syria says all attempts to oust the regime have failed even as a u.s. led proposition group of nations meets with the aim of aiding the rebels cause. beijing level's criticism of washington average sanctions against countries that keep buying oil from iran. and cities across the globe to switch off the lights for earth to do their bit for the environment and thus go is among those plunged into darkness the top stories this hour.

around the talk around the world this is life here in moscow syria's government says attempts to topple the regime of failed but insists troops will stay in cities until security is assured and 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. reports . turkey is the hub of activity at the moment is it prepares to play hazed to the friends the syrian eating the country's once again found itself at the center stage of the push to pressure the assad regime because of history common history syria source certainly feels justified but it is going to hear to a certain extent to circle the point as long as while it's going to start having formally built up place economic ties to syria and sharing all the nine hundred

kilometers of border with its neighbor distance between the two countries is now a gulf with take his stance seemingly closely aligned that of arab countries such as guitar and saudi arabia and their strong calls for regime change. or very early in the face of syria we might remember. your government. very quickly and very confrontational. to struggle against him in fact i went in one of. the syrian national council themselves at battling their own fears divides that it lost a number of members recently is accusations now that they're not representative of the interests of the syrian people but this is seen as he. also i've not inside and the. boy who was this communist muslim brotherhood.

member look forward to this. also. by the syrian opposition desperately trying to bridge their own divisions take his government's now left in a difficult situation for his more patient after these things that people observe the only team that thirty can push is a regime change otherwise in turkey his capacity to one or into the arab world through syria will be very very you know 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 still left to guess what's really going on behind closed doors that's a key to once again is a major regional powers syria is certainly freezing its has been feeling very much the way in applying pressure. to the violence that many here in the turkish government also the wrong move now could lead to

a confrontation with the syrian army and the escalation of an already incredibly volatile regional situation surface. istanbul. the head of the conference u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton visited saudi arabia meeting washington's key regional allies the saudis in qatar have been leading calls to start arming the syrian rebels and weigh in with military force. chris bambery thinks the u.s. is reluctant to get involved directly but will indorse action through proxies. the saudis are very keen to offer through the asaad regime as soon as possible and want to increase the arms which are going to the syrian rebels the free syrian army cetera the americans are slightly weary not because the. overthrew the assad regime was a from their own experience they know all the providing weapons probably also means involve providing weapons and structures 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 rule over straits in afghanistan and elsewhere are i hesitant about escalating on supplies to the rebels the west has almost overworked the saudi 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 they don't like a regime who will use the human race card when they like a regime they stayed silent over the question of human rights as they have done with the soviet region so you have a regime and indeed back when we don't hear any condemnation from hillary clinton or david cameron. coming up. accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine because european championship draws closer to looking to cash in on fans but it's fear moving the goalposts will send crowds packing instead also.

one by one cities around the world go dark for global earth hour this year we've got some surprising new comers including the international space station one that happened. still to come people first china has lashed out at the u.s. over its decision to plow ahead with sanctions against countries that keep buying iranian oil beijing's as washington has no right to take it upon itself to punish other nations the west wants to strangle iranian oil trade in an attempt to make the country abandon its nuclear program under the new restrictions become a de force in june and the 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 not a military political commentator into iran says washington is being overoptimistic

. i believe the. u.s. not being of. such a child russia will not well for the united states we must take into account that the united states it's reeling and there are over a hundred trillion dollar debt at the moment and this bravado of. resurgent economy every carvery is not going to last as a matter of fact bravado will only last for as long as the energy stocks are doing well. president obama has very little time this is showmanship the greatest but it is very ill advised us allies will will have to bear the brunt of another hasty action from washington now the consequences and the ramifications of what president obama has done today lies squarely with him and his administration and he should know that there is no hope of pinning this and its ramifications on

anyone else. spain has been hit by the toughest spending cuts and its more than history with the country's young government vowing to slash twenty seven billion euros ministry's funding will go down almost seventy percent public sector pay will be frozen and corporations will have to contribute more in tax changes and labor laws have sent hundreds of thousands protesting on the streets but he cannot make a list michael ross believes spain will not be able to push the cuts through anyway . what i can see is there too what the brain want to make the spanish government is not only visited the 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 bearings over the banquet struggled bank bankrupt government also mourners bankrupt how can you implement an authority package in this circumstances so everybody will see that this rule 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 to cause abilities why the wall be obviously not working while the first is that we will have kind of domestic insular actions in spain itself so bad after. all the crown 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 them then i think the german you will pull out of the euro. as europe struggles to create its own financial far will be asked why americans aren't ready to give up on the dollar. it's not just currencies it's news it's everything everything is too many people in the u.s. are just too u.s. centered focused in terms of their outlook on the world the dollar is declining so

new york resident asks people on the streets what could be i'm in turnitin that's coming up later for you this hour on r.t. . from sydney to new york thousands of cities across the world are turning off the lights for this year's earth as part of a global effort to raise awareness about climate change is lindsey france explains . the observance of global earth hour begins in sydney and winds its way time zone by time zone around the globe but now here in russia it's estimated that fifteen million people offer to supporting in paris and the lights in certain major buildings here in moscow are shut off moscow state university is dark as the academy of sciences and many other buildings big workout but let candles and they are also lighting lanterns and into the sky some newcomers to this include the international space station astronauts observing what is happening from space taking photos and even blogging about it on the european space agency's website

many major landmarks around the world are going dark including london's big bad and the golden gate bridge in the united states including even parts of the great wall of china this is about raising awareness for climate change. this is about alerting people to the necessity in the global community of address addressing the consumption levels of energy whether they're fossil fuels or electricity so it's about the global community together and curbing some of those bad habits we have that might contribute to global climate change now it's one hundred thirty five countries and more and more people every year are getting involved. reporting from some with the. championship just a few months away now fans of booking places to stay when they. play over a million are expected to travel and. toddy profit from each of them.

