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twenty four hours a day. with. welcome to the program tough talks are on the table for russia's foreign minister. the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. spoke today to discuss syria. deeply divided on how the crisis in the middle east country should be resolved. if the two sides if rove and hillary clinton can come to some sort of position tonight in the meeting in st petersburg this really could drastically change the future of international action as it pertains to the syrian crisis the problem is that both sides have fundamentally different approaches to how we need to deal with this the u.s. has been pushing for a so-called yemeni style transition plan the first and foremost focuses on getting president bashar al assad out of office out of syria now the russian position has

been that you know there's no need to have some sort of a backroom deal by world powers that doesn't include the actual syrians themselves this is a crisis that the country is undergoing syrians in need to get together and find some sort of a transition that works for them this should not be dictated by outside foreign powers the problem is that all of these sort of over the opposing sides are really going to come head to head tomorrow which is when the emergency talks in geneva are going to be held put together by kofi on months into this clear that the ceasefire has not worked so far on one hand if you're getting together world powers to sort of discuss the future of syria all of the key regional player should be uninvolved while the u.s. position has been no iran at the talks they do not want the arrhenius to be present the arabians are of course. of the syrian government kofi annan himself has said that the iranians must be present at these talks and yet this was a sticking point and as a result iran is not included and it really sort of. brings some questions about

whether any sort of agreement is really possible if the key regional players who you know whose daily lives and geopolitical interests depend on what comes out of syria and depend on a stable syria are not involved. right there she will be bringing us updates from the crucial meeting between russia and the u.s. on syria just a bit later on friday. well meantime in syria it's. president assad said in a rare interview that it's his government's duty to quote. terrorists the interview coincided with an escalation of violence in the capital damascus that the authorities then blame on terrorist groups in the latest incident two blasts erupted near syria's main justice complex and r.t. as murph and i visited the site shortly after the attack. right now to see don't think it happened. in the old damascus as you can see. taken away

and the sea. cleaned this is a problem. that was still receiving conflicting reports on how many people have been affected syrian news agency is reporting that three people have been injured but it's very hard to confirm it's really hard to get any information about what happened here earlier today. many police and security people but the u.n. refused to talk to. these has happened very very central the syrian capital rises questions and concerns over the security situation here in damascus has been under governmental control. attacked more and more often by rebels and groups this has happened to stay up another type of. the syrian state television news. has been attacked

by government terrorist groups killing at least seven people. are reporting right the syrian family claims that relatives have been massacred by syrian rebels got hold of some rather disturbing footage of the alleged slaughter in the city of hama the video the details of the story there on our website www dot com. it has been a tough night in brussels where e.u. leaders had to make mutual concessions after several hours of bargaining they agreed to use that the european bailout fund to funnel money directly to struggling banks a so-called short term fix but oppose strongly by the german chancellor angela merkel from brussels from brussels with this report as artie's a surveyor. now what they did to spend a lot of time talking about was this new growth and jobs pact yet another practice essentially a rolling out one hundred twenty billion euros to help aid in the growth of the

eurozone nations what's interesting is this is where the conflict had come into the picture spain and italy were refusing to sign the pact until they had gotten the short term fix that they need to calm the markets and bring down their borrowing costs well they did get it in the end seen as a compromise from germany at this point that is using e.u. funds to recapitalize banks directly rather than giving the money to the government in order to avoid the public deficit from going up and this is particularly relevant to spain at this point however markets did react quickly so they were able to calm the markets whoever the question there is how long are the markets going to be calm another question that we're good looking at is what are the strings attached you know germany was very much opposed to any short term measures until the long term structural reforms that merkel wants have been addressed so what are the details attached to this what are the conditions we still don't know that we have to see that in order to assess how significant this step is and also the

growth rate of one hundred twenty billion that is really small compared to the entire euro zone expectations were very low for this summit so this. capitalizing banks directly from as positive in this sense whatever it is not the solution that addresses the big questions of structural changes in the u.s. on the fundamental problems to be addressed the leaders here having to go back to their own countries to present these decisions you know aguilar merkel is adamant to get back to germany today because the parliament is going to vote on the european stability mechanism that is a permanent bailout fund that's supposed to be put in place by july two thousand and twelve we're still waiting for ninety percent of years of members to ratify that she needs two thirds of the parliament to agree on that and we know from a survey germany that about sixty percent of germans want to see a referendum on the german policy. i mean. independence party believes strongly that eurozone countries will not be able to deal with their problems until they want to. look the eurozone is

