we hear a multi. spanish coming slates of teachers and students a bridge and there's no heat to make classrooms thanks to austerity cuts and a major credit rating agency tell grades with deference again saying a default is unavoidable. and secret program must be targeted with a military strike that's the reported view of israeli intelligence following a un inspection the failed to resolve the deadlock of top stories this hour. international news i'm coming live from moscow this is the washington says it isn't ruling out what it calls additional measures in syria it's seen as a hint it could soon be ready army and government militia the shift in rhetoric by a bomber ministration previously excluded this possibility comes despite reports

that al qaeda has joined the opposition and that could put the u.s. on the terrorist group it hunts around the world on the same side. i mean 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 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. extremist sunni extremists i'm not in the camp wave of them specifically as al qaida but sort of similar ilk 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 al qaida

leader iman al-zawahiri as called on his supporters around the world to back the uprising in syria this. morning he said 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 a stock falls are we prepared for the situation of a possible field state were ok or enjoys a safe harbor and refuge and from which to coordinate attacks is 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 as a different question is the u.s. on the same side as al qaida 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 a failed state this is why i am against plan putting rep in g.m. and aiding the anti resistance because an all out war there could be a disaster which leaves a failed state in 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 on the streets with that if. the movement and they are often too fierce is that one is that pushed. and pushed aside there

will be that here 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 explain mr washington has failed to widen its ceasefire to include armed opposition and therefore basically ignoring the fears of a huge part of the syrian population one radical gaining momentum and directing the country into chaos i'm going to check out reporting from washington our team. iraq has admitted that weapons and forces are seeping across its six hundred kilometer border with syria to fight the assad regime the army a free iraq is which ones for u.s. troops in iraq is now heading to syria the most common claim their aim is to monitor the border for any sign the iraqi government is helping the beleaguered syrian regime in baghdad has tightened security along the area which has become a center for smugglers well for more on the latest developments in syria and jordan

live internet studies at trinity college in the u.s. . so we've just been hearing al-qaeda fighters are reportedly operating in syria on behalf of the opposition essentially on the same side as western powers and do you think they will be there to stay when the conflict is finally over. well it's of course impossible to predict the future but we should underscore that some of the best credible reporting on the groan from reporters like sun haris have demonstrated this is not a fantasy but indeed it is the kids their fighters have moved across the border from iraq into syria they have been engaging the syrian army joining the kind of resistance who won his scene that this is indeed the key is not where did the human remain is not precisely the question the issue is how they will begin to pad it to raise an insurgency that currently has nor single leadership structure

that was the problem in libya in libya as well there was a oric libyan elite that was the face of the insurgency in washington and paris and london and then on the ground there was a dispersed impact you later existence in which various forms of radical islam were able to come to prominence in a sense the syrian story is very similar the free syrian army is not a credible address it is not a single police where it belongs so yes certainly the entry of al qaeda is going to have a mock effect in the nature of the insurgency so therefore does that not justify official intervention i don't think the syrian national council says it's starting to believe that military intervention was always the only solution to the crisis now we're hearing that washington isn't ruling out what it calls additional

measures do you think that well justifies foreign intervention on an official basis . quite the contrary i mean the first thing to appear tension do is that the syrian national council always wanted foreign intervention you know they had followed the script of libya in other words you have an uprising in the city and then you call for the cruise missiles an f. sixteen zero the united states in it to give you. then you can write into damascus on the back of a cruise missile that was always in a sense the strategy for the syrian national council that was not necessarily the strategy for the mass of people who are gathering in the streets and for whom you know where the billion was peaceful and not it was certainly militarized very quickly by the free syrian army not to bring in militarization is going to create further destruction one of the sad parts about the libyan model is that the united

states and france in particular have refused to allow a formal evaluation of what happened in libya that was requested by particularly the russian mission to the security council in the u.n. so we have a form of the current being where these so-called responsibility to protect military intervention would need to in libya was effective i think it would be extremely dangerous to repeat the story in syria if you want to know would you then you shouldn't repeat it once again vision or what about assad's gesture on the international and domestic pressure he has now called a referendum on and actions and indeed the constitution and that's set to take place later this week we know of course it's been opposed by many western states in the rebel side if you can achieve anything by holding this referendum. personally i think the russian mission set in new york was correct which is there to talk now

