the u.s. and its allies ridicule syrian government claims that terrorists are responsible for the whole a massacre as washington admits military intervention plans are in the pipeline and warns it's considering sidestepping the u.n. . and tough talk on syria is expected in germany and france today where president bush will be discussing business and politics on his first foreign tour of his new term in office. telling the tuttles government exit poll suggest the country has voted yes to the e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say dooms iowan two years of crippling a steady and loss of sovereignty to brussels.

it is ten am and the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie the syrian government blaming rebel terrorists 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 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. where 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 your 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 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 he 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 there they are the results of their investigation into last week's massacre in houla has 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 now reporting that russia says it won't change its position of seeking peace in syria even as

washington attempts to push moscow towards forcing damascus into submission anti-war activist 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 thought 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 forward and they've done it with 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 a great destruction. of the conflict in syria spilling over into neighboring lebanon where deadly sectarian clashes have broken out in several cities there's also a growing influx of syrian refugees with areas divided between supporters and bitter opponents of president assad. now has more from lebanon. on the outskirts of tripoli in lebanon you've shown to two five syrian families running away from atrocities and violence in their homeland long as 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. the bee to bloodshed means the just ten boys like ali have had their childhoods talents from then 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 we don't 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 a spokesperson for the syrian refugees in lebanon says the run around one hundred activists among them who continue their resistance here and sometimes will make their move those protests this is a call for the international community for humanitarians and even lebanese authorities that we meet we need some more attention many though fear that this

attention may bring in its wake even more trouble serious right in the city of tripoli separates the white and sunni neighborhoods in this part of an awful lot going on running like a movie between those who support the syrian president and his regime and those who want him out the root device that is just here just as the conflict in neighboring syria does and with the spillover of violence from across the border are being felt here now the divisions and tensions between these terror i becoming even more pronounced while we were in town we heard the sound of an explosion the man at the scene says he's the owner or base housing where just minutes ago a grenade was thrown he says the man lives in an area known for being pro assad trace of the syrian leader on every building here including the one now badly damaged the victim is very quick to come to a conclusion along with an aide was thrown from a sunni area they hate society and they hate us. but while he's blaming his

opponents in love. then for the destroyed house he's blaming the unrest in syria for destroying his peaceful life by spreading to his community. and this is all from syria refugees they come here radicals in santa fe it's support them and this is how. well we are supposed to be one family here. lebanon has been blighted by recent trouble it witnessed an almost fifteen year loan civil war soon 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 bang now the syrian crisis seems to put that fragile kong a tree sq. tripoli lebanon alan get the latest updates on any of our stories and much more by logging on to our website r t v dot com now

here's what's waiting for you there right now. well on our website and watch so good a job a huge early morning fire in the heart of the russian capital involving some of the city center in dance a small. band of thousands of angry spanish my nurse stage a rally that leaves over a dozen activists and police officers heard find out what caused the clashes at r.t.l. . 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 this could all brings us more from berlin. a wide range of 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 u.n. 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 to applying more pressure on president vladimir putin has been seen enjoying body in beer 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 the 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 may and it's no wonder why the to our strategic partners trade is booming germany's russia's second largest trade quarter after china of course i mean energy cooperation as well including the north 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 of course there is also the iranian nuclear program various schools are all 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. going off reporting their asset account later this hour energized over energy and here he is to balance the american pressure and turn. got its closest energy

trading partner in iran. also the european parliament gives the sounds down to a controversial anti internet piracy agreement which opponents say would drastically limits online freedom. ireland has voted on the e.u. fiscal treaty designed to implement strict belt tightening measures spot which opponents say represents a charter for a stairway and permanent loss of sovereignty counting begins in a few hours time with irish government sources claiming the plan is likely to pass after a low turnout under the agreement the e.u. will have ultimate control over of the country's fiscal policy ireland is the only nation holding out referendum on the treaty from where lord smith now reports. through friday votes are being counted and at the end of the day will know whether it's going to have a european imposed self terracini wrestling with all or whether it's joining the growing and the austerity backlash that rule people out into the streets all over

europe it's widely expected that the yes side will win though they're having spoken to some votes as 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 and vote no and that's a symptom of a general malaise in the country many are tired of all sterile 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 princely as some say is in exchange for further financial assistance is the post of least resistance than the one most main political policies to support but it is used by not to help but it's not guaranteed to promote europe increasingly mired in economic would. if they vote no it's unknown territory the yes campaign paints a picture of a future with the long goal starer see and no more bailouts from 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 for smith reporting there now an irish government exit poll has suggested the treaty has passed by a margin sixty forty despite low voter turnout in the referendum only 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 that writes it 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 solve them. now the european parliament has given the thumbs down to the controversial international internet piracy agreement now in this act three major committees are rejected the legislation voicing concerns over its legality plans sparked mass protests in europe with activists claiming it hurts users on line freedom at risk. from the swiss pirate party says strike bite off more than.

