to the streets of here to protest against spending cuts that education heavy handed tactics at an earlier during the week join us here for all the late information on that just a few moments plus more u.s. officers are killed in afghanistan amid a fifth day of violent riots in protest of the burning of the qur'an at american military bases. watching our two with you know in this saturday evening as it is here in moscow it's now eleven pm here in the top story for us seventy countries led by the u.s. uniting in their efforts against the syrian government by agreeing to step up sanctions the so-called friends of syria group also shown supporters of president assad who weren't invited to the meeting in tunisia a louse indeed one of the reasons that russia refused to attend saying it cannot

support a one sided approach to the crisis moscow wants a peace deal that would involve both damascus and the opposition with no foreign pressure applied fighting between rebel forces and government troops is apparently escalating now ahead of sunday's breakthrough poll in the country. has got the latest for you from syria. preparations for a national referendum are in full swing here in damascus on sunday people are expected to vote on the country's new constitution posters and banners calling on them to come and cast ballots out river where here in the capital and as far as the information minister has said for the first time it only invites people to come and vote without urging them to vote in a particular way draft of the proposed constitution has been made public days before the referendum itself they have been many public debates on that open for everybody there have been debates on t.v. and internet as well and. hundreds of copies of the new constitution have been

distributed among people to let them know what are the changes actually in this to document it includes the fourteen new and forty seven amended articles and one of the main changes is in the article number eight actually and are almost almost fifty year long single party rule here in syria proclaiming that now political system here in the country is based on pluralism and multi-party system is permitted the article number eighty eight is also very important is that the president of the country could only be elected for two seven here turns but in another article it's emphasized that it will only come into force after the next elections for the had of the countries set schedule for two thousand and fourteen it's managed to meet the majority of democratic demands of the people of syria because the opposition has already called to vote could they vote and to go on

strike violence has continued in the country in clashes between the opposition and the authorities are still taking place in several parts across the country here into mass because we've been hearing several warnings not to go to polling stations because there could be explosions and bombings and terror attacks there the interior minister has said that fourteen thousand polling stations have been set up for this referendum and about fifteen million people are have the right to come and vote but it's very hard right now to predict how many will actually come. or more solving syria furious too as moscow stands firm over how to try to tackle the conflict russia's prime minister that america's position on the crisis and doesn't seem to override the mission of the french to go with details of that just ahead. developing story the next crowds of students in spain turning out once again in valencia against planned education cuts earlier this week the police were accused

of being heavy handed when similar demonstrations end of in clashes a correspondent sara first reports from the east coast city. you know the problems that face every day students lack of money a fierce competition for jobs adds to that this thing has the highest unemployment in a food the nine percent the sixteen to twenty four year olds unemployed in the country and factor in that they just had recent spending cuts that is affected education in fact say badly to some of these students who come to the streets say they haven't even got basic heating in the closings and well this is the result really thousands and thousands of people already out on the streets were to protest just joining all the time you can see some of the in that case right the way along the main high street here in the city of valencia now some of the signs reading and now students are batted enough does that in reference to the protests we saw at the beginning of the week where the police were condemned for their actions which were seen as being

excessively violent scenes of than chasing and hitting some of the protesters despite very fierce reaction from a lot of the public and a lot of anger his guilt about these actions that actually at the moment we haven't seen such a heavy police presence as we said huge number of people joining in these protests and a lot of anger and of course at this part of the why is demonstrations we've seen happening in recent days as the all start images that are being brought in by the new government have provoked this angry reaction. presidential from one of the team of putin's refer to russia's position on syria assisting moscow will not bow to any western pressure the premier said the kremlin will plough on seeking a balanced solution involving all sides in syria but it's not the only issue of which russia is prepared a local ones with the u.s. either is peter oliver explains. he was really addressing his standpoint on key foreign policy issues of course that election for president is coming up in just

over a week's time and he was saying basically where he stands now with regards to syria he said that russia would not play along with anybody that they wouldn't just follow along with the herd when it came to opinion on the ongoing crisis in syria but it wasn't the only issue vladimir putin was addressing for a little while now the major fly in the argument between relations between moscow and washington has been the united states proposed missile defense shield in eastern europe now to me a puritan very strong words for him from the prime minister here saying that the united states needs to realize that russia had the strength that they are the united states should be looking for a more constructive approach to finding a solution to the current impasse will iran was also on the lips of the prime minister vladimir putin saying this the allegations that iran was developing nuclear weapons was being used as an excuse to try and initiate regime change in

