spanish police late into teachers and students are angry that there's no heat in their classrooms thanks to austerity cuts and a major credit rating agency downgrades greek debt again saying a deep fault is all but unavoidable. and iran's nuclear program must be all you did with a military strike that's the reported view of israeli intelligence following a un inspection that failed to resolve the deadlock. on doing business in russia may join the list of nations that are opposing the new call the time for might be the goal of by your joining me twenty minutes in the business for the center for details on how much. thanks for being with us five o'clock here in moscow on charon taraji washington says it isn't ruling out what it calls additional measures in syria but seen as

a hint it could soon be ready to arming anti-government militia the shifting rhetoric five year obama administration it previously excluded this possibility comes despite reports that al qaeda has joined the opposition that could put the u.s. and the terrorist group that hans around the world on the same side. i mean bloodshed in syria more extremists are panicked trading the country to help bring down our sought that's according to u.s. intelligence which says all card affiliated fighters were responsible for a series of deadly suicide bombings in damascus and aleppo targeted at syrian military and intelligence facilities and seen evidence of. extremists sunni extremists or not you can't label them specifically as all qaeda but some are some more ill cruel or infiltrating the oppositions 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 a kite a leader i'm on al-zawahiri as called on his supporters around the world to back the uprising in syria this. morning. that these men who call themselves the mujahideen say they are on their way to fight a holy war against our song. in washington senators asked the head of america's intelligence james clapper you think what happens if assad falls are we prepared for the situation of a possible field state were al qaeda enjoys a safe harbor and refuge 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 critic 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. good for al qaeda can it be good for us not to look. and say he may be a ruthless dictator and 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 a failed state this is why i'm against putting weapons in aiding the anti 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 process and and they are often too fierce is that one is that pushed. and pushed aside that would be the killings the opposition in syria is very fractured they don't seem to be under anybody's control this spite concerns voiced quite top u.s. intelligence official about and try to explain mr washington has failed to widen its foreign calls to include armed opposition and therefore basically ignoring the fears of a huge part of the syrian population who will long radicals gaining momentum and dragging the country into chaos i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. rocket has admitted that weapons and fighters are seeping across that six hundred kilometer border with syria out to fight the assad regime the army or for iraqis which once fought u.s. troops in iraq is now heading to syria the master gunman claimed their aim is to

monitor the border for any sign iraqi government is helping the beleaguered syrian regime baghdad has tightened security along the area which has become a center for arms smugglers lawrence davidson professor of middle east history at west chester university says this fits with the theories that the uprising is driven from the outside. i think that the the people were picked up to go and syria are largely foreign funded and some of them are in fact foreigners and some of them are in fact deserve 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 or what the document is an attempt to do is to satisfy the really large numbers of nonviolent protesters which seem to be co-opted or

were just placed by these armed groups so the syrian government wants to essentially get those people off the streets and accept their government's scenario where a solution to this but the other is they're going to have to be hunted down and killed or captured because they're not going to surrender to foreign journalists have been killed in syria's flashpoint city of homes the opposition claims the american and french citizens died when an army shell was hit hit a makeshift media center the same accusations were leveled against the regime just over a month ago when a french camera manolis killed in a similar incident but later it turned out the anti-government rebels were behind the attack homes has been the scene of fierce fighting between the army and the rebels for more than two weeks now however it's hard to verify which side is

responsible for civilian casualties there. the friends of syria group set up by america and its allies meets in tunisia on friday they're openly seeking president assad's downfall moscow has dismissed the gathering as a bias effort to resolve the crisis but head of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament told r.t. the meeting won't paint an accurate picture. judging by the statements we have been hearing in the form of the sioux called friends of syria and so 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. that's why mostly refused to take part in that because i've met with mr assad and with representatives of two opus ition organizations i did not get the impression that it is the people versus in this conflict his situation is different a function of the people in supposing the regime will 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 efforts that are going to feel 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 the believe that the situation cannot be resolved without the regime in representatives of the government's wish to not have a single democratic institution start complaining against such regimes being undemocratic and i believe that 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 a sure. that's a question you have to ask. you can see that full interview right here on our thursday and what do you think will happen if the u.s. and other western powers start supplying the syrian opposition fighters with arms long and hard to dot com to share your opinion so the majority of those who have taken part in our survey think this will only trickle charger

