from. the. politics by the people forced regime change that's what international powers now see as the remedy to syria's bloody war. also syrian rebel groups go on the hunt for anyone with pro assad for years and according to some reports children are safe . italy and spain shout a breakthrough after coercing germany's angela merkel into accepting a bank bailout scheme forcing her on the defensive on the home front. and whistleblower julian assange defies a police request in london to turn up extradited saying he'll stay safe inside

ecuador's embassy until a decision is made on his asylum request. live from moscow this is r.t. as we highlight the top stories of the week and today i'm wrong research showing a transitional governing body that's the latest solution put forward to end syria's bloody internal conflict the idea was agreed upon at an emergency international meeting in geneva the new plan that neither lays down a political process nor contains demand for regime change allowing syrians to ultimately decide their own fate. was following the geneva talks he joined me a little bit earlier in the program right here in the studio. also from the start it's been going through ups and downs and even before this conference in geneva. russia's foreign minister said. clinton in st petersburg after that meeting

he said should change your position but then she wasn't really at the media conference following the. meeting to confirm that so it wasn't really clear the conference in geneva much longer than initially expected. nobody really knew what's going to what was going to come out of it worked in the end that he did end up signing this document so at least some progress piers to be made here but we know that the conflict in syria approximately sixteen months in the making now the violence continues as we speak russia when it comes to the u.n. security council russia has been steadfast in its opposition to any type of military outside military intervention in syria now experts are saying this final document is essentially a victory for russian diplomacy what do you think exactly sixteen months so very long time and since the beginning russia has been saying this is an internal matter for syria and no outsiders could order you know

a solution to the situation there and. it's a mystery why it took so long for the international community to agree because now it's reflected in this final document it took all these vetoes and discussions it's just unclear really why it took these sixteen months and certainly on the heels of that we have a comment here from the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. we consider the utmost importance that this document does not seek to dictate to the syrian sides how the transitional process should happen politically how exactly this process will take place is up to the syrian people this document is very precise. so the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov saying there that this document is very precise however there does seem to be some fine print as well the inside of this what exactly does this new plan entail well the idea. if this plan is the syrian people and that's the most important part syria will establish this transition

governmental body which will include all sides of the conflict with the authorities and all groups within the opposition including the rebels then it is that they will have a new constitution and democratic elections everything will be monitored by the united nations and specifically by un special envoy kofi annan is awful planning to visit syria and for talks with both sides now certainly for the past number of months so when it comes to the members of the u.n. addressing the ongoing issue in syria the united states has been quite eager indeed to have president assad step down now in the past twenty four hours and washington seems to have changed its mind saying that perhaps assad can stay but with the transitional government still though what do you think the fate of assad will be well it's an interesting question actually kofi annan himself was asked this question at the media conference following the meeting in geneva and let's listen to what he had to say this.

i guess you can't really put it better than this are on him so the bottom line right now is that the international community was able to reach this understanding it's vital for this unity to be sustained and even if some of the new interpretations do appear then it's all inked in this document are you going to put it off there i was speaking to him just a bit earlier in the program here well some of syria's opposition groups have already rejected the roadmap describing it as a waste of time and impossible to implement or if an option or is inside the country has more on the reaction to the international diplomacy. the people we have been able to speak to here in the syrian capital have actually divided on how to concede to this document this meeting in geneva some of them indeed call this

a breakthrough as a light at the end of the tunnel and they say it could indeed be a solution to this sixteen month long crisis but the crisis here in syria with all of it is a very skeptical they say it takes two to tango and it's absolutely clear soufan hope that dialogue is possible while one of the size of the police doesn't want to talk with friend here we have before from the opposition from the syrian opposition both from internal opposition and. foreign based opposition but they will not accept any transitional government and they will not accept any peace plan even is still in power almost every day we're hearing about dozens of people killed there were more injured everywhere in the country but the obvious thing is that it when children are being involved in this crisis here's my report on that. the place for these kids boys and girls is at the playground and someone dressed them in a minute she uniform hung them with real guns to them what to say and put in front

of camera now this little girl for 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 half remain silent. 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. we can see children among four sons demonstrators. four year old or young as praising his motherland and this is in microphone. the kids carrying out a kalashnikov. baryons father couldn't imagine that his youngest son's participation in apache after crowley

would put all his family in danger and lead to the murder of his other two children and if they threatened us many times once the road on the house as well that time has come up then they sent me a symbolic loop then they put the picture of one facebook us 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 ears 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 darker than my heat under the bed. and i was crying because they killed years and i miss him a lot i am unsure me as 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 in the us as they wanted to kill us all my whole life and then see this is the government usually well enough if this is

the freedom if you are not with. 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 not mine instead of not losing a thing that's enough to last a lot not ready to lose anymore how you are getting some update of what our young man 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. well let's get some more analysis on this now across live to

