out reports. i meet bloodshed in syria more extremists are penetrating the country to help bring down a song that's according to u.s. intelligence which says all current affiliated fighters were responsible for a series of deadly suicide bombings in damascus and aleppo targeted at syrian military and intelligence facilities we've seen evidence of. extremist sunni extremists i'm not can't label them specifically as al qaeda but certainly a similar ilk who are infiltrating the opposition's groups. while fighting in syria continues the violence in neighboring iraq has dropped in

some areas by as much as fifty percent in the last few months this as an al qaeda leader i'm on al-zawahiri as called on his supporters around the world to back the uprising in syria i do. think that these men who call themselves the mujahideen say they're on their way to fight a holy war against our song. in washington senators asked the head of america's intelligence james clapper you think what happens if falls here long are we prepared for the situation of a possible failed state we're enjoys a safe harbor and refuge and from which to coordinate attacks his response bears no optimism there would be kind of a vacuum i think that. would lend itself to. extremists operating in syria which is particularly troublesome some ask a different question is the u.s.

on the same side as all cry to syria and whether its policies are indirectly aiding the terrorists american strategists would have to be fools not to see what al qaeda is doing not to ask the question if it. good for al qaeda can it be good for us and not to look at say he may be a ruthless dictator and what he's doing on but what comes after him when he falls i think al qaeda does its best work or it works best when it finds a country that is fundamentally a failed state this is why i'm against putting weapons in and aiding the anti assad resistance because an all out war there could be a disaster which leaves a failed state and syria even for many of those syrians who are not supportive of their president the fear of the alternative is far greater why are they sitting on the fence or why they are not in the streets with that is supporting the movement

and they are often too fierce is that one is that pushed us to be this. and pushed aside that would be the careless the opposition in syria is very fractured they don't seem to be under anybody's control this spite concerns voiced by top u.s. intelligence officials about anti psychotics treatments washington has failed to widen its calls to include armed opposition and therefore basically ignoring the fears of a huge part of the syrian population who don't want radicals gaining momentum and directing the country into chaos i'm going to check out reporting from washington our team. for the measures to help the syrian opposition will be discussed at the first meeting of the so-called friends of syria group in tunisia on friday the group consists of western and arab powers openly seeking president downfall moscow has rebuffed the gathering saying it's biased in its efforts to solve the syrian crisis they have a foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament told r.t.

the meeting won't paint an accurate picture of the situation in syria. yes. judging by the statements we have been hitting on the format of the so-called friends of syria club the sole purpose of a conference is not to find a way out of the current situation but to promote the idea that the conflict can only be resolved if assad leaves that's why moscow refused to take part in the meeting i have met with mr assad and with representatives of two opposition organizations i did not get the impression that it is the people versus assad in this conflict the situation is different a faction of the people is opposing the regime while another party supports mr assad well yet another faction does not want syria to fall into chaos they support the regime possibly they do not support the idea of a state interference it is not black and white it is not a scenario where a whole nation rises up to overthrow a government they don't like they believe that the situation cannot be resolved without the regime in representatives of the gulf want to use which do not have a single democratic institution start complaining about assad's regime being

undemocratic i believe but that undermines the political and moral legitimacy of the friends of syria club is a club of serious friends or a club of people who want bush gone so that's a question we have to ask. i can see that injury in full here on r t on thursday lawrence davidson professor of middle east history at west chester university believe the voice of peaceful protesters in syria has been lost amidst the violent uprising of some opposition groups. i think that the the people who picked up the gun in syria are largely foreign funded and some of them are in fact foreigners and some of them are in fact desert errors from the syrian army who have no real option of going back now so i don't think that there is going to be much room for

negotiation between that group and the government what the constitution no document is an attempt to do is to satisfy the really large numbers of nonviolent protesters who have seem to been co-opted now who are or are displaced by these armed groups so the syrian government wants to essentially get those people off the streets and accepting of their of the government's scenario where the solution to this but the others are they're going to have to be hunted down and killed or captured because they're not going to surrender. it was hard to lie from moscow coming up in the next few minutes drums of war. were to our marriage military response as washington threatens to get tough on happy some fear it could lead to

a crackdown on public displays of discontent. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says its two day mission in iran has failed to produce a definitive result and clarifying the purpose of to ron scott a virtual nuclear program the i.a.e.a. adds that this is due to its team not being allowed to visit key military site to iran which insists its activities are purely peaceful and turn says the agency's second visit in less than a month was for talks and not inspections the islamic state has also reiterated in readiness to return to the negotiating table the failure of the i.a.e.a. mission might pave the way for more sanctions against tehran but previous experience shows that such penalties often end up hurting the country's imposing down. reports. filling up with two years ago would have cost me around seventy five pounds if think that thought

