syria in civil war the believe you an assessment is resurgent rebels take the fight to a sad with frantic efforts underway to salvage kofi annan and peace plan we've got the latest ahead this hour. also polish football fans showed no hospitality attacking russian supporters ahead of a euro twenty twelve match with around one hundred fifty poles arrested. and crackdown on whistleblowers the u.k. roles legislation which could make it harder at risk for people to expose lawbreakers. for good afternoon for me kevin owen here in moscow you're watching r t it's two pm

here now our top story syria's plunged into a full scale civil war so says the head of the u.n. peacekeeping operation there he added that fighting a grudge to previously unseen ferocity as government forces seek to blunt a nationwide offensive by the rebels who had withdrawn from the internationally backed cease fire but important has more on the developments of the u.n. . the u.n. peacekeeping chief our a lot too who recently made those comments saying that the conflict in syria is now a civil war he is the first you want to fishel to have made that type of declaration following the fifteen months of violence taking place and escalating in syria now of course his words can carry a lot of political weight inside of the security council where the u.s. and its western allies are pushing for sanctions against the assad government now this is a campaign ongoing for months now the u.s.

pretty much leaving it trying to get russia and china to agree on international sanctions against president bashar al assad to this point we russia and china have opposed any type of international pressure in the form of sanctions instead referring to kofi annan six point peace plan and fully supporting that so of course these statements coming from a top u.n. official declaring civil war in syria can be a game changer within the security council in the days ahead you have to remember that ninety day mission three hundred unarmed observers in syria was adopted under the idea that there would be a cease fire in syria if there is no ceasefire what is there for you when observers to be monitoring next month this ninety day mandate for this syrian mission the

u.n. syrian mission expires and council members it may not be willing to renew this mandate if they feel that the u.n. observers will be in danger if they are in syria which has now been deemed a civil war so the crisis has reached a new level of political analysts believe kofi annan still remains series only hope . i think the situation has reached very dangerous proportions and there are civilians that are being killed and today we had some. there were some pictures of harbin massacres children have been targeted and innocent civilians and i think however it's not too late to i mean i am afraid that perhaps the statement given by the united nations may may be a. desperate call yet yes but it's not the end of the road there is still a chance to actually have

a cease fire to have the plan that has been laid out in the past by kofi annan and implemented to have a ceasefire and go for the political dialogue there is no military solution they cannot be a military solution and in fact what the western powers are calling for. military interference is is in insane initiative it would not lead to any progress in this situation it would only make this if you wish and were. coming up the decorated u.s. veterans counting the true cost of battle soaring away the medals they earned fighting their country's walls we'll tell you why just ahead. and spain gets squeezed by record high borrowing rates after investors failed to be convinced by the help offered to prop up its ailing banks. poland's ambassador to russia said the polish football hooligans are to blame for tuesday's violence in warsaw more than one hundred fifty poles and twenty russians have been

arrested after a group attacked a peaceful march to mark russia day ahead of the team's euro twenty twelve encounter there was also pose much violence to at least twenty four people were injured in the fighting rich of a poor fleet was there. the real trouble started really a couple of hours before kickoff or russia had planned march from a city center service stadium in warsaw which is about two kilometers outside of the city center march was obviously given a go ahead by the local authorities but of course eva trouble started when russian fans started to reach the stadium as a bridge just a few hundred meters away from the stadium and polish fans really tried to attack the russian fans but i've been following the russian team for quite a long time and a lot of the fans in this march they were just purely football supporters and you can easily tell a football supporter from someone who's looking for trouble and there were a number of casualties. ten people have been taken to hospital and unfortunately. there was trouble brewing as i left the stadium is a very short walk from the stadium to where i'm speaking now and you could hear

somebody supporters saying things which could provoke a situation the russian fans were very wild reserve they didn't respond to these provocations but unfortunately i'm sure it's bound to happen richard importantly the. senior editor of poland's political magazine says the nation deeply regrets the events fortunately people here. and to ration sentiments which is empty so. the sides in their web polish in the boat machines are net. users so she made her money first of poland as rest who do ration colleges for as they say brainless easier it's taking you forward for a no reason though there are just people looking at the fight obviously we have. grievances. the young generation has nothing to do is we.

