you. sirius 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 but you run to export oil. and cities across the globe are plunging into darkness and switching the lights off for earth hour moscow also joined in the event.

authorities in syria claim of it attempts to overthrow the assad government have failed to mask is however valid to keep troops in major cities and least until security can be guaranteed just 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 friends is reportedly low as discord outweighs agreements and the events and as sarah first reports plane post could pose difficulties or for the one time ally turkey. turkey 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 because the

history with history that syria source certainly feels justified and he's going to hear to a certain extent to assert the limits as long as weil's contains spy having fully built up place economic ties hysteria and sharing all the nine hundred kilometer. the border with its neighbor the distance between the two countries is now a gulf with thirty style seemingly closely aligned that of arab countries such as guitar and saudi arabia and the strong calls for regime change. or very early in the case of syria we must remember one. very quickly and very confrontational. on president. clinton in fact we went further than it was in one of. the syrian national council themselves at battling their own fisted by the fact the great lost a number of members recently is accusations now that they're not representative of

the interests of the syrian people. and seen as here. also you know up inside here and the. void of this communist muslim brotherhood and the not over former. members move forward to move. also to fill. in the syrian opposition desperately trying to bridge their own divisions turkish governments now left in difficult situation is no option after these things that we were observed the only team that thirty can push is a regime change otherwise it's all his capacity to the arab world through syria will be very very you know constrained and as take he gives that 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 tonight is a major regional powers syria is certainly feeling a tad. feeling very much to lead the way in applying fresh ellis called highlights put an end to the violence that many here in the techies governments are also aware the wrong we've now could lead to a confrontation with the syrian army and. escalation of an already incredibly volatile regional situation. ahead of the friends of syria meeting u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton was on a visit to saudi arabia to forge a unified strategy to end of the syrian crisis the gulf state has called for the anti assad rebels to be armed despite the un's ongoing peace efforts professor steven zuma of the university of san francisco believes the worst possible outcome would be to have the international community back the extremists that make up a large portion of the syrian rebels. the warheads are you against one of our

horses and greet him. obvious irony saudi arabia is clearly not interested in the locker or syria or anywhere else saudi arabia is going strong backer of other autocratic regimes it is almost across a regime is on the i don't i and i here is our only airman still. the syrian regime and i agree. there were question i think it's a legitimate question the sorts go on at this point but how can you call a car look like saudi arabia place in power simply because. this is the sleeper century unfortunately i saw in libya. there are six hundred seats. or more military solutions flexor political problems on someone who person supports the pro-democracy struggle the worst thing like it

happened really will be who are these outside counsel used to get him. going in or are we the opposition hard lines you must have reasons why they are only. poor in fact our hard. our. not going to. take things in syria. and coming up on r g accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine. as the european football championship draws closer landlords are looking to cash in on visiting fans but it is feared in their goal to score a big win it will send problems 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 coming.

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 such a come into force in june any foreign banks doing oil related deals with iran would be cut off from america's financial system the white house claims there are enough oil resources in the world to keep the market from collapsing without you runs input but there mokhtari a political commentator in tehran says 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 is reeling 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 provider will only last long as the energy stocks are doing well therefore president obama has very little time this is showmanship the greatest but he's very ill advised the u.s. allies will have to bear the brunt of the action from washington. the consequences and the ramifications of what president obama has done today squarely with him and 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 dinged for this year's earth hour and it's part of a world effort to raise awareness about climate change in france exploits. the

observance of global earth hour begins 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 are participating in this and the lights in certain major buildings here in moscow are shut off the university is dark as the academy of sciences and many other buildings were gathered with lit candles and they are also lighting lanterns . into the sky new comers to 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 to include 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 the 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 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. for those looking for affordable accommodation in ukraine for the euro two thousand and twelve football championship disappointed with over a million fans expected to travel the prices in kiev are skyrocketing and. reports despite efforts to curb the costs it's feared some friends. well the best with the euro joint it's world football championship has not even begun in ukraine with this king of pensioner is already in high spirits here or soon you will. come out of the leaves this summer storm and over this 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 i want to see them off in style and earn a little money and that's why i will let a room or a 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 you sign 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 mordantly design and fully equipped flat be prepared to pay a fortune to get across the nukes this is an elite apartment in central kiev and it's christ in between five and ten thousand dollars a month but who will raise prices at least three fold for the euro two thousand and twelve period. which makes it at least four hundred euros a night and this is not

a record breaker some hostels which were previously 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 i don't think they're doing anything different to what any over house countries did in the past accommodation prosody roche travel prices 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 but for reasonable just a hotel bed and breakfast thought was i think we're going to get up salutes still skyrocketing prices urged to send a stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action. have a risk of ending up half empty for their owners to lower the prices with so many low cost airlines be able to bring fans for games into out of ukraine they might as

