edu cracks down on the regime in damascus with the strongest sanctions to date as the majority of syrian voters say yes to political reforms. kicked while it's down greece's junk credit score was cut again by ratings giant standard and poor's despite a massive bailout finally being secured. also iran's envoy to the un atomic watchdog tells r t the agency is biased against his country accusing washington of trying to influence inspectors. still pulling off the foods of downgrades in the euro zone the business news twenty minutes.

what you can see coming to live from moscow eleven am in the russian capital on marina joshie european union has hit damascus with its tough a set of sanctions yet they include more acid phrases against officials and pose restrictive measures on the country's central bank the e.u. continues to execute its strategy of putting bullet hole and economic pressure on the syrian regime to force president assad out of power it's also maintaining support for the opposition recognizing the syrian national council as a legitimate representative of the population meanwhile speaking at the un human rights council the french foreign minister said said well soon face justice for crimes against these people all that's amid the referendum outcome on the new draft constitution in syria where the majority of voters said yesterday forms an option has more from damascus. nearly two thirds of all those eligible to vote in syria

cast their ballots on sunday with eighty. nine percent of them voted in favor of the new charter there's been many concerns before the reform started on sunday about how the ballot may go on and the bonds didn't even in the country they vote in may go a had in particular troubled areas here in syria like in the besieged city all poems on the city to live north of the capital damascus syria and syria minister has said that the violence is isolated to some particular areas within the city as for the other areas it's quite calm there and there's been many polling stations that and people had the opportunity to come there and to vote to express their will he also said that they've been attempts to intimidate people there on the ground by gunmen they've been times to prevent people from voting and of course he has said look old those who wanted to vote in the referendum actually had the opportunity to do that but the fact is that fifty seven percent of all those eligible cast their

ballots here in syria these sources meanwhile refused to provide a breakdown on how people voted in particular areas like for example in the city of poso it leave all doubt are the clashes between the opposition and this source is still continuing syria interior minister has provided the journalist with a kind of update on what's going on in the city of homes right now was the situation that his that the security forces are on the ground trying to take control of the city trying to fight with opposition forces and they will do that until it's all over until no on forces on the opposition forces left in the region or even national reporting there from damascus now as western powers pledge support for the opposition they reiterated that a libya style scenario will not be repeated in syria but political analyst and activist red cross of says damascus is already following the same path. the west as a whole have no interest in

a peaceful resolution. of the conflict within syria or wherever they want to one side a victory for opposition forces need to posing the government they want and short regimes and so that any effort made by the government in damascus to see a certain degree of power by bringing into play a multi-party you know coalition for example or to reach an agreement with nonviolent officers and thinkers for them to violence in the country and some sort of national reconciliation is a part of this in the world the west wants to weigh the prospects for resolving the issue he's a bully and for varying about a reconciliation in syria are not going to be aided by the sort of the rhetoric either brother the prime minister of qatar openly called for a military intervention in syria over the pattern has been established pretty clear over his flank we've seen within the last year libya the center of syria the world community genuine will mean that he had better ask you know who is going to who is

going to be tomorrow unless you know these delegates and the others are not put in the. political analysts and accessory cross of talking to us from chicago. it looked like greece's john credit score could drop no lower but ratings giant standard and poor's had other ideas scott the greek debt once again classifying athens as being in selective default after it forced private creditors to accept losses in a massive bond swap the move was part of last week's deal to qualify for a one hundred thirty billion euros of rescue cash the german parliament overwhelmingly support of the bailout a month after chancellor angela merkel warned lawmakers of the risks of turning away from greece financial advisor margaret bowen riff says the s. and p. downgrade didn't come as a surprise in view of current events. in my own community that he did exactly what the market expected and he to do and what the markets are actually doing is only

waited for although i have to be dotted in all the t.'s to be crossed into renewed with private creditors it's worth the trade to secure our debt deal all ending that somebody was waiting for was for those past to be finalized for the actually put in simply you know when you know it was that i think it's been here for months but that we just needed finalize to go easy what happens now i think we need to start taking a look at countries like ireland portugal spain i mean i think i remained in particular is a very interesting case to look at and they were a very similar ization and a few years ago and they were able to play by the rules and you know do good within the european union and i think that was the response and it was a reason that means it's. you know what is eventually we have to start looking at those countries i do think what this does is the european union will take on a very different political and economic shape within the next year. so i have for

