and our essence feeds upon the fuel. call. the top stories tonight the u.n. arab league envoy to syria calls on the united nations was powerful body to speak with one voice when it comes to syria moscow hopes coffin and peace mission will be derailed. crew tactics a rally is exiled from the global banking system sending oil prices soaring and western nations rushing to open emergency domestic reserves. for the controversial tradition of remembering s.s. veterans as heroes that we have nationalists gathered for an annual march condemned by half of the population and seen as an inspiration for young neo nazis.

good evening from moscow and me kevin owen it's eleven pm here now you're watching r t and our top story the u.n. arab league envoy kofi announce urged the united nations security council to break a political deadlock on syria he said unity over the crisis will help his peace mission and those comments follow the nans brief into the body over his recent visit to damascus new york correspondent report nice got the details. special envoy kofi annan said that he will be sending his team to damascus as early as this weekend to begin to sky same plans his plans to deploy international monitors there he said the first objective is to of course stop all the violence and bloodshed taking place in syria and to establish an impended humanitarian assistance for

all those in need in syria he said if the syrian conflict is not handled properly and handled quickly the end results could be disastrous for the entire region kofi annan the u.n. arab league special envoy to syria also pleaded with u.n. security council members to finally break their deadlock and come to a consensus and speak with one voice he said that will not only. give credibility to the international community but it will also help establish peace in syria and help his process a process that he said is very difficult very challenging but one that he is committed to now just last weekend he did travel to syria he med with syrian president bashar al assad he also did meet with members of the opposition group he said that. there are clearly are differing opinions and ceasefire has not been

established yet he is making all the efforts that could possibly be made but once again underscoring the fact that the security council must unite and speak with one voice russia has called on all security council members to support kofi annan efforts in syria and to not undermine that because that is. every time we have a feeling that we managed to achieve some positive change in the students of damascus. counter-weight reaction in any steps forward are dismissed. 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 annan are and it was very strange that two days after is your first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claim the mission had already failed so i think it's irresponsible we see that their efforts are being made continually on on the international level at this point if mr arnaout gets the support he is asking for from the security

council maybe eventually will see some some peace process coming to syria but at this point there is going to be a mission heading to damascus this weekend to continue mr mansour plan report correspondent in new york will dr marcus papadopoulos manolis from the online magazine politics first he told us a man's mission should be hailed for its balance terms towards the syrian unrest but 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 with impartiality in fact he spoke consume members of the syrian government including president assad and also members of the syrian opposition the same cannot be said about the american british and french governments who have made regime change their policy from the very beginning and at the same time a great deal of caution needs to be attached to any western government so it's

going to be you know military intervention could be you know where we know every tax on syria where might you know cruise missiles fired from syria but this is a huge possibility that there could be armed smuggled into syria as the french troops in libya. researcher and author william told me the u.s. won't let diplomacy break the stalemate in the syrian crisis claim of the conflict part of washington's plan to really fries the arab world and take its oil. i think the forces the external forces especially washington the national endowment for democracy the state department the pentagon they have a long term agenda and that agenda is is for a massive redrawing of the map of the middle east and militarization of the middle east to control the oil flows to countries like china to central europe to the european union and so forth it's part of a militarization of the entire. islamic world that's underway and that i don't

think is going to lend itself to the peaceful resolution however that being said i think the we can look at the record of what the arab spring has wrought in terms of so-called democracy and it's a catastrophe because as could have been predicted as was predicted at the outbreak because if you go to egypt if you go to libya where you have arm bands that have been armed the so-called opposition national council and they're shooting each other to fight for the picket so it's total anarchy and chaos. and is the fate of syria hangs in the balance another middle eastern nations wrestling with the consequences of a successful revolution of egyptian authorities desperate moron reza a crackdown on police brutality is an employment public team disillusioned stroke tensions across the country examine that little bit later in the program tonight also away from the news we are traveling as well to the heart of the urals tonight where precious gems lost they have a map don't miss the chance to explore the land of rich resources coming up in just

a couple of. attempts by the u.s. and its allies to bring terror on to its knees through sanctions or intensify after a swift to the company that handles global banking transfers says it's cutting off a rainy and banks that new said the price of oil the lifeblood of the world's economy soaring forcing the u.s. and the u.k. to tap into their own crude reserves but as i see sarah first reports now many nations simply don't have that luxury. spain is among the biggest imports is iranian oil but all that things when the sanctions come into force in july they haven't tell their final causes of crude supply and on iran's facing a real risk to the country that until now has been fueled by iranian oil. prices are on the rise and there are fears that they're about to be pumped even higher with the iranian oil embargo a looming the e.u.

