damascus says it will defend its people and sovereignty from foreign pressure while are showing in a new constitution but suffering a blow of fresh sanctions from the e.u. . greece's credit score is slashed despite the government's race to approve even more austerity cuts but the world bank warns the next financial fallout could be beijing based and far worse. and home and away britain's criticized for cutting spending at home and sending billions of brought in foreign aid to countries who say they don't even want the cash.

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow m rule reception damascus has condemned the latest set of e.u. sanctions against the syrian government and the country's foreign minister says economic pressures only leading to greater suffering for the already beleaguered people of syria and dozens have been reportedly killed across the country just on tuesday while officials hailed the success of a referendum on a new constitution in damascus for r.t. is more if a national. so as new constitution is not waiting to be implemented the majority of the people voted in favor of the new charter on sunday but it is only common to force after presidential decree so while president bashar al assad in syria is getting ready with the papers the right different professions in europe french foreign minister in his 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 preparations to start 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 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 asset

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 for 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 desire and attempts to democracy by force may and very often does the opposite effect. reporting right well meantime a saudi arabia now leading calls to start officially arming the rebels amid reports that's already happening covertly of a gaza based professor. thinks the syrian crisis at the end of the day will backfire on the gulf states. as long as the west and america and conspiratorial countries are not happy with the performance of the syrian government they are going to create trouble for their people and it's to give the people for more

action against the regime and against syria because of its role in this part as a power which is opposing there's an ad which is a bit of the policies of the not states of america of the west what's happening to syria probably would put it to go to with the idea about a cut out of the gulf simply because their own people are not happy about the conspiracies about that which they play in this part of the. watching r.t. live from moscow and still ahead for you this hour please report suspicious activity. in the tools of united states who seek to carry out acts of terrorism don't assume it was left by accident if you see something say something we're trying to the influence of big brother on american life people are encouraged to keep an eye on everything and everyone. who is friends the israeli way as it's neighbors begin losing patience over the countries and iran rhetoric.

another day another lowering of the credit rating and another vote on government cuts and the greek parliament is trying to push through more slashes to salaries and pensions in order to get the next you belle out all as ratings agency standard and poor's lowers the nation's credit score to quote selective default the downgrade was widely expected because of greece's debt write off deal with private creditors it was part of the hundred thirty billion euro bailout which on monday was backed up by germany the second rescue package in a little over eighteen months will ensure athens can pay its debts for the time being but max for all involved first senior analyst of the investment advisory firm green crest capital says the cash handouts will not help the greek economy. to get back on its feet. that greece is not getting bailed out creditors to greece are getting bailed out the reason that we keep hearing the term fire wall is because

you're building a wall around the country letting it burn to the ground and making sure that folks who've invested in it residing in other countries don't see the fire leap the wall and get to them i think that the twenty percent unemployment the forty percent youth unemployment their regular rioting the hemorrhaging of the future of the dreams of a lot of people near bankruptcy or total bankruptcy of a significant portion of the country's industries the changing of the constitution to make debt repayment a higher priority than all basic social services we should be clear and most of the analysts aren't that what's being done here is you're sacrificing a significant portion of the greek economy in the hopes of keeping the rest of your up ok. and if you thought the impact of greece's economic woes was bad the world bank has a sobering forecast for china's fiscal future and says beijing is heading for a slowdown that could have a devastating effect on the whole globe let's get more details on all this and speak to our business editor nick poole and joining us on the program good to see you tell us what is the world bank report have to say about the big global

powerhouse china well it's morning. economic reform political reform or else it could have a economic crisis now clearly it's much much much bigger than greece the problems with greece all extremely complicated which makes the circumstances that particularly vicious for the world economy know there's also a part here which is that the u.s. the world bank is kind of. merging the next empire on how to conduct its business or possibly sort of teach it how to not make the same mistakes so so as one leading empire is going down it's mouthing off to the one that's emerging and that's one way to put it i know what about the the true global implications you mentioned greece a moment ago but can you bring us on a broader scale well i think in order for china really to go belly up everybody else has to go belly up a bit as well so what's happening in europe in the u.s. possibly get worse or get more deep recession spending becomes even less we boys less of you know russia's flat screen t.v.'s with russia. and fridges