beirut based political analyst come i'll watch new joining us live here on the program good to see you today thanks for coming on as i'm sure you were listening to the reporters there from maria financial and what we've been saying all day today syria's opposition groups have already slammed the plan saying it's unrealistic and just a big waste of time would you agree with that assessment i think this is the voice of the opposition from the day one they wanted violence and they want the killing to continue and we have to actually see the countries that support of the opposition mostly the united persian gulf country. actually fueling this violence and actually this allowing genuine peace process to take place that's why the killings still continue in syria because somebody is determined to look at this to asian and one way they mention and i think that some

process of killing preventing from the country from healing the wounds and beginning the process of healing i think the president of assad i think you had that advice of a lot of wise people around the world he's part of the political process the constitution had his election by somebody in qatar and turkey and the united states as we actually heard today from mrs clinton she wanted a different outcome or even. let's cover what was just be done you know within the last twenty four hours in geneva the so-called international crisis conference here we have these major players now saying let's go for a transitional government in syria you're saying they're also supporting violence is it a case of some of these world global players simply playing both sides. i mean if you hear the statement of the russian and you hear the statement of mrs clinton

the secretary of state of the united states you would hear that there is a huge difference between the two statements one is calling healing the country and one mrs clinton saying we won the president to step down and we want him out of the pictures and it's time to go and he's not talking about starting at transitional period and obviously the sentiment the american sentiment the negative sentiment that actually feeding into this chaos in syria is still as i think it's time for the american to be silent and sad and surgeon gulf country meddling inside syria so we can see positive reinforcement and real dialogue taking place as long as these these countries take in this negative damaging role i think the level of violence and the hate it will continue to fuel of the violence

will certainly see only the. showing no signs of letting up we were speaking to a former pentagon official a bit earlier in the program on r.t. and he was saying that the whether you like it or not at the end of the day the more international support in syria the more it will become a basis for flourishing extremism if i may for just a moment what about the average syrian the average syrian who is getting artillery shells falling on his or her head do you think they care what the so-called international community is getting up to in geneva. i think this is this is the sad part because i think there's a lot of people in syria want a genuine transition to have. a real meaningful dialogue between everybody in syria but they don't want the interference of american and the west and the persian gulf country we have to look at the fact every time the west and the arab persian gulf countries and. we still see a civil war taking place look at the situation and libya because the alliance to

france and other western countries turkey qatar involved the process of killing still continue even after he is gone what they want to syria they want the same thing destruction of a country so they can have their wars in the middle east and they have their dominance over the middle east. as you say certain elements of the global community here eager for dominance in the realms of the middle east some people say libya some people say iraq but let me let me ask you this before run out of time and i do apologize for the shortness of time here what will the outcome of syria if the rifle factions fail to implement any peace plan could it be the violence escalates and the un has no option but to dive head first in. well i think the i think the president of syria he started the real meaningful dialogue and i think he has to stand by the people and he have to actually look for ways to ease the

violence and maybe those people who smuggling weapons and interfering maybe he has to put an end for that and i think the united nation has no business to syria military or whatsoever because the process and iraq libya and yemen and other country has been devastating for these country and the war's been raging on and war did not resolve anything i think it's time to get this country out of the way get it off the back of the syrian people and let the syrians decide their own faith without having mrs clinton that qatari interfere in the business of the people of syria all right a political analyst joining us live on our t.v. today thanks for coming on the program. thank you. our just a bit later in the program here on r.t. we take a look at another country that went through an armed revolution one that refuses

though to die down tribal misgivings in libya turn into a pitched battle with heavily armored vehicles and thousands of combatants fighting over territory and power. this week german chancellor angela merkel dubbed europe's frau nine was seen to taste defeat for the first time in years it was decided at an e.u. summit to give brussels the power to pump e.u. taxpayer money into failing banks that will hold without government having a say it's something that fiscally conservative germany had staunchly opposed but was forced to relent over the leaders of spain and italy were especially happy proclaiming a quote breakthrough this week also saw the ratification of europe's new bailout cash pool and deficit laws economic analyst michael gross says the decision will only end up costing that of germany. this will make on bono ways we have a very big problem 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 a new euro zone finally got the credit card that there always wanted a credit card for whom the german pact 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 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 carm it i mean if the drug is gone the problem is there and it will it will be even bigger. well regardless of our angle or michaels ambitions for the european union in her

homeland there's burgeoning opposition to the country's bailout policies for those who believe germany's financial fortunes are down to good luck the people driving the economy have a very different message with this report r.t. talks on a boy. it's a job interview with geopolitical implications and euro says 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 are under increasing pressure to share the fruits of their labor. the problem is that in greece that think in germany they. think they're coming 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 can patcher it 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 destroy. our country from not just troops so they'll be a million people is the german. not to help but to pay while references to the countries nats of past have appeared more than once in the greek 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 strongly 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 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 begins.

