u.s. declines to rule out arming the syrian opposition that was also backfilled cried out spreading fear started washington's push forward seemed change in syria could plunge the country deeper into chaos. also the failure of the u.n. nuclear watchdog mission in iran. even more sanctions while the tension around the islamic state begins to take its toll on the country's putting those penalties in place. the cost of going green even as you're proposing a new car go inside somewhere along so you don't struggle to keep the good prices low or have got any more in business going through the next. years uncommon broadcasting through line from the heart of moscow on turned around the streets of spanish cities become a battlefield and tens of thousands of schoolchildren and students have been

protesting against the education costs the demonstrations turned violent earlier this week in the city of violence where seventeen people were injured in what's been called the heavy handed repression of the rally five days of protests have been sparked by the latest budget cuts implemented to meet tough deficit targets archies sorry for a possible war from spanish capital. scenes on the stairs here 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 we spake playing have left many classrooms without even basic piecing now scenes of riot police chasing dragging and hitting the protesters in 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 part 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 miles to space with his first must've union protest a for the weekend and the government had introduced tough measures they say were necessary to bolster spain's economy but it hits the public sector hard including health and education the full largest year is a member that has the highest unemployment rate shockingly more than forty nine percent of spain's are now unemployed that sixty to twenty four age group finding it extremely hard to get jobs in the adults know very much better twenty two percent unemployment amongst the adults in spain and people here in the country in increasingly desperate situations i left asking really just how much worse the situation can get. paris 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 leans out friends with years of pain ahead the second cash injection of one hundred thirty billion euros has been agreed in exchange for traffic a measure of concession it's one of their most short while permanent monitors into athens to control how the country fulfills the demands of its creditors dr shepherd as are they are from the e.u. research center thinks greece won't be able to escape the fallout 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 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 disorderly default so it doesn't spill over into countries exactly next pain 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 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. i want to fact do you think the latest round of austerity measures will have on greece you can log on to argue dot com and share your thoughts with us there's not much else bar as more than half of you think it will change nothing in an economy that's already june more than a third say the measures only need further hardship for greek people 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 hinted it quote eventually give arms to rebels in syria despite previous stride in 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 that some made warnings that washington's continuing efforts against the syrian regime could see it fighting side by side with al qaida archie's going to cannes reports. i meet gluck shared 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 you see no evidence of. ok extremist sunni extremists can't label them from civically as al qaida but sorra some more ill cruel 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-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 us on. in washington senators asked the head of america's intelligence james clapper i think what happens if assad thoughts 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 there is 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 a. 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 for you this is why i'm against putting weapons in and aiding the. resistance because an all out war there could be a disaster which leads to 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 nothing in the streets with supporting the process and there are

often two fears is that one is that pushed us to be the slightest and pushed as of that would be the killings 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 therefore basically ignoring the fears of a huge part of the syrian population who don't want radicals gaining momentum and breaking the country into chaos i'm going to share their 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 but free syria inscription on the palm of this gunmen on the border between the two states that speaks for itself the army a free iraqis are once fought against u.s. troops in iraq and have now vowed to help their syrian neighbors to fight against

the government baghdad says weapons and fighters are regularly seeping into syria adding more fuel to the violence lawrence davidson professor of middle east history at west chester university believes the voice of peaceful protesters in syria has been lost amidst the bloody uprising of some activists. i think that the people who have 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 constitutional document is that 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 people off the streets and accepting the back of the government's scenario where a 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 a person meeting of the so-called friends of syria group in tunisia on friday the group consists of western and arab powers openly seeking president's arsalan downfall mafias rebuffed the gathering saying it's biased and it's after its to resolve the syrian crisis but head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament told r.t. the meeting while being an accurate picture of the situation in syria. judging by

the statements we have been hearing in the form of the so-called friends of syria and so purpose of the conference is not to find it we're 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 charge and i've met with mr assad in the 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 the faction of the people is opposing the regime with another party that supports mr assad well yet another faction does not want syria to fall into kilts they support the regime possibly they do not support the idea of it's a point of view that it is not black and white it is not a sin i would a whole nation rises up to overthrow a government they don't like to believe that the situation cannot be resolved within the regime in representatives of the governments which do not have a single democratic institution start complaining about assad's regime and democratic and i believe that undermines the political and moral legitimacy of the

friends of syria is the club the city is friends or a club of people who want to show our side that's a question we have to ask. and you can see that interview in full in our program on thursday. we've also got more insight into developments in syria on our key dot com as well as plenty of other stories there including dramas of why war. has some and why. brown cyber attacks as acts of terrorism the hyper group anonymous accuses authorities of waging a campaign of fear among americans. and is that you want to sponsor a russian opposition who is behind the recent mass protests across the country and what's the future for the reset in russian american relations just some of the topics covered by washington's newly appointed ambassador to moscow hear what he told r.t. on the air today and online any time on r.g.p.

dot com. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says it's too big mission in iran has failed to produce a definitive result in clarifying the purpose of chuck ron'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 top 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 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 ends up hurting the countries imposing them as.