a fundamental misconstruction between economies that are so different in economic and monetary union between them was never going to work the only way forward for greece spain and portugal and such countries is to recognise that the euro is a mistake to break away from it to get their own currencies back to have a composite devaluation and to get their own democracies back that is the only way forward what we're doing here if we keep propping up the euro we get rid of our ways of preserving a reinforcing failure what we're doing is guaranteeing a miserable future not just the tens of millions of people who falls below the poverty line but actually we were pay a very heavy social cost for this too in terms of insurrection and violence and of course want to. follow all the reaction to the agreements of the e.u. summit actually doing so twitter feed including some jokes by journalists after

angola merkel gave into the demands of italy and spain at the e.u. summit and one german reporter told tatar that his country had lost twice it's only last night of course he was going to the european championship semifinal where italy beat germany two to one securing a passage to the final i do stay with r.t. for our sports bulletin later today all the details still to come on that big match . now julian assange says that he has no plans to hand him self over to police after being summoned for extradition procedures there was a blow is still holed up in ecuador's embassy in london waiting a decision on his request for political asylum from the capital's artie's laura smith. well the police have issued a statement saying that they have indeed requested the presence at belgravia police station this morning here in london of a forty year old man they won't specify who but we're all assuming that it is juvenile songs that he's supposed to present himself eleven thirty which is in

about an hour and a half's time if he doesn't present himself that the police say that he will be in breach of his bail conditions and he will be liable for rest of course his mere presence in the ecuadorian embassy leaves him in breach of conditions as well which means that he is supposed to stay the night at his registered address because he's been left to some days now. says that he has no intention of showing up and why would he i mean from his perspective how much more trouble can he be in really he's already you know i feel for arrests he thinks that if he presents himself to suisun then he will go into the u.s. where he will face charges of espionage so really from his perspective how much worse can it get so it's really very unlikely that he shows up this morning. or smith now with ecuador taking its time to decide on a song as plea for asylum some suggest it might be coming under pressure from washington sibel edmonds founder of the national security whistleblowers coalition

the explanation. but mostly what's happening right now is the political side and you have to realize that they may be and this is the ecuador did meet getting letters that petitions from activists around the world but on the other hand they are also getting a list of all to made them send troops from the united states so the rest assured they right now as we speak the state department is giving the ecuador plenty to think about by showing what kind of consequences they will be facing whether it's the canonical and whether it's political and so this is the reason they are taking this long and we are hoping that their decision would be yes they would grant asylum to giuliana signage but considering the weight of the united states carries but also considering the history of our nation in terms of the types of measures they take to put pressure on the other governments it will be remains to be seen.

but it's good to have you with us here on arts here today on rory sushi i just to come here as egypt braces for fresh protests against the military rule we look at the future psychological toll the eighteen months of autographs to take. searching for energy independence but coming up short the u.k. is seeking out foreign investors to help give it a boost but it's an enterprise that critics say could be putting lives at risk over what was just. a few.

the be. the big. oil industry claims the process is perfectly. safe season's craig says that brings nothing but. the environment knows better and the industry isn't telling the whole story. to.

thank. you. live from moscow this is our duty at the protest a mood in egypt doesn't seem to be subsiding despite the long anticipated announcement of the presidential vote results that was last weekend people again plan to take the go to the tourist square this friday in order to demand

a complete handover of power from the military to the country's newly elected leader but amid the never ending swarm of political demands that psychological stress ordinary egyptians are constantly under fire is often ignored as artist paula slayer explores the pain as raw as it was the day it happened to her was just twenty one years old when he was killed in the square the bullet that shattered his heart tore apart his family even his mother and able to carry on his only thing that i talk about him a lot i don't like to say that he's dead i see him in my dreams i'm waiting all the time for him to come home to me i beg god to bring him back. in the last eighteen months egypt since have gone through one of aleutian three elections and countless mass protests the scars left by the unprecedented chaos bloodshed and political battles run deep i saw people becoming more depressed more anxious using more drugs

