we want to present. something your. top u.n. officials call on the security council to pressure the syrian government while admitting that the armed opposition is stepping up its attacks as another massacre pulls the country closer to civil war. or to just say will need at least forty billion euros to boost its crisis had banks meanwhile as r t reports from ireland and other crippled country some locals are going back to the past with their currency. the euro two thousand and twelve full tournaments kicks off laden was scandalous several european governments boycott the championships i mean human rights and race issues.

we're watching aren't you live from moscow with me marina joshie they had of the un along with the world bodies envoy to syria want more international pressure on the mask is to bring about compliance with the u.n. peace plan but kofi annan also urged the increasingly aggressive rebel forces to lay down arms. has the latest from new york. after hours of closed door consultation and members of the security council and the secretary-general ban ki moon have come out first mr obama hugh moon saying that. six point peace plan to stop the violence in syria remains at the center of the international community's efforts clearly nobody has calling this plan a failure and at this point nobody is indorsing any type of military intervention into syria the most important thing 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 u.n. 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 groups including the free syrian army which just last week announced that it will no longer eg knowledge its commitments under the anon plan 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. do not only fail to comply to go from a plan but they clear the it is their intention not 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 moscow would be willing to schedule it as soon as all parties announce a commitment more important reporting from new york the u.n. meeting comes in the wake of another massacre in syria was women and children among the dozens of reported victims you want observers have so far been unable to reach the side of the killings to establish what actually happened. is in damascus with this report with find some of the images disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria than all of 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 two peaceful problem in villages in central syria not far from the city of hama and after that allegedly prove. 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 how well these videos contain bodies that by all appearances to. have died yesterday raising many questions on the credibility and the truth of their positions claims and just where these bodies came from on the other hand the syrian government has a completely different take on what happened. in syria they say they got

a call from a local resident asking for help after militants took over the village the army has been stationed in this 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 to be sure. reports from official sources in hama that after the army went in they discovered nine bodies of civilians and the clashes that occurred after that two officers have been killed and five others have been only just as you can see. in the scene there is a child there while witnesses reports just contradict each other about who was responsible and without credible. to gauge right now is to go out and just simply impossible to establish who was behind this massacre. i have a national reporting there now the syrian government is up against an international media onslaught and foreign funded insurgency according to political analysts and.

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 read the sour arrival route find out which country is hope when the grog go in the building of

a new coast to coast waterway which threatens to rival the panama canal. also bad to worse egyptians currently mired avoidable turmoil face another danger which threatens both economy and health of the entire region. coming report by the international monetary fund is expected to show spain needs at least forty billion euros to bolster its banking sector credit ratings agency fitch cut the country's sovereign ratings saying with dread as 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 program expires in two thousand and fourteen and in the light of the euro's recent troubles residents of one irish town have revived dear old currency to help businesses ravaged by the economic downturn as artie's laura smith reports their experiments soften the blow. well it's a blast from the past as this customer uses the irish punt to pay for some everyday

purchases in the town of clueless island 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 claw some cash back into the community if you bring in pointed to was twenty point whatever you spend or fifty pounds whatever you spend we will give you a change of tone this time voters which you can then go and spend cross the road and supervisor you are in the crib or go for a drink up the town it's it's a great scheme for the time and means all the money remains within the town 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 their puts often stopping by for a haircut while they're here oh yeah lot of people come from across the border from about us especially our own from people from the phantoms down the functions on us

have an obligation month women can have scott pay me and that i want to spit out there's an estimated two hundred eighty five million puns tucked away in draws and under mattresses forgotten about ok to souvenirs when arlen joined the euro a decade ago they're 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 permit scheme has undoubtedly boosted the local economy but the ravages of the economic crash are still all too evident the main street is lined with boarded up shops with around fifty percent of premises empty it's a scene that's repeated in small towns and bigger cities throughout our land austerity here means business people are being hit with a variety of taxes and levies making it harder and harder to stay afloat letter. turn a profit it's not just one of the town as the whole country has suffered with starting

measures with the. new water charge a source of common shorty's new household charge which which came in this year with increase every year. there was a two percent hike up to twenty three percent in the point of sale tax which we have to do something something to improve the situation so keep it 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 you looking back for its future nor a smith. and while island may be turning to its all currency italy is turning to its old ways banks there are reluctant to lend money and to some struggling businesses have no choice but to borrow from the mafia economics expert albert deming r.d. says the government's policies are partly to blame for the criminal boom beginning of march. on the economies particularly strong now or maybe it is my

