i. hear says attempts to topple the assad regime have come to nothing as a u.s. led pro opposition group gathers in turkey to discuss ways of ending the conflict. china slams washington for moving ahead with sanctions that penalize companies that help iran to export oil. and cities across the globe are plunging into darkness switching the lights off for earth hour moscow also joined in on the event .

and it is three o'clock in the morning here in moscow russia's capital this is our team and these are your top stories but forty's in syria claim better terms so overthrow the assad government have failed to mask is however valid keep troops in major cities at least until security can be guaranteed this comes as the opposition looks to the friends of syria meeting in istanbul for support the u.s. led group consisting of seventy representatives from western and arab nations has been backing the rebels and pushing for regime change but the chances of finding a unified approach among the friends is reportedly low as the discord outweighs agreements at the event and as sarah first reports plane post could pose difficulties for the one time ally turkey. taking the how did that sitting at the

naming does it put has to play haste to the friends the syria meeting once again found itself at the center stage the push to pressure the assad regime because these three companies to get syria source circle lead feels justified he's going to interfere to a certain extent to assert that it's. well that's why i was going to start having formally girls up close economic ties hysteria and sharing more than nine hundred kilometers of border with its neighbor distance between the two countries is now a gulf with turkey style seemingly closely aligned to that of arab countries such as qatar and saudi arabia and their strong calls for regime change. or very early in syria we might remember. very quickly and very confrontational. in the struggle against and exactly when you were in one of. the syrian national

council themselves are battling their own face divides the fact that we've lost a number of members recently as accusations mount that they're not representative of the interests of the syrian people. and seen as he was and who also i hope inside and the. boy who was his communist and muslim brotherhood. members look forward to this. also if the syrian opposition desperately trying to bridge their own divisions turkish governments now left in a difficult situation for his more after these things that we all deserve the only thing that can push is a regime change otherwise it is capacity of monitoring to the arab world through syria every 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 was really going on behind closed doors to turkey to once again about is a major regional powers syria is certainly previous attacks like he's been seen very much lead the way in applying pressure on his own highlights that an end to the violence. then he hated the thank you scotland so. it will leave now did lead to confrontation with the syrian army and the escalation of the lady incredibly volatile regional situation. i think if that. professor stephen is the university of san francisco believes the worst possible outcome would be to the international community bank extremists that make up a large portion of the syrian rebels on the morning and so you really get our. recourse with me obvious our. salaries clearly. are syria or anywhere else saudi arabia is going strong other autocratic regimes it is almost

across the resumes on the i don't. know your minstrel questioning look at. the syrian regime and i agree. there were questions like i think it's a little like the question of. this point but how can you call a government like saudi arabia there isn't power simply because. this is the sleeper sensory unfortunately as we saw in libya. there's a tendency to. become more. complex political problems and say this only person supports me pro-democracy struggle who were saying. we're really the who are these outside. especially going into arm. the opposition concerns the most hard line you must have

forces. way were only. poorly received crack down hard. on our. not going to. receive it was not. very. and coming up on r t accommodation prices go through the roof. the european football championship draws closer and landlords are looking to cash in on visiting fans but it is feared that their goal to score a big win will send crowds packing instead also. one by one cities all around the world go dark for global earth hour this year we've got some surprising new comers including the international space station on the. china has lashed out at the u.s. over its decision to plow ahead with sanctions against companies that assist in the

purchase of iranian oil beijing says washington has no right to punish financial institutions in 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 said to come into force in june any foreign banks doing well related deals with iran would be cut off from america's financial system where white house claims there are enough well resources in the world to keep the market from collapsing without iran's input but mokhtari a political commentator and to run says that washington is being overly optimistic . 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 every cauvery is not going to last as

a matter of fact. as long as the energy stocks are doing well. for president obama has very little time this is chairmanship greatest but it is very ill advised the u.s. allies will have to bear the brunt and not a hasty action from washington and the consequences on the ramifications of what president obama has done today lies squarely with his administration and he should know that there is no hope of pinning this imus ramifications on anyone else. thousands of cities across the globe are doing their bit for the environment from sydney to new york lights have been dimmed for this year's earth hour it's part of a world effort to raise awareness about climate change or he's learned different experience. the observance of global earth hour eakins in sydney and winds its way time zone by time zone around the globe now here in russia it's estimated that

fifteen million people offer to succeeding in paris and the lights in certain major buildings here in moscow are shut off the university is dark as is the academy of sciences and many other buildings big workout with lit candles and they are also lighting lanterns. 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 ben 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 a global community of address 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. and for those looking for affordable accommodation in ukraine for the euro two thousand and twelve football championship you may be disappointed with over a million fans are expected to travel their prices and care of are skyrocketing and . the reports despite efforts to curb the costs it is feared some fans may stay at home and. well the us with the euro twentieth well football championship has not even begun in ukraine but this king of pensioner is already in high spirits or soon you will. come out of billy's this summer storm and it 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 we went to see them

