the e.u. cracks down on the regime in damascus with the strongest sanctions to date as the majority of syrian voters say yes to political reforms. kick while it's down greece's john credit score was cut again by ratings giant standard and for a spot of massive bailout finally being secured. also runs and going to the u.n. atomic watch doctor tells r.t. the agency's biased against his country accusing washington of trying to influence inspectors. stock markets where you go and fresh concerns over the bureau's of the business news in twenty minutes.

it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching our team in the arena joshie welcome to the program damascus has been dealt its toughest blow by the european union was more asset freezes and the country's central bank now hit with sanctions that you continues to execute a strategy of putting pressure on the syrian regime to force president out of power that's amid their referendum outcome on the new draft constitution were most syrian said yes reforms are now reports. so as new constitution is now waiting to be implemented the majority of the people voted in favor of the new charter on sunday but it will only come into force after a presidential decree so well president bashar al assad in syria is getting ready with the papers the right different prefer actions in europe french foreign minister in a speech to the un human rights council on monday in geneva where syria is dominating the agenda has said that the time is common for president bashar assad

as well as all the syrian officials both civilian and military to face justice for crimes against their people france wants to see the regime before the international criminal court and urges for procreation is to start paris has also criticised the un security council's impotence on syria its resolution force an assad out of power was vetoed by russia and china calling on dialogue the draft resolution of the un human rights council condemns widespread and systematic violations of human rights and other freedoms here in syria the diplomats are expected to vote on this resolution on tuesday the u.n. human rights council is also expected to call on syria to stop attacks against civilians here in the country and also to allow a free access for humanitarian aid to the city of homs and as well as other besieged areas here in the country meanwhile negotiations on effect creating the journalists from homs and releasing the bodies of those killed earlier have so far

failed the red cross and reached the city but came back without journalists because into the sources here in syria the turks sold off to the opposition fighters asked . members of the free syrian army to be evacuated as well there is also speculation but they may have kept them hostage to go into their own security the economic pressure from the international community to the regime is also increasing the e.u. has he damascus with its toughest set of sanctions yet they include more as. it's freezes against officials and impose restrictive measures on the country's central bank it's also maintaining support for the syrian opposition recognizing the syrian national council as a legitimate representative of the syrian people seeking full democratic changes recently russia's prime minister vladimir putin has said that meddling into other states affairs may lead to foreign intervention has also stressed that. attempts to

democracy by force may and very often does the opposite affect financial reporting there is western powers pledge support for the opposition they are either a year daddy libya style scenario will not be repeated in syria but political analyst and activist ric rose of sas damascus is already following the same path. as a whole has no interest in a peaceful resolution. of the conflict with syria wherever they want to one side of opposition forces deposing the government they want to ensure regime can so that the. government and damascus to see sort of agree or bring in. a multi-party coalition for example to reach an agreement with the non violent opposition that is for them to the violence and the gun to some sort of national reconciliation is the purpose of the world that was once was the prospects

for resolving the issue. for a very about american solutions are not going to be aided by the sort of the rhetoric. of the sort that our government called north very intervention in syria the pattern in the. last year of the of the syria of the world community i mean when will. you know who's going to who is going to be tomorrow and what. was going on. for the analyst and activist rick ross of talking to us from chicago. how the european central bank has a span of the use of greek government bonds as collateral in regional monetary operations in athens carries out dad restructuring with its creditors that's his ratings giant standard and poor's dropped greece's credit score lower that it's junk status s. and p. classified assonance as being in selective default after it forced creditors to

accept losses and 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 supported the bailout on monday after chancellor angela merkel warned lawmakers of the risks of turning away from greece financial advisor margaret bowie fast ass and p. downgrade didn't come as a surprise in view of current events. in my opinion nobody and he did exactly what the market both expected and he to do and what the markets are actually doing is only waited for all the eyes to be dotted and 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 imbues waiting for was for those bags to be finalized for the actually put into place you know when you know it was that i think it's been here for months but that we just needed finalized to go easy what happens now i think we need to

