right now according to the secretary general is to keep syria from going from a tipping point to a breaking point joint special envoy for the un arab league mr kofi annan also has said to the media that what needs to be done now is for the security council to under stand and to come up with a plan in the best way to implement his six point peace plan and that is up to the security council to work out and decide while the security council unanimously recommitted its board or the kofi annan six point peace plan washington is still blaming syria for all of the ongoing violence u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice says that is the assad government that has been acting outside of its responsibilities and indeed it is not succeeding because the government of syria is not fulfilling its obligations under the annan plan meanwhile russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin also admitted that there's been

a few indications of complying with the six point peace plan but he said that it's not just the syrian government that has fallen short it is also the armed opposition group including the free syrian army which just last week announced that it will no longer eg knowledge its commitments under the anon deeming it a failure ambassador churkin said that his counterparts in the security council need to take a look at the entire picture within syria opposition groups only. failed to comply to. be clear that is their intention to do so which is a very dangerous development of it going to productive development russia has proposed an international conference on syria which is similar to what kofi annan has proposed under the title of a contact group now this international conference would include the. five veto

wielding members of the security council as well as countries that have influence on the syrian government and the armed opposition specifically saudi arabia qatar and iran and vascular churkin said that this international conference must be held as soon as possible and that moscow would be willing to schedule it as soon as all parties announce a commitment. now reporting there another u.n. meeting comes in the wake of another massacre in syria was women and children among dozens of reported victims you have observers have so far been unable to reach the side of the killings to establish what actually happened. in damascus with this report you may find some of the images disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria than all the previous ones and a lot of the details of alleged witness accounts and video just don't match so far the most extreme death toll. stands at almost one hundred and this is the

figure that's been picked up very quickly by most of the international media immediately after it emerged now the opposition's claim is that government forces shelled to peaceful problem in villages in central syria not far from the city of hama and after that allegedly cruel assad militants went in and they tied people on the sharks that they stabbed and brainstem in an orgy of violence and to support that the opposition posted a number of videos allegedly from this village show when dead bodies but however these videos contain bodies that by all appearances to dictator to have died yesterday raising many questions on the credibility and the truth of the opposition's claims and just where these bodies came from on the other hand the syrian government has a completely different take on what's happened. in syria they say they got

a call from a local resident asking for help after militants took over the feeling the army has been stationed in the area they've been reporting beforehand that they are preparing for an anti-terrorist operation so after that call they immediately launched this operation and we are receiving right now crucial. reports from official sources in hama that after the army went in they discovered nine bodies of civilians and following the clashes that occurred after that two officers have been killed and five others have been injured so as you can see both sides think there is a child there while witnesses reports just contradict each other about who was responsible and without a credible investigation right now just simply impossible to establish who was behind this massacre. now the syrian government is up against an international media onslaught and a foreign funded insurgency according to political analyst and non-celebrity these

are the western media who are saying that bashar assad is responsible for these killings and from the very beginning president assad said beware of the cable global cable networks because they are spreading blatant lies no doubt mr assad has less control over his country because this country is being invaded by foreign interests by foreign groups who are funded and armed by the united states and other groups the western powers are really playing with fire trying to generate killings and mass civil war inside syria in order to have an excuse for military intervention or diplomatic political and military intervention we can see that there are definitely criminal organizations operating inside syria as they have done in libya and they are still doing in libya in all these organizations are financed trained and armed by the western powers. so i have for you this hour rival

route to find out which countries hope to join the karada why the building of a new coast to coast waterway which threatens to rival the panama canal. also from bad to worse egyptians currently mired in political turmoil face another danger which is both the economy and health of the entire region. after coming reported by the international monetary fund is expected to show spain and needs at least forty billion euros to bolster its banking sector credit ratings agency fitch cut the country's sovereign rating saying madrid is especially vulnerable to a worsening of the eurozone debt crisis and moody's rating agency said earlier island may need a new bailout after the existing bailout program expires in twenty fourteen and in light of the euro's recent troubles residents of one irish town have revived their own currency to help businesses ravaged by the economic downturn laura smith reports their experiments soften the blow. it's

a blast from the past as this customer uses the irish put to pay for some everyday purchases in the town of clueless all and joined the euro from the get go in two thousand and two but crisis hit business owners here have revived their old currency to try and desperately clewiston cash back into the community if you bring in pointed to was twenty point whatever you spend or fifty points whatever you spend we would give you the change of tone which you can dangle would spend cross the road in super value on the credit note or go for a drink up the child it's a great scheme for the child it means all the money remains in the tug as for the euro here it's been reduced to a novelty item printed on tissues and toilet paper and customers come from miles around to spend that puts off and stopping by for a haircut while they're here oh yeah definitely a lot of people come from frost voter. on from people.

