the u.s. teams up with its arab allies to pressure syria's government into submission despite ongoing un efforts to broker a diplomatic peace. washington puts the squeeze on syria's ally iran pledging to sanction countries that don't reduce imports of oil from the islamic state. reliving the past starkey this is the only remaining soviet forced labor camp and here is the power of accounts of its former inmates.

ten am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on our t.v. our top story syria's opposition is rallying in a bid to convince international allies it is a unified force rebels expect to get more backing from the u.s. great u.s. led group of nations on sunday when the so-called friends of syria convene for a second summit a group aims to pile more pressure on damascus for lending a helping hand to president assad's opponents at the conference u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in saudi arabia media washington's key regional allies the saudis and qatar have been leading calls to start arming syria's rebels and even weigh in with military force political analyst chris bambery from the international socialist group thinks the u.s. is reluctant to get involved directly but will endorse action through proxies. so the days of very keen to overthrew asaad regime as soon as possible and want to increase the arms to the syrian rebels the free. syrian army etc the americans are

slightly weary not because the skins overthrew the assad regime was a from their only experience the nor the providing weapons probably also means involve providing weapons instructors and so on and can lead to involvement in a conflict which we see easy solution to the rest has almost over looked the saudi humanitarian agenda the question of civil rights in saudi arabia what it's doing to its own people and what is done for the people of yemen bahrain and other countries around it because business is good with saudi arabia they are two faced in the way they use that when you don't like a regime they will use the human rights cards when they like a regime the state silence over the question of human rights as they have done with this idea of leaving regime and in the back rain we don't hear any condemnation from hillary clinton or david cameron while some saudis enjoy the trappings of wealth and privilege the majority of the population struggles with daily oppression

while ignoring issues in their homeland arab oil magnates remain committed to exporting the regime or regime change to neighboring countries or he's outside of boyko has more from beirut. the coalition bunkmate in beirut is painful it's a refreshing breeze and it's breezy we it's a place where headscarves and mini skirts don't come into conflict even when drunk all of. the reputation is the most liberal arab society lebanon is also becoming a refuge for the citizens of the region's most restrictive country thousands of saudis come to beirut every month what some call a freedom vacation i was born here say i suffered a lot there because it's too too too limited i have to cover my face my eyes my whole body what i'm hearing being over here believe me it is here where many saudi women get a chance to walk the streets all by themselves and saudi man can and don't leave themselves in gambling in beirut many casinos something that would be absolutely

off limits at home saudi arabia is the most conservative country in the world where women are still banned from driving and needed permission from that male guardian be it a father a husband or son to simply get a job the royal family that's been keeping these rules in place this is their part of their heritage and therefore should be respected while prescribing this restrictive lifestyle for its citizens some members of saudi really don't seem to think these rules apply to themselves. when it comes to creating lose or draw out some of the saudi establishment going to exactly present a picture of religious piety so the princes have been seen reigning hundreds of thousands of dollars in bloom in the nightclubs ready cash for their sides to. the excesses of this life you and restrictions for everybody else has not gone unnoticed feeling public has been turned over the past year has been repeatedly met

with life rounds. who are protesters have been killed in rio. base year alone up to fifty arrested. in march the country's religious council issued a fatwa that equated demonstrations to a scene punishable by death once you have a demonstration and so the plea that demonstration would be oppressed harshly and we have heard and seen many reports by independent reporters and human rights organizations verifying this. place and so they are simply illegal yet despite harsh treatment of its own protesters saudi arabia has been very supportive of people elsewhere. was among the first to push for international intervention in libya while in syria is believed to be the main financier of the rebels when things did not move as expected main the cause of

the russian russian and chinese vetoes at the u.n. . i think they decided to play. by announcing even the. two arms that it was in syria. for all its russia tactics at home and abroad can see is never scolded by the us see. it and washington that currently negotiating a fifty billion dollars thiel of advanced american weapons brothers in arms conveniently they're still knocking each other skippers. aren't fi beirut lebanon. are taking their belts pain analysis as being prosperity cuts and more than three decades after a nationwide strike against reforms. but first is the u.s. seeks new ways to undermine syria's government it's now putting even more sanctions on damascus closest ally iran president obama is given the all clear to the

