we are here in the army and security forces us to carrying out a so-called clearance operation in the area off and then to terrorist operation launched into central syria and its lot absolutely not safe in that area and this is why they're not allowing anybody in even observing so it's absolutely not clear so when or even if the u.n. observers will be able to make their way to the site but what is clear absolutely is that what happened requires a credible investigation because there's been a lot of confusion much much more confusion than all of the previous massacres here in syria with so-called witness accounts and the do just not matching and it's absolutely clear that it's simply impossible right now to who was responsible and who will not be harmed but it's absolutely clear that it has to be done because such massacres this to belies the situation here in syria and they. make

this division between those who backed the president bashar assad and those who don't support him even so just to remind you what's actually happened we've we been hearing two different takes from the opposition and from the syrian government the opposition's claim is that the syrian army shelled to peaceful farming village in central syria and after that alleged pro assad minute turns came in they tied people up they shot they stopped and burned in the violence and to support that they even posted some videos although these videos have been quite questionable because the dead bodies they contained by all appearances have been little bits have been a two decades. to have the budget rebels have been talking about them from that village in syria at the. time the syrian government has been reporting that

they've got a call from the local residents in in one of these villages asking for help often the militants took over the village and they've been preparing for an operation a special operation in that area before and that it's been announced open late so they've been stationed in that area they were kind of ready and immediately after these call they launched this operation and after they entered. the village they discovered nine bodies of civilians and it's actually also contradicts towards the rebels are reporting about the death toll the most extreme doffed death toll given so far stands at most it's almost one hundred dad and this is the figure that's been picked up by international but almost old international media so as you can see the reason a lot of draw a lot of contradictions and a lot of confusion in this massacre of quickly it has to be investigated properly

but it's going to happen just to early to say right now well as you were saying that if you're reading situation in syria in fact has countries and international bodies calling for action and how is the u.n. responding to the latest massacre. well we're going to hear it from new york from the u.n. security council that both. sides in general ban ki-moon and special envoy to syria coffee and i have been calling on international community to put more pressure on damascus and i had a sad that his peace plan is not been implemented although these time stressing that it's not being implemented by both sides and both sides both ground and syrian government are responsible for what's going on at the same time into the size and this is. the responsibility of the syrian authorities to and the violence in their country so it looks

a little bit like like dad love because while the country syria is divided on those who support and those who don't support the regime the international community also lukes of pretty much divided on how to behave and how to and this crisis in syria but there is also a kind of progress in understanding as well between the size because both u.s. and international officials have recognized that the reason i thirty force operating here in syria and it's not give clear who exactly is behind what it contains and content hard is and they recognize it and finally just to remind you it's been also a very difficult and sensitive issue in this conflict because since the beginning of the uprising the syrian government has been. accused many times and on assad has been accused many times of suppressing unarmed innocent civilians while the

official. the official opinion of damascus was that they they are fighting against armed groups and against terry so let's not listen to what russian war two has to say about this about this third force operation in syria. the truth of the matter is as you know is that armed opposition groups do not only. do not only failed to comply to the court found on plan but they did clear that it is their intention not to do so which is a very dangerous development a very counterproductive development. well coffin as hazards and the fate of the syrian president bashar assad has to be decided by syrian people and this is something that russia and china are also supporting being very much against any kind of intervention suppression of military intervention

a kind of interference but at the same time we can see that. other nations that are backing rebels they are already interfering into serious internal affairs and we've been seeing them meeting just recently and discussing so called post assad syria so we can see that not only syria is spain and gulf by the constant but also the international community. is shaken by this conflict and is very much divided and there is still no compromising that. primary and thanks very much indeed for bringing us the latest from syria marie financial reporting there. on the syrian government is up against an international media onslaught and a foreign funded insurgency according to political analyst. these are the western media who are saying there bashar assad is responsible for these killings and from

the very beginning president assad said beware of the people global cable networks because they are spreading blatant lie 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 and so 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. now still halfway this hour here in r.t.e. rival route find out which countries hope to join the crowd when the building of a new coast to coast waterway which threatens to rival the town the canal.

also from bad to worse gyptian is currently mired in political turmoil face another danger awards threatens both economy and health of the entire region. now coming a report by the international monetary fund is expected to show spain needs at least forty billion euros to bolster its banking sector credit rating say agency fitch cut the country's sovereign ratings saying madrid is especially vulnerable to a worsening of the eurozone debt crisis moody's rating agency said earlier island may need financial lifeline after existing bailout program expires and twenty fourteen and a light of the year is recent travels of residents of wide irish town have revived their old currency to help businesses ravaged by the economic downturn laura smith reports their experiments help soften the blow. it's a blast from the past this customer uses the irish put to pay for some every day

purchases in the town of clueless olens 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 close and cash back into the community if you bring in pointed towards. whatever you spend or fifty whatever you spend we will give you a change of tone which you can then go and spend cross the road. or go for a drink it's it's a great scheme for the child it means all the money remains. as but 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 put off and stopping by for a haircut while the hay. oh yeah definitely a lot of people come from from. that are on from people.

