the syrian opposition rejects the latest international peace plan calling for free elections with an all inclusive transitional government in the interim. britain's a big brother internet and phone firms are to record data but there is deep concern over a new government plans to pry into citizens' personal affairs. and fresh calls or to try julian assange made in washington as our t.v. prepares to air the final episode of his interview show. three pm here in moscow you're watching r t syria's opposition has rejected the new

international plan to end the country's internal conflict they say they don't want members of the assad regime to be part of the political transition a meeting in geneva all of international powers agreed that a transitional governing body should be formed which could include both members of the opposition and the current government is maria for national has more from damascus. the geneva peace proposal was the latest attempt to reconcile the divided sides in the syrian conflict with a unity government but that hope was already fading even before the delegates in switzerland returned to their homes the syrian national council and see and the free syrian army the political and military forces spearheading the uprising both financed from and based abroad have made it clear they can be no solution with assad in power as allowed in the geneva agreement homebase

a position is less direct though some still warn it's too late for dialogue the un and so our party boycotted mase parliamentary elections its leader has said the time has come for all sides to make sacrifices and the government should lead the way. the peace plan will all the work of assad hands over control of the armed forces and security to the interim government should start seeing the free syrian army and others who are against them as the opposition know everyone agrees some say the syrian opposition is too fragmented to be trusted larp only those who really want dialogue should be thought of as legitimate opposition and who is that there is a battle of wills the geopolitical interests of big regional players but we are sure to see more games being played to sabotage the peace efforts of the syrian people we spoke to welcomed the idea of a unity government but with some reservations of their own if their position is

internal national there is no problem but if it's an opposition with foreign passports that's just not acceptable. we understand what we want but we cannot understand what the opposition wants apart from assad to go what else. someone like kelly almost said head of the s.n.c. we don't even know who they are we don't need them. with so many unknowns analysts say the syrian opposition has been. the covert and open support of nations who demand regime change and to back the rebels with tons of weapons channeled into syria to fuel the conflict. the first thing to do this is a ticket with these arms otherwise no peace is possible but that can be done quickly too much money has been spent and too many parties are involved but meanwhile according to the geneva document the syrian people are the only ones who should decide their country's future but they're concerned they want to get the chance of our of course we disagree and people should decide what we want for

ourselves but we knew that already if. they brought foreign terrorists from outside and money it was a conspiracy from the first day. you can stop as of violence while foreign countries are financing and supporting the rebels but it seems that no matter how much international game playing they raise it will be syrians themselves who bear the brunt of the dream didn't last long less than two days after the latest peace initiative force forward in geneva skepticism is growing that an interim governing body made up of the syrian opposition and current regime will ever become more than just a solution on paper with more lives being lost every day in this war torn country this bloody saga looks far from over. original r.t. from damascus and syria peace efforts at the geneva conference were just a talk says asia times correspondent pepe escobar who believes that the rebels and the parties backing them on no one dream change. and they were unable lay down arms

station week on strong at best two months they have been heavily weapon advice by bull saudi arabia and counter so just like the original coffee annan plan it was bound to fail from the beginning what is being discussed in geneva he's also bound to say it's for show it's to tell the international community which basie he is a few nato countries the us israel turkey and always lead the russians and the chinese and the bric countries are not full by and most of the developing world they don't align movement nobody is fooled about it what the main players for and glee is once regime change in syria they have to pull some wool in front of the international you sold a hammock oceanic land they have the discussions and it's absolutely ridiculous because the buggers suing fights iran and saudi arabia which are both major players

in the syria situation it's ridiculous. meanwhile turkey isn't letting the tension ease on its front here with syria sending six fighter jets to the area said that in response to helicopters from the arab states flying close to the border there was no violation in its airspace the move follows the shooting down of a turkish fighter jet last month after it cross into syrian airspace into the plane was an armed and had strayed briefly while just testing its own size raided in response to the downing of the aircraft in turkey began deploying artillery along its border with syria damascus meanwhile insists it was just protecting its security. still ahead for you a little later news from another middle eastern country where the wounds of the arab spring remain open and healed and it's questionable headway towards a democracy reels under a crushing blow as protesters at here and election of already off is into pieces in

the very birthplace of this of last year's uprising. and the president and sanctions against iran are now in force but will they succeed in making to run abandon its nuclear ambitions find out in a few minutes here on r.t. . the u.k. has found another way to snoop into its citizens affairs internet and phone companies are said to install so-called black boxes which will want to e-mails us social networking activities and calls and stored data for you the authorities and says that only limited details will be kept but activists are raising privacy concerns. explains. well the home office will tell you that they need this as a vital tool in order to catch criminals and as criminals become more technologically advanced so must they but you've got to really look at what they're trying to justify here because this is going to affect absolutely everyone in the