well it now costs over a hundred because petrol in britain's never been more expensive the average for a liter of diesel soared to over one pound forty three two dollars twenty five cents the previous peak was during the libyan conflict last may and its people at the pumps who are paying the price again this is a disaster again for motorists and not only are they being stoned month after month now by these fuel price rises but there's also a concern that this is going to spread to the cost of every day items such as food because those transportation costs to get the food store will be passed on to businesses and then the consumer it's a result britain hadn't banked on when threatening to block iran's oil exports to the e.u. although the book's a major customer individual members aren't britain imported just eleven thousand barrels last year not even one percent of its total imports but in practice the tough talking backfired iran struck first by freezing deliveries to british and

french companies a move not harmful in itself but one that stoked fears in an already nervous market that iran's saber rattling could be for real it's already threatened to block the strait of hormuz a vital oil trading route iranis is trying at the moment before these sanctions come into effect to do what it can to talk up the price of oil without actually sacrificing any production so it's seeking to to benefit from maintaining its exports. a higher price for each barrel that it sells the timing of sanctions couldn't be worse a loss of production in south sudan yemen and the north seas already driving prices higher with the rainy and. crude still in demand in asia it's the u.k. and it's motorists that are the hardest hit i mean are for that other company thanks for. the forward five for myself i've always wanted to go over to the people

of fire actually people drive in effect how much you cover yes i think it probably does i think that's why they're using the soldier so it's hope the threat of sanctions will bring iran to the negotiating table over its nuclear program but so long as the numbers are rising here in may not be iran he's the first to buckle in what's become a dangerous game of brinkmanship experts predict the ongoing tensions could add twenty five percent to oil prices by easter. bennett r t london as a factor in us of sanctions has questioned more off the fears of pending military confrontation with iran become more prominent christopher chambers journalism professor from georgetown university told r.t. why american media is in the vanguard of international warmongering. you have to have a symbol of fear you have of you have a presidential campaign now that is definitely

a soap opera. worst you know just fun to watch at best people are searching for issues and tag issues and red meat issues that they can feed their constituency with mainstream media and i'm here i mean television no i mean what it is is they're not covered they don't do nuance terribly well they do the the fear factor kind of shows very well and this is a great item for fear you know and what you have here is is people ginning up coverage of of new you know people understand nukes people understand military exercises in the gulf people understand us responding to it and then. calling the military exercises god's vengeance that gets people crazy what we aren't talking about are the you know the assassinations the cold war war the drones if cetera any intrigue that might be going on with israel they don't do that particularly

well and that's the devil in the details it could get us into trouble. the possibility of an attack on iran and how justified it would be also the focus of the cost of the beta later today here's a taste of what's ahead. the united states and the european union and its allies have launching what is in effect an economic war against iran saying to the iranian leadership look you can either have your nuclear weapon or you can stay in power you get to choose i think patrick kind of put it really out there very openly it's all about regime change that's what this is about it's not about the nuclear program is a debate in the united states foreign policy community is a long one line only and that is can we do it that is based on efficacy nor is totally the question of should we do it or what would the consequences be of doing it. the u.s. government is about to declare a new war but this time the anime is a virtual one

a string of attacks on government websites by you not a mishap or group has policy makers ramping up the rhetoric with talk of a terrorist threat at a tough response but as our lucy confidence reports washington could be turning on its own people. cyber war is the next pearl harbor some dismiss it as hype but in congress it's a clear and present danger we will suffer a catastrophic cyber attack the clock is ticking and in the pentagon wrote keystrokes could now be met with real weapons the pentagon now considers cyber attacks acts of war a cyber attack could merit a military response bombs for bit so to speak. they say that the threat will come from foreign shores. an invisible enemy that lurks abroad but in this year of the protest that enemy has a familiar face and a presence right here at home. in your anonymous leaderless hacker movement with

a political purpose together we stand against your attempts to. joining forces with occupy wall street to fight corporations banks and governments return for. her freedom of the power of the people cyber protesters or cyber terrorists for the u.s. government there may not be much of a difference there's a deep insinuation that dissent is somehow connected to or accessory to terrorism and that's a really horrifying prospect a horrifying prospect that is now reality if you're an american citizen and you betray your country you're going to be held in military custody and you're going to be questioned about what you know you're not going to be given a lawyer and freedom of speech and the internet may soon follow right now in china the government can disconnect parts of its internet in the case of war we need to have to pushing the u.s. down the road to tyranny says retired army colonel lawrence wilkerson i don't think they're doing this based on their fear of terrorists. i really think they're doing

this based on their ultimate fear of the occupy wall street other movements in this country the face of a freedom fighter or a terrorist here in the u.s. the line between the two is growing increasingly blurred obscured by fear and the fog of cyber war you see catherine of our washington and anonymous response to threats from washington we have the details at r.t. dot com the groups outside the national security agency is fueling fear among americans with claims that the hackers plan a total blackout across the globe. and it is the u.s. sponsored the russian opposition that was behind the recent mass protests across the country and what's the future of the reset in russia american relations just some of the topics covered by washington's newly appointed ambassador to moscow to hear what he told r.t. on air today an alliance any time at r.t. dot com.

