what is the condition of the arab spring are humanitarian interventions effective what about the long. u.n. security council foreign ministers prepare a renewed effort to solve syrian crisis but the u.s. and its allies now reportedly considering direct intervention. and still on the conflict their resignations al-jazeera has a number of key started the. big news channel walkout in protest claiming biased reporting. plus afghanistan and demands justice for the massacre of sixteen civilians by a u.s. soldier it's just weeks after the burning of the koran by military personnel ignited anti american sentiment all across the country.

views for the world economy but business news is in twenty minutes. it is or just after five pm on monday here in moscow this is our with me wrong you seem showing that the violence in syria rages on the u.s. and its allies are now reportedly considering all options including direct military intervention that's despite warnings from the pentagon with the american top brass saying the cost of starting a new war would be too high and dozens of reporters will be killed across syria on monday adding to the death toll believed by the u.n. to stand at over seven thousand five hundred the international community has been unable to reach a consensus on how to act ever since the bloodshed flared up a year ago un security council foreign ministers will sit down in the next few

hours in new york to try to break the deadlock and in the big apple is important. 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 but neither side said they will put their weapons down first now the syrian national council leader also said that his group is receiving donations from arab and non arab countries qatar's prime minister said that he is urging for the

syrian national council to be recognized as legitimate representation of the syrian people prime minister also has called for international troops to be sent to syria to deal with the current regime now we know previous. things 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 to end violence as soon as possible.

we're receiving information now about the reported resignations of key employees in beirut office and they are claiming that the channel has a very provocative stance and has been involved in a dream just stating biased reporting these resignations include the managing director of the correspondents and the producer and specific reports that we are hearing particularly from the correspondent is that al-jazeera refused to publish pictures of armed fighters clashing with the syrian army and in addition also ignored every field reined in on a new constitution in syria by comparison the channels coverage of events in the rain was minimal it's has practically ignored what has been happening here in libya we are now receiving some kind of information that the channel was involved in fake coverage and sit ups and as you can well imagine this is sending

a long goals to the international journalism at the end because al-jazeera was set up as a channel that was a mouthpiece of freedom and change it was supposed to be a channel that was a revolutionary voice but increasingly we have heard critics say that it has become a one sided voice for could tarries government's stance particularly against the syrian president bashar. and our viewers many of them will remember that almost miraculously that was the word that was used by critics of last year al jazeera was granted a license to broadcast in the united states and this is after it was initially refused such licensing rights and this has led many critics to say that this granting was because of the channels change in terms of an agenda saying that it is very much pushing the agenda because harvey and wasting governments that are calling for military intervention in syria. or the let's discuss this further now with a middle east expert tariq ali driving us live from london a good to see you today so al jazeera arabic is backed by the qatari government to

how much influence do you think they actually have in the editorial decision process. later the network well when it started of course there was very little interference in fact we're truly none like this channel in it so it was into like control to the managers the journalists and to see the stuff they were doing i mean they got really can't be iraq war for instance was also exemplary and many many people in the west didn't do it to seem ages they were not watching and we're still television screen so i'm not in trouble so what's actually happened if i started off so well what went wrong what went wrong is that as the three regime again to illusions that it could play a big role in the region and it's a stupid piece really if you like or a vessel state of the united states this ratio of americans in egypt. began to

affect their networks and put the focus stimulus will round a tram resigned. you know alleging interference and subsequently with the war in libya the travel became an open propaganda trammell no different from c.n.n. or b.b.c. world a centrally broadcasting group with some propaganda and giving an extremely one sided in nature of what was going on in libya if as it's now being alleged there were actually faking news then have that is all leaked because that is what some western networks state during the first war in of crime is when the soviet union was in west certainly it is difficult to wade through the murky areas you know whether whether one network being biased or not and whether or not some news might be fake but if i may turn from al-jazeera arabic to that of al-jazeera as an english channel in february it won the prestigious british royal television society

news channel of the year what world is qatar qatar a play in the english channels reporting do you think. well i think the english channel when it was set up was always intended to be a much softer version of the arabic trammell and many journalists working in being leased channel said to me but you know we're not about to this we have to be soft the channel i think was largely set up to be aware and it's very show shoebat very clearly there were a few critical programs compared to where of the robot it seems now both are working in tandem and a member of the three ruling family. of cogency europe as such and it is what people are alleging all over that what some people are alleging

it's got an agenda people are talking about bias we hear about these are resignations at al-jazeera at the moment how damaging do you think these accusations could be ultimately to their network but i think it will be very damaging and i know that during the libyan war many people stopped watching i was just leader because they wanted to get a balanced picture it's not that they were pro but i feel exactly the same thing is happening in relation to syria now and we ought you know and the coverage of party was appalling utterly appalling and so it has become essentially a channel which does the bidding off it state like many look at the vision channel now if i may just jump in here and i do want to ask your forgiveness are running low on time here on r.t. but syria as we know is largely a closed off the foreign journalists and reporters they have to rely on sources like activists and opposition politicians for their news wouldn't it be in assad's