the country and that russia's relationship with iran was different from other countries and so this is really just over a week before the elections now got to be approved outlying his stance on those key foreign policy issues. the questions remain over iran's nuclear program after you an atomic official said to rounds failed to cooperate with many countries suspect that surrounds building an atomic bomb but iran insists it's only seeking a peaceful energy supply the u.s. and its allies have been imposing tough economic sanctions while israel's even threatened military action against iran's nuclear sites but it's being reported that america's intelligence community has doubts about the nuclear allocations to discuss this further let's go to washington their resume rashi's director of research at the national radio american council and a former desk officer too in the iran section of the u.s. state department good to get your background there good to see you tonight reza the u.n. atomic age. he says it can't say for sure if there are any nuclear weapons in iran

because iran isn't cooperating enough that's their line surely now is the time to be more transparent than is it not what do you think. the type of transparency you know what the agency is saying is that they can't confirm whether or not iran is actually pursuing the process of building a nuclear weapon everybody knows that they currently don't have what we can all agree on so the issue is the agency wants increased transparency from the iranian government the iranian government saying that while the international conflicts around iran and its program its nuclear program is trapped in a paradigm of conflict and the international community primarily the west in continues to increase the pressure on iran with no positive inducements or at least perceived positive inducements to shift the paradigm toward something more positive then they have no real motivation to cooperate in a more transparent way this is what the iranian government is saying so until we see something. looks more like

a win win scenario i don't see how this paradigm can be shifted from the negatives . as you saying the u.n. nuclear officials visit to run twice in as many months they believe iran's stepped up. here on human richmond but then we're hearing flip side of the coin the los angeles times reporting american intelligence agencies refuting those bomb making claims as you mentioned just now if that's the case why all the pressure on to run . well there's definitely a gray area iran is stepping up its uranium enrichment efforts i think that the international community largely agrees on that point what the american intelligence agencies and for that matter the israeli intelligence agencies and many other foreign governments intelligence agencies are saying is that iran has not made the political decision to pursue weaponization and that's a very important distinction it doesn't mean that the iranian government their program isn't a cause for concern but it also means that they haven't made the most troubling decision and and that leaves time for diplomacy to be pursued to find a peaceful solution that's beneficial to all parties involved the primary sticking

point the primary truck problem that we see is that nobody trusts one another people in the p five plus one don't trust each other iran doesn't trust anybody in the p five plus one so in an effort to try and move things forward and shift that paradigm from the negative to the positive you know we need to get creative and international leaders need to find ways to take risks for peace anything from broadening the agenda to discussion issues not just focus on iran's nuclear program but things that iran is also interested in regional security energy security things of that nature to also bringing in some outside actors who the p five plus one and iran do have trust within turkey and brazil being too quick key examples of the parties like to play that kind of mediating role yeah i mean it sounds like a grand plan a heavy thing what you're saying there the story's been rumbling on for so long hasn't it i mean who is going to blink first what's really going to hear your plan that sounds great but what you think is really going to play a. big right now we are we're in a bit of

a gray area between no negotiations between iran of the p five plus one are coming up but you know this isn't going to be happening for weeks if not over a month and in politics that's a lifetime so a lot of backroom politicking and a lot of international jockeying that makes it various actors will continue to take place but i think we need to be cognizant of what i would advise the west to be cognizant of is that if positive inducements are not offer. to iran and if the west doesn't seriously consider whether or not offering those positive inducements to iran are in america's interests europe's interests i negotiate fail because iran will not like meantime more sanctions more threats of military action all around than. i think so i think so i don't see any of that letting up at least not in the interim and you know the political imperative for pushing forward on those kinds of sanctions exists in washington as a result of an election year and to a lesser extent in europe because europe has a propensity to follow america's lead on iran related issues so we're not going to

see any kind of shift in the paradigm unless again the political leaders rock obama being the leader of the world decides to take some risks for peace because that's not something we've seen so far all right thanks for your thoughts reza marashi of the national raney an american council there joining us on the line from washington pretty shaded. watching our t.v. of get more in line for us twenty four seven of our t. dot com you can catch up with all the news was twenty four seven. all right now two u.s. military officers have been shot dead at the afghanistan interior ministry in kabul amid a fifth day of nationwide anti american protests nato is ordering all its personnel to leave afghan ministries to avoid further attacks dozens of people have been killed or wounded in clashes during the week which was burnt computor of the qur'an were discovered at the u.s. airbase washington admitted a mistake had been made with both the white house and nato officials apologizing then to carve all reaction. from antiwar activist medea benjamin she is waiting to talk to us from the u.s.

