the u.s. and its 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 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 obvious new term in office. and tallying the totals irish government an exit poll suggested the country has voted yes to the e.u. fiscal treaty which opponents say dooms islands two years of crippling a stereo loss of sovereignty to brussels.

this is r t live from moscow with me 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 a secretary of state hillary clinton says plans are being drawn up to intervene in syria ignoring the u.n. security council if necessary well here's our t. is more important i wear 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 mrs 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 u.s. secretary of state said the absence of you weigh 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 they're 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. 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 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 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 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 russia's position on syria has been supported by china where the two countries already using their veto powers at the u.n. twice to block what they considered on balance resolutions on the conflict while beijing presides at the security council this month and let's now get some reaction now this is from times in peking university well thanks very much for being with us here on the program sir first stop russia is mostly on the receiving and so far of international criticism for its stance on syria so how has china managed to avoid

taking the same kind of diplomatic flack. well i mean china. in terms of diplomacy has been a lot more so smoke spoken then than russia. the world sees russia as a very strong syrian ally whereas china i mean a lot of people perceive time especially supporting russia in this initiative and a lot of the reason is that china has been very soft spoken and very quiet about its support for for syria. as we know russia has been trying to mediate a diplomatic solution in syria for a whole year so how will such western criticism of moscow affect those efforts in your opinion. well i mean i mean it's a very complicated process i mean right now it's a lot more complicated than western observers give it credit for and there's a logic sectarian violence the ultimate question in syria right now is that if there is a military intervention what comes next and i think that there's

a lot of calls for military intervention because there will be a lot less you happening in syria right now but in terms of your job little shy the question is well what happens if you go in what's next i mean right now the ice face is over the over the extended for all the world that the resources and the military manpower to occupy syria which and so the we should care about it so even if people are dying right now the end result of a failed government will be the bloodshed and the thousands possibly tens of thousands so so right now there's no clear solution and so and so it's a very competitive process i think what russia and china are understanding is that they have a lot of sway over the syrian government and so perhaps diplomacy in this instance does far more effective than a u.n. sanction or u.n. condemnation of what's happening in syria but you know well as you just rightly

said. what's going to happen next and they will want to nail this as well as commander in the rebel syrian army issued a cease fire to made him to damascus but the head of the rebel deny this is the opposition really deeply divided at the moment and as a possible to do business with it what do you think. well i again i mean what's true about syria has been true for the past thirty forty years there's no you know an opposition there's no we off the cieszyn to to the sharon government. you know the father who was who was running for the past thirty years he was he was very much a very strong leader who could unite the syrian government unfortunately the son is a lot weaker than the father and he's been. treated so he has not been able to establish a power base we would be in syria and that's why you see just seen a lot of this that spot and so you know that's not a strong point where there's right now we're trying to to to the current current

regime the rebel the rebels simply are not alternative to the region right now. well let's go take a look at the parties involved in this conflict so let's take a look at the washington's stance on syria specifically how does it look to you then considering it's only supporting one side in this conflict the rebels seeking regime change. well you know again this is a very complicated issue syria is verged strong allies would be rad so this also goes back to. the conflict. you know and. when george w. bush was president he said there's an axis of evil and he said it was the axis so there's always been this sort of agenda. and elements of united states government to a change in syria and whether or not. this this is sort of

a strategy on the public stage to in fact change only history will tell. but i think that washington is not the number you want to approach through the situation in syria i mean what happened. is in many respects. she may turn disaster and it will continue unfolding as a humanitarian disaster there has been trying there has been no question or no opposition to come to place because often we deem and socialist the lead. to violence and i think the same thing will happen in syria as well if there is between change all right well i've heard them tell you carol that was down to change from picking university thanks very much for sharing your views with us here on the program thank you. well you watching our t.v. live from moscow you can get the latest updates on any of our stories and much more of course by logging on to our website r.t. dot com so here's what's waiting for you there right now. you're watching footage

of a huge early morning fire in the heart of the russian capital developing some of the city center dance six. thousands of angry spanish miners 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 having for germany and france later today to talk economy and politics he'll be lobbying hard for russian business trying to acquire european industrial acids in return his hosts are expected to pressure russia for u.n. action on syria is going on 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. 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 female 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 quarter 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 float of course there's also the iranian nuclear program various school truly joint projects and after a visit in berlin was going to put in the plans to head off to france to meet with the french president continuing his european tour. there and also to calm later this hour here in our team anna gys over the refuses to balata american pressure. and turn its back on its closest trading partner in iran. also the european parliament gives a thumbs down to a controversial anti internet piracy agreement which poland say would drastically

