happening to the global economy with max conjure for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on r t. u.s. teams up with the arab allies to pressure the syrian government into submission displayed 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 oil imports from the islamic state. reliving its start he visits the only remaining soviet forced labor camp gulag and here's the tales of former inmates.

noon in moscow i matter as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story syria's opposition is rallying in a bid to convince international allies that it is a unified force rebels expect more backing from the u.s. led group of nations on sunday when the so-called friends of syria group convenes for a second subject the group aims to put more pressure on damascus while lending a helping hand to assad's opponents ahead of a conference u.s. secretary of state clinton is in saudi arabia meeting washington's key regional allies saudis and qatar have been leading calls for a start arming syrian rebels and you can weigh in with military force chris bambery from the international socialist group thinks that he u.s. is well liked and to get involved directly vote you will endorse action to prosecute. the saudis of very keen to overthrew asaad regime as soon as possible and one to increase the arms to the syrian rebels the

free syrian army etc the americans are slightly weary not because the new less keen to overthrow the assad regime using from their own experiences they know that providing weapons probably also means enbrel and providing weapons instructions and so on and can lead to involvement in a conflict which these. see easy solution to the rest as almost over would the saudi humanitarian agenda the question of civil rights in saudi arabia what it's doing to its own people and what it's done to 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 who will use the human race card when you wake a regime p.c. silence over the question of human rights as they have done with the saudi arabian regime and indeed the backer in we don't hear any condemnation from hillary clinton or david cameron. well some saudis enjoy trappings of wealth and privilege the majority of the population struggles with daily oppression while ignoring issues of

their homeland arab oil magnates remain committed to exporting regime change to neighboring countries or he's our sort of boy who has more from beirut. because mission bunkmate in beirut is painful it's refreshing breeze and it's breezy way it's a place where headscarves in ministers don't come into conflict even when dawn and all that go on. the reputation is the most liberal arab society lebanon is only becoming a refuge for the citizens of the region true strictly to country thousands of saudis come to beirut every month what some call a freedom but creation 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 please look at me it is here when many saudi women get a chance to walk the streets all by themselves and saudi man can enjoy themselves in gambling in many casinos something it would be absolutely limits at home

saudi arabia is the most conservative country in the world where women are still banned from driving and need 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 says that part of saudi heritage and therefore should be respected but while prescribing this trip to fly for its citizens some members of saudi really don't seem to think these rules apply to themselves. when it comes to cutting lose or draw out some of the saudi establishment going to exactly present a picture of religious piety so differences have been seen reigning hundreds of thousands of dollars and women in nightclubs ready cash for their sides. the excesses of the select few restrictions for everybody else has not gone unnoticed feeling public discontent that over the past year has been repeatedly met

with life around. who were protesters have been killed in riyadh based 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 the. demonstrations and so they are simply illegal yet despite harsh treatment of its own protesters saudi arabia has been very supportive of the world elsewhere. was among the first to push for international intervention in libya and syria is believed to be the maintenance here of the rebels when things are not moving as expected to mean the course of the

. chinese vetoes of the u.n. . i think they decided to play the measure. by announcing you know the. plank in syria. for all its rough tactics at home and abroad here say is never scolded by the u.s. say. in washington that currently negotiating a fifty billion dollars sale of advanced american weapons brothers in arms conveniently they're still knocking each other skippers. artsy beirut lebanon. still ahead this hour tightening their belts spain it out as its biggest off cuts in three decades after a nationwide strike against reports. but first as the u.s. seeks new ways to undermine syria's government there's more slapping sanctions on

damascus closest ally iran president obama has given the all clear the toughest measures yet against the islamic states or oil industry washington will take punitive economic steps against any country refusing to reduce imports of iranian fuel restrictions come into force in late june this is all designed to pressure tehran into giving up its controversial nuclear program the white house says there's enough oil resources in the world to keep a mark upon collapsing without iran share u.s. space research or a writer soraya suck up or already things the u.s. could be shooting itself in the foot i really don't think america has france its license think it has allies manages to intimidate and bully other countries into doing it's been an extraordinary thing is that america is imposing these sanctions is actually it is the national interest not only are the american companies not allowed to trade with iran america is telling the world how and other

nations that you can do it either so i don't know why any nation like japan 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. alright and it's not there tonight iran is all social economics classes and the government since the government's been the national government all this time don't like to hear this would never give up something that you nice people who rallies the people behind it. euro zone finance ministers have agreed to boost the e.u.'s rescue fund fund to eight hundred billion euros doubt countries like spain recover from crippling debt woes experienced by national crisis has prompted the government to out its biggest austerity cuts in more than three decades against revalued to cut twenty seven billion euros from its budget this year this after tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets

