syria under siege saudi troops reportedly close in on the volatile country from the south as turkish units are lined up in the north pole on the eve of a crucial international crisis conference. the e.u. agrees to a new rescue agency for banks despite furious opposition from germany the future taxpayer funded bailouts for banks now all set to bypass the governments entirely. julian assange defies a police summons and remains ensconced in the ecuadorian embassy in london waiting for the latin american country to decide on his bid for political asylum.

with a live news twenty four hours a day this is r.t. moscow with me rory sushi and welcome to the program the chief negotiator in the syrian conflict says he's confident an upcoming meeting in geneva will bear fruit kofi annan has called a gathering of the world's most influential states to find common ground on how to end hostilities in syria moscow and washington however will discuss the issue before the main talks let's get some more details on this now cross live to our teaser lucy of pittsburgh good to see you so the difference of opinions continue between washington and moscow over how the syrian conflict should be resolved the u.s. eager for us to be toppled while russia insists diplomacy is the only way forward lucy are there any chances at all these talks will bear any fruit. gloria to be quite honest with you the diplomatic positions are so vastly different there will be nothing short of a diploma. miracle for some sort of

a breakthrough to come out one side or another is going to have to seriously drastically change its position in order to go forward here now the sticking point for the americans has been that president bashar al assad has to go that is any sort of transitional government that the country's tomorrow might to discuss cannot cannot take place with assad and force that has been the position of secretary of state hillary clinton in fact that is why that was the conditions under which she agreed to join the meetings tomorrow the russian position means meanwhile continues to be that. you know foreign countries outside powers cannot dictate a solution for syria a transition is absolutely necessary that was the wording of the foreign minister sergey lavrov yesterday but that transitional government is going to have to be negotiated by a powers within syria and not foreign countries we know that kofi annan is going to try to put forward some sort of agreement on you know a transitional government that's going to contain members of potentially president

assad's cabinet at the moment it doesn't specifically explicitly bar assad from to dissipate and but that is the implication that the west just hoping for and so again unless one side or the other backs down tomorrow is not going to succeed it's a really really tense diplomatic situation and again unless hillary clinton and sergey lavrov can sort of hash it out behind closed doors tonight it's going to be really difficult to see how tomorrow will play out in a positive way for syria and for your update so hopefully later in the day to see what has come from this meeting and offered some of his work thank you. meantime israel's news agency suggests that saudi troops are moving towards jordan but on their way to syria's southeastern border the units are reportedly backed by tanks missiles and anti aircraft batteries turkish troops are also massing on the country's northern border is in talks with the nato over the creation of

a possible buffer zone syria's also reportedly building up its forces with dozens of tanks being deployed relations between ankara and damascus are at a crisis point after syria down the turkish warplane last week violating the country's airspace and inside syria the violence continues in the latest incident two blasts in the capital targeted the palace of justice. just below. the sea don't think it happened here in the old damascus you can see it's cars and taken away and this is now being cleaned this is a problem. that was still receiving conflicting reports on how many people have been affected the sound the syrian news agency is reporting that three people have been injured but it's very hard to confirm it's very hard to get any information about what happened here earlier today. many

police and security people but the u.n. refused to talk and refused to provide information on the incident the fact that these has happened in the very very center of the syrian capital rises questions and concerns over the security situation here in damascus has been under governmental control but now it's being attacked more and more often by rebels and . this has nothing to stay up to another type of courage in the past is. the syrian state run television news. here has been attacked by government size ten. we spoke killing at least seven people. were for national reporting right coming up just a little bit later in the program here on r t that friday feeling which means one thing in egypt the now weekly gathering of massive crowds flocking to to rear square trying to keep the dreams of revolution on track. after

a tough night of wrangling e.u. leaders have agreed to set up a new war thora he tasked with keeping sinking banks afloat and to do that the new agency will be given access to europe's mammoth bailout funds stopped in large part by taxpayer money this exact function was previously carried out by governments but now the e.u. couldn't bail out a nation's banks without adding to the government's debt levels at least on the books that is something that germany has been strongly opposing but that was forced to relent on spanish and italian insistence dress an m.e.p. member of the e.u. budget committee believes this entirely the wrong message to banks. the banks have made the wrong the situation it's the banks that have made this wrong the stations and they have not they are they are not paying for the wrong decisions it's the taxpayer who is paying for the wrong decisions and this is really unfair and i

think that even the you were serious about the whole situation they would first send people to investigate what happened in those banks before being so generous to bail them out with the money of the taxpayers and what we are doing now he's giving more powers to this institutions that have a basis. a total lack of common sense and this is somebody by the example and other banks in other member states will feel at ease to make wrong decisions in in the near future and the pressure is. not over for germany's chancellor angela merkel yet with the crucial vote due in the german parliament later today the stock will decide on whether to ratify the european stability mechanism a massive new barrel out fun to cover europe and although it is expected to pass there's a growing social opposition in germany to the burn outs of his office on