limit online freedom. ireland has voted on the e.u. fiscal treaty designed to implement strict belt tightening measures but which opponent save represents a charter for permanent loss of sovereignty counting has just begun 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 lord smith now reports. three friday votes to be counted and at the end of the day will know whether it's going to have european impose austerity written into it nor whether it's joining the growing and the austerity backlash that's brought people out into the street all over europe it's widely expected that the yes side will win although having spoken to some voters yesterday that's by no means some told me they've 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 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 economic would . if they know it's unknown territory to guess how to pay paints a picture of a future with the logo of sterile sea and noble 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 us misreporting they're now european parliament has given the thumbs down to the kind of early international and internet piracy agreement known as actor three major committees all rejected the legislation voicing concerns over its legality the plan sparked mass protests and you are a pool with activists claiming it puts users online freedom a risk falklands from the swedish pirate party says actor is trying to bite off more than it can true. 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 copy so basically the speech has become fundamentally incompatible with age old. predominately up and or couple of decades ago only used by corporate lawyers these

last few years is where you 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 conflicts 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 the iran's nuclear intentions lateral american and ease sanctions won't be allowed to affect vital trait where the islamic republic has a story. india has taken a stand 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 you don't become two sols for acquiring and that you do sources and many say the same simply won't work without india since it's 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're going to have a trading relationship i mean could only dilution ship why don't you go to a relationship with the countries of central asia this is the only way and 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 to front easily get to once they pull out their troops in twenty fourteen this is the what both the interests of all of us. that of god his son is linked to the world through goldman if you can the means that cannot be disrupted that will that it has 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 we're going to encourage the americans to look at the bigger picture because not only are we going to be affected but they too will be affected so i think perhaps and it's our hope that better sense will. be a peaceful outcome flexing its muscles protecting its interests and not bowing down to pressure from the west pressure either r t new delhi india. i'll take a quick look at what else is making headlines around the world first to somalia where african union and government forces have captured the city of. strategic military base in the south of the country the armed group a band of the town without a fight us troops approach the spike facing pressure on a number of military fronts al qaida group still controls much of

a country matter has been a key target for kenyan troops who make up the african union contingent in the south of the country since they entered somalia last october. but that's government has suspended negotiations with university students after four days of talks over planned c. increases protesters asked the state for freeze and challenge an emergency law put in place to curb street demonstrations the province's premier says the issue will be left up to voters in next year's election 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. you just got a virtual 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 expand it the last sanctioned detention without charge and analysts say the government used it as a tool to stamp out and to sound 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. right we're joining katie now for more on what's happening in the world of business and katie were hearing the p.r. looking to sell their share in the end k b p so what's the story yeah that's what we've been hearing we're always following the uneasy relationship between the co-owners of to be paid and it all seems to have come to a boiling point right now because be paid a saying that it's now considering selling its fifty percent stake in the rough so british so for more on this i'm joined by alexei good morning. hello to you now tell me first of all what you think the chances are that this transaction will actually go through. yeah i think the chances are now beginning to look reasonably high as it has just been disagreement apparently between

pay and their russian partners. over how to use the in money the steady cash flow generated by by the russian operation the ten k. would be holding and apparently big pay you would like to get it all as cash is dividends whereas the russian side would like to use the cash for global expansion and if if this disagreement goes on it's perfectly conceivable that between might want to sell out of this rather successful russian operation and talking about money then how much we took in that what sums of money money into think the russians shareholders will be able to bet that. well that's that's the case question obviously and the market cap of file the traded subsidiary which is the core of that business that can be holding has declined recently with with with the whole russian and a market in the nudging markets but still we're probably talking in the order of

magnitude of twenty five to thirty billion dollars for hoffa's take everything. house it could have been roger if we just looked at last year's negotiations that are now coming to light but still twenty five or so to build and this is looks like quite a lot of money off the state and whether it's doable and not will very much depend on the identity of that potential potential buyer but the interesting question here is whether they would want to run or try to out but that potential and yet unknown but done whether it would seek to control the whole company one hundred percent of that itself and. basically the jury's out. yeah and what does it change if any said no. for everybody involved what's the wider implications of it. while it's it's the third largest russian oil company and it has benefited quite

a lot from from but these are the shipping for from technology transfer and not just in reservoir cheering but also and management style that. i think it's now probably the best run rushnell company pays departure. by i'm not saying it will but a definite and i. indicated that i change in the way that the company is being run and possibly not a change for the better. as for my narrow area expertise which is equities basically take it with me holding them everything will depend on. the new oh noes. dividend policy on the new preferred balance between gross and cash generation and i would definitely prefer cash generation to continue with a stable production maybe some small slow growth but. it could be that the new

owners would prioritize. growth over cash and russianness for instance also has done but we helping by scrip for some some reason combination so the team to be holding remains a high dividend paying business and benefiting it's my knowledge of shareholders i can see coke insania oil and gas that jaroslav thank you very much indeed for your time today thank you i am going to get to the markets and see what the figures are looking like they are we don't have time join me in about fifteen minutes and i'll be back with more details.

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