nations are ruled today. syria under siege saudi troops reportedly close in on the volatile country from the self as turkish units lined up in the north pole on the eve of a crucial international crisis conference. the e.u. agreed to a new rescue agency for banks despite opposition from germany with future taxpayer funded bailouts for banks now set to bypass governments entirely we get live expert opinion from germany a little later here on r.t. . and the world's top was going to sound as issued a statement following his refusal to report to a london police station over his extradition proceedings he remains tucked away in the ecuadorian embassy in london waiting for the latin american country to decide on his bid for political asylum.

online on screen international news and comments live from our new center here in moscow with you twenty four hours a day israel's dead can use agency suggests saudi military forces are moving towards jordan on their way to syria's southeastern border that's as turkish combat troops backed by anti-aircraft batteries mass on the country's northern front in ankara is considering putting in place a buffer zone with syria also reportedly building up its forces in the area. where if an ocean reports now from damascus where gets an alarming reports on foreign troops being deployed at all headed towards the syrian borders from the north west and south some regional media believed to have close ties with israeli intelligence reports have sounded troop movements towards damian and iraqi borders after king abdullah put the country's military on high alert for joining in the uprising

against president bashar assad in syria it's reported that special units have tanks missiles special forces. and batteries and the plan is to enter jordan then move toward syria further and then and to syria and establish a security zone around the towns of the result that i and others known as the epicenter is over the uprising against the syrian regime western gulf sources also reporting that jordan is on war alerts two we're hearing this immense reports that turkey is continuing to build up its syrian border units with tanks and anti aircraft machine guns and missiles in what they say is defensive move full of when they down over turkish jet by syria last friday literal ations between the two neighbors deteriorated dramatically they didn't manage to agree on how and where exactly the fighter jet was hit shortly after the incident turkey has claimed that

from now on any military objects coming from syrian side towards the turkish border will be treated as a threat and heat in damascus suburbs some seven to ten kilometers away from the city center where a number of opposition strongholds have been constant sources of troubles during this conflict. the clashes between the army and the rebels have been escalating to and we've been getting reports of increased number of casualties from both warring sides on from both military and civilians present bashar assad has said that syria is now in a real state to war and he has promised to fight against terrorism and till the very end but fears are that we will see more or more dramatic developments in this crisis until we actually see the end of it. when international relations expert mark coleman says military action against syria will take a lot of effort and it's easier for turkey and gulf nations to use scare tactics.

but turkish state might have to deploy much heavier also and that takes time also i think we're having a kind of war. by constantly rochon pressure by perhaps speeding will hold out any turkish troops gathering in the north but saudi and other go special forces coming in with. the hokum of the western alliance and a lot of nato in the arab. despotism this will cause the assad regime to for sure but normal family members of the regime who say we can't go on forever we must give in let's try and have a regime change with him so that the mosque has committed some hundred peace with the powerful states to its north and the nato alliance and also the saudis whether that will work i'm not so sure. the chief negotiator in the syrian conflict says he's confident an upcoming meeting in geneva will bear fruit kofi annan has called

the government of the world's most influential states to find common ground on how to end his to the seas in syria moscow and washington however have a chance to discuss the issue before the main talks and for more on this let's cross now live to lucy coming off and she is in some pretty well known of course are deep divisions between russia and america over syria talks are under way now what are the expectations of a positive outcome. while the expectations are it is certainly difficult to say but the stakes could not possibly be higher i just walked out of the hotel behind me where the secretary of state hillary clinton and sergei lavrov have walked in literally moments ago ago closed doors behind them and sat down finally for face to face talks to try to iron out the very very deep divide between the two countries that really could make or break the negotiations tomorrow in geneva on the. sides going to come to some sort of an agreement this means that this could really be an international turning point for how the syrian crisis will develop

unfortunately the positions between the two countries are quite vast and it hasn't really seemed to based on the weekends and comments throughout the weekend today that the u.s. has made any sort of steps towards changing its positions the russians have not come out with any sort of official statements as of yet the sergey lavrov did take to twitter through the foreign ministries official twitter feed calling for a procedure for some sort of a cease fire agreement the remove all of both the assad forces as well as opposition armed forces from the towns the further you have u.n. peace monitors in them the the issue at hand here what the two sides are trying to negotiate the sticking point for the united states is a plan that calls for a new government in syria that does not include syrian president bashar al assad the russian position continues to be that this. syrian factions within the country must decide the future of syria and not a group of outside international powers that are meeting in geneva to talk about

