plans to intervene in syria reportedly take shape among the u.s. and its allies this five russia and the arab league putting forward a plan for a political solution. fifteen foreign ministers from all over the world have flown to new york to take part in a high level security council meeting at the united nations discussing the middle east and syria details from new york coming up. american tactics in afghanistan come under question once again as a u.s. soldier killed sixteen people most of them children and on ground. and in spain thousands for a test of cuts and labor reforms they fear might cost them their jobs are few

business in town that's already given up on the crisis hit single currency. is a.t.m. the russian capital you're watching artsy with mary and josh welcome to the program washington has reportedly begun discussions with allies on a possible military intervention in syria among the measures being considered are arming the opposition sending troops to form a humanitarian corridor and assault on the country's air defenses the u.n. security council is meeting on syria later today that has more in a fortnight is in new york. eyes and ears will be focused on the united nations security council today as fifteen foreign ministers have flown in from all over the world to take part in a high level meeting this meeting of course to review the arab spring uprisings and the ongoing bloody conflict in syria this ministerial meeting comes on the heels of

several syrian developments over the weekend including saturday's session of the arab league nations in cairo following that the bed of russia's foreign minister announced that the parties had come up with a five point plan on syria now those points include calling for an immediate end to all violence a cease fire on both sides u.n. arab league envoy kofi annan also wrapped up his two day trip to damascus he said that syria is ready to make a success of honest effort to find a solution for the events that are taking place there but neither sides were ready to reach consensus neither sides meaning the assad government or the opposition groups both are saying that they're willing to participate and dialogue but no neither side has said they will put their weapons down first now the syrian national council leader also said that his group is receiving donations from

foreign governments i he said that the council is starting to recede receiving a support in donations from arab and non arab countries meanwhile france and morocco said they are opposed to any military intervention into syria but on the other hand prime minister said that he is urging for the syrian national council to be recognized as a legitimate representation of the syrian people not the assad government. prime minister also has called for international troops to be sent to syria to deal with the current regime now we know from previous. unfoldings at the united nations that russia and china are strongly opposed to any international intervention into syria both countries have used their vetoes on two separate occasions to prevent resolutions to go through the security council that took sides in the syrian

conflict this meeting taking place in new york today of course it will also be discussing how to move forward on syria in a more balanced way too and violence as soon as possible but it seems as though more and more countries are saying international intervention is not a solution there needs to be a ceasefire immediately humanitarian aid needs to go to syria mediately and this is why all members of the security council foreign ministers will be discussing at the high level meeting at the united nations today qatar's aggressive stance towards has led to a string of resignations out of countries. those who left described by the station which they say has become a tool to target the syrian regime they point specifically the way the recent referendum on a new constitution was more or less ignore journalist option written see who worked for al-jazeera says there's been a u. turn in the chalice policies. it is unprecedented this number of resignations

correspondents producers directors of their offices it's very sad that al-jazeera arabic which was such a voice for openness that's a revolutionary channel in that part of the world openly allowing people to phone and criticize the dictators backed by the united states in the region it's very very disturbing to hear al-jazeera is now becoming this regional player for foreign policy in a way that well some would argue be say of the b.b.c. and others have been for decades because if for al-jazeera arabic is going to take a war like struggle graphic authority government this bodes very ill and i have to say there is the courage of those journalists that were ever in saying look this isn't the way we should be covering this there are elements of al qaeda in there. the way elders are arabic is covered the story of syria is completely one sided.

sixteen afghan civilians including nine children have been shot down in their homes by u.s. soldier on an alleged overnight gun rampage the incidentals mass protests last month over of the burning of copies of the koran at an american military base president hamid karzai has been there on the sly as unforgivable and demanded an explanation from washington president barack obama expressed his condolences while the nato secretary general promised to restore the undermine face of the afghan people and to german from the start the work whole mission believes that's the answer then once again raises questions about u.s. military tactics have gathered steam. the americans will try to say this is just an isolated incident but we have to remember the there are one hundred thousand occupying troops there are many many demonstrations over the burning of the koran that isn't just about the offense to islam it's also about the occupation itself the air strikes and particularly in this case we know that every night in afghanistan up to forty thousand is

