it's a good time to. market why no. one knows what's really happening to the global economy cars report on. it syria's opposition now being called on to stop the violence as president assad signs up to the un backed peace plan but it's clear the rubble factions are too divided and alan willing to lay down arms. strength in numbers five of the world's fastest growing economies need to hammer out an alternative to the i.m.f. and the world bank and growth also. russia this is without question our number one geopolitical foe. cold war sweeps america's republican senators who demand no concessions for russia which wants guarantees u.s.

missiles will be aimed its way. using common broadcasting to live from the heart of moscow and karen thanks for being with us also syrian rebels are under pressure to accept the u.n. backed peace plan after damascus rubberstamp the deal that includes appeals for a ceasefire but no calls for president assad to step down something the opposition and washington happen calling for the u.s. is pushing for the rebels' chief unite with some factions around behind the syrian national council at a conference and sharkey archie sarah firth reports. both come out of the meeting is. that opposition is really struggling to get its act together they've been meeting here in istanbul hundreds of the syrian opposition members to discuss and

to try and hammer out some common objectives and really lay to rest the concerns over the very fractious nature but it seems that that was elusive to then they were unable to unify and in fact the picture that came out we saw walk out from some of the members of this agreement since the criticisms of the syrian national council and the object is that they put forward saying that they were trying to impose their will to much indeed it is very concerning because the s.n.c. of course is trying to pitch is go for almost as an exile government in waiting a very similar feel it is anti see that hasn't really been the reality of what's happened and we seen a fierce criticisms coming from the different opposition factions and still saying that the syrian national council ineffective and that they're very far removed from what's going on inside the country so that it was an optimistic picture and it's going to make the western countries and governments very nervous and anxious those

who would back seeing president assad out this is not really clear at the moment whether there is a viable alternative that the opposition sort of failing to present a united front or more on this now we talked to germany salta middle east history and politics professor abdul kant university in turkey so the syrian opposition members may have gathered under one umbrella in turkey but it seems they just can't get their act together why is that. well there are my brothers in tatters actually and i think your correspondent in istanbul. can break the situation the syrian national council is being in disarray from the beginning and has been dysfunctional . now just in the last few days will send illicit nations. or members. in a tally now we hear from inside the council is that not i think members. are also

going to quit and some more in body because they see. a completely. unworkable and the same criticism coming. into questions being raised about the money's gone money that's been given progress in earnest in arab donors questions about lack of transparency transparency social someone so we can see here . is in. total disarray and cannot be said to represent syrian people at all yet we're being told that next week when the friends of syria for one thing get recognized or to clear the same street as the sole legitimate representative of the syrian people and it just doesn't make any sense whatsoever that they can do that even they tell me with the syrian opposition fragmented with several groups fighting for control how exactly is the assad government supposed to negotiate with well that's an interesting question in fact i think in syria. we.

already are engaged. and would take it further but the problem. that so many. of the syrian national council here is a. regime and that includes the people in the regime begin. with out and. is that the momentum politically and militarily. if you look at the level of fighting in the country in the last couple of weeks it's markedly since the. army and energy in an hour or so in terms of the series of those on constitution. has actually marketable one social to the country and that's constitutional it was weighted multiparty elections now the governor said to be an entrance is for the moment in the enterprise the syrian government's and with russia and china and it seems he made his. own use of the regime have some original

cause and make because of the actions of now it when i didn't stumble next week what are you going to do now is it i'm so sorry to interrupt you but it's horizon our honesty you think the u.s. senate allies are being in supporting the u.n. peace initiative saying it contains no calls for assad to step down and that's something that they've been very adamant about that's going to be part of the problem and quite frankly i think we are the ego power from washington this can turn into a brain down just much and. and the fact it's still in power represents them and so what the effect of the. tree. here and it's something new or not be coming behind them and there's a little decision which is based on ensuring the syrian government does what it says there is a multi-party electoral system and democratize the country. and step back

