all. sirius says attempts to topple the assad regime have come to nothing as a u.s. led grow 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 of fort worth our moscow also joined in on the event.

and broadcasting live direct from our studios in central moscow where it is seven o'clock in the morning this is our t.v. i don't have you with us but i thought he is in syria claimed that attempts to overthrow the assad government have failed damascus however valid to keep troops in major cities at least until security can be guaranteed there 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 that discord outweighs agreements. and it was hard cheese and sara first reports playing host to could pose difficult for the one time ally turkey. taking the how did that sitting at the naming does it prepares to play haste to the friends to syria meeting the country's

once again found itself at the center stage of the push to pressure the assad regime because of history common history that syria source certainly feels justified it is going to be here to a certain extent. as long as while in school. despite having fully built a close economic ties to syria and sharing more than nine hundred kilometers the 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 guitar and saudi arabia and their strong calls for regime change. or very early in the case of syria we must remember. quickly and very confrontational. on. the struggle against him and. anyone else meanwhile the syrian national council themselves at battling their own face divides in fact the great lost

a number of members recently as accusations mount that they are not representative of the interests of the syrian people were seen as here. also i hope inside and the. boy who was this communist and muslim brotherhood. members look forward to. also visit. the syrian opposition desperately trying to bridge their own divisions turkish governments now let in difficult situation truth is more after these things so it will be served the only thing that thirty can push is a regime change otherwise. his capacity 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 was really going on behind closed doors to turkey to once again tonight is a major regional powers syria is certainly creating a task being seen very much the way in applying pressure lights to that end to the violence that many here in the town. now. the 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 end of a syrian crisis the gulf state has called for the rebels to be armed despite the un's ongoing peace efforts professor steven of the university of san francisco believes the worst possible outcome would be to have the international community back in the extremists who make up a large portion of the syrian rebels. probably werman so you know our course

and the region of course the obvious irony sorry was clearly not in the locker or syria or anywhere else saudi arabia is going strong backer of other autocratic regimes it is almost across the resumes on the. arizona iran still questioning look at. the syrian regime and i agree. there were question i think it's a little not a question. of this point how can you call a government like saudi arabia hasan power simply because. some of the previous senior justina this is the sleeper sensory unfortunately i saw in libya. there's a tendency to see. more military solutions to complex political problems on the side of the someone to person supports me the pro-democracy struggle or the

worsening like an atom really would be who are these outside countries to get involved especially going in to support they are. the most hard line you must have to force and. they are really. poor the regime of crack down hard. on our. it's not going to. take things in syria. coming up on our t.v. accommodation prices go through the roof in ukraine. draws closer landlords are looking to cash in on visiting france but it is feared their goal to score a big win and i think instead also. by why cities around the world dark global earth hour this year we've got some surprising new comers including internationals. a station i'm not happy. 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 and u.s. wants to strangle iranian oil trade in an attempt to make the country abandon its nuclear program under the new restrictions are set 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 you rance input but not there mokhtari a political commentator in tehran says washington is being overly optimistic. i believe. the u.s. not being of. china 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 every carvery is not going to last as a matter of fact. long as the energy stocks are doing well therefore president obama has very little time this is showmanship greatest but it is very ill advised the u.s. allies will have to bear the brunt of not a hasty action from washington now the consequences and the ramifications of what president obama has done today lies squarely. in history 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. for this year's earth hour it's part of a world effort to raise awareness about climate change which. experts. of

global power 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 see this. the lights in certain major buildings here in moscow are shut off universities start as the academy of sciences and many other buildings work out with lit candles and also. 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. big ben and 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 addressing the consumption levels of energy whether they're fossil fuels tricity so it's about global community together and. 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 their prices are skyrocketing and as our. reports despite efforts to curb the costs it's appeared some fans may just. i dealt the death with a viewer twenty twelve football championship has not even begun in ukraine but this king of pensioner is already in high spirits or soon he'll. come out of believes this summer storm meant this her last real chance to earn some

money since in the us is that our pensions are next to nothing our days are numbered and we want to see them off in style and earn a little money that's why we were led to ruin our flat to football fans will start at fifty dollars a night depending on who stays here but the price could go higher when the soviet design and lack of necessary amenities like air conditioning but the matter is being fairly reasonable about the price she would charge for it but the greed of many other private landlords could prove costly for ukraine if you prefer to travel in comfort like renting this mordantly designed and fully equipped wired be prepared to pay a fortune to put across a nukes this is and only apartment in central kiev and it's christ 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 period he says which makes it at least four hundred euros a night and this is not a record breaker some hospitals which had previously cost thirty euros are now