in place ban comes as the west's been making ways if you are runs nuclear program it's getting around the oil revenues will bring the country to the bargaining table even assuming that the case against iran has a strong 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 of very small percentage of iranian oil and supported the ban country studying the west economically right now spain greece and italy but again to feel the effect of the sanctions the most we have is we country is a rash if the us became. foreign minister actually said that if you check. to see if you seek to make it even if. you can hear about the fact we can be forced to make the decision once you get in

a healthy economic situation a rise in oil prices might be problematic coming it's a time when spain is on the brink of a second recession and it's proving a nightmare for the population. it's terrible that we should pay for decisions taken in brussels is not known to conform but certainly not for simple residence. certainly should trigger a rise in prices we should point of view example of the us to tighten our 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. attempts to come 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 bug comes into force to countries like spain 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 he backed libyan war now the prospect of his he's with iran is causing huge concern. while there's no war prices. can be corrected the problems will come if there is a war with. now countries like spain and left at the mercy of a volatile situation and no one wants to see ignites. r.t. . checking out a couple stories on our web site tonight great resource if you're not checked out r.c. dot com today while the u.s. presidential campaigns in full throttle the country's electronic voting system presented as impregnable its heart there's some two days after the test launch some of the troubles of that more details online plus about agricultural company criticize over its harsh treatment of small time farmers gets the go ahead for a massive biotechnology contract in the united states but it's threatening of more

independent businesses they're far from happy the details wrong right. exactly eleven minutes past eleven at night here moscow time now in egypt nine police officers have been charged with assisting a murderous mob of football fans in a rampage that killed seventy four opposing team supporters last month police have been largely immune from prosecution in the country for decades even after the revolution last year out of fear of upsetting stability but now as art is ridiculous could have ports this current karma is unlikely to last. revolution happened just around the corner these streets are really close to here and have always been and if i mention interests of the city but over the past year with the protests critically breaking out these shopkeepers have seen their lives and their

livelihoods broken repairs and cleanup in the wake of protesters clashes with police brought many businesses to a halt meaning they're 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 op rising 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 two people you meet in the street under the age of twenty five who doesn't work and this is a. problem the angry unemployed youth often choose to sweep in after the protestors losing and stealing from damaged shops they broke everything we have here other businesses in the neighborhood were also looted or houses on the street

or near to your square either broken into or rot everyone suffers in an attempt to keep the protests under control the government installed cement walls blocking off the area around the talkie a 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. 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 higher square. in the first place the first slogan that was here in tahrir square was the word because it was. it was actually getting ugly people were killing each other in the line. it was hoped their allusion would turn all of that around bringing more

jobs to people and food on their tables but as things stand now more than a year after the uprising even those who did have a livelihood are now struggling to stay afloat even if i was quite cairo. and afghan parliamentary investigation team says up to twenty u.s. troops could be implicated in a massacre of sixteen civilians in kandahar and that claim contradicts nato's account that one rogue soldier was behind the attack meantime the u.s. military has confirmed that defense secretary leon panetta was the intended target of a suicide bomber to push base in southern afghanistan the country's president hamid karzai has called on nato forces to leave rural areas after last week's shooting saying he wants them to withdraw entirely before the current deadline of twenty fourteen all this coming in the wake of the taliban suspending peace talks with washington now on cross-talk just this hour couple of minutes away in fact the panel will be taking on the whole 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 christian what about taylor was. i was just you know there's already a lot of the to go here scam but if no eating 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 is violent we're excited too quickly kuwait is free and persian gulf oil flow that was a very interesting area so you can see that. if you look at the instances where

we've. 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. peter the tea waiting in the wings we just have fifteen minutes time on this channel tonight. the day of remembrance for waffen s.s. veterans is being held in the latvian capital riga the annual rally features s.s. supporters a nationalist is condemned by about half of the country's population as glorification of nazi is a result he's taken greaves reports his influence on young latvian sparks fears now that neo nazi support is growing. scenes like this have concert characterize legionnaires day in latvia it stands to commemorate the around one hundred forty thousand people who fought on the side of the waffen s.s. part of that v.n. legion aiding nazi germany's war effort they mayn't pain their fighting against

another photo a soviet red army also deemed guilty of committing crimes itself against the latvian equal but it's not just those in attendance is the youth element to this that concerns many of deserve as so often 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 will be doing more to actually baronets now the president of latvia he's already been criticized managed by 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 but i was in a phobia 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. so news in brief around the world belgium holds a day of mourning for the victims of that school bus crash in switzerland the vehicle was on its way back to belgium from a school trip when it crashed into the wall of the tunnel it killed twenty two children and six adults one of the survivors reported seeing the driver tried changing gears. now being investigated as a possible crash. a turkish helicopters crashed into a house near the capital of afghanistan killing twelve soldiers aboard 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 as he made the emergency landing no hostile activity was reported in the area at the time of the crash and the exact cause of what went so badly wrong still on. chile 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 continuation 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. was promised take a break the news now for a couple of minutes so we're off in our travels to a place where europe meets asia to explore russia's fourth largest city that stands on the very natural boundary between the two continents yes it's time for a close up series to continue. and if you want to yes they are the restoration again is the capital board it's nestled in the mineral rich ural mountains and it's home to renowned jewelry specialists but despite areas around the city teeming with gems local crafts were importing precious stones from abroad it begs the question why so we said time but