if you're sending something over the internet or your exercising freedom of 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 copper and off so basically the speech has become fundamentally incompatible with age old monopoly right. predominately 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 most 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 police 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 has put its foot down over iran despite pressure from the u.s. over to iran's nuclear intentions new daily says that you know lateral american and e.u. sanctions won't be allowed to affect vital trade where the islamic republic. has a 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 even up to ninety per cent of it over guam and you don't become sort of the truck to souls. according elected 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 the american 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 i mean could only dilution ship 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. ports into central asia and iran also serves as india's only link to afghanistan.

place that has plenty of mineral resources india is keen to get its hands on and a place the united states should want a friend to easily get to know once they pull out their troops in twenty fourteen this is what buckley interests all of us to ensure that of god his son is linked to the world through the means that cannot be disrupted that. the ability to export its sources and therefore make somebody india's say isolating iran it won't work and it's time for the americans to take a step back we have. got as the americans to look at the bigger picture because. we're going to be affected but they do will be affected so i think perhaps it's a 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 house take a look at some other stories from around the world first to somalia where african government forces have captured the city off the mat our way strategic military base in the south of the country the armed group abandoned the town without a fight as troops approached despite facing pressure on a number of military fronts al qaeda group still controls much of the country matter has been a key target fourteen troops who make up the african union contingent in the south of the country says they entered somalia last october. comebacks government has suspended negotiations with university students after four days of talks over planned increases protesters asked the state for freeze and challenge an emergency law put in place to curb street demonstrations the provinces premier says the issue will be left up to voters in next year's elections more than two and a half thousand people have been the arrested since protests began in february

student leaders are calling for a return to the streets where the rally. planned for saturday. coco and we don't have attack 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 for bottles and glasses of soda to help trim bulging waistlines while they are not happy at cocoa mcdonald's with both claiming measures unsuitable new york has a very high obesity rate with research showing that over half of its citizens are overweight. it's kind of 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 extend it the law saying ssion detention without charge and analysts say the government used it as a tool to stamp out any dissent the lifting of the special powers means that over a one hundred eighty detainees held under its provisions will have to be released

but it's still unclear if they'll be free. it's about to face a much more significant milestone later this month which is round two of the press and election but the conversely over the bad ground of the two remaining candidates gives plenty of cause for debate and that's up in our t's crossed our next hour here on r.t. . the threat that radical islam is 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 like them because they see them as honest they also see them as. recommendations that the. this is the exact problem i'm talking about you know conflating one islamic group in egypt that is a 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 and 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. my. and we're crossing over to katie at the business ask there. what's making of us in the business world a sour has them or you know just some sort of breaking news ready hot off the press help of the why is just here for you. pay and b.p. has announced today that it has received listed indications of interest regarding the potential acquisition of a shareholding in. this money but there can be no guarantee that a transaction will take place but we're going to just going to follow the story all day and give you the latest updates but right now we're going to check out the boston markets and see what is happening there because impose as if it is still a cat so i suppose so far so good i could be modest but we're still positive

territory. now expecting a version to continue. well as we create. pressure on the brutal pressure on the banking sector. have a look at ross and me both who have us performing we can see that. we've got some talent from the us. currently one of the top managers. at the top of our eyes is don't want to see. you look at other currencies i mean the euro. currencies around the world that are impacted by the soft euro 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 under cover. almost you know what's happening in the us because of all these problems with the world. and if we go to the asian markets we see how that perform in the nikkei is have a rather troublesome last year because they're very much exposed to the european markets huge i guess will to sony in particular down around two and a half percent in today's trading session i want to mention that spain situation as well while i'm on the top it because they've denied that they're in talks with the e.c.b. for a bailout despite the born yield reaching the levels of portugal ireland and greece and that was the moment where they've even the bailout so we're going to watch that with the european markets next hour as the hindsight i know there's

a little bit about it's amazing because manufacturing data was disappointing plods this could mean that the government will inject money into the system so investors are sorry about crossing the i think it's about one of those skills of wall street and see how the stocks finished up yesterday they too finished up on the down right there about the dow jones around two tenths of a cent on the nasdaq around a lot of that was because of u.s. job benefits unexpectedly craze so more people out of work having to go and get money off of the state to keep afloat. we've got the no farm payrolls coming out that basically means how many jobs were added into the system so investors are waiting for that one but there are also the oil prices and see that is still dropping going to look at a five and a half is actually right now and that's because of all the sentiments i've just spoken about we've got the grocer to asia and china the european sovereign debt crisis trying is probably us still polls as well increasing also its national

prices as well with iran to all of that playing into the prices right now ok moving on now i just mentioned all these private economic uncertainties but the growth of private well. they russia was one of the false just in the world lost business advisor b.c.g. says the country's households became twenty one percent richer that's ten times more than the global average wealth loss did zero zero the most of that money was my multimedia as control around fourteen percent of the come just five at offset so everyone is struggling right now marine are all i say over but you still have the figures for the european markets all right well that's good news katie thanks very much indeed for that and of course there's plenty more coming your way this hour here in our team and coming up shortly recap of our top stories stay with us.

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