all this it really is hard to tell whether there's going to be any movement on these positions because in order for the two sides to come to some sort of an agreement one country or another is going to have to drastically radically remove away from the positions that it's taken in the lead up to these talks so again very very difficult to see whether anything will actually come out of this but we are standing by one thing i want to add actually we do know that sergey lavrov will be meeting with reporters afterwards hillary clinton is actually going to be flying to geneva immediately after these talks with no press conference in my experience if there were high expectations for a diplomatic breakthrough the secretary of state would not be leaving so quickly and so i wouldn't hold my breath but of course we are following this situation very closely and we'll keep you up to date thanks to what you say yes of course we'll hear more from you later. in some pieces but before more how this reported military activity in syria's borders could play out and what impact it could have on the upcoming geneva governing that's not to fit in coming up he's

a middle east africa reporter for the center for research on globalization do you think the saudis and turks are in some way working together by building up the forces near syria's border and if so what is their intention. i think there is digital dog did the resume coordination going on here i mean you don't. you know you're national more reason to separate countries just by chance this is very much a coordinated effort by turkey and saudi arabia to put pressure on the. regime yes our government and they've been doing this is this is not the president that the turks and the saudis should be doing acting in this way for the last fifteen months so they reached the very recent. military in both countries is very able to coordinate it there's no doubt about it so you say putting pressure on assad is this merely saber rattling or could indeed intentions of an invasion be behind the

agenda or indeed just a humanitarian mission. well you can certainly relate the latter. you know presumption that it's a humanitarian mission to be saudi arabia turkey among other countries of the need to members of the word war in syria for the last fifteen months and it's an all oil company and of terror there is a monster version there's there's going to have documented links. with the states to the person recently growing. but you get back to your question why they're doing this with the b. is it see. the move toward where we're going to have to see over the next few hours i really don't know but it's it seems quite on believable that the would. or initiate a war precipitated war because those tuesday it's turkey and saudi arabia would be

well aware that russia china and iran would be obliged to you would be obliged to weigh in on behalf of their ally in damascus soon to. precipitate a war would be really reckless. and my guess right now is that it's part of a it's part of a norm go and pressure all the regime they want to keep it in to you really wish this is it i don't want to run joining up with the press. government. at the same time it could it could trigger into a war situation because these people are playing with fire there is no doubt about it at the minute i would say it's a sigh operation around and the pressure on the. government but it could it could precipitate a war we really want and i fancy here well this escalation is taking place ahead of crucial international talks on the syrian crisis in geneva tomorrow we know that

second of rob has been meeting with hillary clinton when in fact that meeting at this moment and some pages but what hopes do you think there are for a potential peaceful solution at this meeting tomorrow. well i would disagree with the premise in your question with respect i mean i think that the united states into leading member countries like britain and france they're not interested in a peaceful solution to syria they are their agenda is regime change they want to change on the assad regime and the government. of the they don't want to have them in the u.s. they want to get rid of the. government so the idea that the geneva conference this weekend is to try and get a formula in some peaceful transition is really our misplaced premise i think the russians and the chinese are our genuine brokers here they are trying to stabilize the situation to peaceful solution and pleased with the americans and the british

the french. the turkish. persian gulf. they are all about regime change so i prefer to finish let me just interrupt really m.p.s. you say it's a lecture series are up and just briefly if that's all about regime change but of course assad is to say that he will not accept any outside solution to this crisis so rarely is there any point in having this international meeting in geneva tomorrow when he's going to continue with that stance. certainly you've got a little bit there but i mean i would i think what you what you said i would reply with yes sir but you are also the president is pointed at them and staying in power and why shouldn't the immediate popular support from the people as far as my sources in libya in syria are concerned is popularly supported the ataturk from outside foreign but mostly groups soon we're going to be yet stepped on i mean the

man has gotten mounted on a speedboat supported to sort of forms under way you are quite entitled to stay in a bar i mean dictating this. you don't need to cheat to step down and get out of the country i mean it's all coming from the need to senior members of united states britain france turkey and the gulf arab allies right so it will be a qatar so is it in my view but bashar assad is quite in total to be unpleasant as a president on august syria fit in very interesting to hear your perspective on this thank you very much for time fit in coming a middle east in east africa report of the center for research on globalization thank you. that wiki leaks founder julian assange has issued a statement from the ecuadorian embassy in london he's staying there while he waits for a decision on his asylum plea to the latin american country earlier he refused to report to a police station for extradition procedures at his door smith sums up the statement

for us. this was a wholly anticipated statement in fact we wondered whether julian assange would make it himself but of course he cannot leave the ecuadorian embassy for fear of being arrested by the british police instead the statement was read by a spokesperson from the jude innocence defense and there was nothing reza least three in it was just really an interesting roundup of the issues that are involved in this case she confirmed he had received a letter from the metropolitan police what we call a surrender notice ordering him to hand himself over to the police eleven thirty this morning he of course ignored that and he said in the statement that he was advised to decline it but not out of any kind of disrespect to the british legal system but because he genuinely believes that his life and liberty are at stake and then the statement went on to talk about the issues particularly sensitive the u.s. because of course that's a soldier's main fear that he will be extradited to the u.s. he said they have evidence and quite strong evidence that a grand jury has indeed been assembled in the states which is an unprecedented

