phones to. start on t.v. don't come. to us and its allies ridicule syrian government claims that terrorists are responsible for the whole massacre as washington admits military intervention plans are in the pipeline and warns it's considering sidestepping the u.n. . top dog in syria is expected in germany and france today were president ford and will be discussing business and politics on his first foreign tour obvious new term in office. tallying the totals irish government exit polls suggest the country has voted yes to the e.u. this will see what's going say dooms island to years of crippling hysterically and the loss of sovereignty to brussels.

is not am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshie the syrian government is blaming a rebel terrorist for a last weekend's massacre in which more than one hundred died in the town of houla it's a claim the u.s. strongly reject as secretary of state hillary clinton says plans are being drawn up to intervene in syria ignoring the u.n. security council if necessary here's our. with the latest from new york. mrs clinton during her visit to denmark she was speaking about the situation in syria saying there is an increased need for more international action in the country clinton also said that russia's policy on syria a policy where russia does not support military intervention or sanctions on syria ms clinton said that is going to contribute to a civil war in syria the us secretary of state said the absence of u. way action in syria mainly due to russia's opposition makes it harder to

respond to the crisis in the way the international community did in libya now these comments are clearly coming in the in light of last week's massacre in houla u.s. officials are making their words much stronger just on wednesday the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice said that if the kofi annan six point peace plan fails and if the security council does not agree on international sanctions on syria then countries would have to consider taking independent action without the authority of the security council what that action would be is not clear because the u.s. and european countries have already imposed their own independent sanctions on syria so those words led many to speculate that the u.s. and its allies are possibly considering military action the commander of the free

syrian army has called on joint special envoy kofi annan to publicly say that his six point peace plan that's about seven weeks old cars failed and out would allow rebels to resume their military attacks against president bashar al assad and his supporters nobody from the united nations has come out and blatantly said that peace plan has failed clearly there's been a violation of the cease fire on both sides the opposition and the. also the syrian government has publicly said that they are the result of their investigation into last week's massacre in houla as found that armed rebels are responsible they say for the deaths of more than one hundred people there and according to their investigation they believe it is because armed rebels are trying to start a civil war in the country the u.n. is also continuing their own independent investigation into what happened in houla and that those results will be known in the next couple of days. reporting there

now russia says it won't change its position of seeking peace in syria even as washington tends to push moscow towards forcing damascus into submission and we're activists sara flounders says america's never been interested in a diplomatic solution to the syrian conflict. it's important to know that it's the u.s. and nato who are creating a civil war in syria in terms of arming commando mercenaries thugs flooding the country with weapons doing everything that they can to destabilize syria and the latest massacre in houla is just one more example because it's this exact scenario that the u.s. has used to justify quote humanitarian intervention in the past and after they create total destabilization send in all sorts of mercenaries and armed groups and they claim that they're going in in order to save the situation it's

absolute hypocrisy and fraud and they've done it with the u.n. security council support and they've done it without u.n. security council support and we've seen this in the past and it's clear that the u.s. is not interested in a diplomatic solution they are in every way trying to move toward military intervention which means massive destruction of the entire country but they're already responsible for great destruction and the conflict in syria is spilling over into neighboring lebanon were a deadly sectarian clashes have broken out in several cities there is also a growing influx of syrian refugees with areas divided between supporters and bitter opponents of president parties were even often has more from lebanon. this move in the outskirts of tripoli in lebanon you've shown to two five syrian families running away from atrocities and violence in their homeland. we were

forced to leave shelling in homs never stopped we were afraid to leave the house violence was part of everyday life we were just tired. to be to bloodshed means the just ten boys like ali have had their childhoods talman from them he now has to earn money to help his family he shows us what he does for seven dollars per week the boy no longer sounds like a child that i want to join the rebels i want to fight refugees complain they live here in lebanon is really hard no work not enough money and often not even a roof over their heads but it's not just women and children who fled the syrian nightmare ahmed a spokesperson for the syrian refugees in lebanon says the run around one hundred activists among them who continue their resistance here and sometimes we make their moods protests this is a call for the international community for humanitarians and even lebanese