a raided looking for alleged terrorists in the country now if this soldier is one of the many who have been involved in these raids and it does raise many many questions as to exactly how the americans are treating the occupied population the afghan people. coming out of our t.v. cold war topic caught up in the u.s. the presidential campaign falls way politicians resort to russia bashing to score political points. tweeting retro style we report on an invention that turned an old rotary phone into a tweet. board that anger has flared up in space once again as thousands flooded the streets to protest against tough government cuts and the recently passed a new labor laws spanish unions staged mass rallies in sixty cities they say a labor reform designed to revitalize the economy will actually undermine the

workers cut their rights the new laws were cleared by parliament last week and will make firing employees easier and less costly spain's jobless rate is the highest in the eurozone with almost half of its young population unemployed however while the government struggles to strain a single currency there's a town that's already going back to the good old days. through feeling that year or the moment so it's no surprise that in some places currency is in the stranger in the year a move in a decade ago you thought you'd seen the last of the old spanish you wrong with the country in such a tough economic situation some found such as the villain why oh this santiago had been encouraging that cut the three they're all that is a unique way of generating business. and like of the country spain has no expire the date for exchanging its old cassette is in fact is that the native but there are more than a billion euros worth of an exchange beset is still in the country so some towns

are run schemes to once again except the giving new life to the old currency. we saw that some other towns in spain had run this scheme and it worked very well there so we thought why not try it here it's been great for the economy of the town what's it like owning a business in the current economic climate. it can be very tough and very boring i spend a lot of evenings making my own flies for fly fishing it keeps me entertained but the work being created certainly what this town letting them more than a million has that is so around six thousand euros. it's not just becomes a village is a living to think this things alternative economy here in the heart of the capital we come to a store that's found a way to avoid using cash altogether. even says lee is a good sixteen still that works on a point says the vienna tells us that you bringing kids get points for days good

and you can then purchase other things in the store and best of all no cash needed it's own idea i think it's interesting. to barter for in something that you know i'm going to. do well you know i actually really like secondhand clothes my husband jobs recently i was in good position on therapist who was in construction so no. matter. what the solutions are perhaps a temporary reprieve to be ongoing crisis they are proving that even a dying economic times businesses can find ways to flourish and at least make you more happy customers. r.t. . as the u.s. presidential campaign gathers momentum candidates are digging out a little old school talk to fuel their rhetoric some alice fear the cold war could be making a comeback i just can't she count looks at whether her recent reset with russia

could fall victim to local politics in the us. the cold war mean long be over with the leaders of russia and america looking for common ground under the banner of a reset in relations with cold war sentiments still one high in the minds of some on capitol hill a hearing in washington was convened last year to discuss quote defending u.s. interests in the face of russian aggression moscow's actions have demonstrated the lengths that it is prepared to take to assert its influence on an even larger scale back that is especially troubling in light of europe's growing dependence on russian energy the eagerness to protect the world from russia's influence seems to echo president harry truman speech which arguably heralded the start of the cold war. the united. states support. the right one of the leading presidential contenders mitt romney went as far as

this i think represents a real threat. to stability and peace in the world and we say many american politicians have mastered the art of creating and bashing boogie men especially when election campaigns are underway during the cold war for example being hard on calling you know what was considered a litmus test for a solid trustworthy politician and they get on both sides of the ocean with all this i suppose it's fair to say that it's some kind of cold war and. there's a desire to. speak tough talk tough when it comes to foreign policy in order to sell your campaign to the wider population among the most hardline entire russian politicians are those who also preach you. lateralus mean foreign policy which means the u.s. can and will decide whatever he chooses for the rest of the world an idea which flourished after the soviet union's collapse protein neo cons are having