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britain is considering pulling the plug on whistleblowers a bill circulating through parliament there which if it comes into force might discourage people from speaking out against serious violations and corporate

wrongdoing sarah first looks at the possible risks for those who want to do the right thing it's a war of attrition you could one to someone who has nothing against people that have a lot of well so i'm not a. behind the battle against corruption. lies. this video named collateral murder is just one of many wiki leaks revelations exposing real crimes revolutionizing whistleblowing and tearing down the divides between governments and ordinary people in the government who furious exposing wrongdoing can previously business as wendy addison found out back in two thousand whilst working as a treasurer of the south african company leisure net she discovered the c.e.o.'s was stealing money from shareholders and sending it to offshore accounts and she blew the whistle it was a decade point that my whole life fell apart. lost my career it was just literally

when i started getting desperate synonymously there were occasions where i was almost inclined to consider accepting society completely. and this is a very common thing for. talking about suicide despite risking everything when he was in poor as in a lengthy legal wrangling and it would be more than a decade before those who committed the crime went to jail more than whistleblowing techniques have been giving people more power to take on big corporations and even governments now with the proposed changes to the law potentially threatening the protections also at a time when the culture surrounding whistleblowing be making big leaps forward the law could be set to take a big step back the problems being caused by this the enterprise and regulatory reform bill which is currently making its way through parliament and one small to squeak line buried away in the text referring to a public interest test we were really worried that putting in

a public interest test into the legislation will have a chilling effect on the ability of workers to speak up a member of the international whistleblowing research network and an employment lawyer david lewis tells. the proposed test has dropped a bomb on whistle blame provisions the great virtue of the existing provisions is this no public interest test it was a very simple test as long as you had an honest motive you could be sure in advance that you would be protected now individuals will all of those claiming to use the provisions will have to satisfy a public interest test and make it very difficult for people to advise them the government archy's that the changes are aimed at placing a loophole this meant that employees with personal grievances a for employment contract have been able to use the whistle blame provisions but the son this will be seen as just the latest measure making it harder out. of course is the trend.

with this one crackdown in whistle blowing blowing the whistle have to differing degrees had their lives changed their reputations threatened or ruined their freedoms removed but in the process they've revealed secrets that the rich and the powerful never wanted us to know that was being told i was doing the wrong thing. and yet it felt so right for me and i knew that i was doing the right thing their battle highlights the importance of protecting whistleblowers and the public's right to know something they all say was well worth fighting for sarah r.t. . the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange has a way to go u.k. supreme court decision after he asked to reopen the case on his extradition to sweden after losing his last ditch appeal there a fortnight ago now his lawyer is a challenging with the gallatin ruling in what's been seen as an unusual move the wiki leaks founder is want to wanted in sweden over sex crime allegations but this

supporters fear its cover towards handing him over eventually to the u.s. . there isn't keeping him from tackling the world's big issues or no in his words edition of the show on this channel he takes on both plundering online privacy the series is ready to watch. everything that happened on the internet just. being unknown a few months of few years before so you cannot predict what will be the next innovation my point here is that it's. policy has to adapt to society and not the other way around absolutely the key thing i think that people should walk away with especially if there is some sixteen year old or eighteen year old person that wishes they could make the world a better place the thing they have to know is that you can build alternatives and everyone everyone especially with the internet is empowered to do that for the context that they exist inside of and it is not that they have a duty to do it but it is that if they wish to do this they can.