i reports it's fair that some fans. but. i felt the best with the view of twenty twelve football championship has not even begun in ukraine but this king of pensioner is already in high spirits here because soon you will. come out of the leaves this summer storm and this her last real chance to earn some money since in the us is that our bench and our next to nothing our days are numbered and we 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 soviet 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 renting is morally designed and fully equipped flat be prepared to

pay a fortune to the casa nukes this is an elite apartment in central kiev and it's christ in between five and ten thousand dollars a month which will raise prices at least three fold for the euro two thousand and twelve period. which makes it and policed four hundred euros a night and this is not a record breaker some hostels which were 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 plan 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 do roche 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 but america's top place i think we're going to get actually still

skyrocketing prices urged for to sound a stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action every walk of purple hotels have a risk of ending up half empty we've ordered their owners to lower the prices with so many low cost airlines being able to bring fans to games into the out of ukraine and might as well decide against paying here just coming for one day. accommodation prices usually hit the ceiling the head 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 assess the r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. now if you're hungry for more stories in addition

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on the good. video on demand exceeds my old costs and. now in the palm of your. well sundanese 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. this 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 august stars are here. this. is the girls with the.

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 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 flying 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 the city of angeles is fast becoming a city of homeless joe sure is among them two years ago he lost his job and while his income came to an app or uphold the bill certainly didn't well i was working as a system manager auto parts store and. i just.

left the ledge and i don't have any worlds to go i recently reported 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. issue where the homeless are poor treated honored by law enforcement property in his country as big criminal odds of your poor your being. 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 some women the importance of the business community and real estate developers their job all know in common home as well out of the greats of the community what they want to do with his world all of poor folks out so to do belive will put money into the area but the sad reality is there is only enough shelters

for retraining fraction of l a's dramatic number of whom let's name here says the government's looking the other way and leaving them to rights and because i think america's run around playing captain sabor hole where they haven't cleaned up the all back yard right here on skid row you've got the largest home. in america right now the largest. mental situation going all right i mean just because there's is this paper 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. in the question artie reporting from los angeles california. other news making headlines around the world in our world update

a six far has been struck between rival militias off to a week of heavy clashes in southern libya farthings left almost one hundred fifty people dead and four hundred wounded the new government is faced with continued violence between former rebels and ethnic tribes still armed months after the revolution and of colonel gadhafi. he just knowledge is political group the muslim brotherhood is officially fielding a presidential candidate breaking a previous pledge to stay out of the race the movement's deputy leader and his top strategist will run for the top job in may the group which gave the majority a new parliament to take part in the vote for fear of provoking a military backlash against the possibility. of islam has taken over relations with the military rulers have become increasingly confrontational in recent weeks. the political crisis in mali is the turning as insurgents advance towards new targets in the north a rebellion has been bolstered by arms coming from libya after last year's war they're 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 help has been condemned internationally and mali's neighbors are threatened severe economic sanctions. style and now at least eleven people have been killed more than one hundred wounded in the south of the country after a series of blasts in a commercial heart the first two bombs were hidden in motorbikes while the third was in a car several shops caught fire and many car vehicles with damage bombings are common in the insurgency hit far south where over five thousand people have been killed in the past eight years stalin's labor camps are one of the darkest pages in the history of the soviet union felons and people were sent to gulags to rot simply for having views different from the communist system now one of them has become a museum and a reminder to future generations not to repeat the mistakes of the past people over . 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 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 he was an inmate at the perm camp in one nine hundred seventy four he was sentenced to seven years for agitation 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 the freedom which didn't exist beyond that for 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 the

punishment cell you had to stay without one underwear and bedding it was usually very cold which was serious we had to sleep on bare and planks with no pillow. and you see him a turn 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 because of the unique things are the remaining cap. ex dollars. however current thirty six is not the only place that the repressions of the soviet era are remembered today 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 say 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 our 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. peter all over r.t. . the decline of the us the result of surprise to some traders many analysts even suggest it's still priced higher than is true valley china is rising as an economic power and will soon overtake america the residents of new yorkers people on the streets 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 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 doesn't make you more competitive in extra work each other we're all going no we're all going to meaning every country every country the end of the world time in rural you know the mayans might be right december twenty first so what's going to be the currency it was money if there's no more dollars or euros or anything what are we going to be trading probably being we're losing jobs to china and. you know we're we're not people are working pretty good so would you be willing to save money in chinese yuan if it keeps going with them when absolutely i think we're very depending on the dollar as the international trade depending on the dollar do you think that's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon a little adults of 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 to europe or japan or any of the other countries what about china. it's not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start considering using or saving other currencies like he was under the euro. personally you 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 stock 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 oh. part of it is is a function of geography so america basically are to combine the large portion of north america with canada and mexico being the only neighboring nations there were has 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. to bring up big moments i'll be back with us some of them in you stores about three minutes from now if you have a fancy getting behind an easel and trying to be the next because so joint modern andrews's he paints the town red that will be coming up in just a few minutes. we can talk top stories we.

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