going to hash. it out there's an estimated two hundred eighty five million puns tucked away in drawers and under the mattress is forgotten about ok to souvenirs when i joined the euro a decade ago then no longer legal tender but would have a value of around two hundred forty million euros just a fraction of which would make a massive difference in crisis hit close the puts game has undoubtedly boosted the local economy but the ravages of the economic crash is still all too evident the main street is lined with boarded up shops with around fifty percent of premise is empty it's a scene that's repeated in small towns and biggest cities throughout. austerity here means business people are being hit with a variety of taxes and levies making it harder and harder to stay afloat let alone

turn a profit it's not just the whole country has suffered with the measures with the. new water charges which are common and shortly you household charge which will increase every year. there was a two percent hike up to twenty three percent on the point of sale tax with. something to improve the situation shopkeepers say going back to the point isn't a political statement it's a survival tactic and as the face of the euro hangs in the balance clueless may not be alone in looking back for its future. and while ireland may be turning to its old currency it was turning to its old ways banks there are reluctant to lend money and some struggling businesses have no choice but to boral from the mafia economics expert. says the government's policies are partly to blame for the criminal boom. beginning of mafia on the economy is particularly

strong now because mafia has cash and you go plenty of small businesses particularly in the south and in the center of the country without running shit of cash and have some kind of relationship with mafia because they worked for many years to buy protection. from apia they made to the mafia as an investor capital they may go into the black sector for getting money they could not get out of the show banking sector due to this is very troublesome and it's a very important point that shoot can our government meeting we need. to fix some of the problems that are troubling telecom in particular we need to do six a shit as to make more money available to tell you base this is more legitimate money coming out of customers and not coming out mafia and claim that i'm going to say shims. while italian authorities may be wrestling with. nearby greece it's

wrestling in parliament that sparked a man who runs for the m.p. responsible as r t reports online on greece's new nazi golden dawn party member sold to left wing female deputies on live t.v. i can watch the debate on our website r.t. dot com. also online millions of users passwords for the professional linked in website were posted online were feeling a level of desperation among people seeking jobs the details are to dot com. the euro twenty twelfth bowl championships are finally here millions of fans are descending upon poland and ukraine hoping their team will net the silverware but

the term is already proving controversial with government boycotts from several european countries threatening to spoil the beautiful game sports presenter kate partridge is in ukraine for us. you know twenty twelve with poland and ukraine and another political controversy has hit the event before it even starts the french sports minister has announced that the french government will be boycotting the event in protest over the alleged mistreatment of former ukrainian prime minister yulia timoshenko is being held in the ukrainian city of kharkiv well this follows on the back of racism issues which have also arisen in england particularly following on from the broadcast of the b.b.c. panorama programme stadiums of hate which went out last week in court and cause shock waves throughout england as it highlighted racism and anti-semitic views amongst a club level in polish and ukrainian teams this also is in line with a match to city mario balotelli he said that he is also witnessed racist issues in

italy and across europe and he said that should he be the victim of particular chanting or abuse while he's on the pitch while he's here at the euros that he would walk off so this is prompted you wait for president michel platini to say that this isn't an issue for the players to resolve it's an issue for the referees and they have the power to stop any matches or such an issue arises and the ukrainian authorities are hoping that the football and ukrainian hospitality well outweigh any political or social issues. while we are covering all the latest news from poland in ukraine on this special day for football fans in our sports building remodel over to you that's right marina less than twelve hours remain until the national team of russia kicks off a very euro twenty two of campaign in poland they could because many will be hoping to improve on their bronze medal results of the previous european championships now that's all in sports a little later on. to other news now here on r.t.e. the nicaraguan government's plan to build

a thirty billion dollar trade route to rival the panama canal and several countries including russia are vying for the chance to fund the plan parties daniel bushell has more. you know if the lawyers shift trade between we have plenty of pacific oceans ever since it opened the panama canal but no real show plans to build a deep void to rival through bring. that threatens the hugely profitable existing routes as traders increasingly go for joint ships that are too big for the existing canal but may not get the contract the project director says choi japan and venezuela also have to form the thirty billion dollars. well it's now take a look at some other stories from around the world the u.n. nuclear watchdog to urge iran for a deal that would allow its inspectors to visit a military complex where its suspected nuclear weapons research is taking place that meeting is scheduled for later today however these lawmakers public is not expected to make any statements before broader talks at the end of next week in