force you to get hitting out of iran accusing it of seeking dominance of the global stage with a nuclear weapons program iran's chief nuclear negotiator meantime disputes those claims in an interview with r.t. he says that on the contrary a uni polar world as it is now has no future. the world is changing that people are no longer willing to accept a reality where a few selected powers can dictate the course of the world that the balance of power is shifting into the hands of the people on the fact that some nations seek to retain power through military means that is being rejected the world wants a new warning and new marking us that we're all nations and peoples would respect each other and that is what we've always stood for democracy never comes from violence with the help of violence or through military means or occupation and those that claim to use violence to further democracy in the end they always admit that they had all teary a motor and they're using force as

a method some of the world's democracies continue to push for when it comes to dealing with to rand's nuclear program both the us and israel are still mulling the feasibility of a military strike against the state no later this middle east expert. explains why israel's threats are driving ever toughening international sanctions on iran. i think that what the israeli leadership is doing is just to. capitalize on kind of a momentum with the sanctions first of all in the mind of many israelis the implementation of sanctions is kind of a byproduct of israeli pressure because israel actually threatened to militarily attack you this was all forced the european union and the americans especially the americans to come up with a watch there are things strict policy with regard to iran in order to appease israel this is how is where they think.

the u.s. military's admitted that major mistakes were made during its wars in iraq and afghanistan in a report that showed flaws in training and policy it also highlighted a lack of understanding over the realities faced by troops now it seems the country's war veterans are joining an increasingly angry public over what they see as america's constant cycle of war with some even ditching their owners of valor mozart is a necessity churkin a founder. true patriots they followed the order to fight their country's battles scott olsen survived two tours in iraq only to be critically injured upon returning home by police clashing with occupy oakland protesters also had joined the military to do good work to help other people to be part of something bigger than ourselves and to defend our country but instead he and many others discovered an ugly truth about the military escapades they were involved in with me remained gay for years

to the u.s. army and spent five years in kuwait as a contractor his experiences changed his perception of the u.s. there are gray in the violence there stop in the peace and there are people from their culture from their communities and killing people in drone attacks. this group of veterans says the system they were part of is one that throws away billions of dollars on and less wars pinches every extra penny when it comes to those fighting them when veterans come home one in three of them will be homeless we have eighteen veteran suicides every single day every thirty six hours an active duty soldier kills himself. u.s. veterans are increasingly taking to the streets to challenge what they believe to be false pretense wars don't agree with this illegal occupation that's been held in afghanistan pakistan iraq and other foreign countries because it's no war based terrorism is a base it's a war based off of other motives for money and political power agendas boil in

chicago dozens of veterans march the streets what these anymore and dump their war medals and. by simply throwing them out in rejection of what those medals signify this is where we are disobedient. and really get it anyway basically this is to make them into. military it was midnight when they were told they would be. in these protests the veterans were joined by thousands of other americans also outrage us wars the american people are angry they're frustrated and they don't know which way to turn anymore with presidential elections around the corner these veterans see real change can only come from the bottom up i didn't expect any changes in two thousand and eight when obama got elected and i surely don't expect any changes now those ones taking commands to fight on foreign soil now taking command of the battle for peace at home. r.t.

chicago illinois. for the world's top news stories in brief it is a most websites posted a video of al qaeda second in command who's killing by a nato drone in pakistan was confirmed by u.s. officials a week ago it shows a libyan calling on insurgents outside syria to fight against president assad it's not clear whether the video confirms that the terra chief is still alive the u.s. describe his killing as a serious blow to a group in which he played a key role in attracting young recruits. been a series of apparently called native bombings across iraq has killed at least fifty three and injured dozens of others for blast targeted shiite pilgrims in the capital baghdad as a marked a religious anniversary then other bombs went off in several other mainly shiite cities too is the most insurgents linked to al qaeda frequently try to stoke sectarian tensions by attacking shiite pilgrims. spain's borrowing costs of soared to their highest since joining the euro madrid's misery continues piling up them

with ratings agency fitch also downgrading eighteen spanish banks now the country's had to tap into one hundred billion euros from a financial backup for help shore up its banks which will be saddled with a mountain of bad property loans the bailout was supposed to bolster faith in the euro but political risk consultant john holzman says it's getting increasingly tough for politicians to convince investors. the point is that of course the germans are going to occur with their money without conditions mrs merkel has a very tough political scene or sells and if she were said to just give the spanish one hundred million euro now the people in germany would think she lost her mind so they're going to be conditions of course the trick is going to look over spanish banks of course there's going to be conditionality the level and the spanish and what's happening is you see the politics of this getting harder and harder this is america needs that conditionality the spanish government can't hope to survive if there is that conditionality they've lost control of the story and they're beginning to believe this nonsense the crisis has followed

