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

around the clock around the world this is r.t. live 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 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 off the sarah furthur ports. taiki is the hub of activity at the moment is it prepares to play haste 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 it has a history common history that syria saw certainly it feels justified that it is going to interfere to a certain extent principal of it as long as while it's going to spy having fully built up close economic ties is syria and sharing more than one hundred kilometers

the border with its neighbor distance between the two countries is now the gulf the take the stance seemingly closely aligned that of arab countries such as guitar and saudi arabia and their strong calls for regime change. are told very early in the piece of syria you might remember. very quickly and very confrontational attitude towards. the struggle against him in fact we went in one of. the syrian national council themselves at battling their own face divides in fact it lost a number of members recently accusations now that they're not representative of the interests of the syrian people were seen as here. also i've not been so here. i'm only one who boy is gonna stand muslim brotherhood.

members look forward to vote. also if the syrian opposition desperately trying to bridge their own divisions turkish government is now left in a difficult situation so it has more can after these things that people deserved the only take thirty can push is a regime change otherwise it is capacity of monitoring to 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 based still left to guess what's really going on behind closed doors it's a key to once again emerge as a major regional power syria is certainly prevailing at. being feeling very much the way in applying pressure all is that it and to the violence that many here in the turkish government all through the wrong leave now could lead to a confrontation with the syrian army and the escalation of an already incredibly

volatile regional situation surface. istanbul. ahead of the conference u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton visited saudi arabia meeting washington's key regional allies so it isn't leading calls to start arming the syrian rebels and weigh in with military force. thinks the u.s. is reluctant to get involved directly but will endorse action through proxies. so it is a very keen to all the through the assad regime as soon as possible and want to increase the arms which according to the syrian rebels the free syrian army. the americans are. not because the kids overthrew the assad regime because of from their own experience the no or 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 of restraints in afghanistan and elsewhere are hesitant about escalating arms supplies to the rebels the west has always overworked and so the humanitarian agenda the question of civil rights in saudi arabia what it's doing to its own people and what is 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 they will use the human rights card when you wake a regime they stayed silent over the question of human rights as they have done without the saudi arabian saudi arabian regime and indeed. we don't hear any condemnation from hillary clinton or david cameron. coming up on r.t. live here in moscow accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine as football's european championship draws closer landlords are looking to cash in on fans partly it's feared moving the goalposts will send crowds packing instead also

. one by one cities around the world go dark for global earth hour issue we've got some surprising new comers including the international space station one that country. china has lashed out at the u.s. over its decision to plow ahead with sanctions against countries that keep it raining oil beijing says washington has no right to take it upon itself to punish other nations and u.s. wants to strangle iranian oil trade in an attempt to make the country abandon its nuclear program under the new restrictions such come into force in june and the foreign banks doing all related deals with iran would be cut off from america's financial system and white house claims there are enough oil sources in the world to keep the market from collapsing without iran's input but not a political commentator and to run says washington is being overly optimistic i

believe. the u.s. not being of. such as child russia will 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 carvery is not going to last as a matter of fact. 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 u.s. allies will have to bear the brunt of the 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 and its ramifications on anyone else. spain is being hit by the

toughest spending cuts in its modern history with the country's young government varying to slash twenty seven billion euros ministries funding will go down almost seventeen percent public sector pay will be frozen and operate and corporations will have to contribute more in tax he was thirteen changes in labor laws and sent hundreds of thousands protesting on the streets but economic analyst michael ross believes spain will not be able to push the car through anyway what i can see is that what has been want to make the spanish government is not only president of peril it's also impossible when you look at the private sector private circles truthfully more or less bankrupt when you look at the banks over there banquet central bank bankrupt government bonds a mourner's 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 to cause abilities why the euro will be obviously not working well the first is that we will have kind of domestic insurrection in spain itself so to have to pull out of the euro and other 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 euros in order to refinance themselves so if this if you come to this point and then i think the germany will pull out of the euro. as europe struggles to create its own financial we ask 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. to u.s. centered focus in terms of their outlook on the world. the dollar is declining so

new york resident asked people on the streets what could be an alternative that's coming up later in the program. first from sydney to new york thousands of cities across the world are turning off the lights for this year's earth hour as part of a global effort to raise awareness about climate change france explains. the observance of global earth hour begins in sydney and winds its way time zone by time zone around the globe right now here in russia it's estimated that fifteen million people operate to supporting in this 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 people are gathered with lec candles and they are also lighting lanterns from nevada into the sky some newcomers to this thing flew 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 a trash addressing the consumption levels of energy whether they're fossil fuels or electricity so it's about 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. in moscow with the. championship just a few months away fans of places to stay when they come to watch the teams play over a million are expected to travel and ukrainian. but the internet

a tidy profit from each of them was all things are going to shift the reports it's feared some fans my stead one instead. i felt the best with the euro dreams which were our football championship has not even begun in ukraine but this scheme of pensioner is already in high spirits here or soon you will. come out of the leaves this summer as tournament is her last real chance to earn some money since in the us is a our bench and are 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. of the soviet design and lack of necessary and many g.'s 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 morally designed and fully equipped flat be prepared to

pay a fortune like that across a new earth this is a neat apartment 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 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 they don't think they're doing anything different to what any all the house countries did in the past. accommodation project to roche travel prizes to roy's. it's just the lack of a viable accommodation very expensive most of them university dormitories sure you can stop in a tent for reasonable just a hotel but

a brick will start place i think we're going to get up salutes skyrocketing prices urged to sound a stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action. no child have a risk of ending up half empty reward their owners to lower the prices would so many low cost airlines be able to bring fans for games into out of ukraine they might as well decide against saying 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 twelve 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 see from kiev in ukraine.