authorities that we need help we need some more attention many though fear that this attention may bring in its wake even more trouble serious threat in the city of tripoli separates the white and sunni neighborhoods in this part of you know what i'll be running like a murderer between those who support the syrian president and his regime and those who want him out their own device because just as the conflict in neighboring syria does and with the spillover of violence from across the border are being felt here now but it wiggles and tensions between these terror becoming even more pronounced while we were in town we heard the sound of an explosion the men at the scene says he's the owner of this house where just minutes ago a grenade was thrown he says the man lives in an area known for being pro assad portrays of the syrian leader on every building here including the one now badly damaged the victim is very quick to come to

a conclusion. a grenade was thrown from a sunni area they hate assad and they hate us. but while he's blaming his opponents in law. and for the destroyed house he's blaming the unrest in syria for destroying his peaceful life by spreading to his community. this is all from syria refugees they come here radicals and some of fists support them and this is how violence increases well we are supposed to be one family here. lebanon has been blighted by recent trouble he witnessed an almost fifteen year loan civil war syrian troops were stationed here for three decades and only left in two thousand and five meaning they've never had too many sympathizers in lebanon but more recently the country had managed to keep religious and political tensions and by a now the syrian crisis seems to put that fragile calm at trieste. tripoli lebanon. on get the latest updates on any of our stories and much more by

logging on to our website arteta com here's what's waiting for you there right now so watch footage of a huge early morning fire in the heart of the russian capital development some in the city center dance a small. and thousands of angry spanish miner stage a rally that leaves over a dozen activists and police officers heard find out what caused the clashes at r.t. dot com. president putin is heading for germany and france later today to talk economy and politics he'll be lobbying hard for russian businesses trying to acquire european industrial assets in return his hosts are expected to pressure russia for u.n. action on syria parties a group is going off brings us more from berlin. why grange over issues is on the

table here in berlin including syria of course russia has been in strong opposition to the west blocking draft resolutions in the un security council since many countries in the west don't exclude the possibility of foreign military intervention into the situation in syria we know that germany stands for a political solution but still earlier it was announced that chancellor angela merkel is going to try to talk into applying more pressure on president vladimir putin has been seen enjoying by imbue with german leaders before but it's yet to be seen if that's going to help them reach some sort of a mutual understanding on this issue a long time ago when vladimir putin was an agent of the k.g.b. he spent a lot of time in germany and since coming into politics this country has always been special on his list of foreign partners it's here that putin made some of the key statements including the famous munich speech at the security conference when

he slammed to nato expansion to the east and called an end to the washington led uni polar world system now germany has been chosen as the first western nation for his visit after returning to office earlier in me and it's no wonder why the to our strategic partners trade is booming germany's russia second largest trade partner after china of course i mean energy cooperation as well including the nord stream pipeline project which sends russian gas directly to the european union but also germany is a key player in the euro zone spending billions of euros to keep some of its weakest members afloat of course there's also the iranian nuclear program various school truly joint projects and after visiting berlin was going to put in the plans to head off to france to meet with the french president continuing his european tour. well so they can layer the sour over a energy in their refuses their pressure and. turn its back on its both standard.

iran. also the european parliament gives the film's down to a controversial anti internet piracy agreement which opponents say would drastically limit online freedom. ireland has voted on the eve fiscal treaty designed to implement strict belt tightening measures but which opponents say it represents a charter for stare to permanent loss of sovereignty counting begins in a few hours time with irish government sources claiming the plan's likely to pass after a low turnout under the agreement the e.u. will have all the control over the country's fiscal policy ireland is the only nation holding a referendum on the treaty from where now reports. through friday votes to be counted and at the end of the day will know whether it's going to have european imposed stare a c. hristian in which we don't know whether it's joining the growing and the austerity backlash that brought people out into the street in old europe it's widely expected

that the yes side will win though they're having spoken to some voters yesterday that's by no means some told me they'd been intending to vote yes only to change their minds at the last minute to vote no and that's a symptom of a general malaise in the country many are tired of all stare a city and tired of feeling wait for the dow down to the you could the european union if the irish do agree to the treaty they'll be sacrificing economic decision making so frontiers some say is in exchange for further financial assistance is the path of least resistance than the one most main political policies to support but it is used by not sure help but it's not guaranteed to promote europe increasingly mired in economic wouldn't if they know it's unknown territory to get paid takes a picture of a future with the logo of sterile sea and no more bailouts for europe but some

