argy dot com. intervention into syria is reportedly in the works among washington and its allies the spy russia and the arab league rating of peace plan. 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. the taleban vows revenge and u.s. troops are put on high alert after sixteen people both of them children die at the hands of an american soldier on a shooting spree in afghanistan. and spanish anger at labor reforms boil over as thousands protest changes they fear will put them on the breadline there's one town

that's already given up on the struggling single currency. this is our city live from moscow washington has reportedly begun discussions with allies on a possible military intervention in syria among them as there is 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 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. 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 he said that the council is starting to recede receiving support in donations from arab and non arab countries meanwhile france and morocco said they are opposed to any military intervention interest 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 foldings at the united nations that russia and china are strongly opposed to any international intervention in syria both countries have used their veto 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 to end violence as soon as possible. guitar in saudi arabia have criticized moscow for supporting diplomacy saying it's giving us

a free rein to kill civilians but us anti-war activists and journalists 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 basically a rational constructive role that russia has played in this which is stopping another libya from coming into existence and leaving the basis for democratic change in syria the idea that the army terrorist group is constructive is a perversion of logic and a perversion of law i mean the biggest problem is the fact that there is no perception or fact of any prevailing international law you have sitting in paris the head of these syrian national you know the s. and c. you know he's the head of an arm terrorist group opening and operating openly in paris now with this where they had about kind of after the attacks in new york for

example there wouldn't be a place on the planet where the united states would have the entire united nations marching in and courting them off the court for 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 qatar is aggressive stance towards assad has to string of resignations at the country's al-jazeera t.v. news channel that was a left described by a set of station which they say has become a tool to target the syrian regime and point specifically at the way the recent referendum on a new constitution was more or less ignored carolus afshin rattansi who work for al-jazeera says there's been a u. turn and the channels policies. it is unprecedented this number of resignations that correspond produces directors of their offices it's very sad that al-jazeera arabic which riseth 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 a foreign policy in a way that some would argue to say you know the b.b.c. and others have been for decades because if we are arabic is going to take a war like stones will go up because our government has been very ill and i have to say there is the courage of those drug with however in saying look this isn't the way we should be covering this there are elements of al qaida in there and the whale jazeera arabic has covered the story of syria is completely one sided the taliban has promised revenge for the killing of sixteen afghan civilians by an american soldier who went on a shooting spree on sunday u.s. troops in afghanistan have been placed on alert now and children were among the sixteen victims who were shot in their homes and sold her who's believed to have suffered

a mental breakdown turn himself an afghan president hamid karzai i condemn the slaughter is unforgivable rock obama expressed his condolences while nato promised to restore the undermined face of the afghan people this false mass protests last month over the burning of copies of the koran in an american military base in the german from the start the work coalition says the u.s. military tactics that have data stand is to blame. the americans will try to say this is just an isolated incident but we have to remember that there are a hundred thousand occupying troops there are many many times over the burning of the koran that isn't just about the the offense to islam it's also about the occupation itself the air strikes and particularly in this case we know every noise in afghanistan up to forty cents a radio looking for alleged terrorists in the country now if this soldier is why are all of the many who've been involved in these raids and it goes

raise many many questions as to exactly how the americans are treated in the or compiled population the afghan people. how you have an r.t. cold war talk hearts out in the u.s. sixty five years since president harry truman defined america's far reaching foreign goals and some politicians still resort to bashing the bogeyman to score political points. plus five for the green fields of the pa we report of why a food giant offer of help to boost the country's props could trap local farmers for years to come. 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 staged mass rallies in sixty cities they say the labor reforms designed to revitalize the economy will actually undermine workers and cut their rights 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 euro zone 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 dick's. feeling of that year it may even through its new surprise that. some places current seen astrologers getting in the east enjoying the euro more than a decade ago you thought you'd seen the last of the old spanish because you are wrong with a country in such a tough economic situation some for such as the village my oldest. have been encouraging their customers to relive their old that is a unique way of generating business and like of the country spain has no expire you date for exchanging its open set is the fact is that the native that there are more than a billion euros worth of an exchange for set is still in the country so some council

run schemes through once again except them giving new life to the old currency. we saw that some other towns in spain had run this scheme and it would 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 boring i spend a lot of evenings making my own florence for fly fishing he keeps me entertained but being creative certainly worked for this town letting the more than a million because that is so around six thousand euros. it's not just pounds a village is a contributing to spain's alternative economy here in the heart of the capital we come to a store that's found a way to avoid using cash. open sesame is a good six change still that works on a point system theory 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 but think it's interesting to person should be able to barter for in something that you no longer need and that's something you do well you know i actually really like second hand clothes for me and my husband both lost our jobs recently i was in good condition on therapist he was in construction so no cheaper than better. well these solutions are perhaps a temporary reprieve to the ongoing crisis they are proving that even a dying economic times isn't is can find ways to flourish and at least make. happy customers. burn the skin i can go to our tito concert our website for more news boss analysis on russian and international stories here's a taste of what's waiting for you they're full of bogus accounts they are she falls victim to a fake account set up on facebook and some friend request

a top military commanders and sharing his personal data. and the russian opposition once again tries to capture a public attention by protesting against the results of the presidential election but supports falls away the full story is that r.t. dot com. is he going to. be official anti obligation to enjoy a phone call talk from the. lunch all she likes on the good.

