you need to break this stalemate the u.n. edges closer to a syrian peace plan to make both sides lay down their arms while the u.s. threatens more pressure if the regime doesn't comply. the u.k.'s new spending plan dubbed the banker's budget while hiking fuel prices dealing a heavy blow to small businesses who are driving the struggling economy. and gunfire and explosions heard in the french city of toulouse where police are laying siege to a house where a suspected killer at a jewish school is holed up for a second day.

am in moscow i matter as i could tell you with us here on our t.v. our top story with the u.n. showing a united stance on syria after months of deadlock the u.s. has threatened damascus with more pressure and further isolation unless the latest patient peace initiative is carried out the move endorses special envoy kofi announce peace plan including an immediate cease fire by both sides access for humanitarian aid and the start of political dialogue despite this opposition leaders admit some foreign states are sending weapons to support the rebels u.s. based journalist and author susan lindauer thinks that fully backing the opposition washington isn't helping resolve that syria crisis. one of the reasons the violence has continued is that the united states is covertly financing the opposition to back their assad's government the united states is providing tactical assistance for training military operations it's being done. outside of the country just

across the border however as long as as washington continues to feed this conflict it will go on but the message needs to start with washington washington has got to stop interfering in syria i believe the violence in syria needs to stop this is the people are suffering terribly the point is that it's two sides that are keeping this conflict alive this is what's good for bashar assad is also good for hillary clinton the united states must announce that it will stop supporting the rebels in syria and they will stop feeding this conflict both sides together must reach a cease fire it requires both action from both sides. violence in syria is spilling over into neighboring lebanon dividing the people on the crisis across the border or he's upset a boy who explains how lebanon has been affected by the conflict. it's an air of c.g. on the mediterranean lebanese tripoli looks

a lot like its libyan namesake and increasingly it's being drawn into the revolutionary violence it's home to sizeable alawite and sunni communities and with the syrian border just half hour drive away tensions are already boiling over the road separating the alawite and sunni communities here in tripoli is happening in the mysterious street and attitudes to what's happening there live lebanese more than anything else this country stands to lose the most from the distance gratian of its neighbor not approve of that came to you weeks ago one night bullets started to flow across the street the clashes claimed the lives of two people and pushed the rest deeper into their ideological trenches residents of these alawite sarber raised money to put out this impromptu memorial to the leader and the countries they consider their protectors. thank you russia there is also no second guessing

on whom they consider that enemy america freedom is a euphemism for american interests they don't see human rights of freedom. serious ruling baath party has its regional office here its chief says meeting bashar al assad in person was the most memorable event of his life while the prospect of a un sanctioned foreign intervention in syria is now minimal he says behind the scenes syria still remains a front here for regional powers syria's from maybe half an hour and the everything in our. money is going from libya and on to syria we. are from jordan from there from. across the street in a hospital run by a sunni charity attitudes. by kingly different most of the patients here are young

men from the homs province and some like mohammad don't hide their affiliation of a different syrian army his take on who is responsible for the bloodshed is not hard to guess. i have a warning for the russian people that if they don't change this will cut all ties with them once their revolution reaches its victory you still have time to make the right choice but. the hospital's administrator shows us some of about five hundred patients they've treated since the uprising began. allegedly committed by assad's regime amount to crimes against humanity but when i ask him whether developer lucian is worth all the suffering and destruction his response is not exactly humanitarian but we have many destruction and we have more than i can no more than eleven thousand as we we hear you. i think. evolution has to pay some some.

something. and changing to do with of life to keep the two warring communities apart the lebanese government has dispatched an army contingent to the cd quality resemblance of the libyan capital lebanese tripoli is still trying hard to avoid the libyan scenario it's not going to artsy tripoli lebanon on lebanese foreign minister a sort of thinks it's a vital to work out a balanced approach to syria's conflict and says calls for foreign intervention aren't helping resolve the crisis. who would speak against anyone in charge of the conflict. previously said that the syrian government had to stop its aggression as if it was the only one. events in syria escalated into hostilities and resistance

against government forces from the very start groups fighting against the government being financed and supplied with weapons destroying civilian facilities we hear calls for military intervention coming from within syria as well as internationally we see one party in the conflict being you can see other. opposition a big supporter to fight the government and its transformation is not to be achieved by force violence produces more violence every country its political opposition if your real position movements of the world are to push for his agenda through violence the world complains that it is unacceptable to fuel violence smuggle weapons undermine government institutions and destroy some for a nation it's. a full interview with lot of arms foreign minister running away a little more than twenty minutes so stay with us here at r.t. . the u.s. claims tehran is supplying weapons to syria the accusations were made at the u.n.