you here in our team russia elections turned digital after video showing alleged vote fraud go viral web cams are installed at every polling station to make the presidential ballot as as transparent. possible. at once the land of liberty now the home of fear we investigate why americans feel and secure in their own country that's coming your way and now a few minutes time here in our team. now the u.n. nuclear watchdog isn't impartial when it comes to iran says the country's envoy to the i. felt any a told our school simply that the u.s. which suspects iran is seeking nuclear weapons is trying to influence the agency's work the i.a.e.a. criticized iran last week for not allowing its officials to visit a key military side but sultani it says that such an inspection what undermined the agency's credibility and threaten iran security. they said that they will

respect their national security but at the same time following the american allegation they want to go to the military side without any restrictions in these against iran the issues are regarding to me size explosive which is nothing to do with demanded of oil he. did use that you should only money toward nuclear material not to see what kind of a country has that is something which is due lately from the mandate and of course embedded can and trying to push it in order to intrusive include being increased the intrusiveness beyond the national security of the member states it is not good for the kind of the ability of each com they said i apologize they forgot to go to him in their place last time we told them that they can choose anywhere in this site and they chose it and the former director general when i was with him in fact that the evening after two times of visit he said and declared that their parting is part of the story now how come they're just requesting again is still we are not

ruling out access to military sites including parching provided that everything goes right down. and catch the full interview whether ron's envoy to the u.n. nuclear agency next hour here on r t. israel says that one warning us of a decides to launch a strike on a rainy nuclear facilities israel which believes iran is a threat has been ramping up the litter and rather rick in recent weeks the spy warnings from washington wizards are in english can now report other more immediate threats maybe dangerously overlooked. love their neighbors as the biblical saying goes but in the case of israel there is not much love lost between the jewish state and the countries closest to it while authorities in jerusalem in fierce and feyerick is ations at iran some wonder if in their empty tehran frenzy they may have overlooked other troubles brewing much closer to home to gary the reason

why euphoria in israel called the result hostile activity there is no terrorist activity. other than. the gaza strip. in fact the post conflict has long been a source of problems for the israeli government but recently seems the issue has all but been forgotten some believe this blinkered approach may end up having dire and explosive consequences for israel with the rise of islamic tendencies in the wake of the arab spring states which until now have been taught that the benevolent israel may do it turn it around in fact such changes already evident in egypt the muslim brotherhood which holds the majority of seats in the parliament has already threatened to break peace accord but this israel as a response to pressure from the us. and. it's even worse egypt when they go tremendous changes egypt will stand behind hamas one

day hamas may attack israel as it did in the. two thousand and eight the question is how would egypt react to such a conflict that i think is an imminent threat iran is not an imminent threat. but could also be an imminent threat some believe is the situation in syria which seems to go from bad to worse with every passing day. of control by centralism in the mess because. the presence of terrorist groups that may operate to get steve israel meanwhile israel's most placid neighbor jordan may seem to be a bedrock of stability but experts say that isn't so because israel's immediate neighbor to be used it's a pantry that israel has a peace relationship with it also has the longest border with and i think it is most vulnerable to. destabilizing influences from almost

everywhere else bill over from syria spillover from iraq there are very serious problems in jordan one look at the map is enough to show that israel's position in the real. could be described as potentially problematic at best however israeli authorities seem to be less concerned with reinforcing good relations with neighbors or preparing for those relations to worsen instead they obstinately continue to confront iran with the word of words for now in tel aviv it is a ghost party. now almost every polling station in russia is now equipped with a web cameras just days ahead of the presidential vote the measure was introduced to secure maximum transparency after last december's parliamentary election triggered allegations of vote rigging and orcus kind of explains how the new web system works. for a video that went around the web alleged a merry go round of voting prevented at one of moscow's cooling stations during the

recent parliamentary election. is among those on the recording he claims for a promise we want from the city district of tories he was given ten completed ballots to stuff in the box in favor of a certain party little did the alleged plotters know it was a journalist on an undercover mission your possible seculars i was shocked by the cynicism of the situation i mean was the point of the vote all the other if they could easily give out filled out ballots to whole groups of people scores of similar videos have been posted on the web pushing tens of thousands to protest many cases are under investigation but to prevent a repeat during the presidential vote the sunday nearly all pulling stations across russia are being equipped with the web cameras to talk of the idea is not only to prevent stuffing them but to show on camera the results in each polling station and they could then easily be compared with the final figures on line this is maximum transparency. each polling station is being equipped with at least two cameras one

