the u.s. and its allies ridicule syrian government claims that terrorists are responsible for the recent 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 expected in germany and france where president putin will be discussing business and politics on the first foreign to. us. and counting the ballots. indicate the country has probably voted yes to the e.u. fish school treaty which opponents say the country two years of crippling austerity and a loss of sovereignty to brussels. on

air and online twenty four seven this is r t live from moscow with me rule received welcome to the program 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 that the u.s. strongly rejects secretary of state saying plans are now being drawn up to intervene in syria. bypassing the u.n. security council if necessary hillary clinton also criticized russia's position in the kremlin to put pressure on damascus but moscow says it won't back down from efforts to mediate peace in syria washington and its allies have been funneling cash material support to the syrian opposition. activist says america's never been interested in a diplomatic solution to this crisis. 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 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 the conflict in syria is spilling over into neighboring lebanon where deadly sectarian clashes have broken out in several cities now there's also a growing influx of syrian refugees where there is divided between supporters and bitter opponents of president assad with this report now from london is all of these maria from. this move here you see in the outskirts of tripoli in lebanon you've shown to two five syrian families running away from atrocities and violence in their own land 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. 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 there are around one hundred activists among them who continue their resistance here and sometimes we 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 you know from lebanon running like a movie between those who support the syrian president and his regime and those who want him out the root device they came here to see just as the conflict in neighboring syria does and with the spillover of violence from across the border are being felt here now that a visual sententious between these two how 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 only no base housing where just minutes ago a grenade was thrown he says the man lives in an area known for being true 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 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 law. but on 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 a sign 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 it 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 pain now the syrian crisis seems to put that fragile calm i treat sc. tripoli lebanon. and we are coming to you live from the heart of moscow and president putin will be talking economics and politics as he visits with syria also likely to figure out on that agenda he'll be lobbying hard for russian firms are trying to acquire european industrial assets

but it is expected to also face pressure to back new u.n. action against that of damascus let's get more on this now as we thought he was not live in berlin good to see you are germany's russia's key trade partner i would sort of think if you think will dominate the talks with him president putin and chancellor merkel. well germany and russia are strategic partners especially when it comes to business last year the trade turnover reached nearly eighty billion dollars which puts germany on the second place among russia's business partners after china. x x ford has risen by around a third on both sides also on of course energy plays a very important role in that specifically the north stream pipeline project which sends russian gas directly to the european union and germany ways a very important role in that as well but of course the current situation in the euro zone. the financial situation in the eurozone is troubling for both science

and so there are definitely issues which can be discussed here in berlin on this we need a. lot of input is expected to be certainly a bit of pressure in germany and especially later and for russia's position on syria moscow of course as we all know rejects u.n. sanctions against the assad government how much of a problem do you see between politics here and business. moscow is in strong opposition to the west on syria since many western states have clearly taken the side of the opposition and don't exclude foreign military intervention into the situation there which moscow is strongly against and earlier the german foreign minister said that russia has to stop supporting president assad it's expected that chancellor angela merkel is going to try to talk into applying more pressure on syria enough toadies what moscow has been saying the entire time that it's for a balanced approach and for equal pressure on on both sides and what you put in has

been seen enjoying barbarian here 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 syria but syria is serious business is this business and it's highly likely that syria is going to somehow affect the german russian relationship in that sense in fact chancellor angela merkel is really or said that the north korean pipelines capacity could be increased if there's a demand from european consumers because clearly this relationship is equally beneficial for both science and after berlin watching reports in these plans to go to france to meet with the french president to continue his european war. not easy going president of the land thank you. it's good to have you with us here and i want to you today still to come later in this hour energized over energy india refuse. the file to american pressure and turn its back on its closest energy

