see life on the. video on demand tease mine comes. r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the com. syria says all attempts to oust the regime have failed even as a u.s. led pro opposition group of nations meet with the aim of aiding the rebels corps. beijing a-levels criticism of washington over its sanctions against countries that keep buying oil from iran. and ukrainian landlords shoot for profits ahead of football's european championships but the soaring prices could well be letting the home side down.

a very warm welcome for you this is our t.v. live from moscow with me some shape syria's government says attempts to topple the regime have failed the opposition now appears to be waiting and hoping for help from abroad that could come in the form of the u.s. led group of nations known as the friends of syria who are meeting for a second time to power pressure on president assad and aid the opposition head of the conference u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is in saudi arabia meeting washington's key regional allies the saudis and qatar have been leading calls to start arming the syrian rebels and weigh in with military force political analyst chris bambery thinks the u.s. is reluctant to get involved directly but it will indorse action through proxies. the saudis are very keen to overthrow the assad regime as soon as possible and

want to increase the arms which are good through the syrian rebels the free syrian army etc the americans are slightly weary not because the. overthrow of the assad regime from the experience the nor the providing weapons. probably also means involve providing weapons instructions and so on and can lead to involvement in a conflict which the sea easy solution to the rest has almost overworked the sody humanitarian agenda the question of civil rights inside 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 you will use with human rights cards when you wake a regime and it's the silence over the question of human rights as they have done with this idea of leaving the regime and indeed back when we don't hear any condemnation from hillary clinton or david cameron. or there may well they can or

oppression in their homeland but some arab oil magnates remain committed to exporting regime change to neighboring states parties oksana boyko reports on saudi arabia's do as i say not as i do attitude. the cornishman bank mint in beirut is spain for its refreshing breeze and its breezy way it's a place where have curves in many skirts don't come into conflict even when beyond all it wants. to the reputation as the most liberal arab society lebanon is only becoming a refuge for the citizens of the region's most restrictive country thousands of saudis come to beirut every month and what some call the freedom but cation i was born 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 where

many saudi women get a chance to walk the streets all by themselves and saudi man can and in the gambling in beirut's mainly 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 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 they are part of saudi heritage and therefore should be respected but while prescribing this restrictive last fall for its citizens some members of saudi really don't seem to think this rules apply to themselves. when it comes to cutting lose abroad some of the men going to exactly present a picture of religious piety saudi princes have been seen reigning hundreds of thousands of dollars and women in nightclubs ready cash by their sides. in.

the excesses of the select few and restrictions for everybody else who's not going to notice you and probably just been turned over the past year has been repeatedly met with life grounds. where protesters have been killed in rio. year alone after 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 partially. 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 revolt elsewhere. was among the first to push for

international intervention in libya and syria is believed to be the maintenance year of the rebels when things did not move as expected main the because of the russian and chinese vetoes a year and. they think they decided to measure. their plank in syria. only threaten tactics at home and abroad here's the thing he is never scolded by the us say. it and washington are currently negotiating a fifty billion dollar sale of advanced american weapons brothers in arms conveniently they're still not each other skippers. artsy beirut lebanon. and they're still to come for you and the program here on r.t. accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine as european championships draw

closer landlords are looking to cash in on finance but it's fear that moving the goalposts will send crowds packing instead also to come for you here on our team a tale of two cities. people. coming to see holly world all. the stars are here take a look at the. country look at the plight of the growing number of homeless people who live right next door to america's rich and famous. china has lashed out at the u.s. over its decision to plow ahead with sanctions against countries to keep buying iranian oil beijing says washington has no right to unilaterally punish other nations the u.s. wants to strangle iranian oil trade in an attempt to make the country abandon its nuclear program under the new restrictions set to come into force in june any foreign banks doing all related deals with iran would be cut off from america's

