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 sort of international crisis talks. the e.u. agrees to a new rescue agency for banks despite furious opposition from germany with future taxpayer funded bailouts for banks now set to bypass governments entirely. julian defies a police summons and remains tucked away in the ecuadorian embassy in london waiting for the latin american country to decide on his bid for political asylum.

live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. i'm rory sushi 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 the gathering of the world's most influential states to find common ground on how to end the hostilities in syria moscow and washington however will discuss the issue before the main talks. on off as more on that. the diplomatic positions are so vastly different that it will be nothing short of a diplomatic miracle for some sort of a breakthrough to come out one side or another is going to have to seriously drastically change up 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 in the meetings tomorrow the russian position remains 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 the powers within syria and not foreign countries we know that will be on it is going to try to put forward some sort of agreement on you know a transitional government that's going to contain members of the potentially president assad. cabinet at the moment it doesn't specifically explicitly bar assad who teaches that baiting but that is the implication that the west is hoping for and so i guess if i'm less on 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. reporting there from some petersburg meanwhile israel's news agency suggests that saudi troops are moving towards jordan on their way to a serious southeastern border of the units are reportedly back by tanks missiles on the anti aircraft batteries and took his call by troops are also massing on the country's northern border is and talks with the nato over the creation of a. possible buffer zone syria is also reportedly building up its own forces with dozens of times being deployed relations between ankara and damascus are at a crisis point after syria down a turkish warplane just last week for violating the country's airspace right now inside syria the violence does go on and the latest incident two blasts in the capital targeted the palace of justice party's maria from has been to the same.

right now to see don't think it happened here in the old damascus so you can see cars and taken away and the sea is not cleaned this is a problem. that we still receive in conflicting reports on how many people have been affected sana 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 on the ground any police and security people but the u.n. refused to talk and refused to mention 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. by rebels and. this has nothing to stay

up another type of courage in the past is. the syrian state run television news. has been attacked by government terrorist groups killing at least seven people. and autism or financial reporting still to come a little bit later in the program here on our friday feeling which means one thing in egypt the now weekly gathering of massive crowds flocking to therea square trying to keep the dreams of revolution alive. all right after a tough night of wrangling e.u. leaders have agreed to set up a new earth already tasked with keeping sinking banks afloat but to do that the new agency will be given access to europe's mammoth bailout funds stocks in a large part by taxpayer money this exact function was previously carried out by governments but now the e.u. can bail out the nation's banks without adding to the government's debt levels well

at least on the books it's something that germany has been strongly opposing but was forced to relent on due to spanish and italian insistence that mater address an m.e.p. and member of the e.u. budget committee believes this sends the wrong message to the banks. the banks have made the wrong this issue 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 unclear 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 this is. 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 a crucial vote due in the german parliament later today the bundestag will decide on whether to ratify the european stability mechanism a massive new belt out fund to cover europe and although it is expected to pass there's a growing social opposition in germany to the continued bailouts talks on a boy who explains just where that resistance is coming from. it's a job interview with geopolitical implications and just 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 to success but now they are under increasing pressure to share the fruits of their labor. the problem is that in greece that. they come here like. in the street but

we're also working very hard. working from the morning till night every deed to get a dozen of calls from their greek can patch or it's 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 destroy. our country from 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 the 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 is 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 i'm going merkel i feel to be in peace to support the proposal as it goes for a vote in parliament and send. 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 and hide from the german parliament but 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 russia begins in germany begins in italy and spain with the national parliaments and this is the serve it. is

a common currency this is taking. decisions in terms of money in terms of budget it's a violation of democracy. it was. your historical mission to bring democracy in the road and now and very assertive about now. is destroying democracy they see peace to be hardworking but in the case if europe's most productive country it seems just never stopped coming in the wake artsy reporting from germany. well amid the european financial crisis the u.k. looks for nuclear investment following concerns of a shortfall britain is bucking the post fukushima trend and searching for and help for an energy boost. coming to you live from moscow this is artsy

wiki leaks founder julian assange is ignoring a request from police in london to report for extradition procedures to have him sent to sweden 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 reporting from london as artie's. 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've 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 so 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 julius on his house and take him in themselves if 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 ecuador. to come to a decision on what's going to happen here in athens whether they'll agree to his asylum request or not. is laura smith reporting for a court or says it is a weighing up the possible consequences of sheltering a songe some suggested it might be coming under pressure from washington d.c. civil edmonds the founder of the national security whistleblowers coalition and one of the server or thousand supporters who signed the petition for ecuador to take in the wiki lisa says that she has some concerns to explain. 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 to meet the goals there are still letters out petitions from activists around the world but on the other hand they are also getting a list the ultimatum sent troops probably 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 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 it's good to have you with us here in our to today do bear in mind you can always find much more on our website i want to talk to call me including for example twitter taking

