free. three stooges free. free. videos for your media project a free media. unity to break the 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 on the regime if it doesn't come by. gunfire and explosions heard in the french city of toulouse as police lay siege to the house where a suspected killer reticular school is holed up for a second day. u.k.'s new spending plan attackers budget with a hike in fuel prices feel like a heavy blow to small businesses who are driving the struggling economy. there are some markets have opened up today's trading day slowing three days of losses and so i mean the official. time.

eleven am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t with the u.n. showing a united stance on syria after months of deadlock the u.s. has tried in damascus with more pressure and isolation i lost the latest peace initiative is carried out the move endorses special envoy kofi annan 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 them the u.s. based journalist and author susan lindauer thinks that by fully backing the opposition washington isn't helping resolve the crisis. a lot of the reasons the violence has continued is that the united states is covertly financing the opposition to the government the united states. 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 its people on a crisis across the border are these are sort of boyko explains how lebanon has

been affected by the conflict. it's an air of c.g. on the mediterranean pancham for everything. 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 an hour drive away tensions are already boiling over the road separating the alawite and sunni communities here in tripoli exactly mean this serious street and attitudes to what's happening there divides lebanese more than anything else this country stands to lose the most from the disintegration of its neighbor here another proof of that came just a few weeks ago when 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 their leader and the countries they consider their protectors

. thank you russia there is also no second guessing on whom they consider their anime america but freedom is a euphemism for american interests you don't hear a great democracy human rights of freedom. serious ruling baath party has its regional office here its chiefs meeting bashar al assad in person was the most memorable event in 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 from here about maybe half an hour and the everything in our eye with the weapons going from. going from going on. here from jordan from there from.

across the street in a hospital run. by sunni charity attitudes are strikingly 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 if they don't change their stand will cut all ties with them once their revolution reaches its victory but you still have time to make the right choice on the hospitals administrator shows us some of about five hundred patients they've treated since the uprising began. allegedly committed by assad's regime and mounted crimes against humanity but when i ask him whether the revolution is worth all the suffering and destruction his response is not exactly humanitarian we have many destruction and we have more than

i can no more than eleven thousand as we hear. i think the old bird evolution has to pay some. something. with. changing to better life. to keep the two warring communities apart the lebanese government has dispatched an army contingent to the cd parlance a resemblance of the libyan capital lebanese tripoli is still trying hard to avoid the libyan scenario it's not going to artsy tripoli lebanon. the lebanese foreign minister a source says it's vital to work out a balanced approach to syria's conflict and colin says calls for foreign intervention are hampering peace initiatives. who would speak against any signs of the conflict were. previously said that the syrian government had to

stop its aggression as if it was the only one guilty of the events in syria escalated into hostilities resistance against all things from the very start groups fighting against the government being financed and supplied with weapons they are destroying civilian facilities. calls for military intervention coming from within syria as well as internationally we see one party in a conflict because it's ok to use your position supporter to fund the government a political transformation is not to be achieved by force pilots produces more violence every country. position if you have real position movements of the world with the push for its agenda through violence the world will go up in flames it is unacceptable to fuel violence. undermine government institutions and destroy some for nations. you can

see the full interview with the lebanese foreign minister in an hour here on r.t. the. french police are laying siege to the house and to lose or 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 that the earlier blasts were intended to intimidate the suspect then claims two of al qaeda links it was reported to be a french citizen of algeria or a. said to be heavily armed it has broken off earlier talks with police. on the house is yet to happen ahmed also accused of killing three soldiers investigative journalist journalist michel karl and says nato policies of are breeding dangerous divisions this is a political problem this is the policy of. the in the nato and is now the question of june what. does all that you have many jews who are accusing the state of israel and you know some muslims who are cooperating with. the and so it's not

a question religion this has to be clear. if. it is really dramatic that there is it's because the human sees that obama has a tendency. by his students are smashing the people in iraq in afghanistan so far and of course there is. and where they don't know what to do this injustice some poor guy can be. grown tired of this is very very dramatic because this unit increase this we didn't increase the mission among the people. you can watch the police special operation unfolding in toulouse live on our website r.t. dot com you'll stay with us here on r t still to come the lights out hundreds of people could be left without power as israel's unhappy with a green energy project set up for a palestinian tribe. and india's having every citizen scanned to ensure