there's an estimated two hundred eighty five million tucked away in drawers and under mattresses forgotten about ok to see even in is when i joined the euro a decade ago then no longer legal tender but would have a value of around two hundred forty million euro just a fraction of which would make a massive difference in crisis hit. the punt scheme has undoubtedly 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 premises 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. the whole country has suffered with the measures with the. new

water charges which are common in short 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 clearness may not be alone in looking back for its future nor a smith. the euro two thousand and while football championships are finally here fans are thronging upon poland and ukraine hoping their team will neck the silverware by its tournaments is already proving controversial with government boycotts from several european countries threatening to spoil the beautiful game while our team sports presenter pay part which is ukraine for us let's get the latest from u.k. so sports always meant to be above politics and this is all proving

a little embarrassing for the as the words of the moment what's going on tell us more. hello marina how live from the ukrainian city of live off which is actually the cradle of ukrainian and polish football but the issue as you say is not really about sports and football it's about politics because the u.k. government have joined the french government in saying that they will boycott the tournament during the group stages well this is due to the alleged mistreatment of the imprisoned former prime minister yulia timoshenko. but the u.k. government as i say on the back of the french government and other high profile e.u. withdrawals and threatened withdrawals over the alleged mistreatment. well you know racism has become the watchword of this storm as well how has the world of football responded to it. well the situation here is not really just about political controversies that seem to be dogging this tournament but also about social issues and as you say racism has become

a particular issue and particularly in england but firstly the main news that just coming through is a problem that that's actually been cited with the dutch team they're based not in ukraine they're braced in krakow in poland just before they come into play they game and they have a they've had their training session today and apparently they were subjected to racist abuse while they were on the pitch which is a sad incident from the reports after they went to see auschwitz yesterday but racism as a say is it is particularly a topic in england because last week there was broadcast a programme that on the b.b.c. a panorama programme called stadiums of hates which highlighted club level particular problems with racism and anti-semitism in poland and ukraine and these pictures were showing to the england former captain and defend assault campbell and he looked at these pictures and said that he and the england fan of black all mixed race he would he would not go to these to eastern europe he said he wouldn't risk it for fear of coming back in the coffin now they're all for that the players

families of alex. theo walcott both players their families of said that they won't go to ukraine but this also follows in the lives of comments made by march to city striker mario balotelli he said and he's he's been subjected to racist abuse across europe and he said that should this situation arise while he's playing he would walk off the pitch well the president michel platini has said that this situation is not a unilateral decision for players it's a decision for the referee now the referee has the right to stop the game should any place suffer any kind of abuse and not just have been stopped for the has been a president during the qualifying games where italy played serbia in general in october two thousand and ten and after severe fun trouble not to study the race nature of a serious trouble the referee did. to stop the match and this we were awarded a three no victory so problems this particular nature of the fans aren't really helping that countries as as italy go the extra points wanted

a lot of issues surrounding this particular time and. you know the games will go ahead in the time and will start so what is now talk about what's going in the countries and both ukraine and poland are not exactly swimming in money as we know so tell us more about the preparations and how they managed to get everything in place in time. while ukraine and poland have had five years to prepare but there have been problems these have been reported there's been delays over stadiums and infrastructure there are also problems reported a bad hotel is in ukraine that prices apparently a ten fold increase well this didn't impress the say u.a.e. the president michel platini he called somebody hoteliers rothfuss he didn't mince his words but we we're here in ukraine to say we're here in the fall victim of operating behind me and so far we haven't encountered any problems the ukrainian national perspective is very much about making this an issue not about the for this issue is not about you it's

a machine it's all about the football and so one of the watchword here is ukrainian hospitality they want this tournament to be remembered as one that was hospitable everybody is welcome of all nations all creates and to enjoy the football and the football will be the priority not the political issues not the social issues. all right kate thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest on the euro two thousand and twelve football championships reporting there from ukraine. why we are covering all the latest news from poland and ukraine on this special day for football fans in our sports board and that will be coming your way about twenty minutes time see that if you can. in the mean time the nicaraguan government's planning 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 planned arches daniel bushell has more. you know it's if. trade between we have plenty of pacific oceans ever

since it opened the panama canal but no real show plans to build a deeper voice to rival through. 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 choi japan and venezuela also have to form the thirty billion dollars. twenty a bushel they are now is take a look at some other stories from around the world nuclear watchdog urging ron 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 began today in vienna however the islamic republic is not expected to make any major statements for broader talks at the end of next week in moscow a number of western powers fear iran's been attempting to create nuclear arms so iran maintains its program was set up for peaceful purposes. dozens have been killed after a government troops clashed little codified that the militants were far off by