a pattern they're going for any bailouts for greece and portugal ireland no strain and what's happened is that after every bailout the amount of time it takes the markets to read the fine print realize that indeed this is nonsense it isn't also get smaller and smaller and smaller so we're going from two months to two weeks to two days and in the case of spain it took literally two hours for things to turn around this is by far the end from the from the end of the story. joe has been talking to be the time to catch up with the business to ask them for more and also had trouble in cyprus has not calling for russia's help to save the banks what you know yeah that's right well kevin it comes off to me does cut the writings on some of the massive banks in sight press that normally depends on greece to support but obviously we know it's happening that they're at the epicenter of the european sovereign debt crisis a multi-cell from the lace up going to help through the markets to get them going to start with the russian markets because most investors they headed back to that says today to really digest what's been going on over the weekend and it felt so

good today they've had two days off as a public holiday and we've got the l.t.s. that i have up with and the my thanks about the thing impulsive territory to let things moving it's a gang of them i said it's called now the biggest heads up in moscow it's not one of the half percent in positive territory magnate as well the retailer is also high with revenue vising buy all my own. and bank of mosco is up now by a whole focus and lost the spotlight is to two thousand and eleven net profit of seven hundred fifty five million dollars compared with two billion dollars in net losses in twenty ten stocks of massive turnaround for that good fortune all right let's talk about russian ways because this is simply interesting i think because they're considering building a royal walled in the united arab emirates now the company has taken part in the tend to link the country's capital with the business to buy now the winner of the

two billion dollar project will have to construct a five hundred ten kilometer long run away with the entire infrastructure by twenty six states so as i say the bidding for that woman say if they're going to get involved with watching the stock for you all right this have a look at the variable and see how that is performing it's changed slightly so now it's getting i guess the u.s. still that the year i the year i don't know that the currency really in focus right now is one twenty five fifty just ever such a fraction that so low to sentiments but maybe one of the reasons it's off is because the greek people that we're drawing their euros in the millions and that's because they're anticipating a return to the dock obviously we've got the election coming up on the seventeenth this sunday now so that we want to watch we're talking about europe so it's going to the european markets i just want to mention that we have have the ocean is just taking place and i can tell you that that boring calls have indeed. that is a concern was selling six point five million a year as it was

a one as well but. stopped. it so that just at the just seven basis points that is down around two tenths of a percent ours to trade is already show what direction to go at the my if we look at the oil prices that we've got the opec meeting coming up tomorrow right they're going to be decided on their quotas for production for the rest of the year and that's all about supply. i respect those prices but this hour they are getting at is that just like fraction but if you look at those prices. they are live all right let's talk about the world bank because it's warning the developed nations is saying they should be bracing themselves for weak growth and tougher times ahead and the banks latest book says a developing economy is five point three percent this year but that's almost one percent less than in twenty eleven now it's policymakers to take measures to ensure they can sustain growth amid escalation of the tech prices in a year as i know the same time the bank has put

a rush on the frontline of the crisis point says is improve the outlook for the country's economy expecting the g.d.p. to increase but almost four percent this year expect to grow to be mostly supported by stronger production and let's get back to cyprus story that the debt stricken country is calling for another bit of help from russia the island's media says the country has requested a five billion year i credit to support its financial system this comes after may discuss the writing of top the cypriot banks at miami depend on the troubled greek economy last year russia provided to the public with two and a half million euro live which at that time a good ten percent of g.d.p. they all right kevin you're up to date in the world of business the good news is it for western europe and southern europe but are you looking restaurant you're also as i was and spoke to a lot of us here in fifteen minutes from the head football fans across europe gearing up for the day's big euro twenty twelve encounter between germany and all

of our sports team very much across it more than fifteen minutes for you to bring a bit of cheer the headlines coming up next here on out in four minutes time. if you follow up on my bil sil going to the. countries on a sort of a throwback and archaic part of our long. and it goes back to

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