moscow calls on arab and western states not to look for kofi annan as mediating effort in syria amid high hopes the special envoys report to the u.n. security council may bring the crisis closer to a solution. sparing no expense iran is exiles from the global banking system sending all prices soaring and western nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. and the controversial tradition of remembering our son's veterans as heroes lothian lashon allies gather for an annual march can damage my half of the population and seen as an inspiration for young neo nazis. while global

markets are moderately positive last year and the week with profits they keep the r.t.s. of my search fall by around half a cent more and there's been two incidents. thanks for joining r t news and common broadcasting to live twenty four hours a day russia says it won't give the green light to outside meddling in syria's domestic affairs blocking any un security council decision that could see foreign interference that's as of the u.n. and arab league envoy kofi anon is briefing the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus and a later on we'll be joined by archie's new york correspondent marina court. dr marcus papadopoulos an analyst from the online magazine politics first says

another mission should be hailed for its balanced stance toward the syrian on rest . and i think first of all kofi announced mission in syria needs to be applauded by the international community for having approach the situation in syria we've impartiality in that he's spoken so you members of the syrian government including president assad and also members of the syrian opposition the same cannot be said of. the american british and french governments who have made regime change their policy from the very beginning at the same time a great deal of caution needs to be it's just to end western governments so it's going to be no military intervention there could be no rarely ever attacks on syria there might be no cruise missiles fired on syria parts there certainly is a good possibility that there could be armed smuggled into syria as the french troops in libya last year. for more on this now we're joined live by marine

important iowa who is in new york now where you know the video conference between new york and geneva where our knowledge office is based is under way what do we know so far. well so far what we know is that kofi annan has told the security council members that he plans to send a technical mission to damascus early next week so discussions can begin on a plan for international monitors to go to syria kofi annan the u.n. and arab league envoy to syria has now urged the security council to overcome their differences he said it is very important for there to be unity and consensus among the security council to help his peace plan become actual absolute success as we know for the past year the security council has remained extremely divided on how to approach the situation in syria with the u.s. and western countries calling essentially for regime change and asking for the

charlotte the syrian president to step down now kofi annan the former secretary general of the united nations was in damascus last week he met with mr assad two times and also met with the opposition group he said that the doors are open for there to be eventual peace mr assad from reports indicated that he is open to and welcoming mr mr non's efforts to help reach peace in syria however this is the syrian exiled opposition group labeled kofi annan stripped to damascus of failure now russia is one of many countries that said that the security council should very much assist and support mr are non efforts to reach some kind of peace in syria full peace in syria and so those efforts should not be thwarted they should not be undermined he called on all members of the security council including the u.s.

and european countries to fully support mr jeffords and not undermine them by asking for for change or endorsing essentially the opposition in syria take a listen to what foreign minister of russia sergei lavrov had to say. and it's because of this those fish i hope this mission won't be ruined and that all sides will support ko few nine just like we do every time we have a feeling that we managed to achieve some positive change in the streets of damascus there's an immediate counterweight reaction in any steps forward are dismissed so i hope this will happen with the attitude of countries in the middle east and some western states to the mission of un arab league envoy kofi anon and it was very strange that two days after is first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claim the mission had already failed i think it's irresponsible we're sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr anon

and we hope that other members of the security council will also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nonce missions. you. know mr lavrov also mentioned last week i highlighted the fact that russia and the arab league hard came up with a five point plan to help bring peace to syria and that includes our unintended humanitarian assistance and access in syria and also an immediate cease fire where both sides put their weapons out and begin to engage in dialogue according to the united nations more than eight thousand people have been killed in syria since this violence began a year ago so here we have the security council once again meeting behind closed doors speaking to mr anon about his recent visit to syria more information will become available in the next few hours and we will be updating our viewers and as