video on demand. old girls. and all russian street now in the palm of your. question on the call to call old school rhetoric has a line of any u.s. sixty five years after president harry truman formulate a washington's policy of becoming the world's policeman and as a campaign for the next president gains momentum candidates are digging up a little cold. or talk of their own i just got it she can look at whether the 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 a cold war sentiment still won 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

at back that is especially troubling in light of europe's growing dependence on russian energy he 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. read people who are resisting it. right out. one of the leading presidential contenders meet one day went as far as this type of a president who represents a real threat to the. stability and peace of the world and only 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 is a desire to win. speak tough talk tough when it comes to foreign policy in order to sell your campaign 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 to pick and no longer simply snap their fingers and call shots just ten years ago in the united states that was possible not really how the iraq war came about and the new york cons running the show in washington and they didn't seem to me to consult with great powers to determine whether their course of action once it's acceptable to the reset policy was put forward in theory to overcome the cold war mindset but

a number of care for existing will 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 event which is said reset doesn't mean there russia has to give up its national interest or be unable to express its true some cultural international issues. the reason it has nevertheless been useful because it's a new will trust is a real good will to reach an agreement which allowed us to reach a new start treaty. a strong agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy. with us russia was able to join the world trade organization these are positive steps tangible results of the recent policy. most analysts agree that the reset to be truly successful both sides have to respect and considerate of others interests the cold war is long gone but it's a live 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 stuck in the minds of many u.s. politicians even to this day i'm going to check i would. argue now take a look at some other stories from around the world israeli air strikes have killed two militants and a schoolboy for a day of violence which has seen twenty one people lose their lives is the worst violence the region has seen more than a year first attack from israel came a spider the formal truce between the sides it targeted a high ranking palestinian resistance leader and sparked a fear is exchange of fire. fourteen people died when a fire broke out of the side were a shopping center was being built in the turkish city of the stamboul the construction workers were housed in temporary quarters on the building site turkish state television reports that an electrical fault is this a spec the cost of the blaze. at an election rally on sunday near going to sarkozy

a war in france will pull out of the e.u.'s open border shan't get an agreement unless the union toughens toughened up its immigration policy earlier the french president pledged to have the number of illegal immigrants if he's reelected border control has been a key issue as a country has towards the first round of the presidential poll april. well the u.s. will transfer control of our prisons 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 nitrates and the country but our tears military contributor says it's the taliban that is banking on the agreements the next week it is expected that yet another memorandum of understanding will be reached and signed between american and afghans regarding the u.s. 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 their afghan penitentiary system and night raids in the country. because we have been the government and especially the national security forces totally. corrupt and increasingly infiltrated by the insurgents he makes march in more sounds for the taliban to give the upper hand in nonmilitary field operations in their own fly for the hearts and minds of ghana's stand by the green fields of nepal could turn into an agricultural bals own as local farmers prepare for it for innovation and giants and convert the food producers hoping to boost local maize production but is genetically modified seeds could bring more harm than good as they are now reports

. like many in nepal rampersad mill think relies on agriculture to survive and life is tough but we have to get in the freezing cold or three am and wait for the beagle that says to the markets we need to have a market price for a village to bills and we have to sell them it's also a price to eat nothing of grozny is one of the biggest crowds 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 these farmers to increase in-store to production. the food crops. and also in please productive it 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 usa id has announced it wants to create a partnership with monsanto and the name government to boost maize production here while most 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 u.s. embassy in katmandu to speak out against monsanto as it is our farmers are or they don't have much to begin with then they'll have to completely rely on. monsanto usa id believes month antos hybrid seeds will get higher yields but it could also be a noose around farmers next. year so into this program and then you start going seeds from them so you're one of my producers. your to just starts going down and then it means that you have to increase in puts because you have you know you have

to. buy seeds from this company because seed for kids 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 side nothing have enough to deal with a. group symes when there is no food or to whom and those are difficult because i didn't have another job where i could get some extra money from. but it's a tough decision whether to swallow the cost to be in the nation preassure there are tea cap and you know par. well later we're bringing you the story of a high ranking british double agent his spied for the soviet union our special report of course how can still be made a choice to change his life. this respectable british gentleman's choice was. trees jackets and old whiskey.

a much younger wife. and more than twenty years of intelligence service in profits of the soviet union. feel these choices on forty. well or you can feel the story in just over an hour here on our fourth adds we'll take a look what's happening in business we're crossing to you it's our show the ask is get all the latest on what's happening. while gold the doom and gloom coming out of europe many investors really saw of china as the save haven but now we see some bad news coming out of china as well over the weekend it reported trade deficit of more than thirty one billion dollars that china is a large just 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 in more than

a year but that failed to convince investors let's see how the indices are performing this hour and actually as you can see the hang seng in hong kong has bounced back after being in the red for most of the day in tokyo the nikkei ended the trading session in the red. and the european indices are also in the red on the opening as you can see the footsie and the dax are shedding less than half a percent each and here in moscow predictably the indices or more were at new bit of the my sick of my sex has slipped below the psychologically important level of sixteen hundred and bucking the downward trend is pulls gold and that's despite the lower gold prices v t v russia's second largest bank is shedding of value after it started accepting buyback applications from its shareholders and

retailer money meat is also losing value this afternoon. one of the main factors of course for the russian equity markets is the price of oil and that's down on monday maybe on concerns about the slowing economic growth in china the biggest energy consumer and i want you currencies it be. the euro is gaining just a notch against the dollar and the russian ruble is gaining against the euro and missing against the greenback. greek debt problems are once again in the spotlight on monday the eurozone finance ministers will meet to discuss the second tranche of a bailout to greece and that's of course after the moody's and fitch ratings agencies downgraded greece to i default level and essentially investors are wondering what does that mean in the big scheme of things in the longer charge and sensual other european countries polo shirt greece is one of the worst with

unemployment running at twenty percent and all the austerity measures but spain and portugal are almost just as bad and ireland's unemployment figures of almost fifteen percent can certainly compete with greece what are the mean implications for the global economy this week 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 normal 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 desk for now do join me for an update and about look at that's. the. world. science technology innovation all these developments from around russia we've got the future coverage.

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