we don't we don't kong. international powers agree a transition plan for syria rolling out for interference with un peace envoy kofi annan saying the country needs a new government which could include members of president assad's regime and the opposition. and other stories that shape the way leaders vote to allow its bailout fund to funnel money directly to struggling banks for the first time at a setback for germany's angela merkel after heavy pressure from italy and spain. plus the fine but undefeated joined us on refuses to surrender to british police this by the deadline for his extradition to sweden passing saying he won't leave it with or an embassy until a decision on his asylum request is made. it

is am in the russian gavel you're watching r t with me we're in a josh now hopes of a diplomatic solution to the syrian crisis have risen after major world powers agreed a peace strategy for the war torn country the new plan calls for the creation of a transitional government that could include members of president asif cabinet and the opposition russia halley agreement as one that doesn't dictate a political solution for syria is going off has been following the town stocks between international players in geneva. they didn't manage to agree on a new plan the transition plan as it's called the powers which do include the united states and russia. we consider is the most important piece of this document does not seek to dictate to the syrian side how the transitional process should happen politically how exactly this process will take place is up to the syrian

people that this document is very precise on it but it says there are no more preconditions and no ultimatums voiced here and actually as foreign minister sergei lavrov said those were some of the more stumbling points during the negotiations since previously some of the outside. of syria. and some preconditions such as the immediate step down of president assad now powers have agreed that it is strictly up to the syrian people to decide whether they do want to see president assad in power or not or all the outside players the world trying to to apply pressure on all sides of the conflict the authorities and the rebels in order to get them to the peaceful negotiating table and to build this transitional government which should also include all sides of the conflict. from the and

from the rebels and it is planned that this transitional government will have full governing power. the workers can offer pour into now u.n. arab league peace envoy kofi annan says he hopes the international plan for syria will be implemented within a year patrick harris an associate editor of the pan a news website in for wars dot com says if the road map doesn't work the consequences will be disastrous. if this latest initiative in geneva fails the consequences i'm afraid to say are quite dire not just for syria as a country and not just for the middle east but for the whole global geo political scene there what's what's at stake here is syria is a secular country in the middle east it's one of the last remaining secular countries multi-ethnic multi-religious. as it has its own bank note is very one of the last countries like this totally independent they are not under religious rule they don't have religious strife now with this civil war this being

fomented in syria that's a different story now we have the potential for massive religious division massive ethnic and tribal division and of course this is what the imperial historically what imperial powers love the most which is to divide and rule and if we if we if we remember syria lebanon on was carved up two or three times since one nine hundred twenty seven since the french mandate so look at look at the the strife you've had in the middle east since before world war two there's a direct result of artificial borders in the twenty first century you really have to ask yourself have we learned our lessons from the past how the urgency for international agreements on syria has underlined by the growing daily violence as maria financial reports even the youngest in the country are being dragged into the conflict. this is the place for these kids boys and girls is at the playground and someone dressed them in

a military uniform hung them with real guns told them what to say and put in front of camera now and this little girl four maybe five years old and she's almost crying as people behind the camera pushed her and other kids to chant and slogans out of nineteen kids after me sam and. this footage is just one in a series of clips posted online showing the ugly face of war unfolding in the country recent u.n. report says both sides in the syrian conflict the rebels from the free syrian army and the government are using children in their fight. to look and see children among through assad demonstrators. four year old a young is praising his motherland and this is a microphone the kids carrying not a kalashnikov. early on his father

couldn't imagine that his youngest son is participation in apache arctic rally which put all his family in danger and lead to the murder of his other two children and that if they threatened us many times once they wrote on the house as well that the time has come then they sent me a symbolic look then they put the picture of rwanda on facebook as promising five hundred thousand syrian pounds to those who bring him to them we couldn't imagine they'll come to our home and not let me in i mean in my eyes and wanted to prepare for exams and went to sleep in the living room which i'm not and this is where they smashed first out and they were shootings and they cried a lot barked at my heat under the bed. and it may move to the school. isn't all me away before his death that he feels kill not finish his exams and even if he does not get a certificate it's got into submitted everything you told me once mom they going to kill me. am unsure me is eldest son was shot dead on the way to hospital

as he was trying to get help to his injured brother little rayyan escaped death only because that night he stayed with his grandparents and it daily and i was crying because they killed years and i miss him a lot he saw wanted to get a good certificate again i would be the funerals of the two teenagers had been on the guard this is what they do here in syria the family says when someone dies as a martyr. my body tried to kill us this is their freedom if you are not with them you will be killed and in the letters to me they wanted to kill us all like houla and then see this is the government officially valinor not mine instead of through not losing anything that's enough we lost a lot not ready to lose any more how you had a thing said matilda went out yemen has three more brothers left he has something to lose and this cemetery we found at least eight fresh graves small ones but in