moscow a number of western powers fear iran's been attempting to create nuclear arms iran maintains its program was set up for peaceful purposes. dozens have been killed after government troops clashed with al qaeda fighters in yemen the militants were fought off by armed civilians and soldiers after storming a town north of jar the battle left at least twenty dead three others were killed when warplanes bombed a vehicle now believed to belong to forces yemeni troops are attempting to reclaim towns seized by militants last year during the uprising against former president saleh. the u.n. human rights chief says u.s. drone attacks in pakistan are quote legally problematic and may not comply with international law now replies suggested the pakistani government invite the un to investigate some of the strikes america says it will continue the attacks despite calls from pakistan to have them tensions between the two countries rose last year

when missiles killed twenty four pakistani soldiers prompting islamic to blog nato supply routes to. political parties in egypt have agreed on how to select the panel that will write the country's new constitution after a push from the ruling military council the previous panel was dissolved after secular and liberal members organized a walkout complaining that islam is dominated the assembly preparations for the new constitution come as egyptians get ready to head to the polls for the upcoming highly contested election runoff which is scheduled to take place at the end of next week voters will have to choose between muslim brotherhood candidates mohammed morsi and hosni mubarak's last prime minister. reports egyptians are tangled in a political web to the point where they are failing to spot a growing danger threatening not only the economy but also their health.

it took this forty seven years to accumulate his wealth and just one week to lose a third of it. one morning or opened this place and found three buffalo lying down they wouldn't eat or drink anything at all the houses in this village and other farmers here lost cattle within a month a foot in mouth disease killed thousands of cattle buffalo sheep and other livestock across egypt in march the united nations declared it a catastrophe and warned the epidemic could threaten human food supplies far and wide but he gyptian politicians were too busy with the revolution to take much notice. that the government did not do anything for us or animals are dying one by one and no one does anything. egyptians say the situation has been worsened by a climate of corruption all government employees are. under

so corrupt from the very people these mean business and need to be free to do anything when it was found out a new strain on the disease had hit egypt it seemed heart rates soaring and prices rocket him people got afraid and stopped buying meat choosing instead to eat chicken and fish this push the price of poultry up on more than fifty percent while the cost of meat remained the same hussein says he's lost sixty percent of his business and is struggling to make ends meet the. things keep getting worse no one's buying from me more people are waiting to hear if they can trust them a lot. but they might be waiting a while after very for them this has never affected the speed to this day to see all who are on the street or near the people who saw difference the don't want to sort of sales they protest by the state i mean bureaucracy has never

changed doctors have taken to the streets to protest against a government budget proposal that allocates less than five percent of spending to the health sector but their despondent priorities are not the right. the previous regimes. said that perhaps the. security. is the most important issue for them so they spend. a lot of money there was a lot of those were taxes. there were growth of corruption we don't do this work is there for there for improvement. services. and so behind the country's political jockeying is an unfolding public health disaster with potentially much larger implications for egypt and what happens on

the political front. a federal judge in the u.s. has ruled washington cannot indefinitely detain american suspected of having terrorist ties unless they have been found in connection with the september eleventh attacks it comes just six months after president obama signed the national defense authorization act which would have allowed american citizens to be held without trial or charge the judge initially ruled the act was. last month but the obama administration asked her to reconsider the ruling attorney karl mayor says the act threatens americans basic freedoms. all of this is going too far in this country our civil liberties are increasingly under attack not just from drones that are being sent over american cities not just from the police or now or paramilitary guard not just from wiretapping your citizens phones but the the ultimate attack on our civil liberties was in this case the homeland battlefield act or otherwise

known as the national defense authorization act the n.b.a. which threatened to who is in a military prison indefinitely without benefit a trial lawyer anyone who quote substantially supported al qaeda or quote associated forces usa today did editorial editorialized that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american in for president obama to continue to try to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens who are exercising their for their freedom of speech rights is contrary to everything that a constitutional law professor such as himself or had to stand for. right straight to the world business cossar is got all the latest for us what's happening at this hour all of marie answer and that's to be a sea of red all it takes a couple of the negative comments from the u.s. and then that's how it says a second look at the latest figures from europe where the tide of session just