and alcohol those kinds of things seem to have changed because of the current events and the fear over what was happening next and it's not only those who are directly involved who have been affected in the only survey of its kind. spoke to ordinary egyptians to see how they're coping she found that sixty percent of egyptians are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder of those forty seven percent have witnessed violence in the streets thirty four percent have stayed up late to watch television news reports of a violent nature and twenty eight percent feel stressed because the financial situation has deteriorated i do believe the public has been trying to use especially since so things are a lot different after the uprisings as we were before and people before used to enjoy a very low crime rate for example very little political change however after the uprising there was more crime there is an increase in crime rate which. which traumatized the public i think and the problems compounded because of the stigma

attached with seeking help and this is only one of a handful of centers in cairo offering psychological assistance to people who need help but while some of those who were arrested and detained by the authorities have come here most egyptians have stayed away but psychological help is the last thing on mona's mind she can hardly scrape together enough money to buy food for her family she gets a little comfort from believing her son died for a cause but even that threatens to be wiped out as the country braces itself for a fresh round of protests as anger against the ruling military mounts policy r t cairo. this and other stories always available at our website artie dot com you can check out what else we've lined up for you as well for example drop dead gorgeous some other hefty ballerinas put in artistic military display through the eyes of the bolshoi theatre is the lead choreographer. and quit smoking in a shot in new york the lab develops

a vaccine to help you kick the nicotine habit and find out more on that at our team dot com. well facing a possible energy shortfall in the coming years britain is looking for a boost here with no money to develop nuclear power alone it must try and seduce foreign investors it's a decision though that has many wondering if the u.k. government is putting profits before safety as i see sarah ferguson plans. britain wants to keep the light switch done and to do so it says it needs nuclear power real to security thing and that has to be security of supply and we don't want to have our securities of supply be hauled into over twenty three before to do that or on the way forward we're. going oh but we must look for another. energy distribution energy and that would be nuclear the u.k. might say it wants energy independence but it's clear plans need powering with

money and it's money britain doesn't have investment for these plants is sorely lacking french company e.d.f. had been slated to build a number of the new plants but in the wake of the few disaster these plants have been put on hold there were originally for companies that were looking at. working on developing new nuclear power stations in britain but the other two. have both now pulled out so it's almost as if the government hasn't noticed the writing on the wall that's left the u.k. government having to hunt further afield for the much needed cash despite saying they won't let the pendants on outside sources it's countries like japan and china that person's reported to have been touting around for investment and you know in a sense we're kind of offshore project for other countries i mean it seems to me bizarre that the u.k. which is quite a big and supposed to go to country. opening up of foreign investment from other

countries because knowing the best route to invest in nuclear their own country don't want to take it so they're going to have britain having being one of the first countries to gain new clear britain's power stations are now old with many being decommissioned and with nuclear accounting for around sixteen percent of the country's energy provision the government says if it doesn't get the investment in the new plants it needs it could face in any. shortfall as early as two thousand and twenty the sony clear plantin broadwell is one of eight sites the u.k. government has identified as being suitable for a new girls but local residents here say that it's far from suitable in a place where while the people say that though it's unlikely were a major nuclear disaster to happen here it would be extremely hard to evacuate local communities and there are fears that the governments are more concerned with securing investment than securing their safety and there are other concerns too in a bid to attract investment the government's draft energy bill indicated that he's

willing to build the new plants to charge consumers higher prices to guarantee healthy profits and it seems the government has left you alternative sort of sloppy brute. pragmatism is going to happen if nuclear doesn't happen something else will and it's pointing the government already because they can get the investment in place. for the nuclear program that they wanted to have in the time that they wanted it despite having once led the way along the nuclear part poor planning and investment struggles have left britain trailing behind with tapes now pinned on foreign investment that may or may not materialize the future of britain's energy provision is now not looking quite so bright surf city london. all right chinese in space will get a story in just

