the full source material is worth the journalism we. we want to visit. something else. if. syria 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. trying to slams washington for moving ahead with sanctions that penalize companies that are there to help iran to export oil. and cities across the globe are plunging into darkness switching the lights off for earth our moscow also joined in the event.

and broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us let's get right your top stories. thirty's in syria claimed that attempts to overthrow the assad government have failed i'm going to ask this however valves to 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 consists of seventy representatives from western and arab nations has been backing pac has been backing of the rebels excuse me and pushing for regime change but the chances of finding a unified approach among the friends is reportedly low as this quote outweighs agreements at the event and as archie's first reports plane post could pose difficulties for the longtime ally turkey. turkey for how did that to get the name and does it has to play hayes to the friends is to. 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 with syria so certainly it feels justified it is going to interfere to a certain extent. as long as while this country start having fully built up place 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 take a 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 remember. we are. very quickly and very confrontational. the struggle against him and when he was in iraq. the syrian national council themselves at battling their own face divides the fact that we've lost

a number of members recently that is ations mouth that they're not representative of the interests of the syrian people but this isn't seen as he is. also you know up inside here and the. boy is almost a muslim with a. lot of. members look forward to this. also. the syrian opposition desperately trying to bridge their own divisions take his government's now left in a difficult situation so it is more can after these things that we all deserve the only thing the thirty can push is a regime change otherwise turkey is capacity to the arab world through syria will be very very you know constrained and as take he gives that civilly saying 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 clay's. take each one is a major regional. way. to the violence in the turkish government. confrontation with the syrian army and the escalation of an already incredibly regional situation . head 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 crisis the gulf state has called for the rebels to be armed despite the un's ongoing peace efforts professor steven the university of san francisco believes the worst possible outcome would be to have the international community back the extremists make up a large portion of the syrian rebels. on the other hand sorry in our horses and the

region of course with me i guess i or even started saudi arabia is clearly in democracy or syria or anywhere else saudi arabia has been strongest backer of other autocratic regimes it is one with a cross or a regime so on. and very timely ehrman salute. the syrian regime and i agree. there were question like i think it's a legitimate question with. this point how can you call a government like saudi arabia place in power simply because. this is a weaker century i don't personally i saw in libya. there is a tendency to. come more military solutions to complex political problems on a song person so for me the pro-democracy struggle the worsening economic and

we're really poor he's out psychosis to get involved especially going into war are we. hard lines. and why they are only. poor we really need to crack down hard. our. not going to be a hard seems not going to take things in syria. coming up on r t 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 their goal to score a big win will send crowds packing instead. 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 well i'm not.

trying to 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 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 iran's input. tare a political commentator in tehran says washington is being overly optimistic. i believe. that us not being. such as china russia we're not paid well for the united states we must take into account that the united states

it's really on there are over one hundred trillion dollar debt at the moment and these provocative. resurgent economy every cauvery is not going to last as a matter of fact it would only last for as long as the energy stocks are doing well . for 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 not a hasty action from washington. the consequences and the ramifications of what president obama has done today lies squarely. and commiseration and he should know that there is no hope of pinning this and its 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 dented for this year's earth hour it's part of a world effort to raise awareness about climate change our kids lives in france

explains. 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 offer to supply. 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 people are gathered with candles and they are also biting lanterns and into the sky newcomers to this 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 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 we have 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 expected to travel there prices in kiev are skyrocketing and. despite efforts to curb the costs it is feared some fans may just stay home instead. well the us with the euro trying to twelve football championship has not even begun in ukraine with this scheme of pensioner is already in high spirits here or soon to . come out of the leaves this summer as tournament is her last real chance to earn

some money since in the us is a bench and are 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 we 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. the soviet design and lack of necessary amenities like air conditioning or 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 flat be prepared to pay a fortune like that across the nukes 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 was that 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 i don't think we're doing anything different to what any of the house countries did in the past accommodation process do roche travel process 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 a brick first thought was i think we're going to get absolute skyrocketing prices for it to sound a stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action. have a risk of ending up half empty rewards their owners to lower the prices with so many low cost airlines being able to bring fans for games in the day out of ukraine

