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. also the failure of the u.n. nuclear watchdog mission in iran fuels talk of even more sanctions while tension around these long state begins to take its toll on the country supporting those penalties. also speculation that the u.s. is sponsoring russia's office asian and the future of brussels american relations are among the issues addressed by the architect of the reset and washington's newly appointed ambassador to moscow it is an interview with r.t. . what you are going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program first the president of the caucuses republic of a posse has escaped an assassination attempt an injured one of the leaders

bodyguards was killed one gunman opened fire on the president's car near the capital so who are these correspondent in the region dennis velocity joins us live now by phone. to denis so what else do we know about the attack. the motorcade of their president president alexander unquote was attacked this morning a roadside bomb went off and then unknown gunmen fired at the motorcade one of one club security guards was wounded the presidential administration also confirmed that another security guard was killed the president himself wasn't injured to journalists on the phone shortly after the shoot out saying that he is ok and he is going to his office before today's incident that will fly father a samsung flubs life since two thousand and five his residence and his cars were hit by r.p.g. and gunfire many mind he was wounded in the few occasions and obviously despite

massive support from the majority of republican it also has multiple enemies the men from the makeup was a stronger state winning fifty four percent of the films in last year's presidential election has a rival given a glock a clear mandate. problems like doesn't like the man he succeeded as leader gave the go live in office in may eleventh the two stole a project and dependence recognized by russia and a few other states including nicaragua the small caucasus republic has been struggling for independence from georgia some securely nine hundred ninety s. alongside the. club for his strong backing over the good friendship well as his domestic anti-corruption campaign from the very beginning he was facing stiff challenges a leading his country with a hostile neighboring georgia a legacy of difficulty always found that nobody was arrested in connection with previous is this nation at times but around the clock told me in his interview last

year if you're looking to bring those responsible to justice we're not afraid of any threats we don't know whether any arrests have been made for wednesday's and for them we're hoping to get so the details from a cause and warn them page of the day. all right dennis thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest on this dennis blogs go a correspondent in the region and we'll of course be keeping you up to date on what's happening there for now thanks very much indeed for this. the streets of spanish cities become a battlefield a stand of thousands of school children and students have been protesting against education cuts demonstrations turned violent earlier this week in the city of lancy were seventeen people were injured in what's been called the heavy hand of repression of the rally five days of protest have been sparked by the latest budget cuts implemented to meet tough deficit targets are to sara for of 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 the 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 part of the why did demonstrations we're seeing 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 is a member that has the highest youth unemployment rate shockingly more than forty nine percent spain's youth are now unemployed that sixteen 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 and people here in the country in increasingly desperate situations are left asking really just how much worse the situation can get. so far as reporting there are now grey's remains in the eye of the europe's financial storm as the latest bailout deal leaves athens with years of pain i had a second cash injection of one hundred thirty billion euros has been agreed in exchange for address take measures in sensitive concessions one of them is to allow permanent monitors to athens to control how the country fulfills the demands of its creditors the visionaries are a man from the e.u. research center of things greece 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 euro zone is not quite ready for a disorderly default right now and so another hundred thirty billion is being poured into their country so that 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 a dire straits because of the fiscal austerity measures that we've 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 after april is anyone's guess. and what effect do you think the latest round of austerity measures will have on greece log on to. our website and share your thoughts with us now let's take

a look at what's happening there at this point so as you can see there's not much optimism so far as more than half of the viewers think it will change nothing on a me that's already doing more than a third say the measures only mean further hardship board greek people well six percent are convinced that you will not let the greek economy collapse and the minority considers bailouts to be the only way for athens to survive. the u.s. has handed it could eventually give 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 might consider other options now this amid warnings that washington's continuing efforts against the syrian regime could see it finding side by side with al qaida or his gun it's to count reports. amid bloodshed in syria more extremists are penetrating the country

to help bring down a sought 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 seen evidence of. extremist sunni extremists can't label them specifically as outside of similar ilk or infiltrating the opposition's groups. oh 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 iman al-zawahiri as called on his supporters around the world to back the uprising in see. area just. one of the things 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 if what happens if falls are we prepared for the situation of a possible failed state 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 kartik in syria and whether its policies are indirectly aiding the terrorists are american strategists would have to be fools not to see what al qaeda is doing not to ask the question if it's good for al qaeda can it be good for us and not to look at it and 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 plan 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 if that is supporting that process movement and they are often too fierce is that one is that pushed aside they'd be the slightest and pushed aside that would be the careless the opposition in syria is very fresh. they don't seem to be under anybody's control despite concerns voiced by top u.s. intelligence officials about anti assad extremists 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. further measures to help the syrian opposition will be discussed of the first meeting of the so-called friends of syria group and tunisia on friday they were consist of western and arab powers openly seeking president's downfall moscow has rebuffed the gathering saying it's biased in its efforts to resolve the syrian crisis they had of the 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. yeah. judging by the statements we have been hitting in the form of the so-called friends of syria club the sole purpose of the conference is not to find a way out of the current situation or that to promote the idea that the conflict can only be resolved if assad leaves that's why moscow refused to take part in

a meeting and i've met with mr assad and with representatives of two opposition organizations i did not get the impression that it is the people versus is in this conflict the situation is different a faction of the people is opposing the regime while another part of it 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 who they believe that the situation cannot be resolved without the regime in representatives of the gulf monarchies which do not have a single democratic institution and start complaining about assad's regime being undemocratic and i believe that that undermines the political and moral legitimacy of the friends of syria club is it a club or city as friends or a club of people who want bashar assad is gone that's a question we have to ask the halls.