one news just in here in our t.v. there's been an assassination attempt on the president of the caucasus republic of a posse the task news agency sides a source in the republic's police a saying the president's car was fired upon by gunman as he was heading to his office in the capital so whom two of the leaders bodyguards are reported to have been injured and i will of course bring you more details on this as we get it here on r.t. . now a look at some other stores may have lines around the world more than a dozen soldiers were killed in clashes between the colombian army and rebel forces the revolutionary armed forces of colombia were far bombed a town of colloidal which lies within a critical supply route and drug corridor through the country southeast earlier

this month a similar attack killed seven people. police in bali indonesia gained control of a prison after rioting inmates set it on fire up to one thousand armed security forces backed by dozens of armored vehicles and water cannons were used to restore order witnesses say inmates had control of the facility for nearly seven hours officials are still investigating what caused the rise but some believe the violence began after one prisoner stabbed another. kim dotcom founder of file sharing website mega float has been released on bail in new zealand he was detained a month ago at their request of the u.s. which claims megaupload cost the filmmakers and songwriters more than half a billion dollars in lost revenues dot com was earlier branded an extreme fly risk due to his multiple identities and money but the judge said all these funds have been seized dot com denies all charges and promises to fight extradition to the

u.s. . that brings us up to date here in our team and see what's happening in business arenas here. hello and welcome to business here on the price of flight c. europe is about to get more expensive now the efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions the block is imposing a new carbon tax on any carrier that flies inside or to the region and this is being of course strongly opposed by nearly every other major nation who's the plots are meeting in moscow to discuss a response in the societies that image is an acoa ports. trade is brewing in the skies over you like many conflicts before this is over both ideology and money. forty three nations including the largest economies in the world are fighting the unilateral move to charge airlines for carbon emissions the international air transport association which unites all major passenger and cargo airlines says the

system isn't fair that should be imposed globally not region the airline industry already pays enormous taxes in europe we're supposed to be to cover the environment that's the airline perspective but there's also another perspective which is that outside of the airline industry a number of states say this is an infringement on their sovereignty because they need to us charges to cover the entire flight not just the portion of the flight it takes place over a year where space to encourage airlines to reduce greenhouse gases the e.u. will oblige them to effectively pay a tax on fifteen percent of their carbon emissions this will be done by purchasing quotas on the emissions trading system the other eighty five percent is free of charge by twenty twenty the chargeable amount will write to eighteen percent. this means costs will go up which russia the us india and brazil all well china has flatly brought here but it's companies from even though the sums of money for each

passenger are relatively small to europe. to euro's so five years from addition of heroes are charging the prices are higher to your itself then you inflation and you result in quite a significant amount ten percent might be even ten percent so once this all together given that airline business is very profitable each to your is actually quite important the e.u. is showing no signs of backing down this raises the prospect of nations outside the bloc refusing to introduce. taxes in retaliation this will make travel even less affordable there will be fewer flights and lines will go out of business but will do. business. for the second look at the markets with oil and crudeness falling on speculation that prices which are near and nine month high will curve demand continues to

struggle with is that crisis that's also against the backdrop of rising crude stockpiles in the u.s. the world's biggest consumer of oil let's move on to asia stocks there are trade a mixed amid concerns over the greek rescue deal and higher oil prices the aaa stocks are managing to gain ground on a weaker than carmakers are told there isn't so here but nissan adding more than one percent and calling socks are struggling to shrug off early losses with export us taking the largest. here in russian style as the one hour ahead of the opening bell the markets closed in the red on issues they both e.r.t.'s and the license lost over one percent and if it acquired from troika dialog gives this outlook for those trade. yesterday we saw i would see light a correction in. the market will. i don't but that was one very light volumes so i think many investors not many investors were impressed by this correction and mania ready to step in the markets again in the market as for the sectors i think the

ruble is strengthening so all domestic stories like buying. see domestic food retailers then favorite no so i would it directs investors really. especially to the sectors and that's how business looks the sound for more stories you can always check out our website our team dot com slash business but in the meantime they say it's in for the headlines with merrier. the.

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