issues that she must have and there's a huge decision on the mark with the cast in the middle east and what is the condition of the arab spring or humanitarian interventions of what about the war. plans intervene in syria reportedly take shape among the u.s. and its allies despite russia and the arab league putting forward a plan for a political solution. fifty 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 in a gun rampage. and in spain thousands protested cuts and the labor reforms

they fear might cost them their jobs are to visit a town that's already given up on the crisis hit single currency. is telling in the russian capital you're watching r.t. washington has reportedly been on 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 an assault on the country's air defenses foreign ministers from member states of the u.n. security council are holding a meeting on syria today. is in new york. this ministerial meeting comes on the heels of several syrian developments over the weekend including saturday session of the arab league nations in cairo following that event the 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 in 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 qatar's prime minister said that he is urging for the syrian national council to be recognized as quote legitimate representation of the syrian people not the assad government the 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. 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 waits and violence as soon as possible. but our in saudi arabia

have criticized moscow for supporting diplomacy saying it's giving us a free rein to kill civilians but he wasn't a war activist and journalist don de bar says the two countries are in no position to criticize russia it's hard saudi arabia both know about killing innocent citizens they've been doing it for their entire existence and they're doing it in bahrain now i don't think they're in any position to discuss what's been basically a rational constructive role that russia has played in this year which is stopping another would be a i mean into existence and leaving the basis for democratic change in syria the idea that arming terrorist group is constructive is a perversion of logic and a perversion of law i mean the biggest problem is the fact that there's no perception or fact of any prevailing international law you have sitting in paris the head of these syrian national you know the s.m.c. you know he's the head of an armed terrorist group opening and operating openly in

paris now if this were the head of al qaida after the attacks in new york for example there wouldn't be a place on the planet where the united states wouldn't have the entire united nations marching in and courting them off the court or killing him and dumping him and see obviously this group could not operate in syria with impunity without the backing of the united states and the you know the arab league countries. tars aggressive stance towards assad has led to a string of resignations at the country's al-jazeera t.v. news channel those who left describe bias of the station which they say has become a tool to target the syrian regime they point specifically at the way the recent referendum on a new constitution was more or less ignored journalist and he returns he who work for al-jazeera says there's been a u. turn in the chalice policies of. his own president of this number of resignations correspondents producers directors of their offices it's very sad that al-jazeera

arabic which risk 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 becoming this regional player for a foreign policy in a way that some would arguably say the b.b.c. and others have been for decades because if al-jazeera arabic is going to take a war like. a government that is very ill and i have to say there is the courage of those drug with however in saying look this is not what you should be covering this there are elements in there. because cover story of syria is completely one sided. sixteen afghan civilians including nine children have been shot dead in their homes by u.s. soldier on an alleged overnight gun rampage the incident follows mass protests last

month over the burning of copies of the koran at an american military base president hamid karzai has can down the slaughter as an forgivable and demanded an explanation from washington president barack obama expressed his condolences while the nato secretary general promised to restore the undermined phase of the afghan people then secure men from to stop the war coalition believes that the incident once again raises questions about u.s. military tactics in afghanistan. the americans will try to say this is just an isolated incident but we have to remember but there are a hundred thousand occupying troops there are many many of them straight over 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 no internet up to forty miles is a raid looking for alleged terrorists in the country now if this soldier is of the many who've been involved in these rights and it does raise many

many questions as to exactly how the americans and. the population the people coming up on our team cold war talk hot stop in the u.s. with a presidential campaign in full swing some politicians resort to russian bashing to score political points. and tweeting read her style we report on an invention that turned an old rotary phone in turn tree fell. for that anger has flared up in spain once again as thousands flooded the streets to protest against tough government cuts and the recently passed new labor laws spanish union states mass rallies in sixty cities they say the labor reform designed to revitalize the economy will actually undermine workers and cut their right to 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 stay in the single currency there is a town that's already going back to the good old days. through feeling that you're a fit he's at the moment so it's no surprise that in some places current scene is setting in spain during the year and more than a decade ago he thought you'd seen the last of the old spanish. you're wrong with the country is such a tough economic situation some tell such as the village my oldest son thiago have been encouraging their customers to reach their old. way of generating business and like oh the country spain has no expire you date for exchanging it's all the set is in fact is that the native that there are more than a billion euros where an exchange to set is still in the country they sometimes run schemes to once again except the giving new life to the old currency. or some other

gems in spain had run this scheme and it worked very well there so we thought why not trade here has 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 i spend a lot of evenings making money from frying fish keeps me entertained but i was really worth it being creative certainly what this town letting them more than a million. six thousand year is. it's not just becomes a village is a contributing to spain's alternative economy here in the heart of the capital we've come to a store that's found a way to avoid using cash altogether. princess lee is a good six janes to the west and a point system. bringing kids get points full days you can learn patches other things in the school and testable cash needed i think some nice idea i think it's

