students there's no feed cost thanks some thirty cots and a major credit rating agency downgrades greek debt again saying a default is all but number one. and iran's nuclear program must be targeted looking. at least that's the reported view of this really intelligence following a u.n. inspection not fail to resolve the deadlock. is that is the place dave ruff's and this is the lies they down the l.c.s. that is you know in. the if they give these. things for being with us seven o'clock here in moscow i'm karen taraji washington says it isn't ruling out what it calls additional measures in syria not seen as a hint it could soon be ready to arm the anti-government militia the shift in

rhetoric by the obama administration and it previously excluded this possibility comes despite reports that al qaeda has joined the opposition that could put the u.s. on the terrorist group homes around the world on the same side. amid bloodshed in syria more extremists are panicked trading the country to help bring down all 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 has seen evidence of. extremist sunni extremists can't label them specifically as outside of books or 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-qaeda leader iman 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're on their way to fight a holy war against our song. in washington senators asked the head of america's intelligence james clapper if what happens if assad falls are we prepared for the situation of a possible field state were al qaeda 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. be extremists operating in syria which is particularly troublesome some ask a different question is the u.s. on the same side as all critics in syria and whether its policies are indirectly

aiding the terrorists or american strategy would have to be fools not to see what al qaeda is doing not to ask the question if you. good for al qaeda can it be good for us in not to look. he may be a ruthless dictator and what he's doing but what comes after him when he falls i think your kind of those it's best work or it works best when you find a country that is fundamentally a failed state this is why i'm against one putting weapons in aiding the. 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 from the streets with the supporting of the process and they

are often too fierce is that one is that post as the. and i said that would be the case was the opposition in syria is very fractured they don't seem to be under anybody's control the spite concerns voiced by top u.s. intelligence officials about entire sadik stream is through washington has failed to widen its sistar 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 wrecking the country into chaos i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. iraq has admitted that weapons and fighters are sleeping across that six hundred kilometer border with syria out fight the assad regime the army or for iraqis which ones fault u.s. troops in iraq is now heading to syria but masked gunmen claim there are a must to monitor the border for any sign of the iraqi government is helping them build the syrian regime baghdad has tightened security along the area which has

become a sign of turf for arms smugglers lawrence davidson professor of middle east history at west chester university says this fits with the fairies uprising is driven from the outside. 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 the back desert 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 so the syrian government wants to essentially get nonviolent protesters who are displaced by these armed groups off the streets to foreign journalists have been killed in serious flash point city of homes they opposition claims the american and french citizens died

when an army shell hit a makeshift media center the same accusations were leveled against the regime just over a month ago when a french cameraman was 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. the friends of syria group set up by america and its allies meet since in asia on friday they're openly seeking president assad's downfall moscow has dismissed the gathering as a biased effort to resolve the 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. judging by the statements we have been hearing and the format with a suitable friends of syria club and purpose of our conference is not afraid that we have the current situation to promote the idea that the conflict can only be resolved if assad leaves this way more school refused to keep part of the meeting i

have met with mr assad and with representatives of two opposition organizations i did not get the impression that it is a people person in this conflict the situation is different the function of the people is opposing the regime well another party supports mistress' article yet another faction does not want syria to fall appeals they support the regime possibly they do not support the idea of a second two fields it is not black and white it is not a scenario where a whole nation rises up to overthrow a government people like they believe 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 undemocratic and i believe that that undermines the political and moral legitimacy of the friends of syria is it a club or city its friends or a club of people who want but. that's a question after school so you. can

see that full interview right here on our this thursday. on what do you think will happen if the u.s. and other western powers start supplying the syrian opposition fighters with arms log onto our t dot com to share your opinion so far the majority of those who've taken part in our survey think this will only trigger a civil war between rival rebels. functions of syria just over a quarter believe build weapons will fall into al qaeda and nine percent say western arms and will help the opposition defeat the us government while the rest think this is on likely to affect the syrian crisis as the rebels are not strong enough to have your say at partied out from. the enemy the term used by 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 the city of vitamin c. where baton wielding riot cops charged crowds of teachers students and even