with a general shot of the ballot box and the other with a close up of the small. videos would be fed to local data centers after computer processing then be sent to seven large storage and distribution facilities. radio and satellite these centers will then broadcast the information to several want. everyone to watch. these are the servers where the data from all the web cameras will be process to rolls and rolls of heavy duty all where in order to walk around five hundred years of information that's only thought it would take to watch all the videos from beginning to end. you could move or to mosco. presidential front runner want to report and has been publishing a series of pre-election articles outlining his political vision ahead of the

sunday's poll find em all online at www dot com health and find out why put in things interference in syria is a threat to national development and how washington is striving for a status of invincibility that's in his latest publication focused on foreign policy. and this embarrassed in a siberian zoo's having some fun as you can tell doing go for russian style watch the amazing video on our you tube channel. if you. believe.

the official obligation to go on the phone only pod touch from the. one. on the. video. feeds now in the palm of your. machine on the dot com. now following the nine eleven attacks national security became a fact of everyday life for americans but it wasn't only the police who were expected to serve and protect u.s. citizens were also asked to play big brother as marina portnoy reports from new york it's a role that's leaving many people even more afraid. the united states of america is home to over three hundred thirty million people we are a country known for freedom. that was then this is today it's nothing.

can sure report suspicious activity of the authorities the land of liberty is fast becoming known as the land of fear and suspicion there are individuals in the united states who seek to carry out acts of terrorism a post nine eleven slogan born in new york city has been adopted nationwide don't assume it was left by accident if you see something say something this see something say something american campaign depicts terror scenarios and encourages members of the public to keep watch on well other members of the public according to f.b.i. pamphlets distributed to local businesses potential terrorist activity indicators include always paying with cash wearing backpacks and baggy clothes and the discreet and prolonged use of cameras for note taking even the cybercafe owners are encouraged to keep watch on any customers overly concerned with privacy even just trying to shield your screen from others can make you

a suspect. questioning government policies or making anti-war statements can also land citizens on the u.s. watch list as of two thousand and nine the u.s. defense department categorizes public protests as a low level terrorism we live in a military dominated society. the people are unaware of. that their. terrorism is a threat you know on ryan eleven his career level. has been exploited and. sustained the n.y.p.d. under fire again for its intelligence gathering campaign involving a muslim americans and illegal surveillance scandal erupted in the big apple after police officers were caught spying on mosques and muslim communities according to the associated press thousands were under surveillance with no evidence or even allegations of criminal behavior we have to keep this country safe this is

a dangerous place many of the us hear that with america's escalating definition of suspicious activity the government's expanding powers remain the biggest threat to the people security were not artsy new york. and washington to live from moscow coming up in the next few minutes ating controversy. india wants to be to the people of india doesn't want to repeat it anymore as a little child being told by a mother how to do things it offends many indians and anger as most britons but london's a to new delhi keeps flowing at a way find out why shortly on our t.v. . look at some other stories from around the world are and man have opened fire on a passenger bus in northern pakistan killing eighteen people and wounding several others the ambush happened in amount in his village in district it was not clear what the motive for the attack was but in the past shiite muslims were frequently targeted by sunni militants in the area. an explosion at

a chemical factory in northeastern china has left nine people dead and over forty injured the blast fled nearby buildings and broke window panes within a radius of two thousand meters tremors caused by the incident were felt in several villages near the plant rescue teams are still working at the site. police in full riot gear have removed occupy london tans outside st paul's cathedral this came after the high court gave the green light to clear the protest site the eviction was reported as peaceful demonstrators and speired by the global occupy movement have been camped outside the iconic london landmark since october. fishing boats that reached the stranded castella grow a cruise ship at its one thousand passengers and you know sion is towing it to a nearby island the liner was sailing from madagascar to the seychelles when a fire broke out and an electric generator room the blaze was extinguished but