security council russia though has called for greater objectivity when it comes to developments around iran which is already under heavy sanctions over its nuclear program international consultant author adrian so good she thinks turning up in iran means that decision to attack it could already have been rated. has been their strategy all along not only with respect to iran but also with respect to syria and even iraq if we go back to two thousand and three and before undoubtedly the problem that now the united states has is that it is out longer heads with its main ally in the region of israel to see which is the best tactic to attack iran they both coincide on the strategy they want to take down iran though matter what for different reasons perhaps what they want to take advantage nevertheless however as far as the way to do it israel would seem to favor a direct attack a unilateral attack that they have been threatening to do for years now while the united states seems to believe that the first way to reach tehran is going through

the mascot's so for various reasons even military reasons and the military and the united states have a very strong say in this are preferring first to deal with syria in order to have should so to speak of free chessboard to then yes go ahead and attack iran israel is fighting other battles some but this time on home soil as we report a little later hundred people could be left without electricity as the jewish needs unhappy with the green energy projects that are for a palestinian try. and he is having every citizens again to ensure a fair benefits system but why many feel the population is being tagged into one giant prison. first though motorists and the elderly will be feeling the pinch in the u.k. as the government's unveiled its twenty four hour budget measures freezing pensioners allowances have been dubbed a granny tax what is criticism that only big companies and the rich will be protected are these laura smith reports from london. the government's calling this

a fiscally neutral budget which basically means that they're giving with one hand and taking away with the other labor the opposition party is calling it a millionaire's budget and people also say that it's tinkering around economic disaster just dealing with the edges of it the top line of this budget is really just tough for the very richest needless sizes from fifty cents a full five percent hugely controversial government says that the tax is not making any money any way but groups like the occupy campaign say that it's basically a tax cut for the one percent another very controversial thing is this this issuing of one hundred year or even perpetual portions of pouring money it only needs to be paid back one hundred years time the government says it's doing that to look in low interest rates but the critics say that it's numbering our children essentially with our debt not just children either grandchildren great grandchildren but one of the most controversial parts of this budget is the raising of the tax on you again

later this year that have a huge impact on the economy and in fact it's a measure that according to some polls seventy seven percent of people in this country are against create tens of thousands of jobs at no cost what government could say no thank you case coalition government apparently as it sticks to another rise in the tax on fuel to take effect in august small business owners are feeling the pinch. over the last few years has really really crippled and crunched on our bottom line but according to the fair fuel campaign cutting the tax on fuel by just four cents would get the economy motoring and could put one hundred seventy five thousand people back in work. to take people off to go off important benefits and. maybe paying more tax going up spending more money etc but they seem to be ignoring this and concentrating on things like fifty three. income tax for the rich people

meanwhile small business is. found so chapman run a company which sells an install spence's to keep your pet in your garden it employs seven people full time and runs four vans in which engineers deliver bits and train pets to use the fences the guys can work in hampshire one day and then the next day depends on when the customer wants us first of all we have the increasing the ha which obviously is going on top of fuel as well and then the actual fuel duty is well you can't keeping a screen at all angles forever around seventy percent of the economy is small business the government says it's depending on firms like to rebuild it but growth and development is out of the question according to sam he says the price of fuel is throttling them the price at the pump has already hit one pound fifty five a liter in some places that's two dollars forty six and although some of it is due to the geopolitical situation including the iranian oil embargo

a staggering sixty percent tax it's an easy but damaging way to raise money fugit is actually a very convenient because it's actually very difficult to avoid i mean one of the impacts is on labor mobility so how easy it is for people to travel to work or to jobs that might be some traveling distance from home so it actually can increase unemployment quite markedly futurities to it's a problem that filters down into the entire economy ninety percent of everything we have in our homes offices and shops is delivered by lorry with fuel do you see so high call it's companies are forced to pass those costs on to consumers resulting in higher prices for everything food clothes consumer goods piling yes more pressure on recession hits british consumers nora smith r.t. london. our web site r g dot problem is where you can find more news and videos