a civil war between rival rival factions in syria almost if they believe western arms will help the opposition defeat the assad government eleven percent say the weapons will fall into a lot of us think this is unlikely to affect the syrian crisis as the rebels are not strong enough you can have your say at parties dot com. the enemy the term you. spanish police to justify their most brutal crackdown yet thousands of protesters angry at government cuts ongoing for five days now it all came to a head in a city of violence here where baton wielding riot cops charged crowds of teachers students and even schoolchildren beating and arresting as they want are to sarah ferguson hundred with more on the on rust scenes of a sturdy anger on the streets 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 heating now scenes of riot police chasing driving and hitting the protesters in claims of arrests being made in some cases involving minors response widespread criticism here in madrid a smaller group of protesters by the education ministry in support of the protesters in philadelphia but this is just part of the why did demonstrations we've seen taking place across the country in recent days the need conservative government's been in power just a few months to space with its first must've union protest a for the weekend but 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 space the school largest yuri's a member that has the highest youth unemployment rate shockingly more than forty

nine planes are now unemployed that's sixty to twenty four age group finding it extremely hard to get jobs in the adults not very much better twenty two percent unemployment amongst the adults in space and people here in the country in increasingly desperate situations a letter asking really just how much worse the situation can get. greece has just been thrust further into junk status by the pitch credit rating agency which is predicting a greek default very soon that as the government in athens rushes through its most punishing package of cuts yet there are a precondition for the next one hundred thirty billion euro bailout which will be handed over once athens eales to the last of the manse but unions are wary of years of austerity are already mobilizing for a new rallies today and tomorrow it's expected that will surround the greek parliament for more on greece and the events unfolding in spain now professor

philip bagus of the economics department at the university of a pond carlos professor borrows thank you for being with us another downgrade for greece and once again just after a major breakthrough what message is being sent by doing this just after the bailout was finally agreed. it's. one of these summits and. so. there will be no one reeses ever closer to to default they acknowledge finally the really big greece's. they are systematically actually still over. the many countries and it was really distributed through the region which is illusionary given. well there are also increasing parallels lately between greece and spain while the latter isn't quite in as much trouble as athens protests there so austerity is

being felt but just like in greece do you really believe that demonstrators will actually achieve anything. not no i'm not not in the case of spain because the government has shifted to one more conservative government and the police force who was there with their plans so it's not really much else to within reason nor in spain in violence here for example they just cut education spending four percent and education spending is still sixty five percent higher than themselves really so what else sterling is that it's just a radical left it is very strong these companies these southern european countries and the labor unions that goes militantly on the street well if there's anything that great house shown us it's the all power all that used bureaucratic machinery so surrounded completely to e.u.

demands it's spain doing the same yes spain is basically doing. the e.u. commission wants and wants them to look. in and they probably will yield and deliver this is the difference to greece because reese has been only promises. don't remember deliver votes basis it is with him who are doing it actually doing it and in your opinion as austerity of the right cure for spain's economic troubles yes there's the problem is. that austerity for the public sector of course you have to reduce downsize the public think that it's just too big constraining the private sector. so they're not giving enough room for the private sector would use in public spending and it's the same time that if you increase in taxes. if you decrease taxes in a recession then use friend with private security even more and this is what the

spanish government actually did say they'd better raise income fictious kelly what about your nation's future doesn't lie in the euro zone. oh you're referring to my film a nation germany i was referring to you in actually in spain. yes i think. it was through the situation in spain is not so. not quite as such this in greece and. they can still get it's of course and it gets worse sustainable that. greece there's no chance this professor philip bagus from the. one carlos also author of the book the tragedy of the euro thank you for joining us. remember to check our

website for the latest updates and analysis authority dot com here's some of what's lined up for you there. is a legit wiki leaks whistleblower and nobel prize nominee bradley manning finally gets a trial after spending nineteen months in custody. and a looming six knots russian scientists are a god of freedom story plants and see it thrive after thirty thousand years locked in permafrost. israel's intelligence service has reportedly said that iran's nuclear program is beyond the point of no return and must now be stopped through military action that's after an i.a.e.a. mission to the islamic republic bayle to resolve any of the controversy surrounding terrans a legit atomic weapons ambition the expert's report that they were not allowed to

visit key military sites suspected of hosting nuke related activities attack iran insisting on the purely peaceful nature of its atomic program says the i.a.e.a. visit was for the purpose of talks not inspections the islamic state has stressed its readiness to return to the negotiating table but failed mission may well lead to more sanctions against iran but as artie's over bennett reports those penalties can easily backfire on the countries imposing on. putting up with your you these two years ago of course me around seventy five pounds you think that's a lot well it now costs over a hundred is truly in britain's never been more expensive the average for a liter of diesel sortes over one pound forty three that's two dollars twenty five since the previous peak was during the libyan conflict last may and his people at the. pumps 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 a few used to store will be passed on to businesses and then the consumer it's a result britain had banked on when threatening to block iran's oil exports to the e.u. although the blocks 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 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 trading route iranis is trying at the moment before these sanctions come