interesting to. barter like something that you no longer need and got something to do when i actually really like second hand smoke me and my husband also lost our jobs recently when i wasn't keeping. i was in construction so no cheaper than better. the solutions are perhaps a temporary reprieve to the ongoing crisis if you all three think even to die economic times businesses can find ways to flourish and at least make the move. on the thing. adding those are to dot com our web site for more news blogs and analysis of course in russian and international stories but here is a taste of what's waiting for you there today at a ban on religion in the u.k. companies deny their employees the right to wear a cross or crucifix at work. and the russian opposition once again tries to

capture public attention by protesting against the results of the presidential election but support falls away the full story isn't all web site r.t. dot com. is. down for you for sure g. obligation your only phone on pod touch from the choose option. one geology on the go. video on demand all keys money will go.

on ownership street now with obama if you want. to. call it as the u.s. presidential campaign gathers momentum candidates are dating out of a little old school taught to fuel their rhetoric some analysts fear of the cold war can be making a claim that are just going to challenge so whether the recent reset with russia could fall victim to local politics in the u.s. . 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 the cold war sentiments still gone 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 eagerness to protect the wall from russia's influence seems to echo president harry truman speech which arguably heralded the start of the cold war. the united. because the poor people who are resisting it could have been right greater one of the leading presidential contenders meet one day went as far as this i think president bush represents a real threat to. the stability and peace of the world analysts 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 communism 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 inertia but there's a desire to. speak tough talk tough when it comes to foreign policy in

order to sell your account paint to the wider population among the most hardline anti russian politicians are those who also preach unilateralism in 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 well neo cons are having a particularly difficult time or use the idea that they can no longer simply snap their fingers and call the shots just ten years ago in united states that was possible that is exactly how the iraq war came about in new york on running the show in washington and they didn't see the need to consult with powers to determine whether their course of action was it's acceptable to them the reset policy was put forward in theory to overcome the cold war mindset but a number of different system will remain between russia and the u.s. one of the biggest u.s. points where missile defense shield in europe washington still refuses to give

moscow legal guarantees that it won't target plush president elect which is said reset doesn't mean that russia has to give up its national interest or be unable to express it to you some socially international issues. to me. the research has nevertheless been useful because it's a new trust it was a real will to reach an agreement which has allowed us to reach in the streets and . reach a certain agreement on cooperation and peaceful nuclear energy. with us street russia was able to do in the world trade organization these are positive steps tangible results of that research. most analysts agree for the research to be truly successful both sides have to respect and consideration others interests the cold war is long gone but it's 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 be a step in the minds of many us all nations even to this day i'm going to check our

reporting for last r.t. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world israeli air strikes have have killed two militants in gaza in a fourth day of violence which has seen twenty people lose their lives including a child as the worst violence in the region has seen in more than a year of the first attack from israel came a spider in a formal truce between the size of its heart of the high ranking palestinian resistance leader and sparked a fierce exchange of fire. fourteen people died when a fire broke out of the side where a shopping center was being built in the turkish city of a stamp because russian workers were housed in temporary quarters of the building site turkish state television reports that an electrical fault is a suspect the cause of the blaze. and the election rally on sunday nicolas sarkozy warns france will pull out of the e.u. open border get an agreement unless the union toughens up its immigration policy it earlier the french president pledged to have the number of illegal immigrants these

are reelected border control has been going issue as a country heads towards the first round of the presidential poll is april. the u.s. will transfer control over. prisons to local forces over the next six months clearing one sticking point on a path towards withdrawing combat troops by twenty four team washington is also looking to pass on the clear responsibility of night raids in the country but it is military can be very sad as it's the taliban that is banking on berryman's the next week it is expected that yet another memorandum of understanding will be reached and signed between american and afghans regarding the us and night raids by their special operation forces it was one of the main hidden agenda and demands from the taliban and their associates that is to ever get both that afghan

penitentiary system and the night raids in the country. because we are going to government and especially the afghan national security forces totally and. corrupt and intrusive only infiltrated by the insurgents and makes march more sense for the taliban to give the op or hand you know military field operations in their own fight for the hearts and minds of ganesh to accessing facebook or twitter is as easy as can be aware the smartphone to hand but what if you are stuck in the past with an old rotary phone well that's no longer a problem with an invention from ukraine and it's here cesky try getting to sign. this may only look like an old growth brief 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 of the share a friend of mine posted on cooter would have been to tweet women whom we thought a loon realize that was possible by very cheap means because we installed cheap and easy access microcontrollers inside the room and connected them to the spinning wheel the tree phone was not designed as a commercial item with only for fun but given twitches growing popularity and the widespread love for antiques it could easily become a very trendy to your it's we phone it's quite easy to use you only have to dial the numbers which corresponds with alexis just as sending a text message on a cellular phone so right now i'm sending a message to myself on twitter. for now the tweet phone is attached only to one twitter account it's very old but couldn't time be expanded if it takes off in