really begins in italy and spain we have a national parliament and. it. is a common currency is taking. decisions in terms of money in terms of budget it's a violation of democracy now and very assertive now. is destroying democracy they see it pays to be hardworking but in a case if europe's most productive country it seems just never stopped coming in the wake artsy reporting from germany. now wiki leaks editor julian assange joy remains holed up inside the door and embassy in london with a deadline passing this week for his extradition he ignored a police summons to turn up and be sent to sweden saying he will stay put until he gets an answer on his assigned a plea ecuador's president meantime says he's in no rush to consider the plea and

will review all possible consequences of sheltering which will close up the soldier's main concern is that if he goes to sweden he could end up in the u.s. possibly facing the death penalty under the espionage act meanwhile ecuador and embassies around the world have received thousands of messages calling on the country to approve saunters asylum and civil and one of the national security whistleblowers coalition says the u.s. will pull any strings to get their hands on assange. 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 letters that petitions from activists around the world but on the other hand they are also getting a list of also made them sent troops 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 economic or whether it's political and so this is the reason they are taking this long and beyond hoping that their decision would be yes they would grant asylum to giuliana signage but considering their weight the united states carries but also considering that yes three 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. you're watching r.t. this week seventeen pakistani soldiers were pushed and beheaded by taliban militants seven more died in a separate roadside bombing of all of extremism at home is believed to be the price the nation is paying for assisting the u.s. in its fight against afghanistan and war that wouldn't have been possible without pakistan's support is gone a chicana reports. it's not only u.s. bombs that fly in pakistan but also the stream of demands and accusations from

washington there are several things that where asking the pakistanis to do more and better number one they've got to do more about the safe havens inside their own country even ridiculed the u.s. defense secretary has laughed at pakistan for being in the dark on the bin laden raid the drone. literally in washington's rhetoric now suggest that during the decade of war in afghanistan pakistan had been there myself instrumental ally in the region the united states could not have had secured gunstar in three weeks with minimum cost in terms of. money and in terms of in terms of the lives of its soldiers that would not have been possible without box and the assistance and help free sentiment towards the alliance with the us has fueled domestic insurgency in

pakistan some has lost about somewhere between five thousand to six thousand soldiers and paramilitary soldiers but more than that we've lost more than thirty five thousand civilians and these people died because of these feet of bombings in a crude comparison the u.s. has lost two thousand troops in afghanistan they want the pakistanis to do our dirty work for us and the pakistanis have simply said we've supported you forward eleven years we can't do it anymore you're killing. stability they have to stop the civil war in the country they have to stop the war that's going on on their own territory because of their help for the united states so they have a number of problems which i think amount to a mass and they're going to be left high and dry when we leave many washington see a different picture of a country that does not fully do their bidding in exchange for the billions they'd sent them were given taxpayer money to this country which is not treating us right

but we made a mistake we were we have trusted pakistan to wait too long the pakistanis see another mistake there's one mistake that we've committed we've put all our eggs in the american basket and part of the deterioration in our genes strategic position over the past decade since two thousand and one is because of this fact that we completely relied on the americans and it's not the first time they've before as well but but so to speak we made this mistake and we're trying to know correct that mistake pakistan is now working hard on its regional alliances primarily with china but the u.s. still needs pakistan washington has been able to continue drone strikes in pakistan likely because of its military leaders tacit agreement the u.s. also needs the short route through pakistan to supply the troops in afghanistan islam lot shutting down last year in response to the killing of two dozen pakistani soldiers but with elections approaching their end with people furious at the u.s. there is little chance the pakistani policymakers will want to be seen as being

more accommodating to the united states the mockery and condescending remarks from washington make those chances even slimmer during the last decade of war and have got is that pakistanis have dealt with an unprecedented insurgency in their own country terror which is still an awful lot of people much more than the losses carried by the u.s. in afghanistan and that to a large extent was the price pakistan paid for its alliance with the woods but these days in washington it seems hardly anyone keeps that in mind. handing out another portion of accusations and humiliation to the nation they want this to become their ally i'm going to stick our reporting from last r.t. . and that libya is descending into greater chaos almost fifty people killed as a result of tribal warfare just in the last few days alone groups in the south of the country have been locked in conflict to wrest power and territory from rival groups both sides using heavy weapons including vehicles former pentagon official

michael maloof says he's just not surprised i think it was expected you've got so many tribes out there and so many elements that are looking for power for themselves and i think part of the problem is because of the lack of. support from folks from the united states and elsewhere who just basically bomb the place and they're not really trying to hold together any kind of coalition and i think given the fact that there's been no governance in that country all these years i think it's going to be much difficult. and i think you're going to have more and more of that as you go along and weapons of course are continuing to flow to these various groups and i think you're going to have. basically an arche outside of the capital . thank you for joining us here on our team today i will be back in just a moment with a recap of the week's top headlines. there

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