capital would be a very good evening from moscow this isn't the first time nato soldiers have disrespected islam and the afghans this time they've said sorry but who should be punished you think and what should be done to stop this happening again. i think the u.s. troops and the nato troops should leave this is a country where obviously the nato and u.s. forces do not under stand after a decade the customs and the cultures and the mores of the afghan people this is common aided with this series of problems over the years including here in aiding on the father suppose it did tell him on other instances of this fact for the religion in afghanistan i think this time the u.s. forces have gone too far for the afghan people and what we should do is speed up that which are all. american other nato soldiers know there's a withdrawal deadline of course just think of this one through the end of twenty four to the exit doors in sight which you think are actually concerned about what

the afghan people think about at the end of the day now. i think this is disastrous because it appears that u.s. forces no matter where they are or who they are with including the very afghan security forces that they have spent so many years and so many billions of u.s. tax dollars training are now turning on them as we have seen most recently with the death of two americans so i think it's going to be very difficult for the u.s. forces to cian you with the training to continue with some of the activities they can't plan for the coming two or three years and that. there has to be a quicker timeline for withdrawal of u.s. troops and for a turnover of things like the prisons and the other facilities that the u.s. continues to maintain that are going to be very hard to continue to do that despite true might make her hasn't been able to put down the taliban over the last ten

years who's supposed to fight the insurgency there when the alliance leaves and should we be worried about the taliban returning to power some reports suggest what do you think is going to play. well you know as most conflicts and it is through diplomacy and negotiation now this one was going to end in any case where there was negotiations happened in twenty twelve or twenty fifteen that is going to be the way that the foreign troops are going to be able to get out of there there will be no winning or losing in this war just as there is no winning or losing in the war in iraq. told friends and thousands of afghan civilians thousands of nato soldiers have been killed over the last decade with twenty eleven indeed bring the deadliest year was the violence only getting worse now the. violence is getting worse because the u.s. and nato forces are. and are creating so much animosity among the afghan people and

i think this latest example is just one example of so many that have happened over the years and i think the taliban understand that. we're just a little. force i'm awfully sorry the sky was broken up to there was going great. service so much we got the gist of what you should live from your car but like i did more activist medea benjamin thank you but. after a wave of hack attacks took out several u.s. federal websites officials were quick to point out there's a new terror battlefront that's the internet the worry from dater experts though is that the threats being blown out of proportion by those making big bucks by playing on people's digital distress from off court that story tonight. it may seem like a quiet day in america but to some it's the scene of a raging battle invisible to the naked eye well there is

a war underway right now on the internet this is cyber war is the u.s. ready for a full scale cyber war a question asked at the highest levels of the us government by fears of a new type of w m d a weapon of mass disruption in a world where acts of terror could come not only from a few extremists in suicide vests but from a few keystrokes on the computer the f.b.i. warns that those keystrokes could soon be more dangerous to america than terrorism itself the cyber threat or equal or surpass the threat from counterterrorism and the forseeable future a future that's got the world's military superpower preparing for the fight ahead of the next pearl harbor that we confront could very well be a cyber attack that cripples our our power system certainly our grid cyber war cyber pearl harbor frightening language for a hypothetical scenario one that could happen but hasn't yet and some security

experts like jim harper warned that it never will because no chance whatsoever that nuclear power plants will be hacked that electric infrastructure will be hacked and taken down for any significant period of time so the worst we can expect is disruption that's not war it doesn't really terrorize so the threats are serious but they're not to the level of war or terror yet some of the key leaders in the war on terror are now in the business of cyber war michael chaired off once ran the department of homeland security he now runs a cyber security consulting firm you could have a cyber attack that would be as consequential in terms of the economy maybe even in terms of loss of life as things were to prepare your source a bit more frightened once america's top spy chief mike mcconnell now oversees cyber operations for a defense contracting giant where the most vulnerable nation. on earth to a cyber attack and anti-terrorism czar richard clarke went from advising presidents on cyber security to publishing books about the coming cyber war for once it would