start taking a look at countries like ireland portugal spain i mean i hate ireland in particular it's a very interesting case to look at they were two very similar ization 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 reason i don't have a reason to ask me to but you know what is eventually we have to start looking at those countries i do think what this does not buy is the european union will take on a very different political and economic shape within the next year. or so have for the sour here on our t.v. russian elections turned into till after a video showing alleged vote fraud go viral web cams are installed every policy to make the presidential ballot as transparent as possible. and once the land of liberty now the home of fear we investigate why americans feel insecure in their own country that's coming your way every few minutes. i mean time the u.n.

nuclear watchdog isn't impartial when it comes to iran says the country's envoy to the i.a.e.a. ali asghar soltanieh a told artie's close away 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 site but sultani a says that such an inspection what undermined the agency's credibility and threaten iran security. they said that they will respect the 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 we demand it of all year by year according to statute 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 come they said i apologize they forgot to go to an end the 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 at the evening of the two times of visit he said and declared that their parting is part of the story now how come they're just requesting again still we are not ruling out access to military sites including parching provided that everything goes right down. there you can catch the full interview with iran's envoy to the u.n. nuclear agency next hour here on r.t. israel says it won't warn the u.s. if it decides to launch

a strike on iranian nuclear facilities israel which believes tehran is a threat has been ramping up belligerent rhetoric in recent weeks the spy warnings from washington by authorities reading a list of reports other more immediate threats may be 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 do 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 roots of my euphoria in israel are 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 and some believe this blinkered approach may end up having dire and explosive consequences for israel with the rise of these in the wake of the arab spring states which until now have been tacitly benevolent to what israel may do it turns 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 u.s. and the crackdowns 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 the central division in the message means. the presence of terrorist groups that may operate the good 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 country 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 world's words for now in tel aviv it is a ghost party. almost every polling station in russia is now equipped with 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 it has kind of explains how the new web system works. that. 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 he is among those on the recording he claims for a promise to be worn 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 i was a journalist on an undercover mission you know 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 this sunday nearly all polling stations across russia are being equipped with the web cameras to talk the idea is not only to prevent stuffing 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 mount box and the other with a cool simple the smart all videos will be fed to good leaders centers at your computer processing then be sent to seven large storage and distribution facilities

. radio and satellite these centers will then broadcast the information to several web portals for everyone to watch online these are the servers where the data from all the web cameras will be process to rolls and rolls of heavy duty or where you know order to walk around five hundred years of information that's how long we thought we would take to watch all the videos from beginning to a. good movie or t.v. moscow. a plot to assassinate prime minister why they were put in after the presidential ballot has been uncovered by special forces to go to our to com to find out about the joint operation between russia and ukraine the suspects are caught red handed with explosive said the plot has been masterminded by russia's most wanted terrorist dog whom our other suspect is alleged to have studied porton security arrangements and have videos of the premier's motorcade on his computer but also online. kids storing lancer dad behind bars find out how the

father of a four year old girl was walked up after his daughter jewett a picture of a gun at school or read the full story at r.t. dot com. 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 and as marina work nine reports from new york it's a role that's leading 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. kenya sure report suspicious activity level of the already the land of liberty is fast becoming known as the land of fear and suspicion there are individuals of 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 terrorist 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 low level terrorism we live in a military dominated society. of the people or on or. that there. terrorism is a threat you know on nine eleven his career level has been exploited and. sustained the n.y.p.d. under fire again for its intelligence gathering campaign involving 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 u.s. fear that with america's escalating definition of suspicious activity the government's expanding powers remain the biggest threat to the people security

we're not artsy new york now you want to know is he coming to you live from moscow and in just a few minutes aiding controversy. you want to be to the people of india doesn't want to do that anymore as of the future being told by mother how to do things their fans many indians and angers most britons but london's etude new delhi keeps flowing out a way to find out why shortly on our team. now to other stories making headlines around the world police in full riot gear have removed occupy london towns outside st paul's cathedral this came after the high court gave a green light to when you're the protest site reported twenty arrests were made as some protesters tried to block officers from dismantling the camp demonstrators inspired by the global occupy movement have been camped outside the iconic one the landmark since october. oh farms man have opened fire on