armed civilians and soldiers after storming a town north of g.r. 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 salih. 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 he suggested the pakistani government invite the when to investigate some of the strikes america says it will continue the attacks despite calls from pakistan to end up tensions between the two countries rose last year when missiles killed twenty four pakistani soldiers prompting islamabad to block nato supply routes to afghanistan. while political parties in a jiffy taghreed on how to select the paneled out 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 as alarmist dominated the family 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 candidate mohamed morsi and hosni mubarak's last prime minister. in the courts egyptian. political web to the point where they are failing to spot a growing danger threatening only the economy but also their health. it took this fall in the forty seven years to accumulate his wealth and just one week to lose a third of it. one morning in this place and three down they wouldn't eat or drink anything or the houses in this village. council. within

a month a foot in mouth disease killed thousands of casual buffalo sheep and other livestock across egypt in march the united nations declared it a catastrophe and mourned the epidemic could threaten human food supplies far and wide but egypt and politicians were too busy with the revolution to take much notice for the work done by the government did not do anything for us all animals are dying one by one and no one does anything i just love. egypt and say the situation has been worsened by a climate of corruption. in government employees are on the ferry and so were a friend it's very the three business 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 rocketing. people got afraid and stopped buying meat choosing instead to eat

chicken and fish this push the price of poultry up a more than thirty 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. people are waiting to hear if they can trust them a lot. but they might be waiting a while after very formal and this has never affected the speed to see all who are up to date only the people who saw difference the don't know what sort of flights they protest by the 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 private. the

previous regime says. perhaps the security of the regime security is the paramount most important issue for them so they spend. a lot of money on their with the local who are our taxes disappear there are growth of corruption and with all this work is left for very for an improvement of 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. well let's hear is happening in business you know are you very good news or what or all this hour say our million mile is a string of losses so it's so bad but at least it's not as bad as it was last hour . but i won't start with the bad news also with some positive news and asked if i

that russia's biggest lenders for a bank has clenched its largest deal by acquiring circuit bank and fact the deal is that's we were three point five billion dollars and will be finalized by the end of this year this follows two weeks of exclusive talks on the rejected bit from could saw a national bank they said the offer was too low the sellers franco belgian dexia which is forced to divest businesses and that's after its they rescued by belgium france and luxembourg last october the acquisition is part of sport i suppose to diversify away from the home market let's not forget that in february it agreed to buy v b i bank from austria lender of bank and. why not look at the markets and we have our ts on the my six which are still losing and that's basically because of declining oil prices and have a major effect on the russian economy gets that in a second let's move on and take a look at the current sees the euro is still losing against the dollar what it comes to the ruble it's losing against both major currencies despite all the

efforts by the russian central bank now of course something that always the facts the russian economy and screwed them prices are heading for their longest weekly losing streak and over thirteen years i was about say twenty three not there yet lights were destroyed in that eighty two dollars and eighty cents now when it comes to europe a sea of red there as well but as i said there are many mines in earlier losses footsies down point half a percent lower similarly with the dax investors that are reacting to the u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he commented that the u.s. economy is adverse from the eurozone debt crisis now staying with a europe will have about spain and there are reports now suggesting that it will request the bailout after all and as early as this weekend. spread it weighted by which means it thinks the economies ability to pay back that it has now weakens the international credit agency also estimate the country needs of x. one hundred billion euros to shore up its banks. also all the major concern is

greece some people have been talking about whether greece will exit the eurozone or not and will. be me the man who predict the world financial crisis in two thousand and eight and he said no matter what the outcome is of the elections the probability of greece exiting the euro zone over may quite high. i would say that you know by next the year of i would say there is a race that probably rated the greece exit the euro zone thing about actually going to be like not into a new government is going to try to get a form that it can on exhibition become a sole source then the legs and i would say that you couldn't do it good for them as long as the exit is all of them. and means of them there are massive differentiation on that x. ray called pride to be a better store grower restore it so a ballance of who's going to be damaged the banks damage the savings of people in the banks and that's why they need more funding to make sure that it's not dissolved only meltdown and the contagion of the rest of the eurozone is all there

so it does not make you see it that way and it's fine and so nice orderly probably . it's a manageable look on the bags. and you can watch the floor is very well professor being here i'd see on monday that's it for me right now maria all right thanks very much and dede marina for the sound date i'll recap today's headlines in just a few moments here.

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the back here with our t.v. here are the top stories top u.n. officials calling the security council to pressure the syrian government while saying the armed opposition is stepping up its attacks which must again. this as another massacre pulls a country closer to civil war with u.n. observers still on able to verify the details of the atrocity. there were twenty twelve full tournaments kicks off laden with skill as several european governments boycotted championships and say they are concerned about for human rights records and race discrimination at club level and postpone any rain it will not attend the games in protest. residence and a small irish town go back to their old currency to save businesses from collapse as more people fear the euro is only heading down the drain that's amid reports

spain will need at least forty billion euros in bailout money to boost its crisis banks. the next u.s. economist and politician mark weiss broad tells our team just what seems to be going wrong in europe. thank you for joining us on our team i want to start with the g twenty promised 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 bailout the eurozone i think it's clear the reason they're asking for a new resources for europe they would have enough voice for the other countries it's only europe where the big money is.