and i'm sure announces talking to the hat of the state duma's foreign affairs committee can see that interview in full in our program on thursday. and coming up in the next few minutes here in r.t. drawings of what web war. cyber attack could merit the military response. as washington threatens to get tough on how her some period could lead to a crackdown on public displays of discontent. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says its two day mission and iran has failed to produce a definitive result in clarifying the purpose of to iran's controversial nuclear program the i.a.e.a. adds that this is due to its team not being allowed to visit a key military site to iran which insists its activities are purely peaceful in turn says the agency's second visit in less than a month was for talks and not inspections the islamic state has also reiterated its readiness to return to the negotiating table the failure of the i.a.e.a.

mission my pave the way for more sanctions against iran the previous experience shows that such penalties often and up hurting the countries imposing them such as our ban it now explains. filling up with two years ago but of course me around seventy five pounds you think that's a lot well it now costs over a hundred because put through in britain's never been more expensive the average fairly true diesel sorts over one pound forty three that's two dollars twenty five cents the previous peak was during the libyan conflict last may and his people at the pumps who are paying the price again this is a disaster again for motorists and not only are they being stung. by these fuel price rises but there's also 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 has banked on when threatening to block iran's oil exports to the e.u. although the book's a major cost. 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 has 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 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 a rainin crude still in demand in asia it's the u.k. and it's motorists that are the hardest hit they are for that the company pays for it. if i was paying for it myself. i don't go public with it you can buy extra people drive in effect how much you know yes i think it probably does i think that's why there is a small this is 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 the first to buckle in what's become a dangerous game of brinkmanship experts predict the ongoing tensions could add twenty five percent oil prices by easter i bennett r t london.

as effectiveness of sanctions as question more often fears of padding 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 an a national warmongering you have to have a symbol of fear you have if 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 or 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 they don't do nuance terribly well they do 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 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 and the 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 so the focus of our crossed up debate in the next hour 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 it 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 enemy is a virtual want a string of attacks and government websites by the anonymous hacker group has policy makers ramping up the rhetoric with talk of a terrorist threat tough response but as he's loose a couple of 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 bits so to speak. they say that the

threat will come from foreign shores. an invisible enemy that lurks abroad but in this year at the protest that enemy has a familiar face and a presence right here at home how low. we are anonymous a leaderless hacker movement with a political purpose together we stand against the new testament i don't know joining forces with occupy wall street to fight corporations banks and governments turn 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 is 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 china the government can disconnect parts of its internet in the case of war we need to have 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 t. washington an anonymous response to threats from washington we have the details at our dot com. the national security agency is fueling fear among americans with claims that the hackers plan a total blackout across the globe. and also

a group of troublemakers are caught saying anti-religion songs inside moscow's christ the savior cathedral all this and many more stories online at r.t. dot com. and more than one thousand protesters a back outside bagram air base in afghanistan for a second day of protests demonstrators are hurling rocks at police and chanting anti-american slogans after copies of the koran the muslim holy book were said to have been burned by troops witnesses say police have fired on the protesters and response a senior commander apologized yesterday and ordered a full investigation former u.s. marine jake deliberateness tells r.t. this won't be the last time troops treated p.r. nightmare for america. this cannot be seen as an isolated incident this needs to be

seen in the broader context of the united states having a p.r. problem with the islamic world since one thousand fifty three the us has been engaged in a series of affairs in the middle east that has not been done well for arabs persians or in this case afghans and this is a general movement within the islamic world to reject a lot of american you know political ideas as well as activities we should be and we should know this isn't going to be the last time we're going to see something like this because i am i going to show you this probably wasn't done on purpose this was probably an accident but something like this is going to happen again it's only going to make the hearts and minds campaign in afghanistan and globally basically untenable again the u.s. has a p.r. problem with the islamic world and we need to change what we do. have today here on

r.t. business is next with marino. hello and welcome to visit here on i t. now the price of flights to europe is about to get more expensive in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions the fault is impose a carbon tax on any carrier that flies inside or to the region and that has been strongly opposed by nearly every other major nations the plants are meeting in moscow to discuss their response and business houses within the democrat has the story for us. a 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 e.u. unilateral move to charge airlines for carbon emissions the international air transport association which unites all major passenger and cargo allied says the system is unfair as it 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 u.s. india and brazil all well china has flatly brought here but it's companies from paying even though the sums of money for each passenger it's at least me to your.

two euro so five euros from addition of heroes were charged given that prices are higher to euro's off and you inflation and your result in quite a significant amount ten percent maybe even ten percent so once this all together given that airline business is very profitable 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 punitive taxes in retaliation this will make travel even less affordable there will be fewer flights and lines will go out of business but. business. for let's take a look at the markets now we'll start with oil curtis following on speculation that prices which are near in line while high broker of the land as a consensus for go but it's that crisis that's also gets the backdrop of rising

crude stockpiles in the us which is the world's biggest consumer of oil that's wrong so asian stocks are trading max the concerns over the brink rescue deal and higher oil prices but that didn't stop the ground the last. carmakers are top earners in tokyo with also adding more than one percent and then hong kong salts are struggling to shrug off early losses with exporters they've been the largest. and here in russia the markets are. going up and that's after losing more than one percent each on shoes day both the r.t.s. and the lie stocks are now again in around half a percent. and that's all we have time for in this edition of business but for more stories you can always had to our website that's artie dot com slash business in the meantime say it's in for the headlines with marina.

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