the machine would be so much brighter if you knew all about song from feinstein oppression. starts on t.v. dot com. syria says all attempts to else the regime of failed even as a u.s. led to crow opposition group of nations meets with the aim of aiding the rebels cause. regime levels criticism of washington ever it sanctions against countries that keep buying oil from iran. and cities across the globe switch off the lights. to do their bit for the environment moscow is among those plunked into darkness and these are not pictures from the russian capital here on.

around the clock around the world this is r.t. life here in the russian capital syria's government says attempts to topple the regime of failed but insist troops will stay in cities until security is assured this is the opposition looks for help from abroad the u.s. led group of nations the so-called friends of syria is backing the rebels and pushing for regime change taking the outcome of the conflict into their own hands and a sort of further course hosting the second meeting of the group could prove a test for turkey once a major ally for syria. taking the heart of the activity at the name into as it prepares to play hayes to the friends the syrian e.t.a. the country's once again found itself at the center stage the fish to pressure the assad regime it has

a history common history with syria so certainly it feels justified that it is going to interfere to a certain extent. as long as while squatting spy having fully built up place economic ties is there and sharing more than nine hundred kilometers of border with its neighbor distance between the two countries is now the gulf with turkey style seemingly closely aligned that of arab countries such as guitar and saudi arabia and the strong calls for regime change. very early in the case of syria we must remember that. our very quickly and very confrontational attitude towards. the struggle against him in fact when. meanwhile the syrian national council themselves and battling their own fist by the fact that we lost a number of members recently that is ations now not representative of the interests

of the syrian people listen seen as here it is and who was also not inside here. the moneyball new boy of his communist muslim brotherhood. members look forward to most. also visited by the syrian opposition desperately trying to bridge their own divisions governments now left in a difficult situation so it has more caution after these things if you observed the only thing that can push is a regime change otherwise it is capacity of monitoring to the arab world through syria will be very very constrained and as take he gears up for the meeting. when it comes to understanding the complex syrian crisis and take his role in it they still left to guess what was really going on behind closed doors it's a key to once again emerge as

a major regional power syria is certainly prevailing it's. been feeling very much the way in applying pressure. that an end to the violence that many here in the turkish government. that are wrong we've now could lead to a confrontation with the syrian army and the escalation of an already incredibly volatile regional situation. if the. head of the conference u.s. or state hillary clinton is in saudi arabia between washington's key regional allies and. leaving 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 will indorse action through proxies. so it is of barry keen to overthrow the assad regime as soon as possible and want to increase the arms which are going to the syrian rebels the free syrian army. the americans are slightly weary not because the kids overthrew the assad regime

because of from their own experience the nor the providing weapons probably also means involved in providing weapons instructors and so on and can lead to involvement in a conflict which the sea easy solution to is the americans for the wrong reasons in part because the rules were straight in afghanistan and elsewhere i hesitate about escalating arms supplies to the rebels the west has almost overworked the sody 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 thieves in a way that when you don't like a regime they were usually given rate cards when you wake a regime these thieves silent over the question of human rights as they have done with. saudi arabian regime and indeed. we don't hear any condemnation from hillary clinton or david cameron. china has lashed out at the

u.s. over its decision to close i head with sanctions against countries that keep buying iranian oil beijing says washington has no right to take it upon itself to punish other nations the u.s. wants to strangle the rein in all trade in the attempt to make the country abandon its nuclear program under the new restrictions set to come into force in june and if 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 another mokhtari a political commentator into round says washington is being overoptimistic. i believe. the u.s. 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 there are over one hundred trillion dollar debt at the moment and this bravado of. resurgent

economy and every contrary is not going to last as a matter of fact the bravado would only last for as long as the energy stocks are doing well. president obama has very little time this is showmanship the greatest but he's very ill advised the u.s. allies who will have a better brunt of a not a hasty action from washington now the consequences and the ramifications of what president obama has done today lies squarely with ham and his administration and he should know that there is no hope of pinning this an israeli for patients on anyone else. i want to live here in moscow still to come for your accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine as football's european championships draws closer also looking to cash in on fans but it's feared that the move in the gold coast will send the crowds packing instead. one by one cities