be nice for the united states to be able to get out in front of a catastrophe to be able to prevent that catastrophe we know how to do it we just need to spend the money and the money is flowing the u.s. government will spend more than ten billion a year on cyber security by two thousand and fifteen you know worldwide market that's estimated at eighty to one hundred forty billion dollars a year the budget that we're releasing today it's one of the few areas where the white house plans to increase spending despite other defense cuts and that some say is the problem it's going to be even more tempting for folks in the you know the defense contracting community for example to hype cyber threats because that's one of the few strains that money you know sort of forbes magazine contributor shawn lawson is an expert in cybersecurity is a classic case of an attempt to sort of motivate a response by rally the troops by appealing to fear uncertainty and inside the

beltway fear and uncertainty can lead to big business and big bucks most people don't understand the problems with computer and data security most people in washington don't understand it specifically most people in congress don't understand therefore the quote unquote beltway bandits are in a position to to create the problem to state the problem and offer their own services as a solution to. a battle does rage here invisible to the naked eye a war for money contracts and power to seek out. washington. world news in brief now a car bomb attack on the presidential palace in southern yemen has killed at least twenty six people the country's new leader president hadi was early a sworn into office after being the only candidate in the running. how do you were vice president. step down after thirty three years ending months of violent protests sully's the fourth arab leader to be pushed from office by the arab spring

. a corruption case against former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has been thrown out because too much time elapsed before the action was brought but a scone he was accused of bribing is u.k. lawyer to lie in court to protect his business interests in the one nine hundred ninety s. he's denied any wrongdoing claiming it's a smear campaign but it's going to being tried separately over tax fraud and sex with an underage prostitute. and attack on a police headquarters in the nigerian turn of gumbo has left twelve dead and five others wounded in prison was also targeted there no one's admitted the attacks but the thought to be the work of the radical islamist group boko haram it's blamed for killing over three hundred people this year as it fights to impose sharia law throughout the country. the world's biggest ever debts what's under way is greece scrambles to get its desperate finances back on track banks and bondholders will lose at the least a hundred billion euros or to get the view from the street we next ask how deeply

people think they should dig into their own pockets to save a nation in trouble interesting answers coming up. greece is getting another bailout one hundred thirty billion euro is that a good idea this week let's talk about that do you know what's going on in greece right now. you know idea you got the wrong person giving a lot of people know what's going on in greece. greece. got more. g.d.p. greek salad solve what greece is going to do to. their stave that money. to. be in the world you've got to worry about greece. they only got good olives greek all of i'm from germany and we're both strong.

and the greens have a you on for we should help. you ok with that you don't feel like there should be responsible for themselves they should be let's. hope that if it was coming directly out of your pocket would you still be in support of the bailout no not out of my book. so as long as that other european countries e ok with that but simply doesn't stay out i mean they will tell you to have enough time as it is without having to bail out another country i think we have to start to think globally and we all have to believe other out and try to get the same back on track so that means shouldering other people's responsibilities are you ok with that. yes or no you know part of me says you know i work hard i do what i'm supposed to do i've done how my parents raised me and work hard pay my taxes all those things but if that goes then that affects me and affects my children too so sometimes not to quote hillary clinton but i guess it does take a village the bailout with the u.s. car industry sort of had an ok ending and i was skeptical about that so i don't

know i don't think i am quick to really say actually that's a good example though because you hear bailout and it sounds like you're getting something for nothing but it's an example of one that worked so maybe this will work whether it's a stepping in a european union or whether it's going to be someplace in asia steps in public china china will invest in them so is that a good thing i mean now that we're all globally tied and we see these kinds of situations arise as the global economy and good progression it was a natural progression it's not as if we could stop it when you have free trade we would i mean it's going to happen this way you have more interdependent countries at this point whether or not people even know what's going on with the greece bailout the bottom line is it's happening let's see if this was. will make it different. or online too busy this weekend at r.t.

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