thursday fighting against labor reforms the strike turned violent barcelona where demonstrators smashed windows and set trash bins on fire while the country struggles to rise out of its debt hole economic analyst michael moore ah says spain may never be able to implement the new cuts. what i can see is that what this plan want to make the spanish government is not only visited to pill it's also impossible when you look at the private sector private sector is totally over that more or less bankrupt when you look at the banks over there bank about central bank government also mourners bankrupt how can you implement an authority package in these circumstances so everybody will see this won't work but 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 insular action in spain itself so they have to pull out of the euro 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 you come through this point there and then i think the germany will pull out of the euro. stay with us here on r.t. still ahead this hour homeless and hollywood. i think america's run around. the cap and say whoa whoa we're having cleaned up beyond backyard right here on skid row you've got the largest mall most popular in america you know where to go the city of angels homeless community growing rather government couldn't turn a blind eye or in a few minutes. but first political prisoner is a term associated with the darkest chapter in soviet history when millions were locked up in forced labor camps known as grew up in

a bid to make sure the horrors of the past are never forgotten the russians converted one of the remaining gulag camps into a museum or he's peter auer visited the site and spoke with one of its former residents hidden away in the ural mountains hundreds of kilometers from the nearest city is perm thirty six where the soviet government sent its dissidents now though it's a museum dedicated to making sure that's 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. so you call video of was an inmate at the perm camp in one thousand nine hundred eighty four he was sentenced to seven years for agitation and anti saudi a 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 fence the freedom to

actually say anything you wanted without fear what else could they do to you you were in prison already today 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 a punishment cell you had to stay without warmer underwear and burning it was usually very cold which was serious we had to sleep on barren planks with no pillow let me see in a current thirty six allows visitors 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 extraordinary. at all. excited. however turned thirty six is not the only place that the repressions of the soviet era remembers the day 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 and now will now say that by keeping the past in focus history's mistakes will be repeated. whenever we remember our pasts we keep bringing up the main theme of rights and freedom the past can be described as one big violation of human rights it was a symbol of lawlessness the lack of freedom that if we forget our past we will be unable to build any decent future groom and peter all of a. well stay with us here on r.t. still to come this hour football fever heading east ukraine well over the fairing for a break here here here is a welcome to millions of euro football. but what can be the currency

every minute yet there's not much dollars or euros or anything what are we going to be changing probably beans we take to the streets of new york to get opinions on how the euro crisis has hit the dollar. turning first though to some other stories making headlines across the globe in mali tora gravels in the north of the country have captured a strategic is strategic town of the dollar there's just a week after the country's military stage a coup to overturn the president's scenes power the army says they took control so they could fight off the sahara based rebel threat the leader captain amadou sanogo as asked before to help to tackle the tour again insurgents the rebels fought in libya for colonel gadhafi before returning better on to the homeland. eleven people have been killed several others injured after four days of unrest in pakistan and violence was triggered wednesday after a politician was killed in karate in the days following at least ten people 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 after online web postings led to rumors that a coup could be in the works and it's come several after several web post claimed the military vehicles were seen in the beijing streets the chinese government says rumors had a negative influence on the public and sixteen sites were closed down for tearing the reports the scandal comes at a crucial time for the country's ruling elite after the removal from office of communist party chief. the way and we have some latest rolled up the news for you right now three separate bombs in thailand have killed five people left more than fifty wounded last happened in the commercial district of the jala municipality the first two were hidden in motorcycles the third in a car bombings are a common tactic of muslim separatists who have been waging an insurgency in thailand for eight years that's left more than five thousand people dead. with

a u.s. soldier accused of killing seventeen afghan civilians under investigation russian still trying to mend its relationship with kabul but the massacre along with the burning of the qur'an at a u.s. airbase means afghan leaders aren't buying the apologies are his military contributor says washington needs to revise its red strategy to late history plenty of it again. might probably be remembered as run of the most unfortunate and the least successful trip ever conducted by the pentagon chief to afghanistan to major political blunder even before he boarded his spleen after the koran burning he authorized the u.s. commander in afghanistan to visit draw all american advisers from they have given institutions both military and civilian so why small wonder that he left

