in. ireland. the headlines on r t straight to live pictures of the u.n. security council of foreign ministers preparing a renewed push to solve the syrian crisis as the u.s. and its allies reportedly consider direct intervention again live pictures here from the u.n. in new york. minister sergey lavrov says any military intervention into syria would only exacerbate the violence already taking place there details from new york streets. and still on the conflict their resignations. it's

a number of peace as the arabic news channel walk out in protest claiming biased reporting. plus afghanistan demonstratives for the massacre of sixteen civilians by a u.s. soldier is just weeks after the burning of the qur'an by military personnel ignited anti american sentiment across the country. it is good to have you with us today here on r.t. we're coming to you live from moscow i'm real research as the violence in syria rages on the u.s. and its allies are now reportedly considering all options have including direct military intervention it's despite warnings from the pentagon with the american top brass saying the cost of starting a new war would be too high dozens of reportedly been killed across syria on monday

adding to the death toll believed to be now by the u.n. over seven thousand five hundred the international community has been unable to reach a consensus on how to act since the bloodshed flared up a year ago un security council foreign ministers right now are meeting in new york to try and break the deadlock that's the latest on this right now with our he's worried of course monitoring the u.n. meeting in the big apple so the idea of passing a u.n. resolution on syria remains a sticking point among some members of the security council any expectations that today could see some progress on that front. well we did hear from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that russia is ready and prepared to support a resolution on syria but it must be a balanced one we do know in the past russia has use its veto two times to prevent u.s. and european resolutions on syria from going through because russia believes that it was not balanced for many reasons including the fact that it called for syrian

president bashar al assad to step down now mr lavrov addressed security council members today they are discussing and reviewing the arab spring uprisings and also talking about the situation in syria according to russia's foreign minister he said that the international community at this point should not be bickering about who started the bloodshed in syria nearly a year ago all the focus should be and efforts should be about ensuring a ceasefire in syria as soon as possible and supporting syrian led inclusive dialogue that word inclusive is the one to underscore here because russia maintains the position that this whatever happens in syria should be decided by the syrians and that includes getting the opposition groups and the syrian government to the table to engage in dialogue and also to support efforts by the u.n. arab league envoy kofi annan who was recently in damascus but left without ensuring a ceasefire between president assad and the opposition groups now as i mentioned mr

lavrov said that russia is prepared to support security council resolution on syria this is something that the security council wants to of course achieve in the near future but he said that resolution must be balanced take a listen. it's a miserable you so you see demands for. me much less the sun she's designed you see it's economic difficulties and social tensions and i was using it was you can do some good for musicians to introduce to some stations you don't use and sort of. force religion to change its. piece of jupiter's illusion you only result in a split if you don't think you can from. russia's foreign minister also did say well addressing the security council that the syrian authorities do bear a great share of responsibility for the violence taking place there but at the same

time they are fighting armed armed men and members according to this a lot of terrorist organizations such as al qaeda he says instead of trying to hold the violence some members of the security council are actually inflaming it by taking sides and actually promoting more of the conflict to go on we did hear also from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton she addressed the council shortly after mr lavrov and she said that now is the time for the international community to stand behind a humanitarian and political approach spelled out by the arab league we do know that the arab league the arab league plan put forth several approaches including calling on syrian president bashar al assad to step down and hand over his power so as we could see now it seems that the sides at least russia and the u.s. still remain as divided as they have been because russia will not support any moves

for regime change put forth by the international community and that is something that mrs clinton in her speech said that the international unity should report so should support out there so it seems as though those two parties remain as divided as they have been all right. that life in new york do keep us posted on this ongoing you're meeting on syria thank you absolutely. well a number of key staff of al jazeera is arabic channel have resigned over the television stations coverage of the ongoing syrian conflict those who left accuse the qatari owned network of politicizing news and of bias against president assad our correspondent as their story. we're receiving information now about the reported resignations of key employees in. our office and they are claiming that the channel has a very provocative stance and has been involved in agenda stating biased reporting these resignations include the managing director of the correspondent and the

producer and specific reports that we are hearing particularly from a correspondent is that al-jazeera refused to publish pictures of armed fighters clashing with the syrian army and in addition also ignored every free rein them on the new constitution in syria by comparison the channels coverage of events in bahrain was minimal it's has practically ignored what has been happening there 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 alarm bells to the international journalism at dreamed 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 assad and our viewers many of them will remember that

almost miraculously that was the word that was used by critics 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 there's granting was because of the channels change in terms of an agenda setting that it is very much pushing the agenda of the qatari and western governments that are calling for military intervention in syria. policy of reporting for us well it's good to have you with us here on our teachers a bit later in the program that of the euro find out how spanish shopkeepers keeping up with creative ways to keep the country's economy alive and spain struggles to stay afloat amid a massive debt crisis. the afghan parliament is demanding a public trial for the u.s. soldier who gunned down sixteen afghan civilians he did turn himself in to nato worth or he's after the massacre on saturday in kandahar province and most of the