if you're hungry for more stories go to our website r.t. dot com here's a glimpse of what's waiting for you there right now cross border the guessing game for the researchers and who are banned from leaving the country will not only find out because they actually tried to go abroad. and to gas and water cannons meet palestinians in the west bank is a peaceful rally to remember land day turns violent leaving one person dead you can watch the video on our youtube channel and find out what about that. los angeles california america's capital of the rich and famous a behind the glamorous hollywood facade hides another reality tens of thousands of homeless people who say their traps inside the criminal justice system is really in a culture of. the city of angels of promise land of and this opportunities has become a living nightmare first sun los angeles is a mirage. people believe that they're coming to see hollywood all the stars are

here. and. the girls with will come take a look at skid row you can compare the third world countries this treat is an informal border between shiny downtown l.a. kids are out behind me in the shadow of the down deli skyline stray some fifty blocks with the largest concentration of homeless people in the entire country for many it's not just the place it's the way it's wind 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 into the streets this is your pain jules is fast becoming and says he'll hold this job sure is a move that two years ago he lost his job and while his income came to an ad for

upholds the bill certainly didn't well i was working as a system manager auto parts store and. i just. left legs and i don't have anywhere else 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 but we're also. home with support treated under by law enforcement probably in this country has been criminal laws if you're in a poor. general dogan lives in the streets of skid row he says the police have worked out a solution for dealing with the homeless and arrest them for. any minor infraction strategy that some winning the importance of the business community and real estate developers their job is to all know a common home as well out of the great super community what they want to do with

his world a little poor soul to. put money into the area but the sad reality is there is only enough shelters for a time a fraction of l.a.'s dramatic number of whom that's nice to hear says the government's looking the other way and leaving them to rights and the concept i think america is one where kapil sibal whole would have been cleaned up their own backyard right here on skid row you know if you've got the largest most popular in america right the largest. situation going on right i mean it just is just is this poor 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 heads it seems many others will be losing theirs. r.t.

reporting from los angeles california. some other news making headlines around the world now. the stage of the day 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 people dead and four hundred wounded a new government is faced with continued violence between former rebels and ethnic tribes still armed months after the revolution and they're coming from. egypt's largest political group the muslim brotherhood is officially fielded 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 it may be a group which the majority of the new parliament valve not to take part in the vote for fear of provoke. a military backlash against the possibility of an islamist takeover relations with military rulers have become increasingly confrontational in recent weeks. the political crisis in mali is deepening as

insurgents advance towards new targets in the north the rebellion is being 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 it could have been condemned internationally known as neighbors threaten severe economic sanctions. these eleven people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in southern thailand after a series of blasts in the commercial heart the first two bombs were hidden in motorcycles while the third was in a car several shops caught fire and many parts vehicles were damaged 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 thousands of 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 of when to take a. hidden away in the ural mountains hundreds of kilometers from the nearest city is turned 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 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 nine hundred seventy 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 to freedom

which didn't exist beyond that but it's the freedom to actually say anything you wanted without fear what else could they do to you they were in prison already today surly 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 and aware and burning it was usually very cold which was serious we had to sleep on bare and planks with no pillow. and museum in 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 it's a unique place there are the other camp. excited. 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 won't 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 when he's all of a party. the decline of the us dollar is not a surprise to some traders many analysts even suggest it's still priced higher than it's true value china's rising as an economic power and will soon overtake america resident in new york asks 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 it's reasonable to assume you know my husband doesn't go well why don't you pick that because it will make you more competitive in mexico i think we're all going no we're all going down meaning every country every country the end of the world time in rural you know the miners might be ropes or twenty first so what's going to be the currency money if there's no more dollars or euros or anything what are we going to be trading probably beans we're losing jobs to china and. you know we're we're not people who are working when you get 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 do you think it's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon a little bit lots 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 the currency that we base the world economy a more stable economy compared to europe or japan or any of the other countries. it's not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start considering using or saving other currencies like that you are under the euro. personally you know. why do you think americans are only thinking in terms of dollars when the rest of the world thinks in terms of other currencies well i think the whole kind of touches 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 occupying 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 but they're 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 bailing. the couple of minutes from now on that stacey will be discussing the world's financial headlines in the kaiser report but first these top stories with me that will be in about three minutes from now stay with us live here.

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