from the national race which as i say. is much in reno some problems all right jeremy song middle east history and politics professor at bill ken university and turkey thank you. that syria seeks an end to its ongoing crisis we travel to another country in the region still struggling with the consequences of revolution find out about fresh tribal clashes in libya and its continuing violence with the authorities admitting they failed to bring stability that's coming your way in just a few minutes also. protesters in britain call for heavy handed riot police to face justice and want to activists seriously injured in a student of instruction finds himself in the dark. bringing peace to syria without foreign military intervention and breaking the west economic hold on the world have dominated talks between the leaders of russia and china in india the

creation of an alternative to the i.m.f. and the world bank is top of the agenda as five of the world's expanding economies meet let's not talk to our teams priya sridhar who is in new delhi up what have we heard from the leaders. that's right while russian president dmitri medvedev landed here and early this morning he's actually wrapping up. meeting on the sidelines of the summit with the chinese chairman who jintao a lot was discussed in this meeting obviously it's the fourth annual fricke summit that's going on here in india the emerging economies brazil russia india china and the newest member south africa will be meeting here are the leaders of those countries for the next two days obviously there are a lot of things to talk about between china and russia one of the key things being trade in recent years china has asserted itself as russia's biggest foreign trading partner actually last year trade between china and russia increased by forty

percent reaching eighty three point five billion dollars in two thousand and eleven and other top news that's going on here right now the russian president and president hu was also discussing syria as you mentioned both leaders have said that they've backed kofi annan plan for a cease fire in syria but both leaders have said that they don't want president assad to step down which is something that western powers have been saying they've both voted against the last u.n. resolution so obviously there are key it's a very strategic partnership going on between russia and china regarding syria another country that the two of them have been talking about is iran both countries have repeatedly said russia and china that they are against sanctions on iran they believe that iran is developing

a peaceful nuclear program and they don't believe it or pressure from the west is really the way to solve any of these problems now bringing more into her city to the global market is the summit's main goal what has been discussed on the topic. exactly one major proposal here that's said to be at the top of the agenda for all of these countries is an alternative bank between the brics countries that would serve as an alternative to go blaster and lead financial institutions the traditional ones like the international monetary fund and the world bank there is also talk about creating some sort of brics basket currency that could serve as an alternative to the dollar as the global reserve currency here's more on what the leaders of these brics countries are set to talk about in the next two days. as of see from the five leading emerging economies brazil russia india china and south

africa the brics nations need for their annual summit the five make up forty percent of the world's population are expected to contribute almost half of all global g.d.p. growth in the next eight years and have a rapidly growing influence in international affairs. in the economy. but i would be as it is why you'd need. food lifts would be people who join the geopolitics. of the word the summit this year is expected to discuss a new joint bank between the five other breaks countries are interested in getting tiniest investment in infrastructure and. of their resources so obviously a bank would be a very very useful buccal for this kind of investment a good appease. the buildings the court of. briggs stock exchange

this is not happen before this is a new exceeds a new tradition the political leader is believe that a brick could emerge the a growing up anomic power between the country that with them for life establishment they also believe that it could serve as an alternative to why spirit led by nanteuil institutions like the international monetary fund and the world bank are certain need to rick's hopes to be able to or to remove the overall predominance of the institution by the united states and european union countries the brics countries have been busy this year not just in guarding against the impact of europe's financial crisis moving away from the dollar as a reserve currency to a brick striven one is also still firmly on the agenda would become a goody goody good goods. thanksgivings it would be. telling.

you it is just by thinking of the women of this the summit will be hoping to advance further in the economic interests of the brics group further loosening reliance on glass during dominated global economic architecture preassure either r t new delhi india or today's news is available r.t. dot com online right now the enemy within and i thought already sees suicide vests at the defense ministry as they poil a plot to kill and injure hundreds also. the mystery of the new video of adel the reports all of the president is appearing against the social networks her so the russian leader takes to twitter to sort out the tales told at r.t. got. a group of republican senators have written to president obama demanding that no concessions be made to russia it's after obama was overheard assuring to meet the new video of more flexibility on arms control issues after november's u.s.