dead are women and children and it's on that clear what led to the rampage and the u.s. marine is in custody now meanwhile witnesses reportedly claimed there were several gunman all of them drunk washington has apologized for the incident but the afghan president says it is unforgivable the taliban meantime is vowing revenge and nato forces in the country are on high alert as follows days of deadly protests last month over the burning of the koran at an american base in afghanistan a former member of the afghan parliament told r.t. that nato still has a lot to prove after more than a decade of occupation. poverty corruption rule of law and to top it off even the international community that is here to save us is is not able to control its own psychopaths in this cause then people say well what is it for us this is a question that everybody will have as what is in this for us government on one hand corruption on the other hand lack of rule of law and the only good thing that

can happen in my opinion from this disaster is for the united states to show to the people of this country that justice is west justice is immediate and wherever it may go. this is merely a whitewash will be a slap on the wrist and should be a decisive and severe punishment. ten minutes past the hour here in moscow still ahead for you in the program have a blast from the hottest. there if they desire to. speak. when it comes to foreign products and in order to sell your campaign to the wider population as the race for the white house gains momentum with candidates are pulling out all of the stops all of the old scare tactics as well 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 a visa free event unless the e.u.

toughened up measures against illegal immigration thousands of chinese your hands were allowed into the e.u. following the arab uprisings last year when italy granted a residence permits to refugees fleeing violence but something 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 it's a fund of some of the votes that went to the higher rates he is campaigning on many topics there are the topics of regulations and the fire rate to group a star is a very brave thing people for the first round of. balloting in. that fire rate is why half will break in 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 open fire eight speed feel they were. deceived during the five years by. not being

tough enough and you need graciousness on since there's a crisis the populist great he's 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. and i mean while i'm gone has once again fled in spain with demonstrations across sixty cities against spending cuts and new employment laws protesters say the new labor rules 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 but as the country struggles to stay within the euro one town is encouraging its people to go back to the old

days. through feeling of that year he thinks he did the moment so it's no surprise that in some places current scene astounds is setting in the stranger in the euro more than a decade ago he thought you'd seen the last of the old spanish perceptor you wrong with the country is such a tough economic situation some towns such as the village my oldest son see ok and then encouraging their customers to read their old that this is a unique way of generating business. i'm like ok you're a country spain has no expire you day for exchanging its old cassette is fact is that the native bit there are more than a billion euros worth of an exchange but that 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 the scheme and it worked very well there so we thought why not trade here is being great for the economy of the town what's it like gaining

a business in the current economic climate. it can be very tough and very boring and spend a lot of evenings making my own flies for fry fishing it keeps me entertained there was a lot of 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 little tidbit things as claims of alternative economy here in the heart of the capital we've come to the store the standard way to avoid using cash altogether. even says lee is a good six change still that works on a points system then it tells us that you bringing kids get points for days because 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 no longer need and something you do when oh boy i actually really like second hand clothes my husband ross lost our jobs recently i

was in a good position on therapist who was in construction so no. matter what the solutions are perhaps an employee would prefer 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. game. when r.t. is coming to you live from moscow the international court on the middle east is meeting at the u.n. headquarters in new york today members are hoping to set out a road map for peace in israel and palestine it comes after israeli air strikes killed two militants and a teenage boy in gaza as palestinian rockets hit southern israel but the violence is continuing into its fourth day sparked by israel killing a high ranking palestinian resistance leader twenty one palestinians have died since friday in the worth of violence the region has seen for

a year more of this because human rights activist derek graham are joining us live on the program from gaza thanks for coming on our team today so israel justifies these attacks despite the fact they've killed more civilians than militants and israel all agreeing that it has a right to protect itself and strike back against rockets fired against its own people what do you say to that. really come up with these statements every time they came up the same statements in. after in jordan operation cast lead and they killed more civilians than they did fighters at that stage as well it's the same rhetoric you hear from israel over and over again even last night when you had targeted a civilian house targeted in where there was twenty five injured children and nine women this is a complete violation of the geneva convention and yet the world has stood by idly and hasn't even condemned us this israel will continue to attack and nobody will

stand up against them until some major power stands up to israel and says enough is enough they want to continue their attacks and this is sadly the palestinians have to take the brunt of this so as you say this is in your words a continuation of israel's policy towards the palestinians along garza but if i may we're now seeing the worst violence in a year both sides are involved but how much political control is there of what's happening on the ground or is this violence perhaps just out of control. all the factions here are actually fire rockets but there was a lot in their rocket fire last night and then once again it was israel then they start to look back up by. targeting civilian buildings and stations this is just ludicrous it's israel this continues to escalate this this violence if they start then you will find that the palestinians will start firing rockets