kicked off and as you are about to see both the footsie and that's a post in the law says the fourth season isn't over half a percent voluntarily that is already of old one percent in there and then this is all coming from the negative statements made by u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke i'll talk about that a little bit later and also of course the latest news from spain now we have a more on that basically what happened there is that fitch has caught that continent's a rating and this means and things that the economy's ability to pay back that has a weekend there's a national credit agency also the lengths that the country needs an extra sixty bellinger us to stop. it's banks and on thursday we saw strong demand for spanish bonds which some traders say is a good sign that the country can arrange the funds. from spain investors are also concerned about greece especially now with the upcoming parliamentary elections coming up there and first of all they're all concerned whether greece will exit the eurozone or not but we spokes nouriel roubini don't forget this is the man who

predicted the worldwide crisis of two thousand and eight and he says the probability of a group called gregg's that has everyone's call in there right now it still remains quite high and will remain high no matter what the outcome of the elections will be . i would say that you know by the next the i would say there is at least the probability that greece exit the euro zone thinking about it surely you don't like not into a new government is going to try to get a fall in on that situation becoming so unsustainable that they will exit and i would say that it could be good for them as all these bags it does all of them. and means a band of amounts of the racial ratio and that acts very common to be a better story a good old restored ballance before they'll be damaged the banks damage the savings the people in the banks and that's why they need more funding to make sure that it's not dissolve down and the contagion of the rest of the eurozone is mild and so it does not make you see it that way and it's fine on sundays or believe probably.

it's a manageable look on the bags. or let's consider the international markets and take a look at how russia is performing as you can see it's tracking the losses overseas the i.c.'s are shutting over two percent and then my six of a one percent and the main reason for this is the fact that oil prices are heading south as always has a major effect on investors and the markets naturally moving on to asia and this in the final hours of trading right alec is that in that case down over two percent the high side point eight seven percent and besides the fact that investors are concerned about everything that's happening in the euro zone as well as the view was also about china caught its interest rates and that's to shore up its economy and that's why it's taken that very well when it comes to japan exports to have been doing particularly well this week because of the weakening yen are now among the biggest losers because there's also pre-market reports show a trade deficit and that was staying with japan we know that its economy performs slightly better than estimated earlier on in the first chorus allows

a little bit of a saw of relief right there new figures suggest that japan's annual growth is now four point seven percent since that of four point one as it was reported in may and the upgrade is reflecting the. why a private consumption and state spending and that's after the country was hit by a devastating tsunami last year. second look at how the session and that in the us on thursday we can see it was a mixed picture out there the dow added just while the nasdaq dropped almost half a percent and this came after comments made by u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke and he said that the economy is at risk from the eurozone debt crisis and at the prospects of school tightening many investors were expecting to hear about the announcement of additional stimulus. didn't happen so a lot of people were disappointed because of that now let's move on and take a look at currencies and see how the euro dollar moved off to form in the your solution against the dollar when it comes to the ruble this time it's losing

against both major currencies and as the spider all the birds all of the of russia central banks to strengthen that because we do know that in the month of may one thousand for sides all of its value and finally let's take a look. which are causing a lot of what we're seeing today they are heading south in fact they're heading for their longest weekly losing streak in more than thirty years and that's a myth or is all of a slowing growth in the economy of the u.s. as well as china and this wraps it up for this hour in this business for now back to you marina absolutely maria thanks very much indeed as always energy special interview and sports coming your way before is at hand lines stay with us.

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or go back to watching r.t. live from moscow these are the top stories top u.n. officials call the security council to pressure of the syrian government while saying the armed opposition is stepping up its attacks which must this as another massacre pulls the country closer to civil war with one observer still unable to verify the details of the atrocity. the euro two thousand and twelve football tournament kicks off laden was scandalous several european governments boycotts of the championships they say they are concerned about poor human rights records and race discrimination at club level and host poland and ukraine will not attend the games and protests. residents in a small irish town go back to their old currency to save businesses from collapse as more people fear the was only counting down the drain that's amid reports they

will need at least forty billion euros. to boost its crisis hit backs. the next us economist and politician mark broad tells r.t. about just what seems to be going wrong and. thank you for joining us on r.t. i want to start with a g twenty promise to boost the i.m.f. lending resources with over four hundred thirty billion dollars. yet the i.m.f. steering committee said that these new resources will not be used for a particular reason do you think this is their response to the concerns that this money will be used to bail out the eurozone i think it's clear the reason they're asking for a new resources for europe they would have enough of those for the.