thing when no charges have been brought the scale of this investigation she talked about a little bitch that the investigation now runs to forty two thousand one hundred thirty five pages a number of people have been ordered to testify in multiple courts over that she also said that on thursday the u.s. department of justice had admitted that the investigation into june innocence proceeds. among other charges there is a conspiracy to commit espionage charge they've also got credible reports of a sealed indictment she also brought up bradley manning who is of course an alleged wiki leaks source although that's never been confirmed by the organization short about the harsh treatment that he's been subjected to in the states including solitary confinement and other huge mental pressure and she said that the organization believes that that is very much still really in order to put pressure on him to to incriminate judith but despite all left of course he's still being sought in the u.k. she also said that he's in good spirits and that he's grateful for all the support

that he's receiving but the him. will remain in the ecuadorian embassy where he is apparently now six weeks at the u.k. police while the evidence. is being assembled he is already being nine days meanwhile his friends and supporters are looking at the pressure in the media and elsewhere. talking to learn he will ecuador says it's weighing up the possible consequences of sheltering a son thomas drake he's a former senior executive of the us national security agency and a whistleblower himself he believes the u.s. is ready to apply all kinds of political leaders to punish ecuador if it does grant asylum there clearly being very careful in terms of that his comes the formal application for political asylum probably considering all the options i also. just based on public reporting there's been tremendous pressure being put on the government by the united states not to grant. asylum and there's you know probably certain political levers that they're been exercising behind the scenes i can't

speak to all the details and you know other connections and other organizations that ecuador is a part of but i'm so it's clear that there is significant political pressure being placed on a back channel. not to grant asylum and that there could be penalties for doing so and have a good year in the sun is hosting his own interview series here on r.t. if you've missed any of the ten episodes that have already had the still available in a special section on our website right now and a. dot com. i'm drew in a so. it is true he reeks of expose the world secrets these jackets belong united states government been attacked by the united states strongly condemned. illegally shoot five hundred days now i've been detained without charge. doesn't stop this.

today we're on a quest for revolutionary ideas that can change the world tomorrow. after a tough night of wrangling e.u. leaders have agreed to set up a new authority 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 a large part by taxpayer money well this exact function was previously carried out by governments but now the e.u. can bail out a nation's banks without adding to the government's debt levels at least on the books at the same time the german parliament today will vote on ratifying the european stability mechanism that's the block's new emergency fund for bailouts one more on that vote with dr resnick stock to jack russells professor of some mary's college in california. if this same ratification vote passes as it is and he predicted to do well europe be on firmer ground with a big sigh of relief with regards to solving the euro crisis. well it's only a very short term very brief partial solution they've decided to do some emergency

measures here and then kick the can down the road probably for another three to six months before they actually bring it institutionalized some mechanism for providing e.s.m. loans directly to the banks that's the loans are going to come directly from e.s.m. to the spanish banks initially care initially they will loan it to the government the government will loan to the banks and that's why they remove that seniority provision which would allow the sovereign to to loan drunkenly to the banks so it's a temporary move here all designed in a very short run to stop rather than they you know rising rates. yields here for a spanish and italian debt but will that we'll have to see what this supervision looks like down the road it's very unclear who will supervise will it be the e.c.b.

supervise what what's the scope in the definition the supervision what powers to enforce the supervision and how long this will be legitimize and legalize throughout the e.u. that's a big question very uncertain at this point well as you say a temporary measure perhaps could it lead to a permanent cure who knows but what next because clearly the crisis isn't solved now we're hearing of talk of growth in brussels before that of course is what about austerity is a u. turn on the way and is growth really the on saturdays growth possible. well it looks like there are replicating to us experience to some extent and that is a massive liquidity injections directly into the banks but you know you look at what happened in the u.s. in the last three and a half years we quitted a injections to deal with the solvent see crisis and yes really we stabilized the

banks but we didn't get economic growth you can bail out the banks but that's no guarantee you're going to get economic growth which is what you must have in in the longer run and what i see when brussels and this growth package is it's very much tokenism at this point that's just moving money around from the european investment bank and so forth and the amount is grossly insufficient to stimulate growth so that whole picture has to be further developed the euro crisis is really three crises in one three dimensions and one is the sovereign debt crisis another is the banking crisis which is becoming more visible in case of spain but the other is the economic crisis the really conny and of course we know how europe is rapidly is slipping into recession in various countries and as long as that growth does not occur it's going to feed back and exacerbate both the banking into sovereign debt