trading partner out of iran. also the european parliament gives the thumbs down to a controversial anti internet piracy agreement which opponents say would drastically limit online freedom. ten minutes past the hour here the initial counting in islands referendum on the e.u. fiscal treaty suggests the yes side has one nearly sixty percent backing a plan to implement strict belt tightening measures opponents however say it's a charter for austerity and permanent loss of sovereignty handing ultimate control of the country's fiscal policy to the e.u. ireland is the only country to vote on the far reaching measure and let's get this report now from marty's laura smith. through friday votes are being counted and at the end of the day will know whether it's going to have your opinion posts all stare a c. hristian in which we all know or whether it's joining the growing and see austerity backlash that's brought 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 certain 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 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 assumes financial help but it's not guaranteed from a europe increasingly mired in economic would. if they vote no it's unknown territory we just haven't paid paints a picture of a future with the girl stare a c.

on 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. laura smith reporting the meantime declining gonna leave the founder of the liberal party campaigning for a no vote says that europe needs to find an alternative to dumping huge debt on the irish people for massive bank losses they did not 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 spread to the across all of the european union or that writes it off in some other form but to leave that stark 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. you're watching r.t. now the european parliament has given the thumbs down to the controversial international and t. internet piracy agreement known as actor three major committees all rejected the legislation voicing concerns over its legality the plans of mass protests in europe activists claiming it puts users online 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 you're 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 cop romanov so basic freedom of speech has become fundamentally incompatible with age old monopoly. predominately up until a couple of decades ago only used by corporate lawyers. battled its way into the bedrooms of ordinary citizens and it's just not doable to criminalize two hundred fifty millions of europeans on what they do pretty much every day that said even those who are in favor of strong or not please recognize the actor deliberately conflicts the issues of fake medicine as 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.

well you can always get the latest updates on any of the stories and so much more by logging on to our website r t v dot com let's see what's waiting for you there right now you can watch footage of a huge early morning fire in the heart of the russian capital some of the city center. some of us was right inside the r.t. news room. and thousands of angry spanish miners a stage oh rally that leaves over a dozen activists and police officers hurt find out what caused the clashes i don't see dot com. in a few minutes we'll get to the world update for now though india has put its foot down over iran despite pressure from the u.s. over to iran's nuclear intentions new delhi says that unilateral american and the

e.u. sanctions won't be allowed to affect vital trade with the islamic republic where the stories are prius rita. india has taken a stand despite washington's ongoing pressure to stop buying oil from iran india is forging ahead india's severely energy deficient it's unfortunate. growing but it's even a month over. you don't become too falls. according to that you do 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 all make relationship when 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 a place that has plenty of mineral resources india is keen to get its hands on and

to place the united states should want to front easily get to you once they pull out their troops in twenty fourteen this is the what but the interests of all of us . that of god is that is linked to the world through goldman you can means that cannot be destructive 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 trying 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 prevail and that. outcome flexing its muscles protecting its interests and not bowing down to pressure from the west pressure either r.t. new delhi india. as soon katie will join us with the business for now though

straight to afghanistan to kick off the r.t. while the blast has been heard in the eastern afghan city of cost with reports of smoke rising near a nato base that the taliban claims its fighters rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the base a police source says a gun battle is now taking place in that area of violence has spread all across the country since the taliban began its spring offensive in april to target foreign troops and government forces. to somalia where african union government forces have captured the city of dow a strategic military base in the south of the country the al shabaab group a band of the town without a fight as troops approached despite facing pressure on a number of military fronts the al qaeda group still controls much of the country and the dow has been a key target for kenyan troops who make up the african union contingent in the south of the country since they entered at somalia last october. and the backs

government has suspended negotiations with university students after four days of talks of a planned fee hikes protesters are asked the state for a freeze. challenge an emergency law put in place to curb street demonstrations the province of crimea 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 this saturday. egypt's a 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 extend it or the law sanctioned detention without charge unlist say the government used it as a tool to stamp out any dissent the lifting of the special powers means that over one hundred eighty detainees held under its provisions will have to be released but it's still there one clear if they will be freed. now egypt about to face