toughest measures yet against the islamic republic's oil industry washington will take punitive economic. azure's against any country that refuses to reduce imports of iranian fuel but frictions come into force in late june this is all designed to pressure tehran to giving up its controversial nuclear program the white house claims there's enough oil resources in the world to keep the market from collapsing without iran's share your as u.s. based researcher and writer says that america's shooting itself in the foot. i really don't think america has france it likes to think it has allies but he manages to intimidate and bully other countries into doing its a bidding and the extraordinary thing is that america is imposing these sanctions is actually the national interest not only are american companies not allowed to trade with iran america's telling other wall how as well i think nations you can't

do it either so i don't know why any nation like chicken or turkey would think for a moment that they're sorry when america dictates the rules i honestly don't believe this iran would ever imagine its civilian nuclear program for one thing it does mean it's a miracle right and this is the one factor that unites you mine is of all social economics classes you can become of it so the government's being irrational don't want all the some don't like to hear this would never give up something that you nice people all rallies the people behind it also when iran reports of a merger the country may be the target of secret airstrikes and alleged leak from a u.s. diplomat who claims israel's been given access to air bases ottawa and border as tensions between the two countries continue to grow. and russia's military takes center stage with state of europe tank technology stealing the show you can find more about that on our web site r t v dot com.

the. eurozone finance ministers have agreed to boost the e.u.'s rescue fund to eight hundred billion euros to help some countries like spain recover from crippling debt woes spain's but actual crisis has prompted the government to announce its biggest austerity measures in more than three decades. the country vowed to cut twenty seven billion euros from its budget this year this after tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets thursday to fight against labor reforms strike turned violent in barcelona where demonstrators smash windows and set fire to bins while the country struggles to rise out of its debt crisis economic analyst michael michael moore says spain may never be able to implement the new cuts. what i can see is that to what has been want to make the spanish government is not only

visited to fill its impossible when you look at the private sector private sector is totally over bit more or less bankrupt when you look at the banks over that banquet central bank bankrupt government also manas bankrupt how can you be implemented as cover to pick which in these circumstances so everybody will see that this rule this won't work and what i what i see is that spain is the last nail in the euro zone coffin so i mean we have two possibilities why the euro will be obviously not working well the first is that we will have kind of domestic in selection in spain itself so they have to go for you in order to calm the people of the other one is the financial aspect that it is not possible to help spain with five hundred seven hundred billion euros in order to refinance themselves so if this if we could come to this point and then i think then the germany will pull out

of the euro. still have this our homeless in hollywood. i think america's run around. captain saber hole where they haven't cleaned up they all back yard right here on skid row you've got the largest most popular in america right. now where to go the city of angels homeless community growing while the government appears to turn a blind eye more if you get sick. but first political prisoners had to. term associated with a dark chapter in soviet history when millions were iraq in forced labor camps. in a bid to make sure the horrors of the past aren't revisited russia has converted one of the museum where he's peter oliver visited the site and spoke with one of the former inmates hidden away in the ural mountains hundreds of kilometers from the nearest city is term thirty six where the soviet government sent its dissidents now though it's

a museum dedicated to making sure that part of twentieth century history is never forgotten. people wanted to understand the causes of those reprisals name all the victims and pass the knowledge of what happened here on to future generations. said good call video was an inmate at the perm camp in one thousand nine hundred eighty four he was sentenced to seven years for agitation and anti soviet propaganda now in his eighty's he still remembers life on the inside. the actual deprivation of freedom was very significant indeed but there are things that made up for it you had the freedom which didn't exist beyond that favors the freedom to actually say anything you wanted without fear what else could they do so you were in prison already today a surrogate is a human rights activist occasionally he goes back to where he was imprisoned to talk to students and other groups about life behind bars in the soviet union in the punishment cell you have to stay without warm and aware and burning it was usually

very cold which was serious we had to sleep on bare and planks with no pillock. i mean you see in mccomb thirty six allows businesses to come face to face with the realities of repression with much of the original structures still intact it gives historians a glimpse into a harsh life not found anywhere else that's extraordinarily important because it's a unique things. look and. exciting and. however current thirty six is not the only place that the repressions of the soviet era remember it is a monuments like this one in moscow which contains a rock taken from one of the very first camps serve as a reminder of all of those who were held as political prisoners in the u.s.s.r. those who campaigned for human rights in our world now will see that by keeping the past in focus history's mistakes will be repeated. whenever we remember our