k.n. it's going to be your phone calls it's going to be your internet searches is going to be who you are taking your e-mailing even your facebook all this data is set to be stored in black boxes which if the lord is part of the government would be able to access and snoop on our private information whenever they want now this is part of the draft bill the communications data bill that the government is saying they need it's being nicknamed the sneakers charter was the home office say that they're not going to actually be storing the contents of that information this information that would be kept in these black boxes would be kept for up to a year and those tech experts that we've been speaking to has said that they you know if they would be able very easily to access the content of that and of course that causes a huge concern amongst the british population we're already living in an age and certainly in the u.k. where we're monitored every single day by millions of c.c.t.v. cameras we've got facial recognition time and again in surveys the u.k.

ranks right up there the very top of the surveillance society we've been speaking to some of the people online and on our twitter and asking them what they think about this latest measure people are very very unhappy about these proposals we have one person saying that sounds very sinister i don't like it one invests in another person on twitter who responded said it reminds us of a u.s. air t.v. series that was about the same sort of surveillance system well they do say the real life is stranger than fiction sometimes and of course it all sounds a bit already in doesn't it having this sort of to tell a tyrion state the mass of valence is justified in terms. the greater good while big brother might not be watching us the u.k. government could be set in the near future. sara for his reporting the now the e.u. embargo of iranian oil is now in place along with fresh un sanctions against countries dealing with tehran the measures aimed at pres rising iran to curb its

nuclear program islamic republic says however that it's been stockpiling money as a buffer and that selling oil remains no problem thanks to america exempting some countries from penalties including china and singapore author and journalist afshin rattansi says of the sanctions are unlikely to have the desired effect. iran will be more than happy to replace all the oil exports to europe with their customers whether they be eleven american or knows notably china because of course the u.s. has examined china and the chinese foreign minister is already on record as saying that these unilateral sanctions are outrageous and wrong johnnie's oil imports crude oil imports from iran rose five percent back to two thousand and eleven levels it seems that the united states presumably again lobbied by israel which is to be running its foreign policy well to do this at the same time as the great economic crisis in europe is causing havoc increase oil prices certainly going to

make not only the euro but european finances suffer so this isn't going to help the world economy and it's certainly not having any impact on iran. still to come this hour four years on says washington has launched a marketing campaign promoting brand usa all over the world we investigate whether president obama's plan could succeed in attracting more visitors from emerging economies and create new jobs in his own country. scores of armed men seeking autonomy for libya's benghazi have raided the city's electoral commission office trashing equipment and causing extensive damage and happened just days before the country's first general election since the fall of moammar gadhafi activists and journalists who can turn down says the attack shows just how far libya is from democracy the elections are about to come about in libya in a few days but i don't think it's a sign of any democratic progress in libya because all indicators which should be

there which will lead to. a healthy democracy will be taking place are absent so what we have is the relative persecution of women's right relative to what happened in the gadhafi persecution of all dark skin libyans who are being persecuted on the basis that they are loyal by by dint of the pigmentation of their skin to gadhafi we have intertribal warfare girl or we have four hundred militias all across libya there is no there's no law and order there's no security so this is this is far from any basis of a true people focus democracy but this is the nature of the n t c nato democracy and this is the nature of the democracy that nato want to bring to all the peoples of the global south. a u.s. senator has renewed calls for julian and songe to be prosecuted for espionage as senate intelligence committee head has regenerated his fear that their will is added to has compromised america's security and a son just currently holed up in ecuador as the embassy in london waiting for

a decision on his asylum bid let's not talk to our teaser laura smith laura good to see you there now as sanchez has been at ecuador's embassy for two weeks are there any more indications about when we can expect his way to be decided. not really i mean we hear stuff coming out of the embassy all the time his supporters and backers are doing everything they can to keep julian assange has faced in the media the latest statement we heard was on friday from the legal fund which was talking a lot about about the situation in the u.s. of course has always maintained that what he fears the most is being extradited from sweden to america to face these charges of espionage and evidence is mounting with these renewed calls that we've heard this weekend from the head of the u.s. senate intelligence oversight committee she joins these calls for us to be prosecuted for espionage she says she's senator dianne feinstein and she said that

knowingly obtained and disseminated information which could cause injury to the u.s. has caused serious harm to national security and should be prosecuted accordingly she said that he shouldn't be protected by the first amendment which of course which of course protects free speech and has insurance in the constitution he says he calls himself a journalist but he is no journalist he's an agitator intent on damaging the u.s. government we are hearing mixed messages coming out of the u.s. there possibly a little bit confused about what they want themselves. last week the u.s. foreign minister bob carr denied in quotes the remotest evidence that there was a u.s. intention to prosecute but almost on the same day the u.s. justice department again confirmed there was a continued investigation into wiki leaks now this is obviously not good news for judy but ironically it could be good news for this. of course this is all mounting evidence that the u.s.