cash when you go clinton small businesses particularly in the south and in the center of the country to get running short of cash and have some kind of relationship market because they were four years to buy protection. if you are you major to mafia as an investor so it will save your capital and they may go into the black sector for getting money you could not get out if you show banking sector these is very troubled and it's a very important point that should tell our government we really need. to fix some of the problems that are troubling details in the commune particularly we need to reduce taxation there's still a bit more money available to junin businesses more legitimate money coming out of cash and not coming out of my income you're not going to. while italian authorities may be wrestling with a cousin auster in nearby greece it's wrestling in parliament that sparked

a manhunt for the m.p. responsible as she reports online. greece's neo nazi golden dawn party member assaults to left wing female deputies on live t.v. and watch the debate on our website. also online millions of user passwords for the professional length and website for posted online revealing the level of desperation among people seeking jobs the details are available. well you are twenty championships are finally here millions of fans are descending upon poland and ukraine hoping their team will net the silverware but the tournament is already proving controversial with government boycotts from several

european countries threatening to spoil the beautiful game are you sports presenter kate hardware is in ukraine for us. twenty twelve with co-host 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 at club level in polish and ukrainian teams this also is in line with a match to city mario balotelli he said that he has 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 but 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 such an issue arises and the ukrainian authorities are hoping that the football and ukrainian hospitality well outweigh any political or social issues. gay parties are boring there while we are covering all the latest news from poland and ukraine on a special day for vocal fans to our sports boards and into our starts to. now the nicaraguan government's planning to build a thirty billion dollar trade routes to rival the panama canal and several countries including russia are vying for the chance to fund the plan artie's daniel bushell has more. you know if states has had their lawyers shift trade between the atlantic and pacific oceans ever since it opened the panama canal but no real show plans to build a deeper void to rival three neighboring. that threatens the hugely profitable

existing routes as traders increasingly go for joined ships that are too big for the existing canal but may not get the contract the project director says china japan and venezuela also have to form the thirty billion dollars. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world. the u.n. nuclear watchdog is the urge iraq for a deal that would allow its inspectors to visit a military complex where it's suspected nuclear weapons research has taken place the meeting is scheduled for later today in vienna however the islamic republic is not expected to make any major statements before broader talks at the end of next week in moscow a number of western powers fear iran has been attempting to create nuclear arms tehran maintains its program was set up for peaceful purposes. dozens have been killed after government troops clashed with al qaida fires in yemen the militants were far off by armed civilians and soldiers after storming a talent north of g.r.

the battle left at least twenty dad and three others were killed when their planes bombed a vehicle and the south but leave to belong to a kind of forces yemeni troops are intending to reclaim towns seized by militants last year during the uprising against former president salih. one human rights chief says u.s. drone attacks in pakistan are quote legally problematic and may not comply with international law now the palais suggested the pakistani government invite the un to investigate some of the strikes american says it will continue the attacks despite calls from pakistan to and them tensions between the two countries rose last year when missiles killed twenty four pakistani soldiers prompting is too long nato supply routes to have gathered. political parties in egypt have agreed on how to select the panel that will write the country's new constitution

after a push from their ruling military council the previous panel was dissolved after secular and liberal members organized a walkout complaining that islam is dominated the a sample preparations for the new constitution come as gyptian to 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 candidate mohamed morsi and also the guards and that's why mr ahmed shafik publicly 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 for your health. it took this fall on the forty seven years to accumulate his wealth and just one week to lose a third of it. one morning opened this place and found three buffalo lying down they wouldn't eat or drink anything all the houses in this village all the 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 egyptian politicians were too busy with the revolution to take much notice for the work done by the government did not do anything for us my animals are dying one by one and no one does anything i was lost egyptians say the situation has been worsened by a climate of corruption. in government employees. and we saw for a friend gave very called the three business paying me to be free to do anything when it was found out a new strain on the disease had hit egypt it seemed heart rate soaring and prices rocketing people got afraid and stopped buying meat choosing instated to eat

chicken and fish this push the price of poultry up by 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 and i'm more people are waiting to hear if they can trust him a lot. but they might be waiting a while if ther very for the roof and this has never afflicted the speed to this day to see all corrupted state or only the people who show difference on what sort of sides they protest by the state that 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 there despondent priorities are not private. the