a moment we'll start off the world with chile where tens of thousands of high school and college students have clashed with police at the group marched through santiago waving banners and flies calling for education reform officers fired water cannons at protesters are they were hit with. police bannatyne the government has made some sections in the wake of recent bradleys students say the changes on not enough. the crew of china's nine spacecraft is back safely on the ground the team including the nation's first female astronaut spent nearly two weeks in space practicing docking missions with them or to beijing praise the progress as it works towards building its own space station but china will become the third country after the u.s. and russia to send independently maintained space. now u.s. democrats are applauding a ruling by the supreme court calling president barack obama's health care

legislation constitutional under the controversial law most americans are required to purchase health insurance by two thousand and fourteen all pay a fine reforms were opposed by nearly every republican lawmaker claiming it was against the law to force people to buy a private product but the courts voted to seen as a major victory for obama as he is up for reelection in november now if you have an opinion on obama's health care reform now is the time to share it at r.t. dot com we are adding up the numbers that see how you guys are voting this hour right now eighteen percent believe it will benefit both the american people and the u.s. economy twelve percent feel obama is just electioneering thirty one percent now think it's a red herring distracting the nation from a looming economic crisis the majority here as you can see thirty nine percent say it's resigned for insurance benefit only still time to have your say just give a quick call. marina good to see you today i understand you going to give us an

update from the world of business from what i understand those spain italy now have another reason to be happy of in football stuff what could be better than the final of the euro twenty twelve well rory was a beautiful game was that i don't know if you're watching but i was personally impressed but what is better than that among the orioles of course that is what everyone investors at least are waiting to hear and all of this of course after leaders met him brought and then they struck a deal in fact for growth package worth about one hundred and fifty billion dollars and ever since then basically we've had stock markets around the world rise in based on this optimism there's more confidence in the markets it was a good look at the latest figures you will see that both the footsie and the dikes are adding in fact this hour the footies out of over one percent and the german dax sat over two percent but why is spain and italy happy other than that that is because the banking sector is rising sharply ever since this news came out all right we'll stay in with you if there's also just to give you more details on what

was discussed in the meeting we have a new proposal outlined for a single supervisory mechanism for europe's banking system banks will now have the possibility of direct recapitalization with financial assistance provided by the regions current bailout fund that's until the need to be instability mechanism becomes available and naturally the euro is strengthened against the u.s. dollar as well as the ruble as you can see there on your screen but when it comes to the u.s. dollar the ruble is gave me and against that naturally or i let's move on and see how the russian markets are reacting ever since the trading session kicked off here they've been particularly well was that the r.t.s. is adding over two and a half percent in my sixty's like in slightly behind there but also we have some the food prices help the russian investors and we have a look at that in a second but first a second look at some individual hammers on the my sex most of the blue chips. financials are doing extremely well we have sperm bank russia's biggest lender. adding over two and a half percent carmaker after vases adding over a half

a percent that's despite news that its sales largest fourteen percent in the first half of the year as of the mention of the past couple of hours nothing seems to be holding down that positive sentiment has gone across all the markets yes and that was much needed around the world if you ask me now when it comes to gas over one and a half percent and that's as the companies have been as i know the general meeting and we already have news coming out from that and that's not the company's two thousand and eleven net profit more than doubled reachin ev record twenty seven billion dollars also gas from ensure that in the few days it will come up with new conditions regarding this project in the barents sea and the shareholders of those biggest gas company are also expected to like the company's board members and if we have major deals that will also discuss and decide how much they should give which we've heard that they could be record high this year and of course we'll keep you

updated on the meeting throughout the day but move on to another story there's something else that has to do with gas from the company is now involved in the territorial dispute between china and vietnam china's all corporations has now started an exploration tender and an offshore region noice says infringers on blogs already licensed to the russian for as well as america's exxon mobile beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire south china sea which is believed to contain large oil and gas deposits and straddles global trade routes and analysts say gas from my quit the project to keep its business ties with the world's second largest economy. was a sight and i suppose the fact that today for the russian investor this crude prices as you can see they're heading higher life were destroyed in just under eighty dollars a barrel and the brand is slowing that it's ninety three dollars and about fifty dollars fifty cents i should say a barrel there. it's all there is it's rebounding from almost nine month lows that

all right boy that's what i have for you this hour our lovely very good indeed looking for seeing you next hour. just a moment of the headlines and then here on r.t. we are off to the new year so you shortly. the boulder.

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