the fate of syria hangs in the balance another middle eastern nation is of wrestling with the consequences of a successful revolution. egyptian authorities are desperate to avert more on iran's crackdown on police brutality and poverty and to solution and stoke tensions across the country. also we travel to the heart of the year also where precious germs lost out to heavy metals don't miss the chance to explore the lands of rich resources in just a few minutes. but can't spy the u.s. and its allies to bring tack to its knees through sanctions is intensifying after swift the company that handles global banking transfers said it's cutting off around in banks the new scent the price of oil the lifeblood of the world's economy hurdling forcing the u.s. and the u.k. to tap into their own crude reserves but as sarah for three ports many nations simply don't have that luxury. spain is among the biggest importers iranian

oil but all of that saying when the sanctions come into force in july spain have until the end. of crude supply but a ban on iran's thing a real risk to the country that until now has fueled by rainy and oil. prices are on the rise and there are fears that they're about to be can't even higher with the iranian oil embargo a looming the e.u. in case ban comes as the west's been making waves a virgo runs nuclear program it's keep it sitting around while revenues in the country to the plug in cable even assuming the case against iran is to strong the sanctions right now. exercised by countries like spain or greece or italy that much those countries more than it will damage iran was countries like france and britain and fortini a very small percentage of iranian oil and supported the band because she's

studying the west economically right now spain greece and italy but again to feel the effects of the sanctions and maced we have to face we can't refuse that pressure from the us. foreign minister actually said if you're sick you check for sixty five percent of the sikh community even if you assume you could be you know like we can't be forced to make a physician once you get in a healthy economic situation a rise in oil prices might be problematic coming at a time when spain is on the brink of a second recession is proving a nightmare for the population. it's terrible that we should pay for decisions taken in brussels is not known for but certainly not for simple residence. certainly should trigger a rise in prices we should follow the example of the us belt and keep the issue of

nuclear weapons or parts to revive our economy. of course i'm afraid because they're already too high if they go any higher and won't be able to afford gas. can fears about a rise in prices have been made saudi arabia says it's got enough oil to make up for the loss of around supplies when the in vogue comes into force the countries like saying will still be paying the price of last trade with iran and the cost of replacing those oil contracts ironically spain's imports of oil from iran have increased since the back libyan war now the prospect of history at ease with iran is causing huge concern. while there's no war prices collisions due to sanctions can be corrected the problems will come if there is a war with. a real crisis. now countries like spain elected the messy of a volatile situation and no one wants to see ignites. r.t. playing. remember you can always had to r t dot com for the latest news comment and

analysis here's a taste of what's there for you now. you want a presidential campaign as in fourth throttle the country's electronic voting system presented as impregnable gets up to the less than two days and i'm sure the tax launch. plus an agricultural company criticised over our treatment of small town farmers gets the green light for a months of biotechnology contract threatening even more independent businesses. in egypt police officers have been charged with assisting a murderer a small football fans on a rampage that killed seventy four opposing team supporters last month police have

largely been immune from prosecution in the country for decades even after the revolution last year out of fear of upsetting stability but as our teams are going to go to reports this current column is unlikely to last. their evolution happened just around the corner these streets are really close to here and have always been and if i launch an interest out of the city but over the past year with the protests sporadically breaking out these shopkeepers have seen their lives gnashed and their livelihoods broken repairs and cleanup in the wake of protesters clashes with police broke many businesses to hold meaning they are already small income was hit. after the revolution there's been less work because of all these events we shut down early and go home because there's no business we have to stay closed for several days immediately following the uprising on january twenty fifth last year at the security situation in the egyptian capital remains on easy in fact many residents say right now it's even worse than it was at the height of the uprising

last year there are one out of every top people you meet in the street under the age of twenty five who doesn't work and this is the. fourth problem the angry unemployed youth often choose to sweep in after the protestors losing in stealing from damage shops. everything we have here other businesses in the neighborhood are also looted or houses on this street or near to yours where either broken into or rod everyone suffered in an attempt to keep the protests under control the government installed cement walls blocking off the area around the talkie or square it may have made things easier for the police but it's only made matters worse for locals here and the barricades they've built on the streets they've really affected us as well as the huge protests we haven't worked for seven days since and afterwards had to clean up a lot. and yet most egyptians believe the main problem is not the mess which