schoolchildren beating and arresting as they went sarah ferguson madrid with more on the under arrest. scenes of astaire's here 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 he said the 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 new conservative government's been in power just a few months pace with its first must've union protest for the weekend and 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 unemployment rate jokingly more than forty nine percent planes and now i've employed that sixteen to twenty four age group finding it extremely hard to get chills the medals not very much better twenty two percent unemployment amongst the adults in school a people here in the country in increasingly desperate situations i left asking really just how much worse the situation can get. talking about the situation in spain professor feel about goes out only versus a right juan carlos says the government is only following orders. you. do you have to use strong signs that it's just too big

strain the private. not giving enough lives. it's the same time the increase in taxes. if you decrease this. news. and this is what the spanish government actually did. come fix. greece has just been pressed further into junk status by the fitch credit rating agency which is predicting a greek default very soon that's as the government announced plans 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. to the last of the demands but unions wherry of years of austerity are already mobilizing for new rallies today and tomorrow it's expected that thousands will surround the greek parliament george practical goals

a lawyer and professor of constitutional law believes it's the right thing to do as a part of resistance is the only way to maintain a shred of sovereignty. he does a bank where he only know about their finance other ways from the grease and every bank the aftermath made me or even worse know he produced the bank and it is a simple this of the missiles a little of that european style and not only socially unfair but completely inefficient actually when been asked to us a little bit loose now i get a fixed period. before a lot of europe is going to see we are in no way back and of new york for the future of the euro thesis to the measures that they are keeping our economy down they are treating the decision to not only. to keep and that's not a lever and it is these three it's expected to queue up but we cannot surrender so easily our shores so that aids. and. our nationalists are

going so we're going to is that going to recover the feeling that we're not all. remember to check our website for the latest updates and analysis it's archie dot com here's some of what's lined up for you there now. is the u.s. sponsoring russian opposition who is behind the recent mass protests across the country and the future for the 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. also allegedly he needs whistleblower nobel prize nominee bradley finally gets a trial after spending nineteen months in custody get all the details at our t.v. dot com. and a blooming success russian scientists revive the real story of plants and seal after thirty thousand years locked in for more problems.

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 a night. republican failed to resolve any of the controversy surrounding a legit atomic weapons ambition the experts reports they were not allowed to visit a key military site spectate of hosting nuclear related activities to 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 islamic state has stressed its readiness to return to the negotiating table a failed mission may well lead to more sanctions against iran but as our reports of

those penalties can easily backfire on the countries imposing them. pulling up a car like this 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 his people at the pumps who are paying the price again this is a disaster again for boettcher is not only are they being stoned 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 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 the blocks a 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 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 threaten to block the straits of hormuz a vital trading route iranis is trying at the moment before these angels come into effect to to do what occurred 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 sees already driving prices higher with the reigning. crude still in demand in asia it's the u.k. and it's motorists that are the hardest hit they are for what i call it. if i was paying for it myself i would never go public with it i picked it up driving it thanks so much. yes i think it probably does i think that's why there is a small cheer. 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 could add twenty five percent oil prices by easter i think bennett r t london fears of a military confrontation involving iran are becoming ever more prominent but the top rung general threatening

a preemptive strike if its national interests are in danger 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 of you have a presidential campaign now that is definitely a soap opera. at worst you know just a fun to watch at best people are searching for issues and tag issues or red meat issues and they can feed their constituency with mainstream media and i'm here i mean television now i mean what it is is they're not covered 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 it will understand us responding to it and i'm going to call in 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 etc 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 just how justified it would be is the focus of our cross talk a bit coming up in just over ten minutes time here's a taste of what's ahead. in the states and the european union and its allies are launching what is in effect an economic war against iran saying to the iranian leadership 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 word only and

that is and we do it it is based on efficacy it ignores totally the question of should we do it or what would cross occurrences be of doing it. twenty minutes past the hour and now look at some other news making headlines around the world. at least seven 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 saying goodbye be inadvertent burning of the koran by u.s. troops have been throwing rocks and petrol bombs at senior commander apologize 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. president al the caucasus republic of. volved has escaped an assassination attempt on injured two of the bodyguards were killed and three others wounded when gunmen