a fair benefits system but find out why many feel the population could be tagged into a giant prison. but first motorists in the elderly will be feeling the pinch in the u.k. as the government's unveiled its two thousand and twelve budget measures freezing pensioners and out allowances have been dubbed a granny tax well as criticism that only big companies and the rich will be protected or he's laura smith has more. 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 say that it's tempering around economic disaster just dealing with the edges of it the top line of this budget is really just cuts for the very richest people in society from fifty cents a forty five percent hugely controversial government says that the tax is not making any money anyway 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 clones 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 fuel again later this year that has 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 to 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 the creation of the children to go on to fix. the. tracks going out spending more money etc they seem to be ignoring this and concentrating on things like fifty p. top rate of income tax for the rich people meanwhile small businesses. 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 full vans in which engineers deliver train pets to use the fences the guys can work in hampshire one day and then the next day depending on when the customer wants just personal we have increasing the ha which obviously is going on top of fuel as well and then the actual fuel g.t.

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 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 through just is actually a very convenient target for governments 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 a job that might be some traveling distance from home so it actually increase unemployment quite markedly if you choose 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 companies of course to pass those costs on to consumers resulting in higher prices for everything food clothes consumer goods piling yes more pressure on the recession hit british consumers nora smith r.t. london. on our website r.t. dot com you can find plenty more news nvidia's here's what's all waiting for you online. cashing in on incarceration more federal jails in the u.s. go private as profits rise in line with a growing prison population but there's concern over the conditions for inmates. plus i derian villagers discover an unidentified object that's fallen from the skies sparking rumors and speculation i know more at r.t. dot com. the u.s. and britain have accused iran of supplying weapons to syria russian however has

warned against turning up the heat on the islamic republic which is under heavy international pressure for its nuclear program and international consultant adrian so bougie says the decision to attack iran could already have been made but has been very 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. the problem that now the united states has is that it is at loggerheads 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 that they want to take it down 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 best 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 free chessboard to then yes go ahead and attack iran. meanwhile israel is fighting other battles this time on home turf it's threatening to demolish solar and wind power systems installed to provide electricity to some palestinian communities authorities say no with fishel permission was ever obtained but activists say the real agenda could be darker as artie's policy or reports from hebron. in the remote hilltops of south had drawn this ancient plate when tribal ekes out a living from the land but they've unwittingly become the latest thorn in the side of the israeli government now. by any means make any real security threat to the israeli government but this part of earth 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 will bring electricity to and

lighting up the lives of some four hundred people as tel aviv complaining it was lift in the dark but new solar shower is just a three to to show us how her life's been transformed 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 before they would need to go to the nearby city of. you know it's two hours war just to drive to the telephone and that's a product of the anger of the israeli authorities they say it was a record without permission and of threatened to send in the border all we ask is that they apply for a license the product you're talking about not only did they not apply gladwin a warning was given that this is in violation of the regulations they have a right to appeal they refused to appeal but in germany look at mcbain who is funding the project says they weren't too concerned with getting any israeli stamp of approval because most applications are rejected it could quickly. the state of

israel is not interested in having more caring for the well being palestinians in areas. rather than you would like to see. in areas. 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 archie the german foreign office said it was following the situation and described. as warming but it wouldn't come into place and they tell if it was reacting spitefully to a leak to confidential e.u. report calling for limited to tea to be stopped and so while these nomads marveled at the first taste of the twenty first century the joy could be short lived if israel decides to look at a little way police. in the south hebron hills are going to take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe and new york

police have closed down the city's union square to clear it of occupy wall street protesters for the second night in a row ross knight's raids least six people arrested activists moved to the square after they were forced to leave the previous bayside downtowns a party park there demanding the resignation of the city's police chief for what they call a brutal tactics against the occupiers. mali rebels have appeared on state television saying they seized control of the west african country they have announced a nationwide curfew and suspended the constitution troops staged a mutiny wednesday taking over a state broadcaster and attacking the presidential palace soldiers are angry at the government's handling of a separatist rebellion in the north of the country. colombian troops killed thirty nine rebels in operations over the last two days the defense minister described it as the biggest blow against the fark or revolutionary armed forces of colombia in the last five years far killed eleven soldiers in the area a few days earlier the colombian government says rebels involved are involved in