to try to find out. 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 greenstone malik can't he didn't in russia's ural mountains but now a kite it's not some. this looks like a pile of rather dull mountain rocks but step over here when we have water we can see something of these rocks natural beauty these are the stones of feel the legends and fairy tales of the urals and they also feed the skill hands of local

craftsman these men are cutting and polishing precious stones and cheap among the treasures the most famous greenstone the mall emerald the public will be with and it should be large one hundred percent translucent with the main properties being color quality and weight it also depends how often the precious stone is found in nature. most of them will find their way into do re and display pieces but as synonymous as these stones seem with the urals the vast majority don't even come from russia just when you know no one works with locally developed precious stones here it's very sad and even if you are sort of being because they do their business is built around the stones it's not with the your rules a 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 but nobody bothered to

invest much in surveying what deposits exist let alone extracting them and once metals wood has scaled up search as per william 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 emeralds and other precious stones within the euro's and no matter where they come from the region still has craftsman that spend their working lives creating masterpieces from them who knows maybe one day if the mistress of copper mountain allows it these marvels and stone could be made from part of the country they represent tom watson r.t. got more from the team tomorrow too and you go looking for diamonds in a year or so of course but if you want something even more rare you need look further moscow contrive link this for next martin andrews explore just how far russians are willing to go to feed their exotic. and driving an area half outside

the center of moscow we've arrived here at his ostrich farm all strauss as they call him rest in and out of these guys are gothic feathers with all this snow this farm here homes that weakens largest population of the world's largest birds all together the farm has around two hundred species of african ostriches emus. person only. what about for the present a shining jewel of business there steve though it's what eleven twenty three at night of catch up with dimitri again hello dimitri now they say don't they usually new is better than old apple started selling its new tablet but is it meeting all expectations now as the market reacting to it what you got where you know right now we're seeing just a slight decline in apple shares but since the beginning of the year it's

a remarkable forty five percent increase which you can probably see on that graphic right behind it's a straight up slope now the tablet is not that much different from the previous version although we have seen queues of people lining up all night in order to be the first ones supplier didn't tweet about it and there's a whole hype going on really but overall since two thousand and nine and two thousand and nine the stock has increased six hundred forty nine percent remarkable performance now speaking of new versus auld there's a new director coming in the new chairman of the board rather for the largest company in the world and that is roussel berry chong is coming in to replace big bird he has been an independent director with the company since two thousand and ten he also chairs the hong kong mercantile exchange there left his position at the world's biggest bellamy and producer and in a gale of angry rhetoric with the company's main shareholder lady pascoe in

particular two men to some of the richest men in russia sharply at odds over selling a major stake in russia's biggest mine and others clik. now second look at how the market was taking that news coming in from roussel overall the session was negative after five sessions almost five sessions of growth the r.t.s. and the my six out of friday's session i wanted to climb with profits taking but take a look at the main movers on the my sex roussel was announced ending gain i was up more than three point three percent there they are those figures you can see there b.c.b. also an interesting stock of three quarters of a percent much better than the market did drop throughout the session after news that the company of the second largest bank in russia would go ahead with the next hero in around september october this year to rake in another three billion dollars and lukoil was down one point four percent of the close of the disappointing for

results for two thousand and eleven were released. now similar to what's going on elsewhere light sweet is showing hefty gains more than two dollars for brant boyle on. the fact that the rumors have been denied that the us would be releasing their strategic oil reserves onto the market and also escalating tension between the west and iran iran's banking system has been disconnected from swift. now secular what's going on the stock markets in the u.s. they're barely moving anywhere as you can see just a notch both the dow jones and the nasdaq and as i mentioned apple shares are slightly down they were down in the previous session also but we've seen a remarkable upswing to almost six hundred dollars per share. and in the europe it was all looking much more positive there are industrial output stats came out in the united states the reaction was positive for the c's up point four

percent the dax point two percent industrial it was up point three percent. and finally currencies a barely any change there the euro slightly stronger than the dollar. the statistics came out on consumer prices they were propelled in the united states by gas prices and this is reflected also in the ruble exchange with the ruble weakening versus the year around twenty copecks and strengthening versus the dollar . right that's it for latest a business report you can always log onto our to dot com forward slash business or join us now monday morning eight twenty am my colleagues will be here to break into . the.

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