about constitutional reform is a theoretical question i mean syria is a racked with war making you know it is a country with bombardments rypien in most of the cities and in large parts of rural syria to believe that in this context you can have a referendum i think is not a credible it might be we in which i said this trying to suggest is ok good to reform once more but this is not the way forward you know the first thing that has to happen is all sides need to draw down they can only be a constitutional process if the ground for that is peace you cannot conduct a constitutional reform in the middle of a course just briefly a clear understanding of what is exactly happening there in syria is so essential we know that restriction to foreign journalists has been pretty high but now of course you were talking about reporters

a reporter now of course we're hearing today about those two foreign journalists who were killed in homs today the opposition was quick to blame the government for those killings and of course a french cameraman was actually killed by rebel by a rebel shell in january what can we say about the credibility of the reports coming from the opposition and of course the credibility of the makeup of the opposition action is just very briefly well look the first thing is not to journalist but really there was a syrian killed. of course in the middle of a war it is ridiculous to even egypt b.b.c. who whose weaponry killed somebody i think it's irresponsible to point fingers without a forensic analysis but what we can say is that the war has killed three journalists today it is a terrible thing that happened you know it is these are people former tribe who picked great risks to bring stories back to the rest of us and i think it is not something that can be taken lightly. but it is ridiculous to immediately see they

were killed by it so why this will require forensic analysis you know we know from the iraq experience journalists are frequently get big enough for killing as i do is either a journalist proud during the moments of the impeachment in two thousand and three in iraq so one should not get through his teeth to point fingers we need to do and analysis thanks for this pressure joining us live there in northampton in the usa thank you for your time thank you. the friends of syria group set up by america and its allies meets in chin is your on friday and 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 has told r.t. that the meeting will not paint an accurate picture. yes. judging by the statements we have been hearing in the form out of the so-called friends of syria club the sole purpose of our conference is not to find it weird of the current situation to promote the idea that the conflict can only be resolved if

assad leaves us way more school refused to take part in it and i've met with mr assad and the representatives of two opposition organizations i did not get the impression that it is a people person society in this conflict the situation is different faction of the people supporting the regime while another party supports mistress a while yet another faction does not want syria to fall into chaos they support the regime possibly they do not support the idea of a second feels 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 with a regime in representatives of the gulf waters which do not have a single democratic institution start complaining about assad's regime being undemocratic and i believe that undermines the political and moral legitimacy of the friends of syria is a club of serious friends or a club of people who want but. that's a question we have to ask the holes. and

you can see that full interview right here on r.t. this thursday and after that you can see it as many times as you like on our website r.t. dot com. the enemy the term used by spanish police to justify their most brutal crackdown yet on the thousands of protesters angry a government cuts well going for five days now it all came to a head in the city of valencia where baton wielding rock cops charged crowds of teachers students and even schoolchildren beating and arresting as they went off the sarah ferguson madrid with more on the unrest. scenes of astaire's here on the streets in valencia clashes broke out between riot police and university students and young protesters as they turned the stated against education budget cuts which they claim have left many classrooms without even basic piecing the scenes of riot police chasing dragging and hitting the protesters in claims of arrests being made

in some cases involving mind is the spokes widespread criticism here in madrid a small group of protesters turned out by the education ministry in support of the crater in finland this is just part of the why did demonstrations we're seeing taking place across the country in recent days the new conservative government's been in power just a few months place with must've union a for the weekend the government head into these places they say were necessary to both the spain's economy the hit the public sector hard including health and education and space the school large this year is a member but have the highest unemployment rate shockingly more than to see knowing the said staines are now unemployed sixty to twenty four age group finding it extremely hard to get killed for the adults not very much better twenty two percent

unemployment among the adults in space and people here in the country increasingly desperate situations i left asking really just how much worse the situation can get talking about the situation springs first of philip bugs should be universally on call says the government is only following orders. bain is basically doing. the you commission wants and wants them to do you have to reduce downsize the public that just too big it's straining the private. so they're not giving enough room for the private sector reducing public spending and it's the same time they actually increase in taxes in if you're interested in a recession remember news train and proud separate even more and this is what the spanish government actually did say they raise income taxes. greece has just been thrust further into junk status by the fitch credit rating agency which is

predicting a greek default very saying that as the government in athens rushes through its most punishing package of cuts yet there are precondition for the next one hundred thirty billion euro bailout which will be handed over once athens yields to the last of the e.u. is demands for unions wary of years of austerity are already mobilizing and the rallies today and tomorrow is expected that thousands will surround the greek parliament george. noir a professor of constitutional law believes it's the right thing today resistance is the only way to maintain a shred of civility. because that we're hearing that well defined and so the grease in the grease and the aftermath. even though the previous thing if it is a little simple this or stewed commercials was a little of that european style i'm not totally socially unfair but completely inefficient actually when being asked to us a little bit is no way to fix paramount so if you look we support you to see we are

in a way a good of neutral for the future of the euro uses through the measures we agreed. out of court to be done to treating the social and not a good movie it's a. much more. of it is used but it is expected to queue up but we cannot serve under so easily oh sure so that i it's. in. our national it's already so we're good this is that and we have a feeling that we're not a little. remember to check out our website for the latest updates and analysis it is r t v dot com online all the time here's some of what's lined up there for you at the moment. is the u.s. conference of russian opposition possibly the recent mass protests across the country and what's the future for the will set in russian american relations and some of the facts covered by washington's new appointed ambassador to moscow you can hear what he's been telling r.t.