kabul we have two lemons first from karzai we theists ultimatum to corral all u.s. ground forces into their forward operating bases and effectively no invoice any nitrates against he's taliban brothers and second from the taliban when they announce they're postponing of the negotiations we have the american partners regarding their reconciliation the next time you jump aboard the plane to go to make sure that he's bound to islamabad not to kabul if he really means business. then a little more than two months euro football fans from around the world will flood into ukraine and poland for the euro two thousand and twelve championships with more than a million expected to descend on kiev are known preparations to accommodate them are near completion but as artie's alexei airshows reports those coming for the beautiful game could be in for an ugly surprise. i felt the earth with the view of

twenty twelve football championship has not even begun in ukraine but this key of pensioner is already in high spirits here you. know not a believes this summer storm and is her last real chance to earn some money since in the us is that our pensions are next to nothing our days are numbered and want to see them off in style and earn a little money that's why we 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 camara 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 renting this mordantly designed and fully equipped wired be prepared to pay a fortune like it across

a new this is an elite apartment in central kiev and it's priced in between five and ten thousand dollars a month but 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 trip may be jeopardized but i don't think we're doing anything different to war and heal the house contrasted in the past. accommodation process dheeraj travel process do royce. it's just the lack of a viable accommodation very expensive most of them university dormitories she what you can stop in a tent for reasonable just a hotel bed and breakfast thought was going to get up salute skyrocketing prices

urged people to stand stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action we will. have a risk of ending up half empty we have ordered their owners to lower the prices with so many low cost airlines being able to bring fans for games into out of ukraine they might as well decide against paying here just coming for one day. accommodation 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 and the quality is vast and there is a great risk private landlords could and up profitless ukraine has already spent fourteen billion euros into the euro twenty eight wealth project and is expected to earn only half a 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 a chesty r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine in more than two years as the first cracks in the

euro bloc started to appear with greece unveiling a series of austerity measures a single currency is taking a hit from the euro crisis and having a major effect on the dollar we take to the streets of the big apple to hear views on the declining dollar what it means 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 well competitive in export markets i think we're all going now we're all going to mean every country every country the end of the world time in rural you know the mines might be right december twenty first so we're 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 are working so would you be willing to use pave 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 different adults of the euro the euro is really showing off his 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 there compared to europe or japan or any of the other countries where the tighter. 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 are under the euro. personally no. why do you think americans 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 it's not just currencies it's news it's everything everything it's too many people in the us are just too us centered focused in terms of their outlook on the world that we're part of it is is a function of geography so america basically operated by in the large portion. and of north america with canada and mexico being the only neighboring nations there 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 of people oh yeah i think it can lead to some cultural isolation but not you can't the us dollar is on the decline the bottom line is you might want to start paying attention to what other currencies are. money however isn't always available to the least fortunate the national coalition

for the homeless has right los angeles the meanest city in the u.s. when it comes to dealing with its poverty stricken population while the government offers little help for the areas down and outs there may be a little hope for a better future or he's made a coaching over reports. the city of angels and promise land of angeles opportunities has become a living nightmare first los angeles is a mirage. people believe that they're coming to see hollywood all the stars are here. this beautiful beaches the girls with the well come take a look at skid row you can compare the third world country this treat is an informal border between shiny downtown l.a. and skid row behind me in the shadow of the down belly skyline stray some fifty blocks with the largest concentration of homeless people in the entire country for many it's not just a place it's a way of life and at last resorts in the often and humane underbelly of los angeles

. the financial crisis has hit hard here record amounts of foreclosures have bangs turfing people out of their properties and on to the streets this if your pain jules is fast becoming a city of homeless joshua is among them two years ago he lost his job and while his income came to an average holds the bill certainly didn't well i was working as a system manager auto parts store and. i just kind of left the ledge 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 that we're all. homeless and poorly treated under by law enforcement probably in this country has been criminal of your poor your brave. general dogan lives

in the streets of skid row he says that police have worked out a solution for dealing with the homeless and arrest them for. any minor infraction a strategy that's winning the importance of the business community and real estate developers their job is to all know a common home as well it's out of the grace of the community what they want to do with his world all of poor folks so to belive 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 maybe here says the government's looking the other way and leaving them to rot in the courts or i think america's run around. captain ferry boat hole would have been cleaned up their own backyard right here on skid row you did you got the largest homeless population in america the largest. mental situation going on right here i mean it's just it's

just it's just pale and how this is going to get a hell of a lot worse it's 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 hands it seems many others will be losing theirs and i do question our t.v. reporting from los angeles california. and back shortly with a recap of our top story stay with us.

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