is indeed out to get him which will all be added into this file that ecuador is creating to support his asylum bid in conjunction with himself this is all going to add to. that once in sweden the you. will apply what could be irresistible pressure on sweden to extradite him further on to america to face these these espionage charges that they're talking about now this all could sway ecuador which of course is what julian assange has always wanted he created a good relationship with the president of ecuador rafael career and it's believed that that relationship started when he interviewed him for his show which is currently broadcasting on r.t. now of course laura that much talked about controversial talk show of julian assange which does coming to an end now the final edition that airs tomorrow tuesday doesn't it give us a little bit more on what to expect. yeah is the final episode for now this is the

this is the last episode that you and i recorded luckily he managed to do the whole series before holing himself up in the end the ecuadorean embassy this week's interview is with the leader of the malaysian opposition. they found common ground really cheering this interview because her him was also has also spent time in prison he was jailed for five years also on sexual allegations interesting enough so they talked a lot about their respective time in prison. and what abraham is now tips to win the malaysian elections which are coming up soon if he is permitted to run there are the charges outstanding against him so he talked a lot about his vision for malaysia going forward but also about the problem of his islamophobia all over the world in leadership let's hear a little bit of that. you want to do something you must not be caught up i mean. for democracy you become the west is to. talk about my.

agent but you know these things. you have known the woman you know is going to happen of the. you know the problem with this also rooted in the do it. even the leaders in the west including the strong. we against this. policy of the state i mean. since the. scribe to the ideas was the initial spirit of the american revolution. you can hear that whole program you can watch that whole program of course on r.t. on cheese day starting at eleven thirty g.m.t. it's the last episode in the interview program so don't miss it. thank you artie as lora smith in london will be looking forward to watching that last episode of

julian assange to share here on r.t. . back in two thousand and nine president obama put tourism on the agenda as a potential economy booster advertising brand america across the world but then bush's plan hasn't managed to pull the jobs market out of a slump with june yet another week month for the struggling u.s. economy marina reports. america's economy was once like the strongest and fastest roller coaster everyone wanted to ride. but nearly four years following wall street's financial freefall more than fifteen million u.s. citizens lack full time jobs. and employment problem the u.s. president hopes visitors from other countries can help fix more money spent by more tourists means more businesses can hire more workers washington has launched a marketing campaign promoting brand usa all over the world. with a heavy focus on travelers from brazil china and india visitors from all three emerging

economies contributed a reported fifteen billion dollars to the u.s. in two thousand and ten part of what's going on in the united states is americans don't have any money anymore and they can't afford to go on vacation and part of what you're seeing is them looking to replace the weak pushed out american middle class with folks from other parts of the world where the economy is growing better and wages are growing in an effort to lure the big spenders the white house has made it easier and quicker for more chinese and brazilian citizens to obtain tourist visas before brand usa came brand big apple new york city america's top tourist destination attracted more than fifty million visitors last year now while the weak u.s. dollar has been a burdett for the buying power of u.s. citizens customers armed with a stronger currency have kept business booming and prices from dropping the international visitor are they're great shoppers and they spend

a tremendous amount of money the brazilians spend a tremendous amount of money many europeans the chinese spend a lot of money george fertita is the c.e.o. of n.y.c. and company an organization that markets the big apple around the globe he also serves as marketing vice chairman for brand usa every eighty five visitors foreign visitors it comes to the united states you creates one john. and because we have so many different visitors you know we have over ten million international visitors in two thousand and eleven and now we have well over three hundred twenty five thousand jobs in the hospitality and travel and tourism industry so it's a huge boon to the economy but some argue quantity may not be quite to quality it does tend to create fairly low paid service industry jobs that doesn't tend to create great jobs having people in the business of manufacturing or high end services you know medical services business services tends to create much higher quality or pay jobs than tourism which to answer create a law jobs for people cleaning hotel rooms and serving meals i decade ago the idea