irish people would prefer self-imposed to spending cuts in full by brussels with germany calling the shots counting down the way i'll be bringing you a first tally of the results as they come in now in irish government as the poll has suggested the treaty has passed by a margin sixty forty despite all low voter turnout in the referendum deafen dowley founder of the liberty party campaigning for a no vote says europe needs to find an alternative to dumping huge debt on the irish people for massive bank losses they didn't cause. the chances of real a real return of vitality in the european economy i think is somewhat slim particularly in peripheral countries ireland for its part has an even bigger proportion of failed private bank debt that was social lives after it fell down the rest of the european union and we did that in two thousand and eight and two

thousand and ten in order to start to save the euro to prevent contagion from spreading so what needs to be done now is that europe needs to come up with a solution that either federalizes that debt and spreads it across all of the european union or the right set off in some other form but to leave that stuck on the irish taxpayer money that our government never borrowed that cannot stand i call for serious moves to be made to create a. united states of europe constructed in a federal way from the bottom up that is to say that it is fully democratically accountable and solvent. now the european parliament has given the thumbs down to the kind of arsenal international internet piracy agreement known as act out three major committees all rejected the legislation voicing concerns over its legality plan sparked mass protests and activists planning it puts losers online free. pirate party says it's trying to bite off more than it came to. if you're sending

something over the internet. your exercise increase speech but at the same time if you're sending anything that means that you can also use this freedom of speech to infringe on the copy so basically the speech has become fundamentally incompatible with age old monopoly. predominantly up until a couple of decades ago only used by corporate lawyers these last few years is battled its way and to the bedrooms of ordinary citizens it's just not doable to criminalize two hundred fifty millions of europeans on what they do pretty much every day. even those who are in favor or not please recognize the actor deliberately conflates the issues of fake medicine counterfeit fatal medicine with teenagers downloading and sharing music those two

issues are not the same problem and they should not be covered by the same laws. india asked but it's the down over iran despite pressure from the u.s. over to iran's nuclear intentions new delhi says that you know why the american and e.u. sanctions won't be allowed to affect trade where these lawmakers republican are just preassure has the story. india has taken a stance despite washington's ongoing pressure to stop buying oil from iran india is forging ahead india is severely deficient its imports. growing but it's even up to ninety per cent of the over requirements it only becomes of the two souls. according at you to sources and many say the same simply won't work without india since its iran is biggest oil customer and so the united states finds itself in the position of courting india's cooperation for its plan to be successful hillary clinton recently visited india during her asia tour trying to

sell america's strategy to isolate iran but leaders here in india won't budge while they have reduced imports on iranian oil slightly they say they won't ever stop completely their reasoning extends beyond just india's energy needs with one of the fastest growing economies in the world iran is an important partner for india to continue to grow in the future india is in talks with fourteen other countries to use iranian highways railroads and ports to connect it to parts of central asia and europe and half the time it currently takes if you are going to have a trading relationship and we can all make relationship why don't you go to relationship with the countries of central asia this is the only way and to be have been helping in building. ruled it will be you and trying. to link up. to central asia and iran also serves as

india's only link to afghanistan a place that has. plenty of mineral resources india is keen to get its hands on and a place united states should want to front easily get to once they pull out their troops in twenty fourteen this is the what buckley interests all of us to ensure that. is linked. to goldman and the means that cannot be disrupted that will the. ability to export its sources and therefore make somebody india say isolating iran it won't work and it's time for the americans to take a step back. because the americans to look at the bigger picture because. we're going to be affected but they too would be affected so i think perhaps hope. that they would be. flexing its muscles protecting its interests and not bowing

down to pressure from the west preassure either r t new delhi india. now let's take a quick look at some other stories from around the world first to somalia where african union and government forces have captured the city. with egypt military base and the cells of the country the group abandoned the town without a fight as troops approach despite facing pressure on a number of military front groups still controls much of the country has been a key target for troops to make up the african union contingent in the south of the country since the somalia last october. the local amygdalas have attacked new york mayor michael bloomberg plan to cut sales of sugary drinks in the city's restaurants and cinemas he proposes a limit of just under half a liter of bottles and glasses of soldiers for your trim bulging waistlines well they are not happy. with both claiming the measures unsuitable new york has a very high obesity rate with research showing that over half its citizens are