a boy who explains just aware that resistance is coming from. it's a job interview with geopolitical implications and yes his family has been running these greek restaurant for almost three decades ever since they immigrated to germany hard work and self-reliance made it a success but now they're under increasing pressure to share the fruits of their labor. the problem is that in greece that. like. in the street but we're also working very hard. working from the morning till night every day they get a dozen of calls from their greek can patch shirts with requests for money jobs of both some like. takis just walk in a restaurant owner himself he lost his business last year and ever since has been out of permanent work like about twenty two percent of greeks there is the second world war and they destroy. our country from the troops so

they'll be a million people. not to help but. while references to the countries nats of past have appeared more than once in the great coverage of the bailout germans remain unswayed in their position to pay for somebody else's debts polls consistently show that the majority of germans are stronger against financing greece's bailout as one customer of this restaurant put it before placing an order one should check not only the menu but also his wallet despite a broader position the german authorities are still pushing for the permanent bailout fund on thursday on going merkel appealed to the in peace to support the proposal as it goes for a vote in parliament sent. a package for growth and jobs at the center of the debate and i think today it is right that we can pass it and i will support it for

that i have received inclusive. board at home from the german parliament while the parliamentarians are widely expected to vote in favor some see displayed of opinions between the power and the public represents a test of germany's democratic system democracy begins at home begins in the russia begins in germany begins in italy and spain with the national parliaments and this is the circuit. and. this is a common currency this is taking. decisions in terms of money in terms of budget it's a violation of democracy and it was. your historical mission to bring democracy in the world now and very certain about now. is destroying democracy they see peace to be hardworking

but in a case if europe's most productive country it seems just never stopped coming in the way cards see reporting from germany. but amid the european financial crisis the u.k. looks for nuclear investment following concerns of a shortfall britain is barking at the post fukushima trend and searching out foreign help for an energy boost. this is r.t. wiki leaks founder julian assange is ignoring a request from police in london to report for extradition procedures to have him sent to sweden and the deadline has passed and the whistleblower remains in ecuador's embassy waiting for the latin american country to decide on his plea for political asylum in london reporting as artist laura smith. this is what's called a surrender notice basically it's a letter that's delivered to the person in question saying that they have to attend the police station when and where they say essentially to hand yourself in we

received a statement from the police which said that this surrender notice was a normal next step in the extradition process if as he has now fails to surrender then he will be liable for arrest but the key thing here is that he was already of course liable for arrest he was in breach of his bail conditions which stated that he was supposed to spend every night at his registered address but in fact he spent the last nine days at the ecuadorian embassy two points really in a way why would he surrender he can hardly be in more dire straits than he is already he loses nothing really by ignoring this request he thinks of course that if he goes to sweden then he won't get a fair trial on these allegations of sexual assault and not only that but he will then be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges and secondly of course he says that he received legal advice that asylum law internationally and domestically takes precedence over

extradition law the police evidently don't feel that way because they are carrying on with the extradition process as if the asylum request had never been lodged now the next step after this in a normal extradition process would be of course for the police to go to his house and take him in themselves that he won't give himself up they have to then bring him in but of course they can't do that from the ecuadorian embassy because the police are not allowed under diplomatic agreement to set foot on the embassy of another another country so it's unclear what will happen next in this procedure but certainly it seems as if the police are sticking to the normal extradition process this may though put pressure on the on the ecuadorians to come to a decision on what's going to happen to do in essence whether they'll agree to his asylum request or not. laura smith reporting that meantime ecuador says it is

weighing up the possible consequences of sheltering a songe some suggest it might be coming under pressure from washington sibel edmonds is the founder of the national security whistleblowers coalition and one of the circle thousand supporters who signed the petition for ecuador to take in the wiki leaks she now explains her concerns but mostly what's happening right now is the political side and you have to realize that they may be and this is the. letters that petitions from activists around the world but on the other hand they are also getting a list of also made them sent tracts from the united states so the rest assured they right now as we speak the state department is. 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 beyond hoping that their decision will be yes they would grant asylum to giuliana

signage but considering their weight the united states carries but also considering that history of our nation in terms of the types of measures they take to put pressure on the other governments it will remain to be seen. of course so you can also find more on our website arts he thought com including twitter taking a stand against so-called internet trolls but anonymous profiles with no picture or information could be blocked from sending replies to stop people sending hate filled tweets. plus a report on torture is the one response to allegations that the israeli military shackled palestinian children in custody holding them in solitary confinement.