around the world to go dark for global earth hour this year we've got some surprising new comers including the international space station one out of. but first spain has been hit by the toughest spending cuts in its modern history with the country's young government plan to slash 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 your story and changes in labor laws of sent hundreds of thousands protesting on the streets but economic analyst michael ross believes spain will not be able to push through the cuts anyway. what i can see is that what this plane want to make the spanish government is not only visited if pale it's also impossible when you look at the privates are private secretaries totally over that more or less bankrupt when you look at the banks over there bankrupt circle bank bankrupt

government also known as bankrupt how can you implement an authority package in this circumstances so everybody will see it is will this won't work but what 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 i have to pull out of the euro in order to count 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 to this point then then i think. germany will pull out of the euro. so from sydney to new york cities across the world. it's part of a global effort to raise awareness about climate change and all these new friends

joins me now to explain she's there in. the biggest single environment and how does it all work. well the idea is that as you said starting in sydney and then moving time zone by time zone around the world and major landmarks in some of the world's biggest cities will be shut off the power will will be shut off not only got a lot of citizens are very involved as well and they are shutting off the lights in their homes as well it's meant to instill awareness about climate change and to bring the issue to the forefront now this started back in two thousand and seven in sydney and it's now spread to one hundred thirty five countries around the world six consecutive years in a row now here in russia as many as fifteen million people it's estimated will be participating in this starting of course on the other side of the country now here in moscow it's carol hills where right in front of moscow state university the

university is dark as is the academy of sciences and many other landmarks around the city have been i have had their power shut off as a symbol. of the problems affecting climate change and many people are gathered here many people have lit candles and indeed around the world at the stroke eight thirty pm local time and all of the city's people like candles and must stand in the dark and appreciate the fact that without all of this energy we consume just how in the dark we were in fact now newcomers today this sort of celebration if you will include the international space station one of the astronauts will be blogging on the european space agency's website and sending images of this event. to that website so you can actually log on to. check that out this is the first time that it is it is actively observed like this from the i r sas so it's very interesting and more and more people every year are getting involved in these it is

a great stunt to as you say to make people aware of environmental concerns is there really anything to suggest that this really will have an impact will it really help the environment. well no of course not this is about this is a simple this is about bringing the issue to the forefront whether you're consuming fossil fuels or electricity it doesn't matter what it is this is about instilling in people's minds and this is a global problem it's a global community problem and it's something everyone needs to get involved it's not just the issue of climate change but those habits that those consumptive habits that lead to it need to be curbed so the last saturday of every march probably for the foreseeable future will be this special earth hour that the wildlife world wildlife fund has brought to us starting in sydney now it's a global event with billions of people participating every year thanks very much we can see just. reporting live from the russian capital.

well still to come for you this here on r.t. we asked why americans aren't ready to give up on the dollar. it's not just currencies it's news it's everything everything to many people in the u.s. or just to u.s. centered focus in terms of their outlook on the world. the dollar is declining so our new york resident asked people on the streets what could be an alternative. that's still to come for you but first the euro two thousand and twelve football championship just a few months away now fans are booking places to stay when they go to watch their teams play over a million are expected to travel and ukrainian hotel owners and landlords are looking to net a tidy profit from each of them and reports it's feared that some fans might stay at home instead. i felt that the euro joins us well football championship has not even begun in ukraine but this king of pensioner is

already in high spirits here cause you will. come out of the leaves this summer store lament is her last real chance to earn some money since in the us is a i've bench and i'm next to nothing our days are numbered and i want to see them off in style and earn a little money and 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 when the roof of the soviet design and lack of necessary images 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 renting this mordantly designed and fully equipped flat be prepared to pay a fortune to put across a new this is and who needs apartments in central kiev and it's priced in between five and ten thousand dollars a month but to raise prices at least three fold for the euro two thousand and

twelve period. which makes it at least four hundred heroes 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 and i don't see the doing anything different to what and the older 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 dormitories sure you can stop in a tent for reasonable just a hotel bed and breakfast or twice i think you're going to get absolutely skyrocketing prices urged we are to stand a stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action. and 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 france or gains in and out of ukraine they might as well decide against paying here just coming for one day. accommodation prices usually hit to 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 good and 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 france would not be scared away by the high prices let's see reporting from kiev in ukraine by the way if you're hungry for more stories go to our website on t.v. dot com and here's a glimpse of what's waiting for you that right now cross the border guessing game bellary citizens were banned from leaving the country will now only find out as

they actually try to go abroad. and tear gas and water cannons meet palestinians in the west bank as a peaceful rally to remember man day turns violent leaving one person dead you can watch the video on you tube channel and find out all about that. california america's capital of the rich and famous but behind the glamorous hollywood facade hides another reality tens of thousands of homeless people who say they're trapped inside the criminal justice system. the city of angels and promise land of angeles opportunities has become a living nightmare for some 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. come take a look at skid row and you can compare the third world country this treat is an

informal border between shiny downtown l.a. and hedgerows behind me in the shadow of the down valley flying lines traced 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 how things turfing people out of their properties and onto the streets the city of angels is fast becoming a cecile homeless joshua is among them two very seagulls he lost his job and while his income came to an after upholds the bill certainly didn't well i was working as a system manager of auto parts store and. i just.

