you know why you should care about human judgment. which is why you should watch it only. my sense allies ridicule syrian government claims that terrorists are responsible for the houla massacre as washington admits military intervention plans are in the pipeline and warns it's considering sidestepping the u.n. . and topped off in syria as expected in germany and france today where president putin will be discussing business and politics on his first foreign tour of his new term in office. and tallying the totals irish government exit polls suggest the country has voted yes to the e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say doomed silence two years of crippling a steady loss of sovereignty to brussels. the whole point in business big pay has announced it's going to try and tell that they indeed pay be paid russian over german about ten thousand this time up at the top of the.

eleven am and the russian capital you're watching r t i am marina joshie the syrian government's blaming rebel terrorists for last weekend's massacre in which more than one hundred died in the town of houla it's a claim the u.s. strongly rejects as secretary of state hillary clinton says plans are being drawn up to intervene in syria the u.n. security council if necessary here's are. 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 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 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 and we're not reporting there from new york now russia says it won't change its position of seeking peace in syria even as washington attempts to push moscow towards forcing damascus to submission anti-war activist sara flounders 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 ford 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 great destruction now the conflict in syria spilling over into neighboring lebanon where deadly sectarian clashes have broken out in several cities and there is also a growing influx of syrian refugees with areas divided between supporters and the bitter opponents of president assad are just wary of it often as more from lebanon . these small towns 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 talents from them he now has to earn money to help his family he shows us what he does for seven dollars two 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 strain in the city of tripoli separates the white and sunni neighborhoods in this part of you know from lebanon running like a movie between those who support the syrian president and his regime and those who want him out their own device that is 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 tell how the coming even more pronounced while we were in town we heard the sound of an explosion a man at the scene says he's the oh no vase house 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 assad and they hate us. but while he's blaming his opponents in love. and on 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 states support them and this is how i see creases 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 two and 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 kong

a tree sq. tripoli lebanon and get the latest updates on any of our stories and much more by logging on to our website r.t.e. dot com well here's what's waiting for you there right now. watch footage of a huge early morning fire in the heart of the russian capital helping some of the city center in dance take small. value to the angry spanish minor state a rally that leaves over a dozen activists and police officers her to 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

a russian of business is trying to acquire european industrial assets in return his hosts are expected to pressure russia for u.n. action on syria artistic work is cut off 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 into 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 phoenix 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 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.

group is going off reporting there still to come later this hour energized the ranter g india refuses to the hockey american pressure and. turned its back on its closest our trading partner iran. also the european parliament gives the thumbs down to a controversial anti internet piracy agreement which all in say would drastically limit online freedom. island has voted on the e.u. fiscal treaty designed to implement strict belt tightening measures but which opponents say it represents a charter for stared and permanent loss of sovereignty counting begins and a few hours time with irish government sources claiming the plans likely to pass after a low turnout under the agreement will have ultimate control over the country's fiscal policy ireland is the only nation holding a referendum on the treaty from where laura smith now reports. three friday votes

to be counted and at the end of the day island will know whether it's going to have a european imposed all stare a c. hristian into its law or whether it's joining the growing and see austerity backlash that's brought people out into the streets old europe it's widely expected that the yes side will win although having spoken to some votes is yesterday that's by no means to some told me they've 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 the financial assistance is the path of least resistance than the one most main political policies to support but

it is used by not she'll help but it's not guaranteed to promote europe increasingly economic would. if they know it's unknown territory to get campaign paints a picture of a future with the logo a sterile sea and no more bailouts from europe but some irish people would prefer a 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. and irish government as the poll has suggested the treaty has passed a margin sixty forty the spire low voter turnout in the referendum galli founder of the liberty party campaigning for a no votes asked europe needs to find alternative to dumping huge debt on the irish people for massive bank losses they didn't cost. 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 spread to the 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 solvent. now the european parliament has given the thumbs down to the controversial international and to internet piracy reman now as after three

major committees are rejected the legislation voicing concerns over its legality plan sparked mass protests in europe was activists claiming it puts his result line freedom at risk. from the swedish pirate party says actor is trying to bite off more than it can chew. if you're sending something over the internet. 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 so basically the speech has become fundamentally incompatible. 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 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 please recognize the

actor deliberately conflates the issues of fake medicine as a counterfeit util 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. now india has put its foot down over iran despite pressure from the u.s. over to iran's nuclear intentions new delhi says that you know literal american and ease sanctions won't be allowed to affect vital trade where these lawmakers republican party's leader 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 egyptian its imports. growing but it's even up to ninety per cent of the over requirements it only becomes of the two souls. quoting 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 i mean could only relationship why don't you go to

relationship with the countries of central asia this is the only way to be have been helping in building. we're told it will be you and trying. to link up. ports. 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 the united states should want a friend to easily get to 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 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 to be affected so i think perhaps it's a whole. flexing its muscles protecting its interests and not bowing down to pressure from the west preassure either r t new delhi india now take a look at some other stories from around the world first to somalia where african government forces have captured the city on a strategic military base in the south of the country the al-shabaab armed group abandoned the town without a fight as troops approached the spy facing pressure on a number of military fronts al-qaeda groups still controls much of the country of matter has been a key target for ten years troops who make up the african union contingent in the south of the country since they entered somalia last october. could x. government tasa span of negotiations with university students after four days of