a stand against so called internet trolls 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 as the un response to allegations that the israeli military shackled palestinian children in custody holding them in solitary confinement. quarter past the hour here in the russian capital another friday another mass protest on cairo's iconic to roost square while egypt now has its first president elected since the toppling of hosni mubarak the military generals seem to be doing there. best to limit mohamed morsi has powers the supreme council of the armed forces has made changes to the constitution vastly reducing morsi as abilities by

the top military general also remain in his post as defense minister in the new government this meantime has enraged protesters who are gathering to devolve a complete power had over but amid the never ending political turmoil it's the psychological state of common that egyptians are now being overlooked at authorities fall asleep or prods. the pain as raw as it was the day it happened was just twenty one years old when he was killed in a square in the bullet that shattered his heart tore apart his family leaving his mother unable to carry on i was only in the can i talk about him a lot i don't like to say that he's dead but 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 i've 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 trying to lose the specially since so things are a lot different after the uprisings as they were before and people before used to. and you a very low crime rate for example very little political change however after the

uprisings 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. policy r t cairo. the ins and outs of egypt's political hardships are also in the spotlight in today's edition of crosstalk that's coming away at a fifteen thirty g.m.t. with the progress of democratic change succeed or 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 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 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. just turning twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow at the world update in

just a moment for now though the u.k. could be heading for an energy short fall it seems foreign cash is the only way to get them out of it no money to develop nuclear power alone it's not been forced to seek overseas investment but some fear public safety will take a back seat to making profits as a he said planes britain wants to keep the light switch done and it says it needs meekly air power. security thing and that has to be security of supply but we don't want to have our security to supply beholding to other countries therefore to do that or all the way forward with oil and gas going that way but for another. energy distribution you know and i would be 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 bizarre that the u.k. which is quite a big and supposed to be 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 have to britain having being one of the first countries to go nuclear but says 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 an energy shortfall as early as two thousand and twenty the sony clear plant in bradwell 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 fukushima while the people say that though it's unlikely we're a major nuclear disaster to happen here it would be extremely hard to evacuate local communities and the. if is that the governments are more concerned with securing investment then securing their safety and their other concerns 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 let itself you alternative sort of sloppy brute. pragmatism is going to happen if nuclear doesn't happen something else will and it's binding the government already because recon 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 led 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. london or in just a moment will go to where wildfires in america for now there will kick off the r.t. world update 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 for my 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 islamists implemented strict laws pushing that aside. at least one person has been killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes after a week long wildfire in colorado has destroyed over three hundred houses and over a thousand emergency service members are working to fight against it president barack obama is due to a tour of the affected areas after declaring it a disaster zone are still trying to find out what started the blaze. all right time to talk numbers and talk money as well with the artes daniel bushell good to see you again i understand the world's most profitable company is

apparently gazprom. miller says the twenty seven billion dollars net is a record and is expected to pay big dividends to shareholders as well mr miller goes from should remain a state owned company though because only the government he said can make the huge long term gas field investments necessary for the company has become embroiled in a territorial dispute between china and vietnam china's all corporations see milk started an exploration tender region noises infringes on blocks already lost to the russian for beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire south china sea which is believed to contain large oil and gas deposits and the say gas from might quit the project to keep its business ties with china. four thirty this morning after thirteen hours of talks germany removed opposition to bailing out spain's banks at a summit in brussels that should avoid the vicious national spending cuts which of left greece and italy on the brink of voting against pro bailout forties not

surprisingly spanish financials all doing well on the news on the markets and london has gone back over fifty six hundred points on that news the bags is growing even more it's over three percent up this hour the euro is also recovering yesterday's falls on the green by the ruble is gaining to the dollar as well but it's really all about the euro it's this day on friday because everybody likes the news that came out from brussels early in the morning so the grass is green here in russian markets as well though the price of oil is boosting those excellent numbers the r.t.s. almost five percent up this hour crude is a stunning five dollars today alone of the sliding three dollars yesterday when it hit near nine month lows brant is back up over ninety five dollars a barrel creeping back up to one hundred dollars and you're up to more news interviews on the web site i always a pleasure thanks dan you're. back in just a moment with the headlines i hope to see shortly here on out.

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