left the ledge and i don't how the new world is to do 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 fall. in where the hot homeless are poor treated under by law enforcement probably in this country as big criminal logs of your poor your big. 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 strategy that's winning the loss of the business and real estate developers their job is to all go home and out of the great that we community what they want to do with his world all of poor folks so that. would put money into the area but the sad reality is there is only enough shelters for a tiny fraction of las dramatic number of whom that's nice to hear says the

government's looking the other way and leaving them to rights in the gutter i think america's. captain ferry boat would have been cleaned up their own backyard right here on skid row you got the largest most popular in america right now largest. going all right. is this period 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 the others will be listening peers it's an artsy reporting from los angeles calif. some other news making headlines around the world now no world updates it's twenty minutes past the hour a cease fire has been struck between rival militias after

a week of heavy clashes in southern libya the fighting has left almost one hundred fifty dead and four hundred wounded a new government is faced with continued violence between former rebels and ethnic tribes still month and year after the revolt that deposed kind nothing. the political crisis among his deepening his insurgence of violence towards new targets and the more rebellion is being posed by coming from libya after last year's war they're unhappy with the way the president is handling the insurgency the military seized power last week but then called the situation critical and headed for outside help and i should see. pleaded for outside help it has been condemned internationally and molly's neighbors have threatened severe economic sanctions. these eleven people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in southern thailand after a series of blasts in a commercial hard the first two bombs were hidden in motorcycles while the third was in a car several shops called flat and many particles with damage on these are common in the insurgency itself where over five thousand people have been killed in the

past eight years. fierce fighting erupted between the army and suspected al-qaeda militants in southern yemen seventeen soldiers and thirteen insurgents were killed at islamists attacked only positions in the telling the only fighter jets launched airstrikes forcing militants to retreat and tell neighbors of the un province which is an al qaeda stronghold. stalin's labor camps are one of the darkest pages in the history of the soviet union thousands of people were sent to get 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 peter all of which take a look. hidden away in the ural mountains hundreds of kilometers from the nearest city is perm forty 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 and 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 agitation and 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. the 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 have to stay without warmer underwear and bedding it was usually very cold which was serious he had to sleep on there and planks with no

pillow. let me 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 extraordinary because it's a unique place there are other. camp. externality. however perm thirty six is not the only place that the repressions of the soviet era are remembered today monuments like 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 campaign for human rights in our world now see that by keeping the past in focus is treason the stakes will be repeated. whenever we remember of last year

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. with each party. the decline of the us dollar is not a surprise to some traders many analysts even suggest is still priced higher than its true value china is rising as an economic power and will soon overtake america a resident in new york asks people on the streets there whether they're willing to use alternatives to the dollar. 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 dollars 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 think that because it'll make you well competitive and explore each other we're all going down we're all going to i mean in every country every country that and the world time in rural you know the miners might be right december twenty first so what's going to be the currency it was money in korea if there's no more dollars or euros or anything what are we going to be trading probably beings we're losing jobs to china and. you know we're we're not people are working here so would you be willing to stave money in chinese yuan if it keeps going the same way absolutely i think we're very dependent on the dollar as the international trade is depending on the dollar do you think it's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon as there's a lot of the euro the euro is really showing off his weaknesses at 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 there compared to europe or japan or any of the other countries where that tied up. it's not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start considering using your statement other currencies like he was under the euro. personally. why do you think americans only think in terms of dollars when the rest of the world thinks in terms of other things well i think the whole kind of not just currencies it's news it's everything everything 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 a function of geography so america basically article in the large portion 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 as a people oh yeah i think it can lead to some cultural isolation whether or not you

care if 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. exactly twenty. in moscow. as coming your way in a few minutes from washington that's a recap of our top stories stay with us for that.

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