financial system the white house claims there are enough oil sources in the world to keep the market from collapsing without iran's input but another more political commentator in tehran says washington is being over optimistic i believe. the us not being. such as china russia we're not well for the united states we must take into account that the united states it's really and there are over one hundred trillion dollar debt at the moment and this bravado of. resurgent economy every cauvery is not going to last as a matter of fact the provider would only last for as long as the energy stocks are doing well therefore president obama has very little time this is showmanship the greatest but it is very ill advised the u.s. allies will we'll have a better prime about a hasty action promotion to. the consequences and the ramifications of what

president obama has done today squarely with him. and he should know that there is no hope of pinning this and its ramifications on anyone else. nearly ten minutes past the hour here in the russian capital this is r.t. spain has been hit by the toughest spending cuts in its modern history with the country's young government valinor slashed by twenty seven billion euros ministry's funding will go down almost seventeen percent public sector pay will be frozen and corporations will have to contribute more in tax the austerity changes in labor laws are sent hundreds of thousands protesting on the streets but economic analyst michael gross believe spain will not be able to push the cuts through anyway what i can see is there to what is don't want to make the spanish government is not only visited if pill it's also impossible when you look at the private sector

a private sector is totally over a bit more or less bankrupt when you look at the banks although their central bank bankrupt government also manas bankrupt how can you implement in a store to pick which in this circumstances so everybody will see visible this won't work i got i what i see is that spain is the last nail in the eurozone 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 insurrection in spain itself so we'll have to go through 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 or seven hundred billion euros in order to refinance themselves so if this if you come through this point then then i think germany will pull out of the euro. europe

struggles to create its own financial fire wall we ask why americans aren't ready to give up on the dawn. it's not just currencies it's news it's everything everything is too many people in the us are just too us centered focused in terms of their outlook on the world the dollar is declining so our new york resident asks people on the streets what it could offer an alternative that's just coming your way shortly in the program here. with the euro twenty twelve foot ball championship just a few months away now fans booking places to stay when they go to watch their teams play over a million are expected to travel and ukranian hotel owners and landlords are looking to net a tidy profit from each and every one of them as. he reports it's fear that some fans might actually end up staying at home. well the us with the euro twenties well football championship has not even begun in ukraine with

this king of pensioner is already in high spirits or soon to. come out of the leaves this summer storm and is her last real chance to earn some money since in the us is a 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 i will let a room in our flat to football fans will start at fifty dollars a night depending on who stays here but the price could go higher. of the soviet design and lack of necessary amenities like air conditioning but amara 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 mortally designed and fully equipped flat be prepared to pay a fortune make it across a new this is an elite apartment in central kiev and its tryst 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 were previously caused thirty year olds 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 and i don't think we're doing anything different to what any over house countries did in the past accommodation process dheeraj travel prizes do royce. it's just the lack of a viable accommodation very expensive most of them university. sure you can stop in a tent for reasonable just a hotel paid a breakfast or place i think we're going to get up salute still skyrocketing prices urged to send a stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action. have a risk of ending up half empty we've warned their owners to lower the prices with

so many low cost airlines being able to bring fans for games in and 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 health 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. reporting from kiev in ukraine thank you hungry for more stories just go to our website. let's. see some of the stories are standing by for you at present for example cross border guessing game.

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question on the dot com it's good to be with us here today on artsy a los angeles california america's capital of the rich and famous but behind the glamorous twenty was for sada hides another reality tens of thousands of homeless people who say they are trapped inside the criminal justice system where this story is all too familiar question. this is he ok angels and promise land of congress opportunities has become one hundred thing nightmare for south los angeles is a mirage. people believe that they're coming to see hollywood august stars or hear. the beautiful. girls with the will 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 skidrow behind me in the shadow of the down valley skyline strafe 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 flying and at last resorts in the off and on few main 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 issue of angels is fast becoming as cecile moments job choice among them two years ago he lost his job and while his income came to an apple or upholds the bill certainly didn't well i was working as a system manager auto parts store and. i just. left the wage and i don't have any worlds to fill and