the rubble kids are becoming victims of growing up games in this conflict they've been used as human shields they've been forced to take up arms and they've been killed for a purpose they barely understand and no one can say for sure how many more will die until always found to stop the violence. r.t. reporting from syria. syria looks for ways to and violence warning signs elsewhere about the dangers of outside intervention still ahead. the u.s. and nato involvement in libya last year as sparked conflict in mali we'll look out the negative effects that foreign military gaijin can't have and the entire nation . or other obama welcomes in new egyptian president mohamed morsi going to support the country supports democracy but we ask if the new regime will pose concerns for washington. this week saw the german chancellor angela merkel

returning from the e.u. summit defeated for the first time in years have agreed to allow the european bailout fund to file money directly to struggling banks germany had strongly opposed this option but was forced to give in after insistence from spain and italy canonic analyst michael ross says the decision will cost the germans a lot but will not fix the euro zone's or problems. this will make no way we have a very big problem a very huge problem and it is not solved as well as a matter of fact i call it unconditional surrender of germany which we witnessed in brussels the southern countries with the new euro zone finally got the credit card that they're always wanted a credit card for whom the german pick taxpayer has to pay and very interested in the question how long germany would do this the tax burden in the future will become very very high and i know already of people who are keeping the country

because they have fear that the tax will become higher and higher and to germany has to pay at the end of the day the whole bill as long as you don't solve the problems which we don't we only insert some opium some drac's into the system to come it mean if the drug is gone the problem is there and it will be even bigger. for. a the german parliament approved initiatives championed by chancellor merkel at earlier meetings including the east permanent bailout fund and the so-called fiscal compact to limit debt across states and prevent future crises the measures could yet face a domestic legal challenge however over claims they undermine democracy as are reports the dad deval co has sparked sharp division between some in germany and people from countries relying on german cash. it's a job interview with geopolitical implications and genesis 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're under increasing pressure to share the fruits of their labor. the problem is that in greece the think in germany that. they come here and like the money 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 and patch or it's with requests for money jobs of both sound like a small attack is just walking 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 million of people is the german. not to help but

france too while references to the countries nats of past have appeared more than once in the great coverage of the bailout germans remain and swayed in their position to pay for somebody else's debts polls consistently show that the majority of germans are stronger against financing increases or spain'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 some say this bleed 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. begins in italy and spain with a national parliament and. it. and if there's a common currency it's just 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 and now and very certain about now. is destroying democracy they see peace to be hardworking but in case if europe's most productive country it seems just never stopped from the action that we could see reporting from germany. on our website r.t. dot com we're asking who will gain the most from that your bank bailout deal agreed in brussels this week let's take a look at the sight picture so as you can see most viewers think it's their reckless bankers and investors will be smiling broadest well almost a fifth believes it's power hungry brussels which will benefit the most eight percent say it's countries with strong economies that tiny minority thinks the deal will help states was flagging economies now what's your take on that deal let us

know by logging onto our web site at r.t. dot com. now the deadline for join us on his extradition to sweden passed earlier on this week but the whistleblower is still holed up at ecuador's embassy in london he defied a british police demand to turn himself in saying he won't step out of the embassy building until a decision on his asylum request is made with the worst president in his latest statement made it clear there is no deadline and reiterated that the verdict will be absolutely sovereign respecting human rights i mean they should be. by the south american state is that potential threat to julian assange just lives and we can accept it or insist that these extradited to sweden is sure to be handed over to the us were he could face the death penalty if convicted of espionage for huge leak

of secret american files the us justice department recently has admitted that there's an ongoing investigation into the we can leaks affair robert naiman from just foreign policy an organization which started a petition campaign to support us on this plea for asylum says it's the whistleblower himself who is the real target. my certain sense of the people i've talked to that. government officials are sympathetic to their request they understand the situation the same way we do you understand the threat to julian or songs from the united states or the threat that sweden once they got custody of assad would hand them over to the united states which would then prosecute him under the very controversial espionage act we don't know everything about what the u.s. government has done or might do but we know that a grand jury was impaneled in the united states to investigation of wiki leaks and

bring charges we know that bradley manning's attorney believes that use harsh treatment in u.s. custody was an attempt to get him to. testify against julian assange there's every reason to believe that they have the opportunity to try to get him and u.s. custody they will do so this is totally rational the documented fear. and so very out of joint to sanchez's oh interview program here on our team and its latest edition is on air this tuesday and if you've missed any of the previous ones they're available online at. www dot com. i'm julian assange. it is true of wiki leaks where they expose the world secrets these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemn this question. illegally shoot five hundred days

now i've been detained without charge but that hasn't stopped. the day we're on a quest for relief ideas that can change the world tomorrow. relations between moscow and washington have been dealt a fresh blow after a u.s. senate committee endorsed sanctions against russian officials it suspects of human rights abuses moscow has called it interference in its internal affairs and warned of a symmetrical response the so-called magnitsky list primarily targets people allegedly linked to the death of a russian lawyer sergei magnitsky who died while in custody facing tax evasion allegations three years ago the congress has yet to vote on the bill but political analyst margin side says the move is ill timed in terms of u.s. russian relations. the united states and russia are the two great thermonuclear powers in the world russia remains the preeminent strategic partner in the eurasia