presidential election. moscow's demanding guarantees from washington that a planned missile defense system in europe would not target russia it's something that neither the u.s. can nor nato have yet republicans claim any concessions to russia would threaten america's national security as can now reports. the run up to the presidential election in the u.s. . a perfect time to drag out the good old cold war skeleton from the closet. russia this is without question our number one geopolitical foe in the world of the presidential hopeful mitt romney russia is america's prime enemy while it's president elect you should read i mean.

i think represents a real threat to the. stability of the world but that's in the world of mitt romney what about well america there is no evidence of any popular support for bashing russia for hostility towards russia so this idea that somehow or another russia is a concern for americans it just doesn't add up at all with a very small sliver of people asked about romney's comments president inventive advised him to stop reverting to olden days hollywood stereotypes and take a look at the calendar. at a community i would advise all u.s. presidential candidates to make reasonable statements it wouldn't do them any home to do so and to ship they will choose it's the year twenty twelve simply isn't in the current leaders of the two countries may have long delayed the cold war to

aggress but for some it's just too good to like girl boy to return to those cold war simple days. russia is not the only foreign policy bandwagon the republican presidential hopefuls are capitalizing on the list also includes trying out he ran syria each candidate except ron paul trying to sound tougher than the other the strategies they put forward warming arming isolating threatening i want to be. china i want to go to war with china these guys are ranchers and ended up. looking for ways to want. to want to harm us of course you take military action it is unacceptable for iran to have a nuclear weapon but what is all of what the trigger happy candidate suggest on foreign policy actually happens i worry about the world in which romney became president because i think he would adopt

a more militaristic foreign policy his world is depicted in your sketch it's some kind of him it's a cool and very kind real view of the world if america takes a much more aggressive stance towards lots of foreign countries it will be a much more dangerous world be dangerous for america because we can't afford to do that mitt romney will most likely win the republican nomination and america will face a choice between him and president obama polls show the majority of americans disapprove of obama's policies but most experts agree that he will leave them out of leeway in the election because too many americans are just plain scared of having someone like romney as their future leader i'm going to check our reporting. our to america's former chief nuclear negotiator told r.t. that washington and moscow have a lot more in common than many republicans would like to see. obama is in

a tough political spot because i think what he would like to find in arms control solution republicans are making it difficult for him to make i think gave him the room for maneuver that he needs to find a practical solution i don't think the reset has failed at all in fact on some issues like afghanistan there's a lot of cooperation i even think in areas like syria where two or three weeks ago there was a lot of angry rhetoric about the at the time sides positions even i think even on syria the two sides are becoming a little more pragmatic and moving towards each other so there are a lot of strategic reasons for the united states. russia go to work together. in particular you know there are two big countries that face big problems challenges both domestic and international and on most of those issues i think there is similarly a lot. of the full interview with richard bird is on air and just about ten minutes here on our team. a british student who

suffered a near fatal blow to the head and police clashes during a student demonstration is on trial himself for the violence alfie meadows and fifty others ended up in a hospital after the fighting during protests over tuition fees he could be jailed for five years of convicted but as i've heard bennett explains his supporters want to see the police face justice over perch ality. fiercely defending the rights of protest against what they call a corrupt system these demonstrators are here to support an alleged victim of police brutality and is now victim once again this point nearly dying from injuries sustained that is sanctioned protest it's out the meadows not the police facing trial for violent disorder strictly unjust and rather should be released to healthy that she thinks she's in charge in iraq itself is a victim of violence or not that really sends a message of peace in a sense it's

a lie and if you're a protester you are basically fair game alfie alleges he was beaten over the head with police battens this is the immediate aftermath of the assault the impact was so hard he suffered bleeding on the brain and lost the ability to speak the scars a gruesome reminder of the emergency brain surgery that saved his life alfie had been demonstrating against university tuition fee hikes along with thousands of other students but police were out in force today and more than happy to show them the strong arm of the law alfie was one of over fifty who ended up in hospital after the protests most of them students are the only ones who have been charged in connection with the violence but the students themselves a year on not even a single policeman has been investigated the same protests or disabled activists dragged from his wheelchair and pulled along the road despite this video evidence