opened fire on his car near the capital it's the sixth attempt on his life in the past seven years and the first since he was elected last summer vowed to strengthen the republic after its long struggle for independence from neighboring georgia. egypt's former president hosni mubarak has declined a chance to address the court in the final session of his seven month trial later today the judge is expected to set the date for the verdict to be announced prosecutors want the death penalty for mubarak who was accused of being behind the deaths of eight hundred protesters during last year's uprising that ended is three decade rule ailing former leader denies all allegations. all the latest from the world of business is up next with katie. welcome to the business program this hour that sperm is accusing ukraine of slight

feeling off gas pounds the euro in the cold snap at the beginning of the month c.e.o. alexy melissa says ukraine illegally took as much as forty million cubic meters the day at the time european customers also increased supply melissa says did what it could to meet demand he adds that actions off ukraine calls tom to the russian company's reputation of balance sheets separately dot com says it's ready to start construction of the south stream in december this year the pipeline is intended to transit gas to southern europe bypass and ukraine the project is expected to cost around fifteen billion. i'll reveal to the markets libya is slightly down against the dollar to one hundred seventy billion dollars bailout has been a point on the likes summit of european ministers so all is pushing the ruble higher against both the u.s. out of the european current sales will move on to our oil and crude is mixed this

speculation the prices on the i know i'm on my will cop to monster as you have continues to struggle with the debt crisis is also the backdrop of rising crude stockpiles of the u.s. the world's big. to save all boil of courts and it was thought that. by all indeed i don't and as you can see it's more this guy is and that head of the u.s. housing market the dow jones is just a fraction down last time. she said down. other european markets they're not doing quite so well as earlier on in the present agencies which has downgraded greece is a credit worthy to us that it's junk status almost see triple play in the edges his own words this means defaulting is gold claimants is by the line played in the us

you can see that it seems pretty far away in the doctor's point six percent down. under wraps up the long is they finished in the right as you can see about the l.t. at the last point eight of them i say i've got up to seven down i will see how the individual share moves god knows blue chips are finished gas paul declined one percent while lou calls over the request stands by not jews were no exclusion no way the v.c. down more than a one zero all the sounds. forces most populous. has reported a fifty one percent increase in net profit for two thousand and eleven however it expects the growth to slow down the shed as little room to significantly raise the number of clients that says it will not focus on competition with google which has recently intensified efforts to win the market share from the russian a poor show. i just need to change yet and the rest of the world i have

a new carbon tax on flights is coming to a head diplomats from opposing countries are mall stay to discuss countermeasures and possible retaliation the nature of it i think is at the event the business outside the e.u. is how does every green initiatives and one of the latest is including airlines in the emissions trading system so basically means airlines will have to pay. a certain tax of fifteen percent on all of their carbon emissions by purchasing quotas on the emissions trading system basically concerns all flights to and from europe and charges not only the segment of the flight which goes over european airspace but that serves all flights so a declaration has been signed by twenty nine nations including russia china india brazil and the united states today which although does not stipulate unique

countermeasures parts or gives carte blanche to all the nations which have signed is the reason to take any countermeasures that they deem necessary in order to protect their national interests and the corporate interests of their airlines now the charges on the flights will not be significant at first glance for example the flight from moscow to frankfurt will only become around two euro is more expensive but overall we have heard from by leading opel of deputy transport minister but at this point until burden will all in all be very heavy for airlines involved and this is what we have to say about this it's only business. the aviation business has extremely low profit margins here carry a sea profit of one and a half the t.v. stand in a good year that's why any additional financial pressure hits the stability of the company's base cost loading will not help industry improvements but loads of this passengers will be the ones to pay the burden we have to remember that there is

a. lack of dialogue between the two sides and neither the e.u. nor the nations opposing the move want to back down and this could all drag on for more than a year now because the deadline for companies to pay for quotas for two thousand and twelve is june two thousand and thirteen so this process of argument can drag on for at least another year. so the business news for now for most stories you can always check out our website. business and the times they keep the headlines with carol. over. the.

top. designed to keep you close in your own world as a prison. so you leave somebody in there for a couple hours like that in the stress positions. you have this fear of the unknown and the stress sort of building. interrogations go on ten twelve hours they chose songs i remember from marilyn manson and metallica and slayer the two songs would be angel of death and raining blood to kill the enemy going through war coming up here into iraq for me in the. journey pull the bodies to the floor just

a rock n roll band is fitting for the job we were doing a. piece of writing. sunstein the sled. teams don't come. at seven thirty an hour at all scott thanks for being with us on the air after the quickly.