into effect to 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 four inch 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 rein in crude still in demand in asia it's the u.k. and it's motorists that are the hardest hit i mean our ports what i call the base. if i was by myself. i think you'll have a typical picture because driving this big how much you know i guess 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 new. program but so long as the numbers are rising here in may not

be iran he's the first to buckle in what's become a dangerous game of brinkmanship experts predict the ongoing tensions could add twenty five percent oil prices by easter either bennett's r.t. london fears of a military confrontation and involving iran are becoming ever more prominent a part general threatening a korean could strike if its national interests are threatened by christopher chambers journalism professor from georgetown university told r.t. the rhetoric is being hyped by the american media you have to have a symbol of fear you have and you have a presidential campaign now that is definitely a soap opera. worst you know just a fun to watch a. people are searching for issues interrogate shoes or meet issues that they can feed to 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 and all understand us responding to it and then calling the military exercises gods 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 go along with israel they don't do that particularly well and that's the devil in the details it could get us into trouble. now look at some other news making headlines around the world. at least six people have been killed and twenty injured after police opened fire during a second day of protests outside the u.s.

military base in the afghan capital demonstrators angered by be inadvertent burning of the koran by u.s. troops had been throwing rocks and petrol bombs a senior commander apologized for the destruction of the muslim holy books and the u.s. embassy in kabul has been put on lockdown while an investigation is being held. police in senegal have used tear gas to break up protests against the president's decision to run for a third term probably is rivals want him to step down saying his bid to stay on as head of state is illegal the constitution limits leaders to just two terms six people have already been killed in weeks of violent demonstrations leading up to the elections. clashes between rival tribes in south eastern libya have now flamed more than one hundred thirty lives rockets mortars and gunfire have been heard after fighting broke out in a residential town ten days ago the national transitional council is struggling to

secure full control of the country following the fall of colonel gadhafi libya's government forces say they may have to step in and. i'll be back with bad loans in just a few minutes business news with katie is coming up next. lowther the price of flights to europe is about to get more expensive in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions the uk is imposing a new carbon tax on any carrier that flies inside or to the region is being strongly opposed by nearly every other nation major nation whose diplomats have been meeting in moscow to discuss their response to discuss the issue i'm joined by yvonne. and infrastructure alice capsule hello to you. tell me how much will this time cost airlines. this next will cost russian airlines

two with thirty one years in the twelfth and big chunk of us will be tabled by our flaws. and all of this number is like a three increase year over year re estimates for our ford research is around five percent of feed for itself well. and if we see reciprocal levies by nations opposing the cottons hats could we have a trade war. well first i would like to know that already almost thirty nations said to be are opposed to these facts and this includes the us some countries asked for the trade war i think the recent reciprocal measures and i mean here is a carbon tax. by other nations shouldn't lead to a trade war inside in particular has the bargaining power here because the government can remits all band of the airlines to fly over sydney europe to asia

but we would welcome a joint decision on carbon tax emissions at the museum of international civil aviation organization came up with one of these here. ok and please you mean the tax dollars go ahead what damage with this it's a tough engine numbers on the line industry as a whole. we don't think that these stacks will have a major impact on passenger numbers however the ticket prices are likely to increase we think that's. will not be significant go with him but the price. ticket price increase will be around five six euros. i can as far as pollution is concerned then is this the right about it's a reduce pollution i wouldn't touch the tare to be more efficient. well we do not

think that these will solve the pollution problem for instance if we talk about. the traffic over time we were increasing because there is a great demand for. russia travel and i are floats all over the has. very efficient fleets one of the most efficient freeze in europe. more almost all of the air boss is the flight to europe last five years old so no this doesn't solve the pollution problem. ok with thank you very much indeed feel time today that was of on can transform our infrastructure our list that relates capital thank you very much indeed. and we're going to move on now to the markets see what's happening here is slightly down against the door locks all to one hundred seventy two billion dollars bailout has been agreed on in the light summit of european ministers strong always pushing the little hard

against but if you do i sometimes think it would be a hard sell. let's move on so oil crude is down just speculation that prices which are near a nine month high will help them on as you have continues to struggle with debt slice it up against the backdrop of rising freeze stockpiles in the u.s. that all previous could consume as you can see based on what the president in. europe in markets have a right. to raising ages and which has done is right is it do says let it go of you does it into junk status distinct from europe and say in the agencies i was this means default on its hands is highly unlikely in the near future as you can see the footsie is around a quarter percent down the dax is paid six percent indebted to church rates and here in the russia the markets are extending it previous losses yasi has on the mind sides are around one percent down each day stop the. bounce

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