previous regimes seeing. it said that perhaps the security the regime security the most important issue for them to they spend. a lot of money on there was a local news old sort of texas disappear there was a lot of corruption and we saw in this work is left for actually improvement or prince services was. 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 americans 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 acts was unconstitutional last month but the obama administration asked her to reconsider the ruling attorney karl mayor says the act threatened americans basic freedoms. but all of this is going too far in this country where civil liberties are increasingly under attack not just from drones that are being sent there were american cities not just from the police or now or paramilitary garb not just from wiretapping is to this is close with 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.d.a. which directed to who is in a military prison indefinitely without benefit of trial lawyer anyone who quote substantially supported al qaeda or quote associated forces usa today did editorial

and tory allies that indefinite detention is un-american and it is un-american 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 to stand for. causing to the world of business marine as they're waiting so sounds like there's it's not a good day for the markets from what i understand. right now basically we're seeing a sea of red across the board than as because of a mixture of data first of all would then get many positive news from the u.s. a lot of investors were hope and see more monetary easing happen in their stimulus i should say that wasn't announced so that really disappointed many of them let's take a look at the latest figures coming out from europe and if was see that we got the front season is an almost up for signs father john that says that over one percent in the lead and another factor that then said what investors as spain and what we

know is outfits has caught the conscience of writing and this means that the agency finds the country's economy and that's a bennett's it's a payback that week the international credit agency also estimates that the country needs a. sixty billion euros to shore up its banks and of course on thursday we saw a very strong demand for spanish bonds which traders say is a good sign that the country can rates bonds. also for those concerned about greece and its possible exit from the euro zone we've been talking to professor in the real roubini and he of course predicted the two thousand and eight financial crisis that we saw around the world and he says that the probability of a so-called gregg's there remains quite high and will do so even no matter what the outcome will be of the parliamentary elections there. i would say you know by now. i would say there is a probability to greece exit the euro zone thinking about it surely even if they

like not into a new government there is going to try to reform and on that solution becoming so lots of them of the day and we like that and i would say that it could be good for them as well as bags it is all of them. and means of then the amounts of the british nation on that actually called local store growth story bonds of course will be the banks damage the savings of people in the banks and that's why they need more funding to make sure that there is an all disorderly meltdown and the contagion that's the eurozone is milder so it does not make you see it that way and it's fine and sunnies all of the probably. it's a manageable look on the bags. and you can watch the full interview with professor being the on monday here on c.n.n. for now let's move on with international markets and see what's happening here in russia as c.e.o. of right here as well as profit over two and a half percent and them i said stopping almost one of the it's taking the beat and

basically and this is mainly the result of lower food prices always having a major effect on the russian economy moving along to asia let's see that close up picture that because markets are up now and that they're trading session nikkei down two percent and the hang seng over one percent and there with all its all this is coming after china cut its interest rates to shore up its economy also of course investors are reacting very well to the news coming out from the west as well as the river zone and also we know that even though exports have been particularly well in japan for the past week now they're not doing so and that's because the market data shows that there will be a trade deficit all right now same with japan and its economy though has been performing better than estimated earlier in the first quarter so that's a bit of a sigh of relief there for some investors new figures suggest that. japan's i know growth is now four point seven percent instead of four point one percent and that was reported back in may and this is reflected in high of private consumption and

state spending and that's of course following the country's devastating tsunami last year. and a look at the u.s. markets which always affect all the others in the world this is the closing picture from of thursday's performance it was mixed that out of just the knowledge although that was half a percent and this follows comments by u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said that the call in the me is would be in crisis and would be severely affected by the euro zone that crisis and the first schools that not stagnation but a fiscal addition there and also investors are of course were tracking everything that was happening overseas as well as decline in crude prices i'll get to that in a second force let's take a look at the currencies see what's happening right now and the euro is still losing the against the dollar when it comes to the ruble. losses against both major currencies despite all the reason efforts of the russian central bank which has been trying to strengthen the advice in the hundreds of millions dollars and that's

it has been working for a couple of days now it's going back down and the final look at crude prices heading south in fact they're heading for their longest weekly losing streak in over thirteen years and this is the result of concerns about a slowdown in the economy's a slowdown of growth the economies of china and the u.s. and basically this what we have not very optimistic seems up business war if we work to missing the beginning of the week at least while they say every cloud has a silver waiting for it we're waiting a little fingers crossed thanks very much indeed for the business update and in just a few minutes and watch our special report which spotlights the survivors of nuclear bombings but before that i'll bring you the headlines.