well decide against paying here just coming for one day. accommodation prices usually hit the ceiling ahead of a big event and london will not be an exception during this summer's olympics but in the case of ukraine the gap between the price and the quality is vast and there's a great risk private landlords could and up for oculus 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 see reporting from kiev in ukraine. if you are hungry for more stories you can go to our website r t v dot com here is a glimpse of what is waiting for you there right now. putting side by technology to work the u.s. navy says it's almost ready to use lasers to shoot down fast moving targets like cruise missiles and drones. and tear gas and water cannons need palestinians

in the west bank as what started as a peaceful rally to remember land today turned violent leaving one person dead watch the video on our you tube channel and find out all about. hollywood is the world's capital of 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 archies medina questionable ports. the city of angels the promised land of and this 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. and. the girls with that will come take a look at skid row you can compare the third world country this treat is an

informal border between shiny downtown l.a. and skid row 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 life and at last resorts in the often on few main entre bally up los angeles. the financial crisis has hit hard here record amounts of foreclosures have gangs turfing people out of their properties and on to the streets the city of angels is fast becoming as city of homeless joe sure is among them two years ago he lost his job and while his income came to an average holds the bill certainly didn't well i was working as a system manager auto parts store and. i just kind of

left the ledge and i don't have any worlds to go to a recent report by the national coalition for the homeless range los angeles as the meanest city in the country when it comes to dealing with the problem the world. where the heart of homeless report treated honored by law enforcement probably in this country has been criminal odds of your poor your big cuomo was general dogan lives in the streets of skid row he says the police have worked out a solution for dealing with the homeless and arrest them for. any minor infraction strategy that's winning the loss of the business community and real estate developers their job. and home out of the great super community what they want to do with is what all of poor folks so that. will put money into the area but the sad reality is there is only enough shelters for a tiny fraction of dramatic number of whom that's me here says the government's

looking the other way and leaving them to rights and the concept i think of america's run around. the whole would have been cleaned up their own backyard right here on skid row you did you've got the largest homeless population in america you have the largest. mental situation going all right i mean just is just it's just. how this is going to get a hell of a lot worse it's pretty good there will be a whopping one million foreclosures in california in the coming year so while joe schmoe and so many others are 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. in the bush no r.t. reporting from los angeles california. in mali rebels in the north of the country have captured the strategic town of key to all this comes just

a week after the country's military staged a coup to overthrow the president and to seize power because of concerns he was not doing enough to find the rebellion coup leader captain. has already asked for foreign help to tackle the insurgents rebels fought in libya for colonel gadhafi before returning better armed to the region. mohammad and international representative of the nation of islam believes that mali's problems are a direct result of the western intervention in libya. down for. help but it's all so effective after. all says the lines to syria what they targeted. in government is affect. the results of the. case. back

to the choice of the french not to. baby it is a step in because it was easy for the western powers to say that the election is done via. another referendum on the election supervised by an international body but that wasn't a desire if it was. a desire was to have. brought in as the president and so they came in for suburbans then removed and took him to the now he's getting ready to stand trial so this is. france and the market in the west the nation determine the man that they want and molly is the man. best man make sure. you are with our team now time to take a look at some other news making headlines around the world. 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 the death of colonel gadhafi. egypt's a largest political group of the muslim brotherhood has officially fielded a presidential candidate breaking a previous pledge to stay out of the race the movement's deputy leader and its top strategist will run for the top job in may the group which gained a majority in the new parliament valued 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 rulers 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 and many parked vehicles were damaged bombings are common in the insurgency hit the far south where over five thousand people have been killed in the past eight years. voters in myanmar are set to take to the polls at this weekend for parliamentary by elections that would 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 on san suu kyi a prominent opposition leader and the weekend vote could bring an end to international economic sanctions on the nation which had been ruled by the military for decades. 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 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 preter all

over want 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 a good quarter year old who was an inmate at the perm 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 injury 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 surrogate 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 warning 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 in a current 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. to look at the. halls of the. us however current thirty six is not the only place that the repressions of the soviet era 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 see that by keeping the past in focus histories mistakes were the repeated. whenever we remember of the 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 the lack of freedom if we forget our past we will be unable to build a decent future. peter all of our party. americans believe there is an alternative to the dollar in the ever failing global economy resident in new york in 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 a dollar's decline means the u.s. is losing its status as the world power yeah i think that it's reasonable to assume you know my husband doesn't go well why don't you think that because it will make you more competitive in. i think we're all going down we're all going down meaning every country every country the end of the world time in a new world you know the miners might be right december 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 are working really good so would you be willing to pay the 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 that's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon as evidence of the euro the euro is really showing off his

weaknesses charm why do we all just take it for granted that the dollar is the. currency that we based the world economy a more stable economy or europe or japan or any of the other countries where the tide. it's not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start consider using or saving other currencies like the one of 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 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 well. part of it is is a function of geography so america basically occupying the large portion of north america with canada and mexico being the only neighboring nations there 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 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. well if you ever fancied getting behind an easel and are trying to be the next because so join martin anders as he paints at the town a red that's coming up in a few minutes but first a couple of your top stories. head

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