caused loss of power no injuries are reported. well they say charity begins at home but it may not be the case when it comes to the aids the u.k. has been sending to india the former british colony recently called the donations peanuts and said didn't need any more but the u.k. government keeps the cash flowing while at the same time cutting public spending argues laura smith reports. steams street legacy used to the pounding of feet with demonstrations large and small sights don't spend money on foreign wars don't cost top public services these people are saying but although the government insists the company. still sending millions to india one of the fastest growing economies in the world is absolutely crazy really and foreign aid of course is one of the few areas of the

u.k. actually increasing substantially if the next three or four years they could make a huge difference if it was for example spent on tax cuts for workers or you could make a huge difference if it was spent in the right tree to go. take care of it but can't afford just one. billion dollars. to india which now has more than britain and the indian economy will grow by seven percent this year compared to a measly one percent here it's already got the ninth largest gross domestic product in the world and it's got the space program immense wealth rubbed shoulders with crippling poverty and defenders of the aid program point to india's six hundred million poor people living on less than two dollars a day the government says the aid is kept really targeted investment into education

for women and children and helping the private sector create jobs and growth it is wrong to portray this as an indiscriminate amount of money being given to the indian government who would go and spend it on. space or indeed other things this is a very concentrated. targeted a program and i think on that basis it is being targeted at some of the poorest people in the world. i'm happy to defend the aids concentrated on the three poorest states in india but if the government thinks that'll help it reach its goal experts say it's mistaken the problem is. particularly also got some of the worst problems with corruption and poll governance in india i mean that's one of the reasons those are still struggling states is because they have a very bad government so the idea that somehow this is going to be different this time it is different if only in the fact that the indians have said they do even

want the eight the foreign ministers dismissed the monies paid us and the recent decision to buy french rather than british fighter jets shows the cash doesn't even matter according to indian journalist may have he says it's up to the four hundred million wealthy indians to help their impoverished country men are not. post-imperial britain we are showing how good we are this is the way to do it and this is what you should be doing in fact it produces the opposite effect it makes them resentful it makes them feel they are not taking indian seriously india wants to be treated as a world power india wants to be treated with equal india doesn't want to be treated any more as a little child being told by mother how to do things within a decade economists predict india will take in the case become the world's largest economy while british great stagnate its time stay commentated for britain to build relations with the new powerful india before the eight days to start flowing in the

other direction. r.t. . now it's time to check her what's going on in the world of business so let's cross to see what he's got for us there hi there danielle good morning process and hurting the energy based economy here what's less known is that yesterday russian firms are due to pay some fourteen billion dollars in tax profits and mineral extraction tax which is also helping the ruble let's have a check now. on those currency rates the euro is trading higher against the dollar as we can see the rubles extending previous games against the greenback now at twenty nine to the dollar is slightly lower against the euro but still it is best since mid twenty's ten below thirty nine we spoke to the chief economist at all kriti of bank he says that the elections on sunday will be also helping the russian currency. what we're looking at is some sort of a pre-election rally in russia where investors have more confidence that stability

will be insured and for that matter you know the the risk in investing in russia might be lower than anticipated or i'm not sure how long it would last minute that if there are reasons to expect a ruble to move in another direction towards being becoming a bit weaker central bank will not intervene as well in large volumes so what we're likely to see is much more volatility in the. time for the stock markets now tokyo's is now in the black or rise in general retail sales help consumer stocks that saw the bankruptcy filing by chip maker elpida over in hong kong lenders the leading gains of the hang saying banks did profit jumped last year after a good start this morning russia's aged lower its employees further downgraded greece to selective default and fresh spanish deficit concerns is keeping traders worried on the euro's future. this chick major movers hero sniffs fire on the back of the receiver it's all supply dispute with china more on that

a little later on gazprom is losing on reports he wants to buy leader a top domestic investment fund but this retailer dixy is on the rise of the as its analysis eighty eight percent sales growth in january year on year. full futures there extending previous losses snapping a recent surge that threatened the global economic recovery but continuing concerns over middle east's a ploy all stemming falls. and staying with oil. china have sealed the yearlong price dispute with moscow agreeing to cut a dollar and a half from the price it charges beijing in turn china will settle its hundred thirty four million dollar debt for previous all deliveries the main supplier to the far east is rosneft which will benefit from the stability this deal provides experts call the new agreement a victory for russia as china wanted a ten times bigger discount and that's the business update the headlines are next donati.

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