he might as well decide against doing 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 dr offit was 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. drunkery for more stories go to our website our two dogs can hear is just a glimpse of what is waiting for you there right now. putting cyanide technology to work with the u.s. navy says it's almost ready to use all lasers to shoot down fast moving targets like cruise missiles and rockets. and tear gas and water cannons meet palestinians

in the west bank as what started as a peaceful rally to remember land day turned violent leaving one person there watching video on our you tube channel and you can find out what i'll call about. hollywood is the world's a capital of the rich and famous but there's a lot of 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 in a question of our reports. 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 beautiful beaches girls with. 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 skidrow 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 the place it's a way of life and at last resorts in the often and humane underbelly of los angeles . the financial crisis has hit hard here record amounts of foreclosures have bangs turfing people out of their properties and on to the streets this if your angels is fast becoming a city of homeless joe sure is among them to various 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 legs and i don't have any worlds 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 all issue whether homeless support treated badly by law enforcement property in this country has been criminal if you're poor you're 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 strategy that's winning the last of the business community and real estate developers their job is to move. home as well it's out of the grace of the community what they want to do which is what all the poor folks so to do belive will put money into the area but the sad reality is there is only enough shelters for a tiny fraction of alleys dramatic number of whom that's me here says the government's

looking the other way and leaving them to ronsard because i think america's run around. captain sable hope would have been cleaned up their own backyard right here on skid row you've got the largest homeless population in america right now the largest. mental situation going on right here i mean it just is just this is. 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 are 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 r.t. reporting from los angeles california. in mali rebels in the north of the country have captured the strategic town. ken doll this comes just a week after the country's military staged a coup to overthrow the president and seems power because of concerns he was not

doing enough to find the rebellion who here captain sanogo has already asked for him foreign help to tackle the insurgents the toy rebels fought in libya for colonel gadhafi before returning better arms to the region abdul akbar mohammad an international representative of the nation of islam believes that mali's problems are a direct result of the western intervention in libya. down. effect of those countries saying you know what it's all so effective after so. forces on the lines syria targeted. government. to see the results of. the trees in the. back was not the choice of the french nor the americans and what baby just

a step in because you will see the western powers to say that the election this be a baby. another referendum on the election supervised by an international body but that wasn't a desire. a desire to have. a right to the president and so the same. purpose then remove him took him to now he's getting ready to stand trial so this is. france and america and western nations determine the man the do you want to involve the just a man. best man to make sure. now it's 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 a 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 largest political group of the muslim brotherhood has officially fielded a presidential candidate breaking a previous pledge to stay out of the race 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 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 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 and a commercial hub the first two bombs were hidden in motorcycles while the third was hidden in a car several shops caught fire and many parked vehicles were damaged bombings are

common in the insurgency hit a far south where over five thousand people have been killed in the past eight years. voting in me and maher has started in a parliamentary byelection and that could mark a turning point in the country's history for the first time international observers are allowed to monitor the elections and it is also a first ballot that features on san suu kyi the prominent opposition leader there the vote could also bring an end to international economic sanctions on the nation which has 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 archies

peter oliver went to take a look. hidden away in the ural mountains hundreds of kilometers from the nearest city is term 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 a freedom which didn't exist beyond that a bit of freedom to actually say anything you wanted without fear what else could they do to you he 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 warmer 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 extraordinarily important because it's a unique place other. than a. horse i would. however turned 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 see 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. would be to all of our party. to americans of believe very as an alternative to the dollar and the ever failing global economy and our 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 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 election i think we're all going oh 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 mind if yes 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 for you so would you be willing see if they have money in chinese yuan if it keeps going with them i'm absolutely i think we're very depending on the dollar as the international trade becoming on the dollar do you think that's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon was different enough 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 there compared to europe or japan or any of the other countries where the tighter. it's not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start considering using more state when other currencies like the you are 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 it's too many people in the us are just too us centered focused in terms of their outlook on the world well. part of it is 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 us dollar is on the client the bottom line is you might want to start paying attention to what other currencies are failing but. well that brings you a bit today for the moment i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a couple minutes. if

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