overweight. edgett scott a virtual state of emergency that's been in place for over thirty years has expired and there's been no statement from cairo on any plans to stand at the last tension without charge and analysts say the government used it as a tool to stamp out any dissent the lifting of a special powers means that over one hundred eighty detainees held under its provisions will have to be released but it's still unclear if they'll be free agents about to face a major milestone later this month which is round two of the presidential election but the controversy over the background of the two remaining candidates gives plenty of cause for debate that's up and our t's crossed at seven thirty g.m.t. . the threat that radical islam islam and revolutionary islam islam poses not just to internal egyptian politics but to the wider region needs to be clear fully exam and you should hold these people to their statements because the egyptians. because

they see them as honest they also see them as. recommendations that they know that . this is the exact problem i'm talking about you know conflating one islamic group in egypt that assassinated brother. in the eighty's with all of the muslim brotherhood painting everything with this broad brush not only willingness to look into the details and subtleties in analyze egyptian affairs on their own terms instead of what they might mean for israel i mean in their own willingness to really look at what egypt and politics look like on the ground you know this leads to fear mongering and frankly it leads to a dangerous foreign policy where you promote stability as the highest good and we've seen what that what that leads to. all right crossing now straight to the world business how ok.d. how are you doing now it's the first day of the summer but are we looking at a rosy gardens on the markets no no i think this is serious goal setting that's got to be done by rain i'm talking some token thoughts right now because the markets

have been suffering this week is an understatement to say the least if we get into the asian markets you'll be able to see what i mean now they're actually extending that steve this month it's a kind it's two thousand and eight now chinese manufacturing was disappointing today and investors will really have demonstrated that disapproves when they are on in the session but as it say the hang time is just gather some momentum just two tenths of a percent just out that way because the all to the chinese government to now in force. us to boost the economy has actually risen so certainly autism that not only do we have to mess dictates applying is policy but if that's in the asia region will also be digesting news from europe. as to the noise. but out just yet in the us despite the. now reaching the levels of portugal and greece when i did have a bailout not something we're going to watch today now will get us the u.s.

was the how they finished up this session yesterday well they also had disappointing domestic data u.s. jobless benefits on expresses the increase of the world's biggest economy grew less than initially estimated in the first quarter was also going to be domestic data come out to. be awaiting the job status how many jobs were added to the economy and economists are anticipating these moves i'd be disappointed if it's going to be tough direct ok let's move all wow look at the currency shall we now we've got here it's all of us still below that one twenty five region one twenty three fifty three for the disfavored or talk about the variable as well because it's not a three year low against the greenback now the former u.s. trade minister who is currently a top manager at city hall also says the total rise he says is most so i have a listen. you look at other currencies i mean the euro. currency is around the

world that are impacted by the soft europe countries that export goods so it would make sense that in the short term there would be a draw from the dollar i don't think things will continue because everyone else is in bad shape. i think that would be a terrible strategy to think that we're going to be ok because everyone else is so bad that the dollar will be stronger at some point. someone will have to take action. the amazing thing is that it has been kept under cover has been. almost you know what's happening in the u.s. because of all these problems with the world. and if we stay close to home for just a minute or two we have a look at how the russian markets finished up yesterday that all right negative about forty minutes or so now as you can see beyond yes they reached a twenty two excuse me just myself in my last twenty two

cents as you can see that two point four percent in negative territory for the r.t.s. and the mice that surround the tents have said. the reason why most is really suffering at the moment is because of all these international pressures particularly those in the eurozone we believe the risk is pretty much. right now because investors are just looking to say the haven and selling that risky assets will give us oil as well this will very much explain why the rush the markets are suffering at the moment as well because as you can see prices are incredibly low it when i say loam took in five and a halt. just all of the sentiment supply again we've got the european sovereign debt crisis playing is paul we've got u.s. stockpiles reaching twenty two miles high as well as outlook but the growth situation in china so all of that is playing its part for i married us next hour i'm going have the i have the figures for the russian market i'm going to take care of her health care of you thanks very much indeed for this and of course looking

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