and what have you so they start exporting this they're also got the problem of the massive amounts of u.s. debt toward the whole this could be valued if. the u.s. hospitals money so you can see this dates and not just the currency implications as well with china being the biggest holder of american debt as you say if people are buying less there's going to be less exports as well from china as you know nic we've just had the wrap up of the g. twenty summit this past weekend bric nations are making a call to the world bank for certain changes can you can you shed some light on that for us. well we want more representation they feel that they are under represented at the top institutions in the world i.e. the world bank and the oil m.-f. which are placed to dishnet been governed by the us. and they say we now here with fully established and you are in the so between five and twenty years will be the biggest economy in the world if you see that so clearly it should have

a bigger role because say in how global finance is conducted are so. as you were saying these bric members call into the world bank to a perhaps put away what's been a tradition since the end of the second world war with having an american or european at the top but if a brick world member actually did take the top seat how would that change policy making in any way will possibly it would make it less unique pota the world bank's been criticized on occasion for being an extension of u.s. foreign policy it is literally just down the road from the white house on pennsylvania avenue if you go to a chinese head or a russian your head they will change the culture slightly within that it won't become. a chinese have annoyed it will become a russian. dominated by that kind of culture it will sort of soften that how to take away some of the sort of us. right r.t. percent authentic well thanks for coming on the program today. while i still have

for you this hour here on our cash flow controversy. it wants to be treated as a world wants to be with people india doesn't want to be treated any more as a child being told by mother how to do things the u.k. sends a steady stream of money to india world cutting public spending at home even though india says it doesn't even want to catch. the un's atomic agency says it can conclude whether iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb because tehran refuses to cooperate but the country's envoy to the i.a.e.a. has questioned the agency's impartiality and says it's influenced by the u.s. and exclusive interview to us here at odds here. filled in the blanks over iran's nuclear program following the recent visit of inspectors. preview we are warning that couple of countries including united states is trying to run the

agency so that they can dictate from washington what vienna should do and that is why we do not permit such a thing to occur and that is the whole issue that the agency as a professional technical organization should do its work and that is why you see they make meet so many noses here and there they do not let the agency to do its work and that is why we want to expect all countries including russia and others and i'm very pleased that last meeting in fact russia and china ambassadors along with a hundred countries of nonaligned movement all together questioned what had happened in fact namely of confidential information that we need mobilization of member states to prevent something happening in vienna which did you raise. that is what we need but i went on.

and you can watch the full interview with ambassador. later this hour here on our team. well israel now which has been threatening to attack iran's nuclear sites says that if it does strike it will do so without warning officials in israel say they will keep washington in the dark to avoid it being involved israel has or also started building a security barrier along its border with egypt to keep militants and migrants out and his arteries are nicholas carr reports there isn't and this is not really winning israel many friends in the region 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 aim fierce and feyerick is ations that iran some wonder if in their empty tehran frenzy they may have overlooked other troubles brewing much closer to home to gary the reason certain semi euphoria in israel called the result hostile activity

is there is no terrorist activity. all of them must sometimes around the gaza strip . in fact the postilion 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 islamic tendencies in the wake of the arab spring states which until now have been tacitly benevolent to what israel may do it turned 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. to crack down and the laces with these have make yes even worse egypt when they go tremendous changes egypt will stand behind hamas one day hamas may attack israel as it did in the summer of 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 regime in damascus means. the presence of terrorist groups that may operate against 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 and 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. in tel aviv it is a ghost. we report on the behind closed doors to scotians between israel and senior u.s. officials israel saying that it gives the u.s. a heads up on any potential attack on iran as a shield washington from possible but. also one line that are to come because the taliban have been leaving a nasty taste in american by trading poison. me believe so find out why it are called. and the joining forces three out of the five russian presidential hopefuls met for

a new type of debate being grilled by journalists instead of fighting with each other so much more at our website. in about a ten minutes time is the business but for now presidential authorization for the military to detain terrorist suspects without charge or trial has left many americans wary washington says it's beefing up national security as part of the war on terror but critics say fear mongering is dividing not uniting the nation. reports. 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.