here's a look at what's a click away right now. cashing in on incarceration more federal prisons in the u.s. go private meaning a lucrative business for the owners and an opportunity for taxpayers took point it in as well. and siberian villagers discover an unidentified object that's fallen from the skies sparking rumors and speculation find out more about archie dot com. french police are laying siege to the house into luiz where a suspected killer at a jewish school has been holed up since wednesday gunfire and explosions were heard at the scene the interior ministry says the earlier blasts were intended to intimidate the suspect the man has claimed to have links to al qaeda and is reported to be a french citizen of algerian origin origin he said to be heavily armed it has broken off earlier talks with police a full scale assault on the house is yet to happen the man is also suspected of killing three soldiers investigative journalist michael collins says nato policies are greedy and dangerous officials. but this is

a political problem this is what is the obama who is the in the nato and it's not a question of june what well mostly this all that you have many jews who are accusing the state of israel it and you know some muslims who are cooperating with . the and so it's not a question of religion besides we've made it clear. it. isn't a dramatic that there isn't it's because everybody sees that. the. people in iraq in afghanistan saw. of course there is. and where they don't have the one committed from change this injustice some guy can you believe. chose the wrong time and this is very very dramatic because these increased create these we increase the

mission among the people. and you can watch the police special operation unfolding in toulouse live on our website r t v dot com let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe renegade troops in mali have attacked a presidential palace in the capital hours after staging a mutiny earlier soldiers stormed a state t.v. and radio station with fears of the west african state could be experiencing a full scale coup communi started at a military camp in the capital soldiers are angry at the government's failure to get to grips with the northern separatist rebellion. colombian troops have killed thirty nine rebels in operations over the last two days the defense minister described it as the biggest blow against the revolutionary armed forces of colombia in the last five years killed eleven soldiers in the area a few days earlier the colombian government says rebels were involved in cocaine trafficking arms smuggling and bomb making. portugal has been brought to

a halt by a twenty four hour general strike subway and ferry service is just routed well some public offices and schools will also be shut workers are protesting against both air cuts and tax hikes a stereo measures were adopted in return for a seventy eight billion euros in international rescue cash this is portugal seats since deeper into recession with growth figures expected to drop. making life easier for the poor might be a noble task but it has caused some controversy in israel solar panels providing electricity to palestinians under threat of demolition israeli authorities say no official permission was ever given to install the panels but activists say the real agenda could be much darker as archy's powerlessly reports. in the remote hilltops of south had broken the ancient plate when tribe ekes out a living from the land but they've unwittingly become the latest thorn in the side of the israeli government. is by any means making any real

security threat. to the israeli government but this part of it was on the agenda when the german foreign minister met with his israeli counterparts at the center of the conflict these wind and solar generators which are putting electricity too and lighting up the lives of some four hundred people as tel aviv complaining it was left in the dark but it's just excited to show us how her life's been transformed since electricity first lit up these hills just two months ago this is what she used to do she tells us four hours twice a day they had no electricity they had no power to charge the throne they would need to go to the nearby city of. you know it's two hours was just to try to the telephone and that's. coughed up nearly two hundred thousand american dollars to build these six hybrid wind and solar energy projects and israel of course they say it was erected without permission and of threatened to send in all we are asked is that they apply for

a licensed product you're talking about not only did they not reply but when a warning was given that this is in violation of the regulations they have the right to appeal they refused to appeal that in germany look at mccain who is funding the project says they weren't too concerned with getting any israeli stamp of approval because most applications are rejected politically. instead of israel's . interests them having more caring for the world being the listing in some areas rather they would like to see. in areas less palestinians and more settlements which is what some european diplomats are suggesting because it's. here in these remote hills with some of the most fervent settlement activity is taking place in a statement to r.t. the german foreign office said it was following the situation and described the developments as whining but it wouldn't comment on speculation air television was reacting spitefully to leak the confidential e.u.