mass the united states and russia have an enormous amount of strategic interests and concerns in common they are equally threatened on the lawn by islamist fundamentalism they both face major drug epidemics crime and within their own countries the need for security law and order cooperation between the united states and russia is absolutely preeminent in the world but that is not going to happen when relations between the two great superpowers deteriorate over issues like this this is grandstanding and demagoguery in the senate of the worst carried and what's particularly striking to me on this is that this isn't coming from the house of representatives it's coming from the senate and the senate is supposed to take the long term and be the more thoughtful reflective legislative chamber in the u.s. constitutional system. well we have plenty on the case of sergei magnitsky including what led to his arrest and the investigation into his death so you'll

find all the details on this controversial story at r.t. dot com. islamised mohamed morsi has been sworn in as egypt's new president after taking the oath of office u.s. president barack obama sent good well wishes to the leader of backed by the muslim brotherhood and promised further support for egypt's transition to democracy but as we're in a fortnight now reports islamist power will likely raise concerns across the atlantic. egypt's revolution began with tens of thousands into here square and it became a success shortly after washington sided with the anti-government opposition by stepping down president mubarak responded to the egyptian people's hunger for change america's indorsement of change has paved the way for the muslim brotherhood to become egypt's strongest political force the international organization is considered to be one of the world's largest islamised movements and mohamed morsi

has reportedly called for a constitution that is based on the koran and sharia law in the case of egypt we're taking a piece of the board that was one of our pieces this is why it was one of the strongest american assets in the middle east and for many years we've removed that piece and brought in some people who i do not think will be friendly to us. in this video film last month and egyptian cleric rally support for the brotherhood's presidential candidate so that there can no. you know we are yet to hear that. ok that. said. the muslim brotherhood has many different factions many different elements they are a political organization but they also have ties to terrorism they're also directly intertwined with what's going on in syria according to the new york times cia

officers secretly stationed in turkey are currently working with syria's muslim brotherhood to smuggle automatic rifles grenades and ammunition into the country it didn't work out enough to understand what. i mean you know it would be. like you know sort of have you been here. or you should have the syrian opposition seen here waving al-qaeda flags has received public support from the terrorist network and created what some call a defacto alliance between america and its number one enemy. critics saying america's campaign for regime change comes with the consequence of empowering more radical and extreme leaders in the arab world let's not forget that assad and his government is a secular government just as gadhafi is government was a secular government if you get rid of that and you create the power vacuum or

another force that is as organized and as strong will take its place continued political instability in cairo has raised questions about the so-called success attributed to the arab spring governments in egypt and libya were toppled with a u.s. stamp of approval but with new regimes leaning towards extreme islam many believe america could eventually find itself in a circumstance that hardly ever wanted her an important i r t new york heart as long as somalis northern desert region have destroyed holy sites in the city team booked to earlier this week militants with ties to al qaeda claim control of the region following a violent shoot out that left at least twenty people dead middle east expert as a key way believes it's up to the people of mali to find a solution saying u.s. or nato intervention would only further destabilize the region. all of this of course is with later a war that was waged against libya last year doing twenty eleven which brought about the displacement of many of the two out forces who have been settled in libya

for many many years they were well armed and of course with them entering the situation inside of northern mali is further destabilizing polarize the situation and sad north of the country and of course affected the capital up of mochel as well the nato forces led by the united states destroy the social fabric and national infrastructure and the national economy of libya libya was the most prosperous of the most stable state on the african continent as a result of the destabilization activities on the part of nato the twenty six thousand air missions that were flown over the country over a seven month period ten thousand air strikes against libya the naval blockade the freezing of foreign assets this is of course dislodged and displaced hundreds of thousands of people inside the country and hundreds of thousands of war in the regional context if the us had not intervened in libya last year we would not happy

current situation we have right now in mali so u.s. and nato intervention is not the solution the solution has to be found in mali itself within west africa itself among the people. the aftereffects of libya's revolution and nato intervention are still being felt in the country at least forty seven people are dead and more than one hundred injured after three days of tribal clashes in the country south according to local sources the fighting is between two and tribesmen with the latter reportedly supported by the so-called levy a few brigade has been deployed by the interim government to act as a peacekeeping force clashes between rival groups are common as the country is still wash with weapons seized by rebels during the uprising against moammar gadhafi. millions along the east coast of the u.s. are without power after violent storms pounded the region at least thirteen people

were killed by falling trees that destroyed homes and cars could take generating companies up to a week to restore electricity to those affected the storms came after a record high temperatures scorched the area forcing thousands to pack into buildings with backup power supplies. now plenty more still to come your way here in our including from one extreme to another the upcoming london olympics is turning into britain's biggest security operation peacetime we discover there are still huge holes were safety is supposed to be paramount while you are war in the next hour here on our t.v. . all right that brings us up to date and i'll be back shortly with an update of our top stories as well as the latest news.

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