a much more significant 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 course for debate of course what better place to stage it than ati's cross-talk later today here on out. the threat that radical islam is and revolutionary islam is imposes 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 egyptians. because they see them as honest they also see them as. the nations that they know that i mean this is the exact problem i'm talking about you know conflating one islamic group in egypt that is the 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 an unwillingness to really look at what egypt and politics look

like on the ground you know this leads to fear mongering and in 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. than time to join katie the antibusiness desk oh there you are so you want to start though the drama in the oil market what's out about absolutely the volatile relationship rory between the co-owners offer to take a be paid what's happened is it's reached boiling point b.p. is now pursuing its half of the british oil five now the british company as a decision is quite unsolicited indications of interest of potential acquisition holding now the recently resigned c.e.o. pay the caliphates memo in that one of the teapot is needed to take full control of the otherwise a joint venture will be paralyzed meanwhile the financial times says b.p.

has received by offer from one of russians that a company is estimate the fifty percent stake in russia is the biggest oil producer at around thirty eight billion dollars while there are no guarantees any transaction will take place let's say cocaine from euro six as a possibility is high. there's been disagreement apparently between b.p. and their russian partners. over how to use the money the steady cash flow generated by by the russian operation it's going to be holding and apparently big pay you would like to get all this cash is dividends as the russian side would like to use the car for global expansion and if if this disagreement goes on it's perfectly conceivable that people might want to sell out of this rather successful . operation but the interesting question here is whether we want to run or try to outbid about potential and get to know whether it would

seek to control the whole company one hundred percent of that itself. all right sticking with russia let's check out the my sex in the office and see how they're performing this friday afternoon. yes one point six percent down the my six around in negative territory we go risk of taking its part we've also got pressure on the ruble of the banking sector particularly fragile at the moment and weakening oil as well on a friday afternoon here most typically tends to be good but as you can see the markets are set to close this week on the back and that's the spike closing up in positive territory the more they say that i have a look at the stocks and see how the. pay because that's what i want to nearly ten said in negative territory as you can see investors not liking what my hair and i don't like the job and i don't like the instability whatsoever you can see by two

point three percent gas problem sort of set up now managed to drag itself up out of negative territory and not into the positive i can get most of the cars and see how that. other survival is not a three year low still because the dollar now the former u.s. trade minister who's currently one of the top managers says he great he says there's more to this problem as. you look at other currencies i mean the euro. currency is around the world that are impacted by the soft europe countries that export it so it would make sense in the short term there would be wrong 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. i'm moving on to the rest of world that my check out the european markets all trade is of course just ahead of the u.s. it coming out later on today to see how many jobs we've also got the downbeat days that come from the factory from china so that's why i'm going to verses minds of those who got the spanish situation as well the have reached the levels that portuguese greece as well as our best ones reach when they needed a bailout there's talk of a bailout we've also got loads of updates coming out just now here my data is manufacturing in other words u.k. a three year low also the eurozone as well so investors are really feeling the pain right now that's going to have to be or prices and they still remain. as you can see they are indeed drop

a seventy cents it's playing into the obviously we've got the problems in europe at the moment so that affects estimates for democracy got us stockpiles of twenty two month highs we got the dates from china as well the second biggest consumer of oil flowing as part of the international pressure is to do with iraq as well but if you look at the bread that is getting towards the one hundred dollars a barrel that the a right in arabia or minister they wanted a couple of weeks ago they did the markets get that it's all sound ok that's all it said oh and we were talking about over global economic uncertainties about the growth of private wealth in russia was one of the falses in the wode last year business is buys up b.c.g. says the culture is households because twenty one percent that's ten times more than the global average wealth last year however most of that money was made by multimillionaires a control around forty percent of the culture is private. all right we're on time and dusted off the back of our already many thanks indeed. headlines in just

a moment kidnapers heels from moscow. culture is that so much of a definition is an issue that i can find the mark with a revolution misunderstood so egyptians will go to the polls to democratically elected president but what about the choice is this a contest between.