follows the protests but the absence of jobs which turns many desperate people into looters it was the country's flailing economy which forced thousands out on to here square. in the first place the first slogan that was here in tahrir square was the word broke because it was. it was actually a good thing godly people were killing each other in the line. it was health care aleutian would turn all of that around bringing more jobs to people and food on their tables but as things stand more than a year after the uprising even those who did have a livelihood are now struggling to stay afloat it is because corey cairo an afghan parliamentary investigation team says up to twenty u.s. troops could be implicated in the massacre of sixteen civilians in kandahar that claim contradicts nato's account that one rogue soldier was behind the attack meanwhile the u.s. military have confirmed that defense secretary leon panetta was the intended target

of a suicide bomb at a british base in southern afghanistan the country's president hamid karzai has called on nato forces to leave rural areas following last week's shooting saying he wants them to withdraw entirely before the current outline of twenty fourteen all this comes in the wake of the taliban suspending peace talks with washington and cross talk of this hour the panel will be taking on the issue of america's military strategy when we talk strategy strategies military this country doesn't succeed when it uses its military if somebody fights back except for world war two when you go through all of the other wars we don't have the staying power we're not going to get that staying power ultimately we're going to leave if not this year then next to the year after and everybody knows that whatever you want to. hear. what about pale or. i was just you know he's already

got it here but it's no waiting for history if you look at all the places where the u.s. military has intervened it's been a story of remarkable stability in all these places don't resemble switzerland necessary but iraq as a nascent democracy it's violent we're excited too quickly kuwait is free the persian gulf oil flow those are very interesting areas you can see that there are three or if you look at the instances where we've ok gretchen you want to jump in you want to disagree. i just want to say that you're wrong i'm saying when people fight back we don't do well. but there are remember and for wealth and i fast better in this being held in a lot in capital riga i mean all rally features are supporters and nationalists and is condemned by about half of the country's population as glorification of naziism and as artie's jacob grades reports its influence on young latvian sparks fears

that neo nazi support is growing. scenes like this have concert characterize legionaries day in latvia it stands to commemorate the around one hundred forty thousand people who fought on the side of the what an excess of that be and legion aiding nazi germany's war effort they mayn't pain their fighting against another the soviet red army also be guilty of committing crimes itself against the latvian evil but it's not just those in attendance it's the youth element to this that concerns many observers with so often some nationalistic and ultra nationalist far right undertones that's brought about another protest an anti fascist protest as well they don't want the government to even allow this demonstrations take place in the first place and they want that be doing more to actually planets well the

president of latvia he's already been criticized large but some of his words on this saying that no one taking part in those demonstrations is a criminal well the russian foreign ministry retaught is saying that in fact this will do nothing to stem the flow of xenophobia in latvia on that issue just a hundred yards away from here there is a conference an international conference convening about the rise of the far right not only in latvia but also the rest of europe. that was jacob reeves a lot b.-a time now for some other news making headlines around the world. belgium holds a day of mourning for the victims of a school bus crash in switzerland the vehicle was on its way back to belgium from a school organized ski trip when it crashed into the wall of the tunnel killing twenty two children and six adults one of the survivors reported seeing the driver trying to change a d.v.d. just prior to the accident those claims are being investigated as the possible cause of the crotch. a turkish helicopter crashed into

a house near the capital of afghanistan killing twelve soldiers on board and four civilians on the ground the aircraft was on a mission for nato forces in the region according to the turkish foreign ministry the pilot tried to avoid the homes and he may be emergency landing no hostile activity was reported in the area at the time of the cross and the exact cause of the incident is still unknown. and police have detained some fifty protesters during a student march in the country's capital the demonstrators are demanding educational reform as part of a con simulation of the massive rallies of twenty eleven police used water cannon and tear gas to break up the march when several hundred protesters broke through a barrier and tried to reach the education ministry. right now we're off to where europe meets asia to explore russia's fourth largest city that stands on the