already today on why any side of. them proving success russian scientists revive a prehistoric plant and see it flying off the thirteen thousand years locked in place for frost. israel's intelligence services reportedly said that iran's nuclear program is beyond the point of no return a must now be stopped through military action but after an i.a.e.a. mission to the islamic republic failed to resolve any of the controversy surrounding terrans alleged atomic weapons ambition the experts report they were not allowed to visit a key military site suspected of hosting nuclear related activities and to run insisting on the purely peaceful nature of its atomic program says the i.a.e.a.

visit was for the purpose of talks and 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 as are his other but reports those penalties can easily backfire on the countries imposing them. filling up with your like this two years ago would have cost me around seventy five pounds you think that's a lot well it now costs over a hundred years paid through 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 voter is 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 every day 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 of major customer individual members aren't written imported just eleven thousand barrels last year not even one percent of its total imports but in practice but tough talking has backfired in 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 the reigning. crude still in demand in asia it's the u.k. and it's motorists that are the hardest hit i thought of it because. if i was paying for it myself. i don't go public with it if i pick people up driving big how much. yes i think it probably i think that's why there is a school here. it's hoped 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 bennett r t london

fears of a military confrontation involving iran are becoming ever more prominent with a talk to iran general threatening a preemptive strike if its national interests are in danger but 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 over a presidential campaign now people are searching for issues interrogator shoes or red meat issues a beer can feed to their constituency what you have here is is people joining up. coverage people understand nukes people understand military exercises in the god 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 it could get us into trouble. for business reasons patients have a look at some other news making headlines around the world a pet commuter trains rushed into a railway platform in argentina's capital around forty people and injuring five hundred fifty others the driver and some of the passengers were taken away on stretchers with the first carriage thought to be the worst affected rescue services are still working to reach an estimated thirty people trapped inside. 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 penalty for barack he's accused of being behind the deaths of eight hundred protesters during last year's uprising and his three decades of me waiting for the leader of the ninety's the allegations. as promised brings us the latest from the world of business day with that r.t. .

thank you gas from is accusing ukraine of siphoning off gas bound for europe during the cold snap at the beginning of the month c.e.o. alexei nella says ukraine illegally because much as forty million cubic meters the day out with time european customers asked for increased supply miller says gas wrong does what it could to meet demand he adds that the actions of ukraine caused harm to the russian company's reputation and balance sheet. separately gas palmo says is ready to start construction of the south stream and is that both the shia pipeline is intended to transit gas to southern europe by paulson in ukraine the project is expected to cost around fifteen year rice. let's take a look up the markets but the u.s. stocks opened with a modest little says ahead of the of the polls in the u.s.

housing markets almost all night in negative territory dow jones as you can see flops a negative on the not like roger pushes percent in the ads. on the european markets they've had a very disappointing day a rating agencies which has done great the fuses creditworthiness but it's a junk status to see the triple say in the agencies and was this lee's default on his own pain is highly likely in the near time as you say the folks in lots of negatives that would not sell the blood of the slugs down. to the markets have been used to in the raz yeah i'll just close. that somewhat point eight miles it's i've got to stand down. i dispute between europe and the rest of the world over new koeppen tags on flights is coming to a head to head match from opposing countries already to discuss council measures

possible retaliation to me treatment if it enters out the event so business also. the e.u. is had several 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 spawn 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 but gives carte blanche to all the nations which have signed is that 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 euros more expensive but over all we have heard from by deputy transport minister that this financial burden will all in all be very heavy for airlines involved and this is what he had to say about this recently business. the aviation business has extremely low profit margins the air carriers see profit of one and a half to two percent in a good year that's why any additional financial pressure hits the stability of a company's base cost loading industry improvements below the moon this passengers will be the ones to pay the burden but 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 dead boy 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. ok that i'll be back in about fifty five minutes we'll business the most stories in the meantime you can always has it all glad sites call. it whatever.

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