a particularly difficult time is the idea to pick a no longer simply snap their fingers and call the shots just ten years ago in the united states that was possible now does it not how the rock worked in new york cons running the show in washington and they didn't see the need to consult with great powers to determine whether their course of action works acceptable when the reset policy was put forward in theory to overcome the cold war mindset but a number of differences still remain between russia and the u.s. one of the biggest u.s. plans for a missile defense shield in europe washington still refuses to give moscow legal guarantees that it won't target russia present a likewise you know put in said reset doesn't mean that russia has to give up its national interest or be unable to express its values on cultural international issues to me a new level for years and research has nevertheless been useful because it's a new level of trust is a real will to reach an agreement which has allowed us to reach

a new start treaty we also have to sign agreements on cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy and it's with us russia was able to join the world trade organization these are positive steps tangible results of the recent policy. most analysts agree for the reset to be truly successful both sides have to respect and consider each other's interests the cold war is long gone but it's all alive and kicking in the minds of those who believe that one country has the exclusive right to make decisions for others and that's a view which appears to me that in the minds of many u.s. politicians even to this day i'm going to check our reporting for washing our teeth . while i can go to calls for more news blogs analysis in russian and international stories so here's a taste of what's going on wife. a ban on that religion u.k. companies deny their employees the right to wear a cross our clothes affects our work. out of russian opposition buzzing and tries to capture

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job come now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world. israel has launched a barrage of beer strikes in gaza killing eighteen people in three days including a child it's the worst violence the region has seen and more than a year of the first attack from israel claims by that informal truce between the sides it's hard to say high right now is dean resistance leader and sparked fears exchange of fire. fourteen people died when a fire broke out inside were shopping center was being built in a turkish city of this terrible construction workers were housed in temporary quarters on the building site turkish state television reports that an electrical fault is this a speck a cause of the plane's. rally on sunday nicolas sarkozy warned france will pull out of the e.u. open borders get an agreement unless the union toughen stop its immigration policy

earlier the french president pledged to have the number of illegal immigrants if he's reelected control has been a key issue as the country had strong words first round of the presidential poll april. the u.s. will transfer control of afghan prisoners to local forces over the next six months clearing one sticking point on a path towards withdrawing combat troops by twenty fourteen washington is also looking to pass on the key responsibility of night raids in the country but argues military contributor says it's the taliban that is banking on the agreements. the next week it is expected that the yet another memorandum of understanding we'll be reached and signed between american and afghans regarding the u.s. night raids by this special operation forces it was one of the main hidden agenda and demands from the taliban and their associates there is to have been both very afghan penitentiary system and nitrates in the country.

because we are going to government and especially the afghan national security forces totally and revokable corrupt and increasingly infiltrated by the insurgents makes much more sense for the taliban to give the upper hand in nonmilitary field of operations in their own fight for the hearts and minds in afghanistan access saying facebook or twitter is as easy as can be aware the smartphone to hand but what if you're stuck in the past and i'll growth on well that's no longer a problem with a new invention from ukraine alex or chesky try the new design. this may only look like an old growth grief phone but in fact it is the world's first analog twitter client created in ukraine the case of a crazy suggestion turning into

a bizarre invention. a friend of mine posted on twitter who would have been to tweet from an old we thought a loon realized it was possible by very cheap means we installed cheap and easy extensible microcontrollers inside the room and connected them to listening will the tree phone was not designed as a commercial item only for fun but given twitter's growing popularity and the widespread love for antiques it could easily become a very trendy tool if we phone is quite easy to use you only have to dial the numbers which corresponds with the letters just as sending a text message on a cellular phone so right now i'm sending. a message to myself on twitter. for no the three phone is attached only to one twitter account its very own but it could in time be expanded if it takes off from the market to use it for any twitter

or similar microblog website while there is certainly room for development from the basic concept as it exists now it's created believes it could bring twitter onto the streets. we actually thought it would be. in the street so. sweet besides anything even the oldest one could be used for the purpose for now twitter's owners have not contacted the twee phones masterminds but who knows should an enthusiastic investor pop up sometime in the future we could be seen to we phone booths on every corner so let's see reporting from kiev in ukraine as the green fields of nepal can turn into an agricultural battle zone as local farmers for a pair for a foreign invasion of china controversial food producer is helping to boost local maize production but it's genetically modified seeds growing more harm than good as

