and lately you. see us six lines through arming the syrian opposition that was also backed by al qaeda spreading fears that washington's push for regime change in syria could plunge the country into chaos. also the failure of the u.n. nuclear watchdog in iran the fuel truck of puberty more sanctions while tensions are around the islamic state begins to take its toll on the country and putting those penalties in place. thanks for being with us the two o'clock here in moscow i'm karen taraji the streets of spanish cities become a battlefield this tens of thousands of schoolchildren and students have been protesting against education cuts the demonstrations turned violent earlier this week in the city of landsea 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 e.u. deficit targets r t sarah firth 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 closely and without even basic he's saying now scenes of riot police chasing dragging and hitting the protesters in claims of arrests being made in some cases involving minors assaults widespread criticism here in madrid a small group of protesters turned out by the education ministry in support of the protests this influence here but this is just part of why did demonstrations we've seen taking place across the country in recent days the new conservative god has

been in power just a few months to space with his first must've phrase has a for the weekend and the government had introduced they say were necessary to both the spain's economy hits the public sector hard including health and education that face the full largest year as a member but has the highest unemployment rate shockingly more than willing to said spain's now unemployed sixty to twenty four age group finding it extremely hard to get jobs and the adults know very much better twenty two percent unemployment amongst the adults in space and people here in the country in increasingly desperate situations i left asking really just how much worse the situation can get. greece is also bracing itself for a new round of protests following approval of its bailout deal the country remains in the eye of europe's financial storm as the agreement leaves our bones with years

of pain ahead and a second cash injection of one hundred thirty billion year old has been agreed any change pretty drastic measures and sensitive concessions one of them is to allow a permanent monitors into athens to control how the country for bills the demands of its creditors dr schuchat as are their ramón from the e.u. research center thinks greece one be able to escape default even with 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 the 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 there isn't a dissolute fault so it doesn't spill over into the 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 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 their own place now what happens after it was anyone's guess. and one of those do you think the latest round of austerity measures will have on greece you can log onto our g dot com and share your thoughts with us there's much optimism so far as more than half of you think it will change nothing in an economy that's already more than a third say the measures only mean further hardship for the greek people six percent are convinced the e.u. will not let the greek economy collapse and the minority considers bailouts to be the only way to survive. the u.s. has hinted it could eventually give arms to rebels in syria and despite previous strides in opposition to further militarizing the conflict in the country the obama administration says if a political solution to the crisis proved impossible in might 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 archie's going to chicken reports. amid bloodshed in syria more extremists are penetrating the country to help bring down our sot 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 has seen evidence of. ok extremists sunni extremists can't label them from the specifically as al qaida books or a similar ilk or infiltrating the opposition 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 iman al zawahiri as called on his supporters around the world to back the uprising in syria. is 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 i think what happens if assad falls are we prepared for the situation of a possible failed state were ok or enjoys a safe harbor in refuge. from which to coordinate attacks his response varies 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 or 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. can it be good for us and not to look. he may be a ruthless dictator in what he's doing 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 good for you this is why i'm against one putting weapons in and aiding the anthony 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 they are not on the streets with supporting the process and they are often too fierce is that one is pushed as to be the slightest and pushed aside that

will be the case was the opposition in syria is very fractured they don't seem to be under anybody's control this right 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. armed militants leaving iraq to join the rebellion against president assad in syria has also been acknowledged by iraqi officials the free syria inscription on the palm of this gunman on the border between the two states speaks for itself they are mia for iraqis and once fought against u.s. troops in iraq and have vowed to have now about to help their syrian neighbors to fight against the government baghdad says weapons and fighters are regularly

seeping into syria and more fuel to the violence lawrence davidson professor of middle east history at westchester university who leaves the voice of peaceful protesters in syria has been lost amidst the 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 earners 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 constitutional document is an attempt to do is to satisfy the really large numbers of nonviolent protesters which seem to been co-opted now who are displaced by

these armed groups so the syrian government wants to essentially get those raucous 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 its biased and its efforts to resolve a syrian crisis the head 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. judging by the statements we have been hearing in the form of the su called friends

of syria purpose of the conference is not to find a way it is the current situation for it to promote the idea that the conflict can only be resolved if assad leaves this way more school refused to take part 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 assad in this conflict the situation is different faction of the people is opposing the regime will another part of it supports mistress or will yet another faction does not want syria to fall it just feels the support the regime possibly they do not support the idea of a second to see that 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 governments which do not have a single democratic institution start complaining about assad's regime being on the record i believe that that undermines the political and moral legitimacy of the friends of syria is it a club or city its trams or

a club of people who want to show. that's a question. you can see that interview in full on our program on thursday we've also got more insight into developments in syria as well as plenty of other stories there including a drums of war but. some in washington brands. cyber attacks as acts of terrorism the hacker group anonymous accuses a party is over waging a campaign of fear among americans. and it is the view was sponsoring russian opposition who is behind the recent mass protests across the country and what's the future for the release sides in russian american relations that's just some of the topics covered by washington's newly appointed ambassador to moscow and hear what he told r.t. on their bank and online any time at r t dot com. thirteen

minutes past the hour thanks for being with us but u.n. nuclear watchdog says its two day mission in iran has failed to produce a definitive word salt in clarifying the purpose of temperance controversial nuclear program the i.a.e.a. arms this is due to its team not being allowed to visit a key military site which insists its activities are purely peaceful in terms says the agency's second visit in less than a month was for talks and inspections the 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 often end up hurting the countries imposing them such as artie's robert bennett reports. pulling up

a car i'd miss two years ago would have cost me around seventy five pounds if think that's a lot well it now costs over a hundred because petrol in britain's never been more expensive the average for a liter of diesel sought 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 everyday items such as food because those transportation costs to get the food to school 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 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 zp backfired iran's 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 saber rattling could be for real it's already threatened to block the strait of hormuz a vital trading route iranis is trying at the moment before these angels come into effect to to do what it can to talk about the price of oil without actually sacrificing any production so it's seeking to to benefit from maintaining its exports part of learning 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 sea already driving prices higher with a rainin crew. still in demand in asia it's the u.k.