off in style and earn a little money that's why i will let a room in our flats of 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 this morally designed and fully equipped one be prepared to pay a fortune the kid across a nukes this is and only apartment in central kiev and it's priced 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 areas. which makes it at least four hundred euros a night and this is not a record breaker some host rules 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 see her doing anything different to what any over house countries did in the past accommodation crossing the road travel prices the roads. it's just the lack of a viable accommodation very expensive most of them university dormitories sure you can stock in a tent for reasonable just a hotel but a brick for a start place i think we're going to get actually still skyrocketing prices urged we put a sand a stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action early more profitable hotels have a risk of ending up half empty we want 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 when you're walking across the combination 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 end up profitless ukraine has already spent fourteen billion euros into the euro twenty 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 s.s.t. r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. well if you're hungry for more stories you can go to our web site r t v dot com here is a glimpse of what's waiting for you there right now. putting technology to work the u.s. navy says it is almost ready to use lasers to shoot down fast moving targets like cruise missiles and drugs. and tear gas and water cannons meet palestinians in the west bank as what started as a peaceful rally to remember the land a day turned violent leaving one person dead watch the video on our youtube channel

and find out all about it. los angeles isn't the world's capital for the rich and famous but there's a lot hidden behind that glamorous facade thousands of homeless people live on the streets of l.a. unable to cope with the country's latest economic hardships. of a report. the city of angels of promise land of canvas opportunities has become a living nightmare for sun los angeles is a mirage. people believe that they're coming to see hollywood august stars are here of the beautiful beaches the girls with that will 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 skid row behind me in the shadow of the down valley supply 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 a last resort in the off and on 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 angels 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 after 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 that

we're all fall. homeless and poor treated by law enforcement probably in this country has been criminal if you're in the poor you're being. 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. a minor infraction a strategy that's winning the impulse of the business community and real estate developers their job is to move oh no you comin home and out of the great super community what they want to do is run a little poor folks out so to. put money into the area but the sad reality is there's only enough shelters for trying the french and of dramatic number of whom that's nice here says the government's looking the other way and leaving them to rights and they've got i think americans running around playing kapil sibal hole where they haven't cleaned up their own backyard right here on skid row you've got

the largest most popular in america right now the largest. mental situation going all right i mean just this is israel and how this is going to get a hell of a lot worse as 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 listening there's. no question artie reporting from los angeles california. in mali rebels in the north of the country have captured the strategic town of a key to all this comes just a week after the country's military staged a coup to overthrow the president and seize power because of concerns he was not doing enough to fight the rebellion coup leader captain ahmad to no go has already

asked for foreign help to tackle the insurgency which wired rebels fought in libya for colonel gadhafi before returning better armed to the region. mohammad an international representative of the nation of islam believes that mali's problems are a direct result of western intervention in libya. that's affected countries. but it's all so affected. so. forces by syria what they targeted. as. a result. of the early days. back was not a choice of the french nor the. or the baby in this case step in because it was easy to western powers to say that the election is not be a baby or another referendum on the election supervised by an international body

but that wasn't a desire if that was. the desire it was to have. in as the president and so they came in with four suburbans then removed and took him to the now he's getting ready to stand trial so this is. france to market in the west a nation determined man the do you want and mali is the man to go in best man they will make sure. now in time to take a look at some other news making headlines around the world this 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 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 death of colonel gadhafi. egypt's largest political group the muslim brotherhood has officially fielded a presidential candidate breaking a previous pledge to stay out of the race for movements that deputy leader and its top strategist will run for the top job in may the group which gained a majority in the new parliament vowed not to take part in the vote for fear of provoking a military backlash against the possibility of an islamist takeover relations with the military will is have become increasingly confrontational in recent weeks. at least eleven people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded in southern thailand after a series of blasts in a commercial hub the first two bombs were hidden in motorcycles while the third was in a car several shops caught fire in the many parked 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. voters in it me and mark are set to take to the

polls this weekend for parliamentary by elections that could mark a turning point in the country's history for the first time international observers will be allowed to monitor the elections and it will also be the first ballot to feature suki a prominent opposition leader who we can vote could bring an end to international economic sanctions on the nation which had been ruled by the military for beckett's . in one of the darkest episodes in the history of the soviet union thousands of people were sent to labor camps many found themselves in gulags for simply having views different from the communist system now in one of the camps has been turned into a museum to serve as a reminder to future generations not to repeat the mistakes of the past peter oliver went to take a look. 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 was an inmate at the current camp in one thousand nine hundred eighty four he was sentenced to seven years for agitation and anti soviet 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 thirty day 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 warmer underwear and burning it was usually very cold which was serious we had to sleep on baron planks with no pillow. the museum of current thirty six allows visitors to come face to face with the realities of repression with much of the original structures still intact it gives historians a glimpse into a harsh life not found anywhere else that's extraordinary because it's a unique place. camp. exotic. 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 it's going to save the 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 on the stakes to 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 these are all over. to americans believe there is an alternative to the gallery and the ever failing global economy our resident in new york hit the streets to find out. 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 pick that because it will make

you more competitive in export markets i think we're all going no we're all going to i mean 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 mine if yes 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 who are working when you do 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. on the dollar do you think it's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon was it up to 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 there compared to europe or japan or any of the other countries what about tiger. it's not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start considering using or saving other currencies like you are under the euro. personally you know. why do you think americans are 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 not 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 occupying the large portion of north america with canada and mexico being the only neighboring nations there would 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 us dollar is on the decline the bottom line is you might want to start paying attention to what other currencies are failing. but i have some news this hour in a couple of minutes knox and stacy discuss the world's financial headlines in the kaiser report but first party's top stories coming up in just a. wealthy

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