a passenger bus in northern pakistan killing eighteen people and wondering several others the ambush happened in a mountainous village in the cost on 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 thirteen people dead and over forty injured the blast fled nearby buildings and broke windowpanes 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. that fishing boat that reached the strand of costa allegra a cruise ship at its one thousand passengers in the indian ocean is towing it to a nearby island liner it was sailing from madagascar to the seychelles when a fire broke out in an electric generator room the blaze was extinguished but cause loss of power no injuries are reported. now they say charity begins at home but it

may not be the case when it comes to the aid the u.k. has been sending to india the former british colony recently called that a nation's peanuts saying there's no need for it anymore but the u.k. government keeps the cash flowing while at the same time cutting public spending at home argues or smith reports. whoever wins these streets they get a used to the pounding of feet with demonstrations large and small a regular sight don't spend our money on foreign wars don't cost how public services these people are saying but although the government insists the cupboard is. 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 that the u.k. budget is actually increasing substantially if the next three or four years but

money could make a huge difference if it was for example spent on tax cuts for low pay workers or you could make a huge economic difference if it was spent in the right tree angry it's a government that's. had paid services but can't afford to send a. billion dollars. to india which now has more billionaires 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 a space program immense wealth rubbed shoulders with crippling poverty though 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 about of money being given to the indian government who can go and spend it on. space or indeed other things this is a very concentrated. targeted a program and i think on that basis given it has been 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. particular have also got some of the worst problems with corruption and poor governance in india i mean that's related 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 is different though it's only in the fact that the indians have said they don't even want the eight the foreign ministers dismissed the money is paying us

and a recent decision to buy french rather than british fighter jets shows the cash doesn't even matter according to indian journalist mayhem he says it's up to the four hundred million wealthy indians to help their impoverished country men not patronize ing 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 want to be treated as an 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 u.k. to become the world's largest economy while british great stagnate it's time to take commentators for britain to build relations with the new powerful india before the eight days to start flowing in the other direction. r.t.

. the train on the european and the russian markets is an forswearing daniel bushell has got all the latest years various euro fresh problems and that's affecting stocks let's have a look first at how they're fearing at the moment europe which has started the day down is now edging slightly higher in morning trade simply is further downgraded greece to selective default. the fresh spanish deficit concerns are keeping investors worried the russian markets there mixed really moscow's struggling for direction today seeing contagion from continuing on certainty in asia and the u.s. this chick major movers did no rosiness higher on the back of resolving this call supply dispute with china more on that a little later and take firm citroen ics is among the main retreats reports is going to the list from the russian markets but discount retailer dixy is slightly higher as its analysis eighty eight cents in january year on year. now all futures there in the red snapping the recent surge to the threat of global economic

recovery but continuing concerns over middle east supply all stemming falls in staying with oil russia and china have sealed the yearlong price dispute with moscow agreeing to cut a dollar and a half per barrel 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 brought in it which will benefit from the stability this deal provides expose called the new agreement a victory for russia as china wanted a ten times bigger discount. the euro is gaining against most of the currencies that's off to germany's parliament approved greece's bailout package easing concerns over euro debts and as we can see the russian currency is extended in previous games against the dollar now at twenty nine to the greenback you can see that it's slightly lower gives the euro but still at its best since mid twenty ten below thirty nine we spoke to the chief economist at kriti a bank he told us how next sunday's presidential elections are actually helping the

ruble. what we're looking at is some sort of a pre-election rally in russia when investors have more confidence that stability will be insured and for that matter in all the need is the risk in investing in russia might be lower than anticipated or i'm not sure how long it will last mind you that if there are reasons to expect the 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 and. that's your update from the business there's more in fifteen minutes the headlines are next to a nazi. you

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