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 the tension around the islamic state begins to take its toll on the countries putting those penalties in place. plus the cost of going green as your proposes a new carbon tax or unsettle struggle to keep thicker prices low we'll have more of that in business in twenty minutes. this is from moscow with me or even josh in the streets of spanish cities become a battlefield a stance of thousands of school children and students have been protesting against education cuts demonstrations turned violent earlier this week in the city of valencia where seventeen people were injured in what's been called

a heavy handed repression of the rally five days of protests have been sparked by the latest budget cuts implemented to meet tough deficit targets are sarah ferguson 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 small group of protesters turned out by the education ministry in support of the protesters in philadelphia but this is just because 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 place with its first must've union protest a for the weekend the government had introduced tough measures they say were necessary to both the spain's economy but it hit the public sector hard including health and education space the full largest yuri's 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 the people here in the country increasingly desperate situations are left asking willy just how much worse the situation can get. so far as reporting there now greece is also bracing itself for a new round of protests following approval of its bailout deal the country remains in the eye of you responding actual storm as the agreement leaves athens with years

of pain at the second cash injection of one hundred thirty billion euros has been agreed in exchange for drastic measures and sensitive concessions one of them is to allow permanent monitors into athens to control how the country fulfills the demands of its creditors dr sure is author of mon from the e.u. research center thinks greece won't be able to escape default even it was a 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 and 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 will the new government follow through with such harsh measures i mean they're in place now but what happens is anyone's guess and what impact do you think the latest round of austerity measures will have on greece log on to refute a comment share your thoughts with us well there is not much optimism so far as more than half of your saying it will change nothing in an economy that's already doing more than a third say the measures only need further hardship for the greek people six percent are convinced the e.u. will not let the greek economy collapse the minority considers bailouts to be the only way for us to survive. the u.s. has hinted 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 if my consider other options

this amid warnings that washington's continuing efforts against the syrian regime could see it fighting side by side with al qaida are just going to check out reports. amid bloodshed in syria more extremists are penetrating the country to help bring down a sot that's according to u.s. intelligence which says all cardiff eliade 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 can't label them specifically is al qaida but similar ilk or 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 qaida

leader iman al-zawahiri as called on his supporters around the world to back the uprising in syria. he said these men who call themselves the mujahideen say they're on their way to fight a holy war against our songs. in washington senators asked the head of america's intelligence james clapper you think what happens if assad falls here long are we prepared for the situation of a possible failed state were ok or enjoys a safe harbor and refuge and from which to coordinate attacks his response bears no optimism there would be a 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 us on the same side as all currently in 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'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 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 the 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 kit was 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 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. are militants leaving iraq to join the rebellion against president assad in syria has also been acknowledged by iraqi officials the free syria and scription on the palm of this comment. as the border between the two states speaks for itself they army of free rockies once fought against u.s. troops in iraq and have now to help their syrian neighbors to fight against the government baghdad says weapons and fires are regularly seeping into syria adding

more fuel to the violence lawrence davidson a professor of middle east history at west chester university believes the voice of peaceful protesters in syria has been lost amidst a bloody uprising of some activists. 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 deserved 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 seemed to been

co-opted now who 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. 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 assad'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 any accurate picture of the situation in syria. yeah. judging by the statements we have been hearing in the form out 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 but to promote the idea that the conflict can only be resolved if assad leaves that's why mostly 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 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 outside 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 and representatives of the gulf monarchies which do not have a single democratic institution start complaining about assad's regime being undemocratic i believe that that undermines the political and moral legitimacy of the friends of syria club is a club the city is friends or a club of people want but. that's

a question we have to ask. and i can see that interview in full on our program on thursday here in r.t.e. and we've also got more insight into the elements in syria at our website as well as plenty of other stories there including dramas the web war some washington brand cyber attacks as an act of terrorism the hacker group anonymous. waging a campaign of fear among americans. and is the u.s. sponsoring russian opposition has behind the recent mass protests across the country and what's the future for their reset in russian 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 and online any time.

the u.n. nuclear watchdog says its two day mission and iran has failed to produce a definitive result in clarifying the purpose of tehran's conversational nuclear program the i.a.e.a. adds that this is due to its team not being allowed to visit a key military site tehran which insists its activities are purely peaceful inturn says the agency's second visit in less than a month was for talks and not inspections islamic state has also reiterated its readiness to return to the negotiating table the failure of the i.a.e.a. mission might pave the way for more sanctions against iran but previous experience shows that such penalties are often and up hurting the countries imposing their desire bennett now explains. filling up would go like this

two years ago but of course me around seventy five pounds i think that so well it now costs over a hundred because put through in britain's never been more expensive the average for a liter of 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 stirred up to vote 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 to 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 books of 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 has backfired iran struck first by freezing deliveries to british and french companies a move not harmful in itself but one that stoked fear. 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 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 rainy and crude still in demand in asia it's the u.k.