there's been nearly twenty three i think twenty three deaths and more meant and sixty five injuries on the palestinian side and i think as for the israeli side it's for slightly injured on the israeli side this is this is not a balance for a balanced fight in anywhere where the violence out of all is going to change now into its fourth day i apologize for interrupting let's let's try to address the the endgame strategy here at the u.n. security council is meeting today in new york to discuss the violence between both sides are you the current peace efforts are at an impasse over the building of new jewish settlements do you think today's meeting of the middle east quartet the first in six months do you think it can kick start anything productive. it depends on the statement that the. middle east quartet come up with or realistically if you have the likes of america to be a peace process seeing that there would be so i mean action the palestinians would

take steroids prior to them actually even applying for it then it's very hard to see any positive outcome coming over for the palestinians no i can't see anything really positive for the palestinians. we've seen over the past year or so we've seen the arab spring uprising we've seen belts of certain international intervention taking place as you were saying moments ago this is just a continuation of a longstanding stated policy between israel and palestine would ever come to the point where international intervention would be deemed of course a possible pause of all even allowed by israel. spin zone which country would break ranks which western country would break ranks and enough is enough if you had strong powers like the russia china could actually . say something positive at the u.n. and condemn it israelis actions then yes you may see some some change but israel

will continue to do as they are doing and i think at the moment all israel are doing is using is as a. training ground just a training ground to see how they get on the right has i am glad that i will be ok with you going i'm so i wish we had more time for this but we don't thank you for coming on our team today. let's get to some other international news for you briefly the r.t. world i will start with with iraq where three separate attacks have left fourteen people dead but the first took place in the town of part of me as a gunman killed three policemen at the local mayor's office see what officers were then shot dead a couple of kilometers down the road in a drive by shooting and a few hours later two carloads of robbers with grenades and guns attacked of baghdad gold market killing nine and no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks but al qaeda is being blamed. the un

a special chief on torture has formally accused the u.s. government of cruel and inhumane treatment towards a u.s. army private bradley manning he's been held in military custody since may two thousand and ten on suspicion of being the source of a massive leak of classified american documents and diplomatic cables to the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks and the u.n. investigation over fourteen months concluded that manning was kept in solitary confinement for twenty three hours a day for nearly a year in conditions where torture was suspected. around one hundred people have been killed in south sudan and in the latest wave of ethnic clashes and cattle raids officials say several hundred people have been injured during the fighting with large numbers of animals being stolen by cattle raids and revenge attacks have killed thousands of people in south sudan since independence last year. but the cold war may have ended decades ago but it seems little has changed in the

minds of leading politicians on capitol hill to us the presidential race hots up some candidates appear to be stuck in the past the cold war rhetoric from days gone by. looks at whether the reset between russia and the u.s. could be left crumbling by america's lack of respect for russian interests. the cold war again long be over with the leaders of russia and america looking for common ground under the banner of a reset in relations 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 that 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 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. because the poor people who are is it bigger. than barack right right one of the leading presidential contenders mitt romney went as far as this type of a president who represents a real threat to. the stability of the world and only say many american politicians have mastered the art of creating and then asking boogie men especially when election campaigns are underway during the cold war for example being hard on communism was considered a litmus test for any 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. 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 union 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 well in new york times are having a particularly difficult time where is the idea that they can 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 create how the iraq working in new york on running the show in washington they didn't see the need 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 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 president elect clement which is set resay

doesn't mean there russia has to give up its national interests or the unable to express its to some crucial international issues. the reason is never the less useful because it's a new level of trust there's a real will to reach an agreement which is allowed us to reach a new start treaty we also have to sign an 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 research policy. most analysts agree that the reset to be truly successful both sides had 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 be stuck in the minds of many u.s. politicians even to this day and better check our polling for washington r.t. . spread over to the r.t.

if. you hello to you again the news that china is still influencing the stock markets yes so many countries pin their hopes on beijing pulling the world really into economic growth but news of a monthly trade deficit of over thirty one billion dollars the biggest in a decade was more than expected nurse called the stock markets jittery let's check them out right now the dow is struggling to hit thirteen hundred on the nasdaq three thousand on china and greece concerns traders are also waiting on key first quarter corporate results which aren't expected to be particularly strong on for europe which has been top seed turvy all day is now trading mixed investors are worried by a lack of progress spain's making on cutting its debts as e.u. finance ministers examine the trees latest figures now here in moscow stocks are losing ground this hour on news foreign direct investment into russia jumped twenty percent last year the capital outflow remains an issue m i six is clinging on to the sixteen hundred mark however was on the my six now police call is on the rise

despite we could gold prices luke was also quite well before most the second largest bank v t v is getting punished today after it started taking back up locations. from shareholders one of the main focus for motion shows is the oil price and it's so far among the main concerns about slow economic growth china the world's biggest energy consumer light sweet has slipped below one hundred six dollars a barrel ok let's check the currencies all green at the moment the euro is gaining against the tolo the greenback and euro are also up against the russian currency and that's all for this hour we'll be back in fifty minutes time the headlines are next not.

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