talks over planned increases protesters asked the state for it for the use and challenging emergency law but in place to curb street demonstrations the province's 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 arrested since protests began in february student leaders are calling for a return to the streets with a rally planned for saturday. coca-cola and mcdonald's have attacked new york mayor michael bloomberg plans to cut sales of sugary drinks in the city's restaurants and cinemas he proposes a limit of just under half of the year for bottles and glasses of soda to help trim bulging waistlines are not happy at coke or mcdonald's with both claiming that measures unsuitable new york has a very high obesity rate with research showing that over half of its citizens are overweight. it's controversial state of emergency that's been in place for over

thirty years has expired there's been no statement from cairo on any plans to stand at the los angeles tension without charge and analysts say the government used it as a tool to stamp out any dissent a lifting of the special powers means that over one hundred eighty days held under its provisions will have to be released but it's still unclear if they'll be freed . now it is about to face a much more significant milestone later this month which is round to the presidential election but conversely over the bag route of the two remaining candidates gives plenty of cost for debate that's up an r.t.s. crosstalk in less than ten minutes time here on r.t. . radical islam islam and revolutionary islam islam poses not just to internal egyptian politics but to the wider region needs to be clear fully examined and you should hold these people to their statements because the egyptian people like them because they see them as honest they also see them as. recommendations

that the word. 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 and analyze egyptian affairs on their own terms instead of what they might mean for israel i mean in the unwillingness 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 high is good and we've seen what that what that leads to. my. ok time to join the business world katie is here so what's the latest there the marina i'm following this. story and we know it's been an uneasy relationship between the co-owners be paid but right now it seems to have got to a boiling point now b.p. says it's considering selling its fifty percent stake in the joint he said to the

russian partners i got more details on this one for you the british company the decision is quite unsophisticated indications of interest a potential acquisition of a holiday now the russian co-owners warned that one of the two partners needed to take full control of the company otherwise the joint venture would be paralyzed the relationships between the shareholders has. particularly strained since russian partners brought the peace intention to form another joint venture with oil for ross nets saying it violated existing agreements the statement says they can be no guarantees that any transaction will. be forming that one. and the european markets are in there but i prefer the twenty minutes now that have a look at the figures and we'll be able to see how investors are getting on in that region of the ball as you can see is a mixed picture where it is difficult to say what's going on right now but i did mention earlier on there is a strange situation and the government of spain is saying well there's annoying

rumors about a potential bailout but the reason why it came out is because their bond yields so in other words how much they paid to borrow that interest rates have reached the levels our imports go and greece reached when they got their balance so that's why people talk about it now and as you can see the ducks around the test the percent in negative territory are we following the european markets as well as the russian wants and have a look and see what's happening here moscow sectors are cherries and it is a mixed picture here as well my sense is still posting positive gains that we all see as it's a different color palette for this hour we are just as well that may they had a drop of twenty two percent for that particular fourth risk aversion is really struggling right here most at the moment investors really flocking to say the haze the pressure on the ruble as well the banking sector is taking its toll of course you've got weakening oil as well so all of that combined and it's small trust to

say the least let's have a look at the prices i did mention the ruble because the dollar has resumed its northward journey right now. as we can see we've got the ruble just there for you now as i say the ruble has resumed its northward journey economic data from china and australia as well combine the euro zone uncertainty is all taking investors away from the russian ruble is now at a three. yes again. to the u.s. trade minister. this is not how. you look at other currencies i mean the euro. currencies around the world that are impacted by a soft europe countries that export goods so it would make sense that in the short term there would be. a 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. morning 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. a token of the rest of the world that asians see how they're performing at the end of that trading day and it's been a bizarre idea because we had some very disappointing data coming out of china the manufacturing disappointed but there's still support with them as well combined with that because now investors are hoping that the government will interview we had news yesterday that they were saying they won't inject a match is the amount of money but because we have the data come out today investors are now optimistic that the chinese government will intervene and inject some cash to boost the economy so going to be expected that they pay to pamela's

down and that's because exporters of very much exposed the european area where is it going at the moment let's talk about the oil prices i mentioned earlier there are indeed declining which doesn't help the russian market why is the sentiments affecting that european sovereign debt crisis obviously taking its toll on demand we've got u.s. stockpiles at twenty five but the international pressure is with iran as well so all of that combined and that's what you see on the screen right now is something else people are struggling of economic uncertainty bots the growth of private wealth in russia was one of the fastest in the world last year business advisor b. c. g.'s of the country's households became twenty one percent richer that ten times more than the global average wealth last year however most of that money was made by multimillionaires that control around forty percent of the country's private after . all that's how the business that you saw be back same time next hour all right thanks so much to you for keeping your fingers on the polls well we've got plenty

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