of an american president betting on tourists from brazil china and india for jobs would have raised many eyebrows. today however two hundred million dollars is being spent to brand usa abroad while social services continue being cut at home. r.t. new york. there are always more stories waiting for you at our dot com here's a quick taste of what time of the change of the british prime minister paves the way for possible referendum on the u.k. the e.u. membership saying his country's people are not happy with relations as they are. and also as the demand for drones is expected to continue to grow the american state of florida is devoting a large chunk of funding hoping to become the country's one man to real real calls . a brief look at some others a stories making headlines across the globe it's been confirmed that three nato

soldiers killed in southern afghanistan by a man wearing a local police uniform were british the attacker was injured and later arrested it brings the number of foreign troops killed this month to thirty nine meaning a death toll of two hundred fifteen so far this year the attack comes ahead of a handover which will see control of the country parts from nato to afghan security forces in twenty fourteen. hundreds of protesters have demonstrated in japan over the country's first restart of a nuclear plant since the crisis at fukushima last year the move was ordered last month as the prime minister said economic and living standards couldn't be maintained without atomic energy the country shut down all its nuclear plants up to a meltdown at the fukushima plant triggered by last year's tsunami and earthquake. seventeen people have been killed with over forty wounded in similar tennis attacks and two churches in north east kenya moscow silence a large gun in

a grenades raids are the worst in the country since it sent troops into somalia to pursue al shabaab militants since then islamism have been blamed for a string of blasts across kenya the never admitted to the violence in the country. in mexico preliminary results sure the opposition candidate enrique pena nieto has won the country's presidential election his victory means of the return to power of the institutional revolutionary party which has had less friendly relations with the us and the party which has ruled mexico for the past twelve years the winners party had previously enjoyed seven decades in parliament but had gained a reputation for widespread corruption electoral fraud and all three tarion rule. let's cross over to you at the business desk in a touch it is maddening it isn't sure that b.p. no longer wants to join old stream that well that's certainly true according to all the media reports but all the details in just

a couple of minutes first so let's check out the equity markets and of russia first it's doing quite well as you can see both the mindsets and the r.t.s. are gaining and actually will rush to let's check out the equity markets here they are. and as i said over and russia both of my six on the r.t.s. see quite robust gains in fact that my sense is trading above the psychologically important a level of fourteen hundred points and of course it's trading in the opposite direction of the crude market which is not usual let's check out the oil market to see what's going on there and we're seeing it in the red all day long and fact at the moment the w t i's trading below eighty four dollars a barrel and some of the biggest movers on the my six today include in the financials as burbank doing quite well gaining one and a quarter percent is shedding value and that's despite reporting doubling its

profits in a lot last year and twenty eleven and also bosh nafta is shedding value as you just saw on the latest news of its investment into an oilfield in iraq in london the footsie as is gaining value and gave a less than three quarters of a percent but it's being pushed up mainly by the banking sector and that's despite the latest stats that show that the eurozone unemployment rate is the highest we've seen since ninety ninety five according to the that it's currently at eleven point one percent for the month of may doesn't seem to faze traders today. and staying with the banking sector china's banks became the most profitable lenders last year that's according to the banker magazine the magazine says the chinese lenders accounted for almost a third of the total profit in two thousand and eleven that's compared to just four

percent five years ago analysts say china's banks are breathing in the next of the struggling european peers eating into their market share euro zone banks accounted for forty six percent of the global profit in two thousand and seven that figure dropped to just six percent last year now on to the currency market and what we're seeing there is that euro is not managing to sustain that rally we saw last friday the euro is shedding value against the dollar and the russian ruble is losing to both the dollar figure oh and more on the energy sector b.p. has given up on the idea of joining nord stream. into europe gazprom said the british company is interested in extending than one stream pipeline to britain but congress on daily reports the russian shareholders of t n t b.p. insist the moose would be done only through its russian joint venture and that's

not something that b.p. wants to do right now last year blocked the british company's deal with rosneft saying it violated a cheer holder agreement to exclusively represent b.p. here in russia. and that's the latest from the business desk my colleague. will bring you all the latest in about fifty minutes well we'll be hearing from him in a little bit late for that and will seize it. now coming up shortly now as a united states continues with drone strikes the winograd how effective the weapon is i'll be back with the headlines in just a few moments. culture

is that so much about the taxpayers' money mentoring is a chemise maybe even a lot of people at area view say one man known attacks has surged during the obama presidency proponents of this weapon claim to be a precise safer american. wealthy

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