past we keep bringing up the main theme of rights and freedom our past can be described as one big violation of human rights it was a symbol of lawlessness and the lack of freedom if we forget our past we will be unable to build any decent future. peter all of our party. still to come this hour football fever heading east ukrainian landlords are preparing to score big as the years up to one of the millions of euro football fans . but what's going to be the currency it mind if there's no more dollars or euros or anything what are we going to be trading probably beans we take to the streets of new york to hear opinions on how the euro crisis has hit the dollar. but we turn first though to some other stories making headlines across the globe in mali tora gravels in the north of the country of captured the strategic town of kid doll it's a week after the country's military staged

a coup to overturn the president and seize power the army says they took control so they could fight off the sahara based rebel threat leader captain amadou sanogo has asked for foreign help to tackle the insurgence rebels fought in libya for the qaddafi regime before returning better armed to their homeland. eleven have been killed and others several others injured during four days of unrest in pakistan violence was triggered wednesday after a politician was killed in karate in the days that followed ten people who were shot dead prompting young people to take to the streets in protest police and military forces have been deployed to prevent further violence. chinese police have arrested six people after online web posts led to rumors a coup could be in the works is after several web hosts claimed the military vehicles were seen in the streets of beijing chinese government says rumors had a negative influence on the public and sixteen sites have been shut down for carrying the reports the scandal comes at a critical time for the country's ruling elite after the removal of office of

communist party chief moshi lie. with the u.s. soldier accused of killing seventeen afghan civilians under investigation washington is still trying to mend its relationship with all the massacre plus the burning of the koran at u.s. air base means afghan leaders are having a tough time buying the apologies are his military contributor things washington needs to revise this reproach monstrosity. to late history will soon come into afghanistan might probably be remembered as one of the most unfortunate and it least successful trip ever conducted by the pentagon chief to get his stand major political blunder even before he boarded he explained when asked to the qur'an burning he authorized the u.s. commander in afghanistan to visit draw all american advisers from day african institutions both military and civilian so

a small wonder very few left kabul really to lemmons first film cars i refuse ultimatum to corral well you as ground forces into their forward operating bases and effectively no in boyd any nitrates eight games he's taliban brothers and second from the taliban when they announce they're pulled out of the negotiations free of their american partners regarding their reconciliation the next time financially we'll jump aboard the plane cuba to make sure that he's bound to islamabad and not to kabul if he really means business. and a little more than two months euro football fans from around the world will flood ukraine in poland for the euro two thousand and twelve championships with more than a million expected to descend on kiev alone preparations to accommodate them all are nearing completion but it's artie's alike sarah shows the reports those coming

for the beautiful game could be in for an ugly surprise. well there you are trying to twelve football championship has not even begun in ukraine but this ski of pensioner is already in high spirits. tamara believes this summer's tournament is her last real chance to earn some money . i pensions are next to nothing our days are numbered and i want to see them off in style and earn a little money that's why i will let a room or a flat to football fans will start at fifty dollars a night depending on who stays here but the price could go higher. so via design and lack of necessary amenities like air conditioning but the matter is being fairly reasonable about the price she would charge for it but the greed of many other private landlords could prove costly for ukraine if you prefer to travel in comfort like reading this not only designed and fully equipped flat be prepared to

pay a fortune because this is a moment apartment in central kiev and it's priced in between five and ten thousand dollars a month but we will raise prices at least three fold for the euro two thousand and twelve period. which makes it at least four hundred euros a night and this is not a record breaker some hostels which had previously cost thirty euros are now available at fifteen times the price and what it offers can hardly be described as five star this england fan has already bought plane and match tickets but now he's worried his troop may be jeopardized i don't see her doing anything different to what any over host countries do in the past. accommodation prices do roche travel prices do royce. it's just the lack of a viable accommodation very expensive most of them university dormitories sure you can stop in a tent for reasonable just a hotel but a breakfast top players i think we're going to get actually stone skyrocketing