available at fifteen times the price and what it offers to hardly be described as five star this england fan has already bought plane and match tickets but now he's worried his troop may be jeopardized and 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 prizes do. it's just the lack of a viable accommodation very expensive most of them university. sure you can stop in a tent for reasonable just a hotel bed and breakfast top place i think we're going to get absolutely still skyrocketing prices urged to sound a stern warning to ukraine's government which promised to take action. have a risk of ending up half empty reward their owners to lower the prices with so many low cost airlines being able to bring fans for games into out of ukraine he might as well decide against going here just coming from 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 past and there is a great risk private landlords could and dr offit let's ukraine has already spent fourteen billion euros into the euro trying to 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. artsy reporting from kiev in ukraine. well if you're hungry for more stories you can go to our website archly dot com here is a glimpse of what is waiting for you there ready. for putting science technology to work in the u.s. navy says it is almost ready to use lasers to shoot down fast moving targets like cruise missiles and drones. and tear gas and water cannons meet

palestinians in the west bank as what started off as a peaceful rally to remember land today turned violent leaving one person dead and watch the video or our you tube channel and find out all about it. 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 the latest economic hardships our kids made in a question of comments. the city of angels and promise land of canvas 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. girls with the will come take a look at what's going to grow 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 skyline street 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 live and at last resorts in the off and on few main underbelly of all sensuous. the financial crisis has hit hard here record amounts of foreclosures have things turfing people out of their properties and on to the streets the city of angeles is fast becoming a cecile homeless joshua is among them two years ago he lost his job and while his income came to an after 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 a new 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. supported treated under by law enforcement probably in this country because big criminal laws if you're in the poor your big. 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 impossible business community and real estate developers their job. and home and spoke out of the great super community what they want to do with this road all of poor folks out so well it will put money into the area but the sad reality is there is only enough shelters for a tiny fraction of ellie's dramatic number of whom that's me here says the

government's looking the other way and leaving them to rights and because i think america's run around. cap and say whoa whoa we're having cleaned up they own backyard right here on skid row you've got the largest most popular in america right now the largest. mental situation going on right now is this is just. how this is going to get a hell of a lot worse it's predicted there will be a whopping one million foreclosures in california in the coming year so while joe schmoe and so many others suffering the same plight might be praying that one day they will have a roof over their hands it seems to me others will be losing peers. in the question artsy reporting from los angeles california. 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 seize power because of concerns he was not doing enough to find the rebellion who leader captain sanogo has already asked for foreign help to tackle the insurgents rebels fought in libya for colonel gadhafi before returning better armed to the region. and the hunted and international representative of the nation of islam believes that mali's problem problems excuse me are a direct result of the western intervention in libya. down. those countries. but it is all so effective after. nato forces have not done the fines to syria but they targeted. effect after. a result. of the trees in the. back was not

a choice of the french nor the americans and what they did is to step in because it was easy for the west to. the election it's not clear if you call another referendum on the that election supervised by an international body but that wasn't a desire if it was less a desire to have. iraq in as the president and so they came in with the force of weapons and remove him took him to now he's getting ready to stand trial so this is a clear example whatever france and america in the west the nation determine the man the day one can and molly is the man if they win best man they make sure. now time to take a look at some other news stories making headlines around the hour 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 the 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 movement's deputy leader and its top strategist will run for the job in may but group which gained a majority in the new parliament invalid not take part in the vote for fear of provoking a military backlash against the possibility of an islamic state over 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 far south where over five thousand people have been killed in the past eight years. voting in myanmar has started in a parliamentary byelection 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 the first ballot that features sun 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 but mistakes of the past. to.

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 and name all the victims and part of the knowledge of what happened here on to future generations. said good was an inmate at the perm camp in one thousand nine hundred eighty 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 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 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 the college months earlier to stay with warm underwear and bedding it was usually very cold which was serious we had to sleep on barren planks with no pillock. and you see in the 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 it's extraordinary because it's a unique place. that. excelled. however current thirty six is not the only place that the repressions of the soviet era remembered today monuments like this one 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 will see that by keeping the past in focus histories mistakes the 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 the lack of freedom if we forget our past we will be unable to build a decent future. peter all of our party. to americans of believe there is an alternative to the dollar and the ever failing wobble economy a resident of new york of 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 down 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 wrote december twenty first so what's going to be the currency and mind if yeah 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 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 that's going to change to something like the chinese yuan or the euro any time soon doesn't it not to the euro the euro is really showing off. 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 what about tied up. it's not transparent enough for me do you think that it's time to start considering using or saving other currencies like you honor the euro. personally you know. why do you think americans only think in terms of dollars when the rest of the world thinks in terms of other currencies well i think the whole kind of stock just currencies it's news it's everything everything is too many people in the us are just to us centered focus in terms of their outlook on the worlds. part of it is is a function of geography so america basically article in the large portion of north america with canada and mexico being the only neighboring nations there would hasn't 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 available. today for the moment i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a few minutes.

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