cocaine smuggling arms trafficking and making pollens. portugal's been brought to the heart by a twenty four hour general strike subway and ferry service is disrupted while some public offices and schools will be shut workers are protesting welfare cuts and tax hikes austerity measures were adopted in return for a seventy eight billion euros in international aid cash says the country seeking deeper into recession with growth figures expected to fall. financial figures in the us not looking very. domestic right now later our economic expert max kaiser takes a look at inequalities in the u.s. . this is like segregation this is like color to the back of the bus and banks to the back of the bus and back to thousand dollars in fees you pay four hundred twenty percent on interest on your payday loans and this is segregation this is a financial apartheid if you're on wall street you actually are fines are negative

they're negative one percent the fed gives you gifts to money and then you park it back at the fed you make a one percent spread and that's a negative interest rate you know it's just like the indians back in one hundred fifty years ago two hundred years ago with buffalo bill the i would be rolling across the plains shooting the indians shooting the buffalo dead to start out the indians here blankfein and jamie dimon j.p. morgan are starving out the poor people of america hope when they just die and go away that's their all play. kaiser report in about ten minutes here on r t where india has come up with a new initiative to get each of its billion citizens registered and electronic database they'll get a new idea cards allowing an easier access to basic services but authorities priya sridhar reports from new delhi there are fears a project could turn the country into a police state. it's been entirely theban teen years but he still can't get access to benefits because it's ration card is registered back home for those like him

india has come up with a twenty first century solution. cross that has begun to get every indian fingerprints and iris scans in one massive d.d.p. this code can be used for various purposes like answering the question codes and receiving russian is will solve the consulate carrying many documents that should make sure everyone can receive the help they need wherever they are one thirty am is all it will take if the new idea project goes as planned it will be the largest collection of. io metric data in the world the indian government is hoping that the twelve digit numbers will allow indians to be more mobile and personal work where ever they want by tying them to a centralized database so that they can open a bank account get a cellphone 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 python i think of it there is also the inevitable human rights worries about big brother state something

the. people like walk hill are mad 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 because. i know you don't have an official identity and they'll have access to seek help wherever they are but the government may need to able to follow their every move preassure either r t new delhi india. good old boy just north of new york city business pretty joining us live with more of the words our two were not treating any changes on the washington yeah that's right one oh actually they think pretty well actually today they've managed to stay so far today that softer three days of losses for the russian stock markets we're going to have

a look at the actual official figures as we can see there the l.c.s. around point two percent opposed to territory the mice are doing is the slightly better if we look at the main stock figures and to see who's benefiting today most blue chips are actually higher gas producers among them a gain is another take around one percent or mages are also adding despite a week of crude. point four percent i mean while financials are looking for direction with trading just about flat if you look at the asian figures there towards the end of the trading day now you know china had a disappointing day they did manage to get into positive territory but they were trading in the red all day and that's because manufacturing fell to a four month low that was blamed on weekends unless to them on employment was also a concern because it's reported since march two thousand and nine. they had a much better day and that's because exports are far better than anticipated they

ended up with a trade surplus for february we'll look at the ore prices now and we can see they are due to timing and that sort of fronts that industrialized nations are considering releasing strategic crude stockpiles to counter rising prices that we want to watch today if we look at the prices we can see that the euro dollar is still a fraction of the ruble it's a change of fortunes for that currency because it's against the u.s. dollar and the euro this hour. in other news the my stakes are the u.s. has revealed plans to become one of the world's fifth biggest bosses after achieving its top ten i am ahead of schedule in an interview with artie's done you a bushel the president also confirmed the merge firm will hold an initial public offering currently stated it's the next year but we've gone about again it warms up progress as an international financial center. we're not yet public company

of the company we're planning to do they feel. but basically we're going to kill them the key question is how do we get from people like i'm talking about the market cap when i think i think it depends on the style hard work to actually develop the financial markets here we. would be we could to develop a friendship market here. russia's been ranked the folks here most favorable country to run a business in writing about my bloomberg hong kong top the list of things to free market policies corporate taxes. looks at wages start up calls on how a country controls inflation but russia's place in the top fifty is more than well she is doing business raising and that was part of the world where the country took one hundred twenty it's price. to buy we also will be back and i so i'm have the figures for the european markets to join up with back about fifty five minutes.

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