interests to open up to show the true picture of what's happening there so we have a more diverse base of international journalism i couldn't. three more i think of the syrian regime as being very stupid in. access to the country. because they are scared of the media because of the brutality you feel themselves same day trip but it would still give us a much better picture especially from. the looks out and all syrian national council so folks doing it many syrian talents to get reports of across the street from both so it would be. for journalists to actually visit seriously and get a clear picture tariq ali author and the middle east expert live in london thanks for coming on r.t. today. well coming up a little bit later in the here in the program that of beeching the euro find out

how spanish shopkeepers are coming up with rather creative ways to keep the country's economy alive as spain struggles to stay afloat amid a massive debt crisis. it is time past the hour here in moscow the afghan parliament is demanding a public trial for the u.s. soldier who gunned down sixteen afghan civilians and turn himself into nato or thora these are the massacre on saturday in the kandahar province where most of the dead are women and young children it's unclear what led to be outraged with the u.s. marines still under investigation washington has apologized to the afghan president says the incident is unforgivable the taliban meantime is vowing revenge and nato forces in the country are on high alert this follows days of deadly protests last month over the burning of the qur'an at an american base in afghanistan a former member of the afghan parliament told me a bit earlier that nato is still has a lot to prove after more than a decade of occupation. poverty corruption lack of rule of law and proper off

even the international community that is here to save us is is not able to come. drawl it's on psychopaths and. then people say well what is in it for us this is a question that everybody will as what is in this for us government on one hand corruption on the other hand lack of rule of law the only good thing that can happen in my opinion from just his master is for the united states to the people of this country that justice is west justice is immediate and wherever it may go this is merely a whitewash should be a slap on the wrist this should be a decisive and severe punishment. still ahead for you this hour of the last from the past. a desire to. speak. when it comes to foreign policy comported themselves your campaign to the right of

population that's the race to the white house gains that momentum candidates are pulling out all the stops and all the old scare tactics as well with some going all the way back to the days of the cold war. french president nicolas sarkozy has threatened to pull out of the european visa free shang get agreement unless the e.u. toughened up measures against illegal immigration thousands of tuna's us were allowed into the e.u. following the arab uprisings last year when it will be granted residence permits refugees fleeing the violence but some think that sarkozy is simply trying to win more and see immigration votes in the upcoming presidential elections. in two thousand and seven he won the election in part because he siphoned off some of the votes that went to the higher rates he is campaigning on many topics there are the topics of trade elections and if i write to a group if a star is a very bad thing people for the first round of. balloting in

a recording the fire rate is why powerful rate now are and the people who voted for him five years ago and are going to vote for him this time around they're going to move of fire rate is the feel they were. deceived during the five years by not being tough enough and immigration aside since there's a crisis the populist great is using immigration as a card but the real problem of immigration hasn't moved one way or the other would sarkozy just rhetoric in order to attract the populist xenophobic vote but i don't think it's going to be very productive because the war against on the fire rate the more he loses in the center. meanwhile anger has once again flared up in spain with demonstrations across sixty cities against spending cuts and new

employment laws protesters say the new labor law was designed to revitalize the economy simply make it easier and cheaper for employers to fire staff spain has one of the highest unemployment rates in the eurozone as the country struggles to stay within the euro one town is encouraging its people to go back to the old days. group being in that year early fifty's at the moment so it's no surprise that in some places current seen as knowledge is getting in the stranger in the euro more than a decade ago if you thought you'd seen the last of the old spanish perceptor you wrong with a conscience such a tough economic situations such as the village my oldest son's jago have been encouraging their customers to reuse their old that's a neat way of generating business and like of the country spain has no expire you date for exchanging its old cassette is in fact is that the native it there are more than a billion euros worth of an exchange because that is still in the country they

sometimes run schemes through once again except then if the new like 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 trade here is being greatly 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 flying to fly fishing he keeps me entertained there was a lot of work being created certainly worked for this town letting the more than a million because that is so around six thousand year. it's not just becomes a village if they consider things a spain's economy here in the heart of the capital we come to a store that's found a way to avoid using cash altogether. hayden says lee is a good six change still that works and a point system in a tells us that you bringing kids get points all day scared 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 person should be able to barter for something that you no longer need and something you do when oh boy i actually really like second hand clothes me and my husband bronson lost our jobs recently i was in good position on therapist he was in construction so now obviously the cheaper the better. these solutions are perhaps a temporary reprieve to the ongoing crisis they are proving that even to die economic times businesses can find ways to flourish and at least make you more happy customers. r.t. being. in times of political and economic turmoil it seems new ways are being developed to maintain a public order up on our more on our website author dot com about a new kind of machine security forces might used to disperse crowds already dubbed

a rather pricey mobile a microwave oven get all those idea tells it all to. also online for a few dollars less well in fact quite a few less with egypt embroiled in a major rawa but n.g.o.s in the country find out why it's turning away more than a billion dollars in the usa. it's only twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital but the cold war may have ended decades ago but it seems little has changed in the minds of the leading politicians on capitol hill as the u.s. presidential race helped stop some candidates appear to be stuck in the past digging up cold war rhetoric from days gone by. reset between russia and the