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 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 cyber cafe 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 who are on the order of. terrorism is a threat you know on nine eleven his career level. has been exploited and. sustain 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 us here that with america's escalating definition of suspicious activity the government's expanding powers remain the biggest threat to the people security arena port not artsy new york i know that's going to some other world news for you in brief this hour with the update will start with stan that's why gunmen have opened fire on a bus in the northern parts of the country killing eighteen injuring seven the victims were from the country's minority shia community and the ambush happened in a mountainous a village in a district dominated by sunni tribes already the taliban has claimed responsibility . and explosion at a chemical plant in northern china has left thirteen people dead and forty others injured the blast flattened nearby buildings and shattered windows and surrounding houses and tremors caused by the incident could be felt in several nearby villages a rescue teams are still working at the scene the money. famous and the police in

riot gear have cleared the occupy camp in london a high court ruling had allowed the polls cathedral site now to be taken down twenty arrests were made as protesters tried to prevent bailiffs from moving in the demonstrators had been camped out since mid october it was one of the largest and longest surviving sides of the occupy movement originally stated to be against corporate greed. london's occupy demonstrators may have been sent home now but a new wave of nationwide protests could be on the way taxpayers are making their voices heard angry that foreign aid is still being sent to india while public spending has been cut at home and despite new delhi dismissing the handouts as quote peanuts the cash keeps flowing insanities laura smith now investigates. whoever owns these streets they get a used to the pounding of feet with demonstrations large and small sites

don't spend our money on foreign wars don't cost our public services these people are saying that although the government. 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 you 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. to keep the tree angry it's a government that. has. services but can't afford to send one. billion dollars a year 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 carefully 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 could go and spend it on. space or indeed other things this is a very concentrated. targeted a program and i think on that basis even 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. particular have also got some of the

worst problems with corruption and poor 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 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 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. he says it's up to the four hundred million wealthy indians to help their impoverished country men 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 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. stagnate its time stay calm and tases for britain to build relations with the powerful before the eight to start flowing in the direction. r.t. . twenty five minutes past the hour here in moscow russia is gearing up for the weekend's presidential election by rolling out the technology. have been set up in nearly every polling station across the country is to ensure maximum transparency after last december's parliamentary election triggered allegations of vote rigging all the details now from r.t. zero to prescott off. we let you all of us pick a video that went around the web alleged the merry go round of voting prevented at one of moscow's cooling stations during the recent parliamentary election which 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 will do the alleged plotters knew it was a journalist on an undercover mission yeah i was shocked by the cynicism of the situation i mean what's the point of the vote all the other if they could easily get out filled out ballast hold by hoots of people scores of similar videos have been posted on the web to shrink areas of thousands to protest many cases or under investigation but to prevent a repeat during the presidential vote the sunday newly or polling stations across russia are being equipped with the web cameras posted all the political the idea is not only to prevent stuffing but got to show on camera the results and each polling station because i think it then easily be component of the final figures online this is maximum transparency or the commission which each polling station has been

equipped with at least two camerons one with a general shot of the mowing box and the other for the close up of the small. movie deals will be fed to local data centers after computer processing they'll then be sent to seven large storage and distribution facilities via cable radio and satellite and 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 processed to rolls and rolls of heavy duty or where in order to work for around five hundred years of information that's our thought it would be to watch all the videos from beginning to end. r.t. moscow. now let's head over to the markets are with kareena the business desk. a criminal out to you the ups and downs of today's markets what do you know for us

. the market's been up and down the whole day but in the they've been trading marginally higher in a choppy session though but as and p. downgrade of greece to selective to default and fresh spanish deficit concerns keeping investors on guard now here in russia it's a different picture because markets have raised early gains both e.l.t.'s misers are currently trading lower financials and energy stocks are the main front as oil which is russia's main export earnings is trading lower well look at the figures in a moment meanwhile let's take a look at the major movers here rosneft is down a third of a percent and gas problem is topping twice as much as burbank is more than half a percent in the red as well and other news foreign investment into russia grew by sixty six percent in two thousand and eleven that's according to russia's accounting standards let's check on the currencies now the u.s. gaining against most of the currencies that's up to germany's parliament approved

greece's bailout package and that eased concerns over euro debt and russian currencies extending previous games against the dollar now trading at twenty nine to the greenback and it's slightly lower against the euro it's trading at thirty nine all pulled back from a recent surge that threatens global economic recovery but prices are still rather hard and there's continuing concern over at the middle east supply and russia and china have sealed their yearlong price dispute moscow agreed to cut a dollar and a half off the price it charges beijing now in turn beijing agrees settles its one hundred thirty four million dollars debt for previous all deliveries of the main supply. to the far east is rosneft which of course will benefit from a stale. well that's all i have for you

this hour but don't forget to find more stories on our website dot com lasts. today violence is once again flared up.