so quarter past the hour here in moscow this is r.t. another friday and another mass protest on cairo's iconic to rear square for egypt now has its first president elected since the toppling of hosni mubarak the military generals seem to be doing their best to limit mohamed morsi has powers the supreme council of the armed forces has made changes to the constitution vastly reducing morrissey's abilities are the top military general will also remain in his post as defense minister in the new government and this has enraged protesters who are gathering to demand a complete power handover but amid the never ending political turmoil it's the psychological state of common egyptians that's being overlooked as artie's paulus live reports. campaign as war as it was the date happened john howard was just twenty one years old when he was killed in a turkey square the bullet that shattered his heart to a park his family even his mother and able to carry on i don't know when i talk

about him alone i don't like to see 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 evolution three elections and countless mass protests the scars left by the unprecedented chaos and 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 dina 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 traumatized 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 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 moms policy r t cairo. and the ins and outs of egypt's political hardships are also in the spotlight in today's edition of cross talk coming up in just about ten minutes time now will the progress of democratic change succeed or was there even any in the first place. there are thirty people who rule egypt you know another twenty nine they threw mubarak out of the window because they didn't want his son to succeed he's a very competent hard minded tough soldiers and it seems to me that to describe it as a popular uprising is very hopeful it isn't like that at all. they wanted to get rid of mubarak and they did it with a complicated but in the end successful way i mean we were just democracy fit in here if. it doesn't fit there's no such thing. wishful thinking i'm sorry about that i've written

a great deal to say that there should be there must be and in the end there will be democracy in the arab world but right now yes the military has taken back nearly all of its powers yes the military currently has all the important decisions but how long can that last how long can the military hold on to power eventually the muslim brotherhood is going to gain more and more state institutions in egypt and it's going to turn the tide in my opinion in its favor. across talking about a minute's time with the world update also coming up in a second but for now though the u.k. could be heading for an energy shortfall and it seems foreign cash is the only way to get them out of it with no money to develop nuclear power alone has not been forced to seek overseas investment but some fear public safety will take a back seat to making profits as aussies so explains britain wants to keep the light switch down and it says it needs meekly air power. security thing.

to be security of supply but we don't want to have our security. supply people would in turn over twenty three therefore to do that or only way forward they were . doing ok but we must look for another. energy distribution you know and that would be nuclear the u.k. might say it once and she 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 in the wake of the fukushima disaster these plans 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 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. which is quite a big and supposed to go to country. opening up of foreign investment from other countries because they need desperately to invest in nuclear their own countries don't want to take it so they're going to give it to britain having been one of the first countries to gain new clear britain's power stations are now old with many being decommissioned and with new clear 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 an energy shortfall as early as two thousand and twenty the sony clear plan ten broad as well as 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 priest. while the people say that there is a likely 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 job energy bill indicated those willing to build any plans to charge consumers higher prices to guarantee healthy profit and it seems the government has blocked itself 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. despite having once led the way along the neatly apart 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 say bright. r.t. london. just a moment all cover us wildfires there will start the world are played with the west african nation of mali where militants linked to al qaeda are reported to have taken control of the northern desert it comes a day after twenty one people were killed in a gun battle when islamists forced the former to erect separatist allies out of the town of go they also patrolled the streets arresting civilians northern cities were seized by both sides in march but they've since clashed after is the most implemented strict laws pushing side. at least one person has been

killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes after a week long wildfire in colorado it's destroyed over three hundred. houses with over a thousand emergency service members working to fight head president barack obama is due to tour the affected areas after declaring it a disaster area authours he's are still trying to find out what exactly started the place. but it is business time there's an artist on your bushel good to see you germany they're pulling it out of the bag at the last moment they lost the euro's last night but they may have saved the euro off the thirteen hours approximately of talks at four thirty in the morning germany removed its opposition to bailing else feigns banks that avoids the vicious national spending cuts which have left greece italy particularly on the brink so it's all changed on the markets winning back all of yesterday's losses led by spanish lenders bank and b. are up five percent both spain's and italy's both these outperforming the rest of

europe they're up over three percent now it's all changer in the euro as well as recovering yesterday's falls on the green ruble is gaining on the dollar as well as a good day for the euro all round markets here in moscow following the global feel good factor of it all price is a major help as well both the altie s m i six the seas are really shooting up particularly world today oil is going higher it's recovering the three dollars that it collapsed yesterday where it hit flows both brant off over ninety four. over eighty dollars a barrel twenty eleven profit more than doubled to a record twenty seven billion dollars last year is just reported at the meeting today they'll also decide dividends which could also be at record highs this year that meeting is ongoing we'll keep you updated on it throughout the day but the company is now embroiled in a territorial dispute between china and vietnam as all corporations see started an exploration tended an offshore region that says infringes on blocks already

licensed to the russian firm and america's exxon mobile version claims sovereignty over almost the in. china sea which is believed to contain large oil and gas deposits hundreds do say gas from my quit the project in fact to keep its business ties with the world's second largest economy china and up to date use in interviews all over the web site. was a pleasure see you next hour. back in a man with the headlines i'll be backed up by a cross-talk in just a second. they've

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