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 on to the streets and i'm going to do is. we actually thought it would be a great idea to alter its interface and install something like only it's been the street boys or to everyone can log in and besides any even the oldest could be used for the purpose of playing for now twitter's owners have not contacted the twee phones masterminds but who knows should an enthusiastic investor pop out sometime in the future we could be seen to we thought on booths on every corner. let's see reporting from kenya in ukraine the rain fields of nepal could turn into an agricultural battle zone as local farmers prepare for a foreign invasion a giant and controversial food producer is hoping to boost local maize production but its genetically modified seeds could bring more harm than good as british

leader now we ports. like many in nepal. think are relies on agriculture to turn by and like is tough. we have to get sort of in the freezing cold or three am and wait for the vehicle that can exist in the markets we have a market price for a village to bulls and we have to sell them it's also a price. nothing of grozny it's 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 us wants to lend a helping hand we have been trying to help the nepalese farmer to increase historical production of the food crops. and also increase productivities by making him a little bit more competitive. by bringing his cost down that help could come in

the form of month on child and agricultural giant which shows as much controversy as it does the usa id has announced it wants to create a partnership with monsanto and then a police government to boost maize production here are almost agree that nepal needs to address its food insecurity problems critics say that may be the solution to nepal's agricultural issues should come from within the country and not a broad hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the us embassy in katmandu to speak out against monsanto as it is of farmers up for a don't have much to begin with then they'll have to completely rely. on south of us they id believes month antos hybrid seeds will get higher yields but it could also be a noose around farmers now you saw me doing so into the spray from them then you start going seeds from them so you're one of my producers who can give you your true interest starts going down and then it means that you have to increase in puts

because you know you have to. buy seeds from this company because seed for keeps going down the corporation fifty three is not exactly covered in chlorine 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 start nothing to have enough to deal with our group so i'm so when there is no food or to whom and those are difficult times because i didn't have another job where i could get some extra money from around. but it's a tough decision whether to swallow the cost to you can nation preassure either or it she kept in june a part. of our crossing to the world of business natasha hello there are so what's going on today what's the main focus of the business community well after all the gloom and doom coming out of europe many investors really saw china as the last glimpse of hope but now we see some bad news coming out of china over the weekend

and posted a trade deficit over more than thirty one billion dollars that's the biggest in more than a decade and definitely bigger than most analysts expected the good news is and all of this is we saw some growth in imports they jumped by almost forty percent which is the strongest growth and more than a year but that doesn't seem to convince investors the bears seemed to wave the bulls on asian trading floors this monday let's see how the indices are performing this hour and as we can see the hang saying is shedding about three quarters of a percent definitely given into the pressure in tokyo the nikkei has slipped into red although it was managing to hold onto its gains up until this hour and on wall street we'll see how wall street reacts to this one traders return from the cannes it's cause this hour so you're seeing friday's figures both the dow jones

industrial average and the nasdaq and up closing flat q causative but for the week the dow posted modest losses while the nasdaq actually posted a some gains for a fourth street a week and here in moscow predictably the indices opened sharply down as you can see the both of them my sex and the r.t.s. are shedding major value especially considering that they're only been trading floors. less than a half hour in of course all as one of the major factors for the russian markets as always and it's in the red as well this morning it's actually losing value nearly on concerns about slowing economic growth and china of the biggest energy consumer . and with all the markets now reacting to greece

essentially defaulting on its debt to private lenders as structured as that people might have been and with pitch and movies downgrading greece to a default a level the question on everyone's mind is what does that mean in the big scheme of things what does that mean a longer term and over european countries follow essentially sure greece is the worst with unemployment running at twenty percent but spain and portugal almost just thousand islands unemployment figures of almost fifteen percent certainly people of greece so what are the implications for the global economy this week for chief strategist of dialogue in moscow explained it's not really an issue for greece and the more it doesn't affect greece greece is already if you like already passed 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 and you're talking about a global multi-trillion dollar business. and that's all the latest from the business team this hour i'll be back in about fifteen minutes or so you around.

culture is the same i'm going to use music as a minute to mark let me casting me in the middle east and beyond what is the condition of the arab spring are humanitarian interventions effective what about the lack. of. wealthy british style. sometimes the type of. car. hi guys.