natural boundary between the two continents in archie's close up. our destination is the event in war and nestled in the mineral rich they are all mountains and hollering now jewelry specialists but despite areas around the city teeming with germs local craftsmen are importing precious stones from abroad archie's town garden went there to find out why. from its beginnings as an outpost of the fledgling russian empire you could terran bird has grown up as a city which exploited the mineral wealth of the ural mountains it's gone on developing on that line throughout its history and it's those themes the exploitation of the region's rich mineral wealth which i've been examining in my reports the fairy tale of the mistress of copper mountain it tells of the mysteries

of the legendary green stone malakai right he didn't russia's ural mountains but now a kite it's not. this looks like a pile of rather dull mountain rocks but step over here and when we have water we can see something of these rocks natural beauty these are the stones of fuel the legends and fairy tales of the urals and they also feed the skill hands of local craft these men are cutting and polishing precious stones and chief among the treasures for most famous greenstone of them all emerald probably from some it should be large one hundred percent translucent with the main properties being kohler quality and weight it also depends how often the precious sil is found in nature. most of them will find their way into jewelry and display pieces but as synonymous as these stones seem with the urals the vast majority

don't even come from russia that's interesting you bring it up with no one works with local aid of our precious stones here it's very sad and i even feel sort of been because they do their business is built around the stones it's not with the urals the short of these gems quite the opposite in fact precious stones were so easy to find while the cottage industry grew up here around them that nobody bothered to invest much in surveying what deposits exist let alone extracting them and once metals were discovered such as beryllium which is used in military applications little was thought of destroying the emeralds in which it's normally found. there are still thought to be enormous deposits of animals and other precious stones within the euro's and no matter where they come from the region still has craftsmen that spend their working lives creating masterpieces from them who knows maybe one day if the mistress of copper mountain allows it and these

marvels them stone could be made from part of the country they represent tom watson r.t. i had to go looking for diamonds and they are also but if you want something even more rare you need a look any further than the next hour martin andrews explores just how far russians are willing to go to feed their exotic appetites. and driving an hour and a half outside the center of moscow we've arrived here at this ostrich farm or strauss as they're called in russia and good job these guys have got thick feathers with all this snow this farm here homes the region's largest population of the world's largest birds all together the farm has around two hundred species of african ostriches and emus. doesn't either.

time now for a business up there with dimitri well it seems the world's biggest aluminum company has a lack of new chairman dimitri who is the likely candidate his name is a very trying he's coming in to replace a victim of still bad one of russia's richest men as chairman of the world's largest producer well buried sean has been independent director at the company since two thousand and ten he's also chairman of the hong kong mercantile exchange big of a suburb left the position of the world's biggest seller many and producer mitigate all of bangui rhetoric with the country's main with the company's mangy old leg and in particular two men work sharply although it was selling a major stake of russia's biggest night of medals. lives brings us to the markets as you can see there the end of this a long week six sessions in this week because sunday was a working day was on

a negative note a lot of profit taking ahead of the weekend with my six declining around half a percent but roussel stock was in particular feeling better than the market was up three point three percent after this decision to replace fix a very. good job with that your t.v. was up at the close almost one percent although it did fall straightaway on the news that the company may go ahead with a s.p.o. in september or october for another three billion dollars and lukoil was down one point four percent of its close on that disappointing move which results in two thousand. to move over to commodities a lot of movement going on of us twenty four hours first we saw a big dip right after rheumatic the u.k. and the u.s. with the release of their strategic reserves of oil but now apparently the white house commenting that they were only just starting out and what we're seeing right

now is growth for almost two dollars all brands blend on escalating tensions with iran which has been excluded from the swift system that means its banks will not be able to have transactions with other international banks. moving on to the stock markets in the united states it's all my only positive very moderate belgians and nasdaq up as you can see there just zero point one percent on kind of a double feeling mixed feeling on the industrial output statistics which came out and growing just a point three percent whereas apple shares are falling right now on the first day of the sale of the new tablet in the europe looking better the footsie and the dax are up. around a half a percent under that home bets are driven mainly by the mining shares to move over to currencies and the euro is gaining momentum of versus the dollar you can see

there and that's reflected also on the fluctuations of the russian ruble which is losing most of your i'm gaining slightly goes beyond all at the close of the such. ride as the way the week ended in russia we will be back in fifty five minutes time to bring you an update of the global markets.

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