u.s. could be left crumbled by america's lack of respect for russian interests the cold war mean long be over we leaders of russia and america looking for common ground under the banner of a reset in relations the cold war sentiments still run 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 it is prepared to take to assert its influence on an even larger scale a fact that is especially troubling in light of europe's growing dependence on russian energy the eagerness to protect the world from russia seems the one seems to resonate here speech which or do you believe heralded the start of the cold war it might be the united. because the poor people who are resisting attempted to. pressure one of the leading presidential contenders mitt romney went as far as this

i think president bush represents a real threat to the. stability and peace of the world and we say many american politicians have mastered the art of creating and bashing boogyman 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 again on both sides of the ocean with all this i suppose it's fair to say that if some kind of cold war and osha but 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 in the among the most hardline anti russian politicians are those will also create unilateralism in foreign policy which means the us can and will decide what every true this with the rest of the world an idea which flourished after the soviet union's collapse well neo cons are

having a particularly difficult time with here's the picture no longer simply snap their fingers and call shots just ten years ago in united states that was not something that is exactly how the rock working in new york constantly 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 it's acceptable to them 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 plush president-elect lemon foods and said resale doesn't mean they're rushing us to give up its national interests just want to be unable to express its value some commercial international issues. jim in your novel obviously the reserve has nevertheless koreans will because it's a new level of trust it was a real will to reach an agreement which is allowed us to reach

a new start treaty and also america sign an agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful nuclear energy which ended with us bethencourt it was able to join the world trade organization. these are positive steps tangible results of the. most analysts agree that the reset can be truly successful both sides have to respect and consider there's interest the cold war is long gone but it's alive and kicking in the minds of those who believe that one country has the right to make decisions and that's a view which appears to be in the minds of many us all even to this day. r.t. . coming to live from moscow under the threat of iran's nuclear ambitions could lead israel to attack the country that's according to a former head of israeli intelligence or shlomo gas it was the full interview in about one hour here on r.t. for now a preview. i think the room is a really

a very serious. phrasing and i think. it's for the first. we are facing. that is almost the possibility. to be able to be forgiven for look good you. will be doing know the movie will be ready to strike. before we get done you with the business let's get some of international headlines for you in brief for the world and the israeli airstrikes have killed two militants and a teenage boy in gaza as palestinian rockets hit southern israel violence is continuing into a fourth day sparked by israel killing a high ranking palestinian resistance leader twenty one palestinians have died

while two israeli supreme heard it was the worst of violence in the region for over a year now we understand that members of the middle east quartet are meeting in new york to try and work out a roadmap to peace coincidentally meeting the same. i'm with the u.n. as foreign members are meeting to discuss syria. three separate attacks have left fourteen people dead in iraq but the first took place in the town of terror as gunmen killed three policemen at the local mayor's office two other officers were then shot dead a couple of kilometers down the road in a drive by shooting a few hours later two carloads of robbers with grenades and guns attacked a baghdad gold market and killed nine people i no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks but al qaeda is being blamed. fourteen people have died in istanbul after a fire swept through a tent of a construction site is being used to house workers building a supermarket if it was believed the blaze it may have been caused by an electrical

heater. a man described as a warlord has been killed in a counterterrorism operation in the capital of russia's republic of dagestan security forces believe he was responsible for a series of crimes including the murder of a police officer in january and attempting to kill another officer last year two other terrorists were also killed in the gun battle which began after they refused to surrender the north caucuses remains that russia is the most volatile region with significant militant activity. ok time to check the markets all prices currency rates with daniel i know you're keeping a close are the numbers any significant changes on this monday china is dominating the mood for many investors it was the main hope for driving the world economy into growth but news of monthly trade deficit of more than thirty one billion dollars the biggest in a decade was more than most analysts expected let's check those markets now europe

has slipped into the red in the last hours u.s. futures suggest to the wall street will open lower that's breaking last week's a three day d.-u. rally the problems are once again in the spotlight leaders of eurozone nations meet on monday to discuss giving the second bailout to the country more fitch and moody's have downgraded greece to default level and investors wondered what it means long term remorse goes talks are losing ground this hour on news foreign direct investment in russia jumped twenty one percent last year the capital outflow remains an issue the most sixty's clinging on though to the sixteen hundred mark moves almost six police called is on the rise despite we could gold prices rosneft will for myself beat the second largest plane p.t.b. is getting punishment today after it started taking buy back up because you're from shareholders one of the main factors for russian shares is the price for a monday mainly on concerns about slow economic growth in china the world's biggest energy consumer has slipped below six dollars

a barrel choruses and it's all green at the moment the euro's now gaining against the dollar greenback and if you are also gaining against the ruble and that's over there in fifteen minutes time there's more news on our web site r.t. dot com slash business.

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