prices urged for to stand a store and. warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action. hotels have a risk of ending up half empty we know who ordered their owners to lower the prices would so many low cost airlines be able to bring fans for games in and out of ukraine you might as well decide against paying here just coming for one day. become a nation prices usually hit the ceiling ahead of a big event and london will not be an exception during this summer's olympics but in the case of ukraine the gap between the price on the quality is vast and there is a great risk private landlords could end up profitless ukraine has already spent fourteen billion euros into the euro twenty twelve project and is expected to earn only hull five billion the private sector will rake in just as much that's unless the fans would not be scared away by the high prices let's hear assess the r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. has been more than two years since the first cracks

in the euro walk started to appear with greece on railing a series of austerity measures the single currency is taking a hit from the euro crisis and it's having an effect on the dollar they take to the streets of the big apple to your views on the declining dollar and what it may mean for the rest of the world. the value of the u.s. dollar is on the decline what does that mean this week let's talk about that do you think the dollar's decline means the u.s. is losing its status as the world power yeah i think that it's reasonable to assume my husband doesn't go well why don't you take that because it will make you more competitive in. how they were all going down we're all going down meaning every country every country the end of the world time in rural you know the miners might be right december twenty first so what's going to be the currency mine if there's

no more dollars or euros or anything what are we going to be trading probably beans we're losing jobs to china and. you know we're we're not people who are working for you so would you be willing to pay money in chinese yuan if it keeps going the same way absolutely i think we're very depending on the dollar as the international trade depending on the dollar do you think it's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon definitely not to the euro the euro is really showing off its weaknesses charm why do we all just take it for granted that the dollar is the. currency that we base the world economy a more stable economy europe or japan or any of the other countries. it's not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start considering using or saving other currencies like the you honor the euro. personally no. why do

you think americans are only think in terms of dollars when the rest of the world thinks in terms of other currencies well i think the whole kind of not just currencies it's news it's everything everything is too many people in the us are just to us centered focus in terms of their outlook on the world well part of it is is a function of geography so america basically operative in the large portion. of north america with canada and mexico being the only neighboring nations there would hasn't been much need for us to be able to be fluent whether in languages or currencies for that matter do you think that stunted our growth people oh yeah i think it can lead to some cultural isolation but they're not you care the us dollar is on the decline the bottom line is you might want to start paying attention to what other currencies are. only that wasn't always available to america's least fortunate residents the

national coalition for the whole most is right los angeles the meanest city in the u.s. when it comes to dealing with its poverty stricken population well the government offers little help for the areas down and out as many people are left with little hope for a better future or if he's with you know coaching over or. the city of angels the promise land of and this opportunities has become a living nightmare for south los angeles is a mirage as. people believe that they're coming to see hollywood the stars are here. and. the girls with will come take a look at skid row and you can compare it to third world countries this treat is an informal border between shiny gala time the late and. behind me in the shadow of the down delhi skyline stray some fifty blocks with the largest concentration of homeless people in the entire country so many it's not just the place it's the way

it's life and at last resorts in the often and few main underbelly of los angeles. the financial crisis has hit hard here recreating mounds of foreclosures have things turfing people out of their properties and onto the streets the city of angeles is fast becoming and says he'll hold this job. choice among them two years ago he lost his job and while his income came to an ad for uphold the bill certainly didn't well i was working as an assistant manager auto parts store and. i just. left leg and i don't have any worlds to go to a recent report by the national coalition for the homeless of range los angeles as the meanest city in the country when it comes to dealing with the problem we're all . in where the homeless and poor are treated under by law enforcement probably in

this country has been criminal logs of your poor your. general dogan lives in the streets of skid row he says the police have worked out a solution for dealing with the homeless and arrest them for any minor infraction strategy that's winning the applause of the business community and real estate developers their job is to move. common home as well out of the great super community what they want to do is run all the poor folks out so that the relatives will put money into the area but the sad reality is there is only enough shelters for a tiny fraction of alleys dramatic number of homeless remain here says the government's looking the other way and leaving them to rights and because i think america's run around. captain fable whole would have been cleaned up their own backyard right here on skid row you did you got the largest most popular in america right now the

largest. situation going all right i mean it just is this is this area and how this is going to get a hell of a lot worse as predicted there will be a whopping one million foreclosures in california in the coming year so while joe schmoe and so many others suffering the same plight might be praying that one day they will have a roof. over their heads and since the name the others will be losing their sea legs in a question all right see you reporting from los angeles california. coming up on our to recap of our top stories and then a special report on the soviet leaders all coming up in a few minutes stay with us. there

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