a recent report by the national coalition for the homeless range los angeles as the meanest city in the country when it comes to dealing with the problem that we're all schall. homeless or poor treated under by law enforcement probably in this country has been criminal laws of your poor your group was 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 a minor infraction a strategy that's winning the applause of the business community and real estate developers their jobs to move all know in common home is both. out of the great little community what they want to do with this world all of poor folks out so well it will put money into the area but this sad reality is there is only enough shelters for the trying the fraction of dramatic number who lets me here says the

government's looking the other we can leave in them to rot so the cuts i think americans run around playing captain sable hole where they haven't cleaned up your backyard right here on skid row you've got the largest homeless population in america right you have the largest you know middle situation going all right i mean it just is just is this. 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 joshua and so many others suffering the same plight might complain that one day they will have a roof over their heads it seems the others will be losing peers. in the bush no r.t. reporting from los angeles california. let's get some other international news for you in brief we are seeing world update now on the political crisis in mali is the printing as insurgents advance towards new targets in the north the rebellion is being a bolstered by arms coming from libya after last year's warfare unhappy with the

way the president was handling the insurgency the military seized power last week but then called the situation critical and pleaded for outside the coup has been condemned internationally and molly's neighbors have threatened severe economic sanctions. fierce fighting has erupted between the army and suspected al-qaeda militants in southern yemen seventeen soldiers and thirteen insurgents were killed after islamists attacked on new positions in the town of yemeni you fighter jets launched airstrikes forcing the militants to retreat or the town neighbors of a young province and al qaeda. wrong hold. at least eight people have been killed and dozens wounded in southern thailand after a series of blasts in a commercial hub the first two bombs were hidden on motorcycle it was thirty's in a car several shops or fire in many parts of vehicles were damaged or are fairly

common in the insurgency hit far south over five thousand killed in the past eight years. well stalin's labor camps are one of the darkest pages in the history of the soviet union thousands of people were sent to gulags to rot simply for having different views about the system now one of them has become a museum and a reminder to future generations not to repeat the mistakes of the past are these good or all of i went to have a look. hidden away in the ural mountains hundreds of kilometers from the nearest city is permed 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 you was an inmate at the perm camp in one thousand nine hundred eighty four he was

sentenced to seven years for an education and anti soviet propaganda now in his eighty's he still remembers life from the inside where the actual deprivation of freedom was very significant indeed but there are things that made up for it you had a freedom which didn't exist only on a journey to freedom to actually say anything you wanted without fear what else could they do to you they were in prison already today gay 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 warm underwear and bedding it was usually very cold which was serious we had to sleep on barren planks with no pillow. when you see him a term thirty six allows visitors to come face to face with the realities of repression with much of the original structure still intact it gives historians a glimpse into

a harsh life not found anywhere else that's extraordinarily important because it's a unique place other remaining camp. however thirty six is not the only place that the repressions of the soviet era are remembered today monuments like this one 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 see that by keeping the past in focus histories mistakes will be repeated. whenever we remember our past we keep bringing up the main theme of rights and freedom past can be described as one big violation of human rights it was a symbol of lawlessness and a lack of freedom if we forget our past we will be unable to build a decent future among the. party.

of the us dollar is not a surprise to some traders many analysts even suggest it's still priced higher than its true value china is rising as an economic power and will soon overtake america . in new york and our people on the street so whether they are willing to use alternatives to the cup. 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 a dollar's decline means the u.s. is losing its status as the world power yeah i think that it's reasonable to assume you know my husband doesn't go well why don't you think that because it will make you more competitive and explore bondage i think we're all going down we're all going to i mean in 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 every minute for yet 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 really good so would you be willing to save 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 if you think it's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon as there isn't enough of the euro the euro is really showing off his weaknesses this time 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 or europe or japan or any of the other countries where that title. is not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start

consider using or statement other currencies like that you honor the hero. personally know. 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 well part of it is is a function of geography so america basically occupying 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 as a people oh yeah i think it can lead to some cultural isolation whether or not you care the u.s. dollar is on the decline the bottom line is you might want to start paying attention to what other currencies are available.

today just a couple of minutes here from action stacey to discuss the world's financial headlines and the kaiser report i do stay with us for that and of course a recap of our top stories.

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