crisis and what impact will that have not obviously just to euro zone countries countries in europe but also throughout the world because i i know that you have written on your blog recently that things in the world of phone acts are indeed heading for another collapse and is the eurozone crisis perhaps a sign that if indeed this is all happening now. well yes the euro zone and the banking system here is on the is the weak sister globally here and they're trying to shore that up it's a weak sister for example you can see interbank lending is freezing up that's a sure sign of the for but imminent from actual crisis when bank the bank lending freezes and of course now we've got the news or with barclays and you know the manipulation of libel rates going on in london that's just beginning that scandal we'll see how big that is and i suspect the j.p. morgan situation in london is related to this as well but when you have bank the bank lending declining rapidly it the consequences mediately that the banks to

non-bank lending begins to decline so you've got austereo on the stereo on the fiscal side slowing down the economies and now you've got on the monetary side you've got the bank lending slowing down or which is going to impact the economies as well just that what i want to press here is going to be west of what we saw in two thousand and eight has pretty fully funded well it all depends on not you know today we don't we don't have the china and the rest sort of offsetting some of the decline of china is slowing down rapidly so is brazil and the bricks and then we have the governments that have already bailed out a lot of the banks and their debt is very high in resistance for that and now we have another financial crisis dockage rasmus thank you very much indeed. now time for more stories from around the world in our world up to date this hour in the west african nation of mali militants linked to al qaeda reportedly taken

control of the northern desert comes a day after twenty one people were killed in a gun battle when islam was forced their former to attack separatist allies out of the town of go there also they also patrolled the streets arresting civilians killed in cities were seized by both sides in march but they've since trashed after islam is implemented strict rules pushing the to sign. at least one person has been killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes after a weeklong wildfire in colorado so far destroyed more than three hundred houses over a thousand emergency service members are fighting to bring it under control president barack obama is due to tour the affected areas after declaring a disaster zone and making federal funds available sources are still trying to find out what started the blaze. egypt's new president mohamed morsi has just addressed immense crowds of protesters on curry's iconic tahrir square is the country's first leader elected since the toppling of hundreds of hours but the military general still seem to be doing their best to limit his parents the supreme council of the armed forces only make changes to the constitution vastly reduced his abilities

this is enraged protesters who flocked to the streets in masses to demand a complete power and. exactly twenty five minutes past the hour in the russian capital daniel's next daniel gazprom is the world's most profitable company again is held off america's apple and the exxon mobile with twenty seven billion dollars now. goes from headquarters ortiz to beaumont say is there. well it's official gas problem is the world's leader when it comes to profit the second year in a row and not only in the oil and gas industry but also among the other companies now miller has said that gazprom will remain a state owned company unlike the rumors that have been flying around saying that i guess from might want to shed some of its stake to other markets it's going to remain a state owned company now let's look at what other else was there on that agenda looking forward and natural gas a very big in asia commodities right now asia's going economically if commodities

are high in demand and so it's very it's only a natural progression they get from being involved in that they're looking to set up something in five years' time a plant which will actually get gas out they'd get worse because they're both russian far east berlin is a production. think your father. only one of the forest. is a fifteen million dollars of stock one brings a total production because if you go which was already. know some of the things i guess from had on the list of words to do less so to speak is look at some of the pipelines that they're planning to come up with especially in europe now in the low stream that's the pipeline that russia the leading russia into germany the b.p. has come out and said that they would actually like their pipeline to be extended further into greater britain from is also making sure that on the agenda they address the gas shortage particularly for the winter time it's only

a couple of months away but you know they getting ready in gearing up for that they'll make sure that all their reserves are thought out and their stories that get it's been a great year for gazprom and we're only waiting to see how odd the next financial year madge up to this one of the you saw me last night in germany move to lift its opposition to failing out failed you should avoid the vicious national spending cuts which have left greece and italy. and focused on spanish lenders which say they're running out of cash the euro jumped two percent on the dollar today on the back of the deal the biggest surprise since october recovers the calls when there were fears e.u. leaders would once again failed to agree spanish financial jumped on the news not surprisingly madrid was five percent up today are the e.u. banks have been boosted by the news to both the footsie and heavily up especially the dax over four percent more street is higher in the afternoon both spalls with some ten percent of the profits there fell blackberry make

a room filled fifteen percent off the delays with his black berry ten operating system russia closed incredibly strongly boyd by europe but also oil shooting up to over five percent crude has jumped seven dollars a barrel today let alone this amazing jobs for crude price of the sliding three dollars yesterday when it hit near nine months lows and dropped today when you need to be on the website. thanks for that dan a bushel there well up big bucks spinning the world economy is still a focus in our next program capital accounts from washington that's right after a short break and the headlines stay with us.