previously are now reports like many in nepal romper thought mel think i relied on agriculture to buy and life is tough. we have to get up in the freezing cold or three am and wait for the vehicle that takes us to the markets we do not have a market price for a vegetables and we have to sell the much more to the price of those states nothing of growth means one of nepal's biggest crops but only about half of what it needs is being produced and forty percent of the population is malnourished. the united states agency for international development or usa i t wants to lend a helping hand we have been trying to help an. increase in stalking production production of the food crops. and also in please productivities by making him a little bit more competitive. by bringing his costs down that help could come in the form of month on child and agricultural giant which shows as much controversy

as it does feed us a id has announced it wants to create a partnership with monsanto and in a police government to boost maize production here i almost agree that nepal needs to address its food insecurity problems critics say that maybe the solution to nepal's agricultural issues should come from within the country and not abroad hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the us embassy in katmandu to speak out against months on trial as it is our farmers are poor they don't have much to begin with then they'll have to completely rely. on sound to usa id believes months antos hybrid seeds will have higher yields but it could also be a noose around farmers the next. year or so into the stroke and then you start going seeds from them so you know one produce a good. year or two you just start slowing down and then it means that you have to increase inputs because you have to. buy seeds from this company because seed

for it's going down to corporations history is not exactly covered in glory it's been sued by hundreds of thousands of farmers around the world convicted of dumping toxic waste in british landfill sites and allegations of monopolization follow it everywhere farmers like romper thought nothing to have enough to deal with if they did the wrong times when there is no food at home and those are the difficult times because i didn't have another job where i could get some extra money from own. but it's a tough decision whether to swallow the cost to the nation preassure either or she katmandu nepal. to our business desk and to get the latest headlines from the world of business was natasha so good morning to talk as a one of the headlines that investors will be reacting today what's happening. well . with all of the doom and gloom coming out of europe many investors really saw

china as the last glimpse of hope to bring some bad news in fact over the weekend and report a trade deficit of more than thirty one billion dollars that's china's largest in a decade and definitely bigger than most analysts expected the good news is that we saw some growth in imports they jumped by almost forty percent which is the strongest growth more than a year but the bears seem to outweigh the bulls on the asian trading floors monday let's now see how the indices are performing this hour. and as you can see the hang saying is now given into the pressure it's actually shedding some value more than a quarter percent this hour. in tokyo the nikkei seems to be doing light well it's actually staying in the block and that's namely thanks to the waters they are gaining on a weaker against the dollar and here in moscow it's two hours ahead of the opening

bell and the markets were actually closed open this day due to the whole of the swap and the indices ended up gaining both m i six and the r.t.s. ended up gaining more than two percent on pretty volumes though. but of course the mean a factor for the russian indices is the price of oil and it's actually in the red this morning as you can see there. is treating a valvo one hundred six dollars a barrel and grant is around one hundred twenty five and the south and in the u.s. the markets are closed this hour using friday's closing figure the valid jones industrial average and the nasdaq ended up closing want to causative. didn't. moderate losses the nasdaq managed to stay in the block for

a fourth straight week and let's now take a look at the currencies the euro is actually weaker against the dollar and on sunday the russian ruble was posting moderate gains to the euro and that are. after the markets reacted to greece essentially d. faulting on its debt to private lenders as structured as that default might have been and after fitch and moody's decided to downgrade greece to well default what investors really want to know is what that means a longer term in the big scheme of things will other countries fall oh sure greece is the worst case with unemployment running at almost twenty percent but other countries like portugal and spain are holes just as bad and ireland has an unemployment level of fifteen percent so what does that mean what are the implications for the global economy chris weitz for chief strategist of troika

dialogue in moscow explains it's not really an issue for greece only more doesn't affect greece greece is already if you like already or past its neck in problems it's not going to make it any worse or any better the problem is that the technical default completely undermines the whole basis for the c.d.s. market which essentially is the basis of risk insurance in the bond market globally it undermines the credibility of c.b.s. and they are simply on norm consequences as to how that might affect the market when you're talking about a global multi-trillion dollar business. and that's all the latest from the business desk this hour i'll be back in about fifteen minutes i'll see about.