no offices were charged but the courts haven't been afraid to hand down strict punishments to the protesters one student got fifteen months behind bars for merely throwing a placard that didn't even hit anyone another jail for a year and a half just a throwing a joke shop smoke bomb these kinds of offenses which even if they are correct. technically. trivial in the sense of they didn't cause any harm nor could they have caused harm to your police officers dressed in riot gear and so on so the real victims here are not you know obviously are the police there but they are the protesters who have been beating the tires of his case virtually killed our female as was charged soon after lodging a complaint with the police regulator it's inquiry conveniently suspended because of this trial after spending the last fifteen months recovering from his injuries he could now face up to five years in prison i've been it r t london but he has admitted it's failing to bring stability after fifty people were killed in two days

of travel clashes in the south of the country the state is faced with continued violence with former rebels still bearing arms a year after the revolt journalist and blogger neil clark says the national security council has done more harm than good since it began. i think it's possibly failing to achieve its goals let's look back on it he took power last year they promised peace democracy human rights in libya we've actually had the very opposite there is no peace and it isn't in the fifty people killed in the last two days every over one hundred people were killed a human rights watch has been appalling attacks on black africans has been ethnic violence racist violence unpunished i mean the people who committed these crimes have been punished as been desecration of british war graves in a game of honest the fact is the sea is not in control of the country as a lot of us discovering on. the country is in a real mess the main problem is that the east of rush with arms and the fact is now

you've got militias you've got different tribal militias all heavily armed you could have very deep divided government in tripoli that is not in control of its territory and so you've got a real recipe for out of it and who's to blame for this but it's the western powers who gave these arms to brads topple gadhafi and already it is going to start he could ace of it happening because there is lawlessness there and it's very similar to what's happened in iraq. now to some other international news the damage to one of the fukushima nuclear reactors is far worse than previously with fairly high levels of radiation and game tourists leaving low levels of cooling water a probe was sent into the reactor for only the second time since it was crippled by last year's earthquake disaster it means a decommissioning the facility will be much more difficult and the cleanup will take decades. mali has been suspended from multinational african bloc following

last week's military coup the group is threatening sanctions and force the soldiers to stand down leaders have given details of a new constitution and a televised statement and pledge freedom of speech and movement the overthrow was led by soldiers are unhappy with the way president turi was handling insurgency in mali. an american pilot terrified his passengers by running through the car been screaming about bomb threats and al qaida quoting all's been a was kept was captaining a domestic flight when he shouted that they were all going down he was subdued by passengers after being locked out of the cockpit before being let off while handcuffed to a chair after the plane made an emergency landing in texas. all right time now to check in on money street genuinely eurozone goes from bad to worse the bailout funds nowhere near enough for a new report says it has all the markets jittery both london and frankfurt the

should be the call to be felt back into recession in the first call to me it's the only major european bourses losing. since. trillion euros the organization for economic cooperation and development portugal already bailed out so it's a billion will follow. as the thing is right. i think it would be very effective bring in confidence to the user on the one trillion dollar figure has been mentioned a number of times for the last couple of months and there was a lot of actually pushback on that issue from germany with we have had over the last week a number of very positive statements coming from america expressing support for. that measure i think in that sense that could be very supportive of the overall confidence environment in your opinion so i think it's definitely a positive for europe here in moscow the l.t.s. is extending losses as often when europe soft as russia suffers more local crises

hopefully we could crude prices of pushing call cells russia's biggest lenders down again off the rose low expectations try to make a come as has lost earlier games one of russia's top gold miners petra pub lost twenty eleven net profit nine hundred forty five percent of the listed company credit stronger gold prices and production gains. to require is just that it is slightly off at the moment silver still above thirty two dollars though crude has dropped from the highest close in more than a week after reports confirmed to us polls have increased in the currencies the euro's higher against the dollar the ruble shedding recent highs against the euro and the greenback and europe today more stories on the website of the dot com slash business. at the very latest business update for us there is sports is ahead in fifteen minutes but a recap of our top story that's coming up in just a few moments here on r.t. .

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