reports. filling up your like this two years ago would have cost me around seventy five pounds i 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 sots over one pound forty three two dollars twenty five cents the previous peak was during the libyan conflict last may and it's 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 tomorrow 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 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 they bought some 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 talk back fired 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's saber rattling could be for real it's already threatened to block the strait of hormuz a vital trading route iran is trying at the moment before these angels 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 could be worse a loss of production in south sudan yemen and the north these already driving

prices higher with the rainy and. fruit still in demand in asia it's the u.k. and it's motorists that are the hardest hit and they are for what i call the place where. if i was buying for myself i'd really rather go have a look at my people driving to fix how much you come yes i think it probably does i think that's why there is a small here. it's hope the threat of sanctions will bring a ransom 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 and what's become a dangerous game of brinkmanship experts predict the ongoing tensions twenty five percent oil prices by easter however bennett r t london and as the effectiveness of sanctions is question more often 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. and you have to have a symbol of fear you have a 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 and tag issues or red meat issues that they can feed to their constituency with mainstream media and i'm here i mean television no 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 i don't for a 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 i'm going to jed 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 excel 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 in trouble. abbas ability of an attack on iran and how justified it would be is also the focus of our cross talk abate in just about ten minutes time 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 there's a debate in the united states foreign policy community is along 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 the 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 koran the muslim holy book were inadvertently burned troops the u.s. embassy in kabul has been put on lockdown during the protests and a senior commander apologized yesterday in order to full investigation former u.s. marine jake dilbert oh tells r t this won't be the last time troops creative p.r. nightmare for america. 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 ninety three the us has been engaged in

a series of affairs in the middle east that has not been going well for arabs persians or this. and this is the 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. is it going to be the last time we're going to see something like this because i i do assure you this probably wasn't done on purpose this is probably an absolute lie so be like this is going to help but again it's only going to make the hearts of the minds here played 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 twenty one minutes past the hour now a look at stories making news from around the world the president called this republic of a cause they are links on their own vog has escaped an assassination attempt an injured one of the leaders bodyguards was killed and three others injured when

gunmen opened fire on the president's car near the capital seoul for whom it's the sixth term on the life in the past seven years and the first since he was elected president last summer vowed to strengthen the republic after its long struggle for independence from neighboring georgia russia and a number of other countries recognize that causes sovereignty more than three years ago but really see and most of the international community doesn'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 as you are the resignation comes after days of speculation that he would seek to reclaim power from d.v.r. who is outstanding from the top job in a party nearly two years ago rudd says his 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 knowledge of the town of car lot though which lies within a critical supply route and drug corridor or through the country south east earlier this month a similar attack you know seven people are. now business with marina is next. hello and welcome to business here on this is when 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 it will instruct the master carriers not played a lobby adopting the same position as china their parents from nations opposed to that measures are currently meeting in moscow and for more now we can cross to business are confusing it with who's following the abandon hallowed see the matrix so how's realistically speaking and water are the trances this tax initiative will get its wings clipped. well marina at the moment it's very hard to determine the

exact chances that emission trading system or e.t.s. will be either looked or postpones by the international civil aircraft organisation because this seems to be a lack of open dialogue between the two sides and neither side like the e.u. or the i.c.a.o. wants to back down but what happened today in moscow the president hotel right behind me was the signing of a joint declaration by twenty nine countries russia brazil china india and the united states included that stipulates that they disagree with the system and do not want to join now while this declaration does not stipulate any unique approach to countermeasures to oppose the e.t.s. it does give carte blanche to every country which has signed is that liberation to basically take whatever countermeasures deemed necessary to protect its national interest to protect the corporate interests of its airlines and its sovereignty now

the difference in approach of course is the timing by the different legislation each country while china and it has done so on a government level has its allies will not be paying for carbon emissions russia needs to pass a law and it's working on that and that of course takes some time to go through houses of parliament. to then be signed by the president now russia says but it may apply counter measures by introducing tariffs over trans-siberian flights which have been levied just a few months ago and that does not contradict the regulations according to that to be just the ministry. of transport minister buddy of the local law so we have to remember that this process may drag on for quite some time for at least a year because the deadline is june two thousand and thirteen for companies to pay for the quotas for two thousand and twelve so it appears that because of this lack

of dialogue this process may drag on until that. all right may truly does seem like there might be a way out there thank you very much for that update that was of course are going to be given us the latest on europe's carbon tax the great now we have a little bit of time left so let's take a look at the currencies right now the euro historically found against the dollar and that's after one hundred seventy super billion dollar bailout has been agreed and that was followed by all night from acts of european ministers and strong but well it's pushing the ruble higher against both the u.s. and you know their currencies and let's take a look at oil prices first morning lower and speculation are prices which are near and nine month higher group for demand as you're considering is the struggle when it's that crisis and that's also against the backdrop of rising from stockpiles in the u.s. but there's a push the world's biggest consumer of oil alison to look at international stock markets in europe they have raised earlier against the footsie is losing

a third of a percent of all the banks and point seven percent down the sour. and the pictures here in russia we can see that the markets are expending previous roces both the r.c.s. and the my sense are down around point eight percent and let's take a look at some individual shermans on the my sex. close the blue chips are trading and the red the foul gas plant is just launched down by lou call it is more of a super sat down and the financials are also under pressure over the thinking losing almost the one percent now looking ahead to the coming straight in fashion either for hire from truck or dialogue give us some of this play great stuff. and my first choice would be a domestic stores like brinks and they said retailers and maybe some more while operators then i think. stuart's bought for example as for gust from i think in coming few weeks we'll see that very good in florida in russia in general and just

deal with the russian proxy will be in very good demand so building position the for. two or three weeks if you had got. you would look well as russia proxy is probably good choices. and that's how business looks out for more so as you can always add to our website which is our team dot com slash business but if you need time to stay tuned for the headlines with carol.

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