and it's motorists that are the hardest hit i mean i thought that i can be very very. if i was for 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 cheer 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 is the first to buckle in what's become a dangerous game of brinkmanship experts predict the ongoing tensions twenty five percent oil prices by easter i bennett r t london as a factor in us of sanctions is question more often fears of paying military confrontation whether on become more prominent christopher chambers journalism professor from georgetown university told r.t. why american media is in the vanguard 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 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 except or or any

intrigue that might be going on with israel they don't do that particularly well and that's the devil in the details that could get us into trouble. the possibility of an attack on iran and how justified it would be is also the focus of our cross-talk debate later today here's a taste of what's ahead. for 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. one person is

reported dead and several more wounded after police opened fire outside a u.s. military base in afghanistan during 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 in a virtually burned by troops the u.s. embassy in kabul has been put on lockdown during the protests a senior commander apologized yesterday and ordered a full investigation former u.s. marine jake deliberate a tells r t this won't be the last time troops create a 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 this series of affairs in the middle east that has not been done well for arabs persians or in this case afghans and this is the general movement

within the islamic world to reject a lot of american. political ideas as well as activity we should be we should know this isn't going to. the last time we're going to see something like this because i do argue sure 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 hard to mind their brain damage and globally basically. again the u.s. has a p.r. problem with the islamic world and we need to change what we do. now look at some other stories from around the world the president of the caucuses republican cause you. has escaped an assassination attempt on danger one of the leaders bodyguards was killed and three others injured when gunmen opened fire on the president's car near the capital so who is the sixth attempt on a cop's life in the past seven years and the first since he was elected president

last summer to strengthen the republic after its long struggle for independence from neighboring georgia russia and a number of other countries recognize a positive sovereignty more than three years ago but to me we see and most of the international community don't see it as a separate state. really is foreign minister cabin rod has resigned saying he could no longer function without the support of prime minister julie guillard resignation comes after days of speculation that he would seek to reclaim power from ousted him from the top job in a party coup nearly two years ago we brought says he's a future is uncertain and has yet to confirm that he'll run in next year's elections. more than a dozen soldiers were killed in clashes between the colombian army and rebel forces the revolutionary armed forces of colombia or far bombed the 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. agrees up today here on r t time now for the business of date with marino. i. i. hello and welcome to business here on this feud between europe and the rest of the world over a new carbon tax on flights is coming to a head we're getting reports from russia's transport ministry that a woman shall domestic carriers not supply adopt in the same position as china diplomats from nations opposed to the e.u. measures are currently meeting in moscow and besides these mr medvedev the looks at what's at stake. a trade is brewing in the skies over you like many a conflict before this is over both ideology and money. forty three nations including the largest economies in the world are fighting the e.u.'s unilateral move to charge airlines for carbon emissions the international air transport

association which unites all major passenger and cargo airlines says the system is unfair and that should be imposed globally not to region the airline industry already pays enormous taxes in europe that were 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 here 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 to you're a strong two euro's so or five years from addition of heroes they're charging that fuel prices are higher to your is off then you inflation and you result in quite

a significant amount ten percent maybe even ten percent so once this all heading to get there given that airline business is very unprofitable each to you is actually quite important the e.u. is showing no signs of backing down this raises the prospect of nations outside the block refusing to pay or introducing their own punitive taxes in retaliation this will make travel even less affordable there will be fewer flights and lines will go out of business but pollution will decrease. the denko business r.t. . let's say. a look at the currencies now the euro is rising slightly to the dollar after one hundred seventy two billion dollars bailout has been agreed following an all night summit of european ministers and shaun wallace pushing the ruble higher against both the u.s. and european currencies let's look at what's happening with oil crude.

speculation of prices which are near a nine month high will curb demand there's europe continues to struggle with its debt crisis that's also against the backdrop of rising food stockpiles in the u.s. which is of course the world's biggest consumer of oil. reserve look at international stock markets will start which have raised earlier gains the footsie is news in point two percent of all the bags is down point six percent. and here's a picture here of the markets are starting to verse earlier again so now we can see they're going back off more or less black territory both the r.t.s. m i six i gave them around point one percent and now let's take a look at some individual share moves energy majors are max this hour gas form is at an over half a percent is four percent lower down that isn't financials are gaining momentum sperm bank is adding half a percent now looking ahead to the coming trading sessions from troika dialog so

some of the stocks this company favors. my first choice would be my stick stores like banks and retailers maybe some years then the thing. for example is for gas from i think coming a few weeks will see very good inflows in general and just as the russia proxy will be a very good month building position for. two or three weeks ahead. probably good choices. and that's how business looks the self more serves you can always check out our website that's r t dot com slash business in the meantime to stay tuned for the headlines with marina bye for now.

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