report calling for its weighty settlement activity to be stopped and so while these nomads marvel at the first taste of the twenty first century they join could be short lived if it all decides to rip it all away policy r.t. in the south hedland hills. he is already in to approve sanctions against belarus over recent executions of two men found guilty of a deadly metro bombing in the capital minsk last year many western officials and human rights groups condemned the said instead of refusal of the belorussian leader to pardon the man president alexander lukashenko defended his decision party. for me it was yet another tragedy in my life but above all i think sympathy for the parents of those people i did to mike did not help unfortunately here we are talking about a criminal case plane and simple well wolf the man committed an hour through just crime and there is no reason whatsoever to shill clemency the second still picture

is a good body parts and the just the natural car i saw when i entered the station those images are forever with me i can see the sun record right now. absolutely certain that the court verdict and sentence were correct and justified i have no doubts about that whatsoever. so much for the full exclusive interview with memories as president in our show spotlight coming away a little more than an hour here on r.t. . india has come up with a new initiative to get every one of its billion citizens registered in an electronic database they'll get a new id card that will allow easier access to basic services but as artes prettier sridhar reports there are fears the project could turn the country into a police state. it's been in delhi seventeen years but he still can't get access

to benefits because his ration card is registered back home for those like him india has come up with a twenty first century solution the herculean process has begun to get every indian's fingerprints and i are thinking in one massive database this code can be used for various purposes like. and receiving russian is it will solve the hassle of carrying many documents that should make sure everyone can receive the help they need wherever they are once again and all it will take if the new idea project goes as planned it will be the largest collection of biometric data in the world the indian government is hoping that the twelve digit number as well allow indians to be more mobile and personal work were ever they want i try not to a centralized database so that they can open a fake account get a fellow or get rations anywhere in the country but the plan also has its critics apart from the amount of time it will take ten years by thumb that's

a myth there is also the inevitable human rights worries about the big brother state when something the. state. people like walk he'll ahmed struggling on a few dollars a day have no clear idea of how this is going to help them but they're willing to try it. when i actually receive the cards then i will know the benefits of having a card. finally they'll have an official identity and they'll have access to state help wherever they are but the government may be able to follow their every move preassure either r t new delhi india. business with all the latest stock market or. asian trading session is in full swing tell us more exactly right and investors in that region now but i just think data showing china's

manufacturing has contracted for. according to an issue ratings right now it's a completely different story for japan the nikkei it's heading for its biggest gain in a way after the government reported higher than estimated exports and unexpected trade as the fed very few the stocks that are benefiting in the region funds is involved well they have eighty percent of its revenue coming from abroad and it's going to one point six percent another interesting thing going on in that region today is that the moron is one of japan's biggest brokerage companies is hurting one percent and that's been linked to insider trading case we're keeping our eyes on that one today if we look at us to see how they finished up yesterday and we can see it was a mixed finish i was trying to make getting a little bit of a dent from corporate reports and some disappointment from existing homes. on the dow jones was led by hate speech as investors expressed skepticism about how

does this decision to combine its printing and personal computing lies into a single unit that was the biggest news in the u.s. yesterday and it's good to see how lots of fairing this as you can see is the coil and that the front industrialized nations are considering releasing strategic crude stockpiles to counter the rising oil prices prices happened recently because of all the international pressures coming from iran is just a place engine myself the situation right now we go to the current there's a whole budget we got the eurozone last. poll just sentiment coming out of europe at the moment that's because greece has finally accepted that calm and visually very. fortune's and that's how the ruble finished up guess at how to make. it was in the u.s. dollar and higher against the euro that look at the individual who benefited and he wasn't doing quite so well but. they didn't do so well we've just seen the ore

prices drop this is a russian market getting ahead of myself this is how they close it yes they were two hours now but. as you can see it was a disappointing finish and that was lower in the third day so that was a bit of the stock prices that. we saw the or prices they were down. problem was concerned yes they can say that the tax burden coming in. twenty two billion over the next five years apparently about because of salaries and pensions that were promised by into the employees during his presidential campaign. the second largest and they were down. in all the news the my section l.c.s. has revealed plans to become one of the world's five biggest forces achieving its talk ten ahead of schedule in futility as the new bush zero eight president also emerged will hold an initial public offering currently. currently for

next year but. again warns of progress as an international financial sense. we're not yet public company people the company we're planning to do a great deal of but basically we're going to kill them we keep pushing the stroller and we get them to talk for a little bit about the market you go to when you think i think it depends on the whole. differential market here we sure are a developer and should markets here. ok that's how the markets are the i'll be back in about fifty five minutes for the next.

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