and it's motorists that are the hardest hit how they are for that i come to think that if i was playing for myself i'd rather go have a picnic that you could buy extra people driving to fix how much you come yes i think it probably does i think that's why i don't use a small gear. 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 who's 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 either bennett r t london and as the effectiveness of sanctions is question more often fears of anding military confrontation with around 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 a fun to watch at best people are searching for issues integrity issues or rid meat issues that they can feed their constituency with mainstream media and i'm here i mean television i mean what it is is they're not cut 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 nuclear people understand nukes people understand military exercises in the gulf i don't understand us responding to it and 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 covert 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 is also the focus of our cross talk to beit in just over an hour's time here's a taste of what's ahead. the united states and the european union and its allies of 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 all on 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.

at least four people are dead and dozens more wounded after police in afghanistan opened fire during a second day of protests outside a u.s. military base demonstrators are hurling rocks at police and chanting anti-american slogans after copies of the around the muslim holy book were inadvertently 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 oh tells our t. this people last time troops create a p.r. nightmare for america. this cannot be seen as an isolated this is be seen in the broader context of the united states having a p.r. problem with the islamic world since one thousand and three the us has been engaged in a series of errors in the middle east that has not been done well for arabs persians

or in this. general movement within the islamic world to reject a lot of american. political ideas as well as activities we should be. we should know this isn't going to be the last time we're going to see simple like this because i i do assure you this probably wasn't done on purpose this was probably absolutely but so be like this is going to happen again it's only going to make the hearts of the minds interfere with an globally basically internal idea in the us as a p.r. problem with the islamic world and we need to change what we do now look at other stories making news from around the world the press and the caucus the republic of abkhazia alexandre uncle vava has escaped and the nation attempt on injured one of the leaders as bodyguards was killed and three others injured when gunmen opened fire on the president's car near the capital so home it's the sixth attempt on our

life in the past seven years and the first since he was elected president last summer on a valve to strengthen the republican after its long struggle for independence from neighboring georgia russia and a number of other countries recognize the sovereignty more than three years ago but bailey and most of the international community and don't see it as a separate state. australia's foreign minister kevin rudd has resigned saying he could no longer function without the support of prime minister julia gill are the resignation comes after days of speculation that he would seek to reclaim power from vilar who outs from the top job in a party coup nearly two years ago rudd says his future is uncertain and how it's going to confirm but he'll run in next year's election to get. 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 colorado which

lies within a critical supply route and drug corridor through the country's southeast earlier this month a similar attack killed seven people. we'll be back in just a few minutes with your headlines the business update is next with marina. there's a here and i see now we start with the speakers who work in europe and the rest of the world over in new carpet attacks on flights which is coming to a head we're getting reports from russia's transport ministry that at the last the carrier is not supposed to levy it up in the same position as china and the last from nations opposed to the e.u. measures are currently meeting in moscow and there's a science isn't going to get them to look for her about what's at stake. a trade war is brewing in the skies over you like many conflicts before this is over both ideology and money. thirty three nations including the largest economies in the

world are. lateral 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 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 the charges to cover the entire flight not just the portion of the flight it takes but it's what you were supposed 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 and you got an eighty five percent is free of charge by twenty twenty the chargeable amount will write to eighteen percent to

your a strong two euro's or five euros from additional hewas a child should give the sphere prices are higher to your is off then you are in for a new result in quite a significant amount ten percent maybe even ten percent so one. these all aid in two years or even that you know i'm business is very profitable each to your is that. the e.u. is surely no signs of backing this raises the prospect of nations outside could look refusing to introduce. taxes. even less a. few lights and lines will go out of business but. business . analysts think a look at the currencies now will start with the euro which is rising slightly to the dollar after one hundred seventy two billion dollars bailout was agreed fall in an all light summit of european ministers and stronger or less portion of the ball

higher against both the u.s. and european currencies so let's take a look at the oil prices at the moment crude is down on speculation up prices which are near and nine month curve as you have continues to struggle with itself prices and that's also against the backdrop of rising crude stockpiles in the u.s. the rod speed is consumer of oil now let's check on the situation in europe markets there have raised earlier games the first thing is news in over a quarter of a percent of all the dax is point eight percent. let's move on to russian markets and here we can see that they have slipped into negative territory both the r.t.s. and the my six are losing close to two point six percent this hour and after some individual share moves on the my sex because of that energy majors are max gas problem is adding a half a percent of our local is more than one percent lower and so financials are gaining

momentum for about a third of a percent but looking ahead to the coming training sessions from troika dialog tells us what some of this favorite stocks are. my first choice would be the most if stores like brings in. retailers maybe some operators then i think. for example as for just from i think in coming few weeks will see very good inflow in russia in general and just deal with the russian proxy will be in very good months building position for say two or three weeks ahead. you will look well as russia proxy is probably good choices. and that's how there's a slug the sour for more stories you can always had to our website about r.t. dot com slash business but in the meantime there's a thing for the headlines with carol.

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