violence in syria flares up with deep divisions inside the opposition as the u.n. calls all are brought in from abroad. the german chancellor is finding herself cornered on all fronts the euro zone's new rescue fund is being vocally challenged out of home and abroad. and america's hunt for julian assange appears to be continuing while our t.v. is set to bring you the final episode of his interview show. thank you for joining our t.v.

this tuesday with me karen tara eight o'clock here in moscow that despite the latest international peace plan for syria the fighting there is intensifying across the country as well as near damascus the u.n. has urged a halt to weapons supplies from abroad to the warring sides which it says is fueling the violence more from artie's honest us the truth can i new york. the united nations human rights chief briefed security council members on the latest developments on the ground in syria pillai reiterated that both sides of the conflict are continuing receiving weapons which is adding fuel to the fire and escalating the conflict on the ground she also said that both sides have been involved in attacking civilians polite underlines that this conflict should be called called an internal armed conflict because of the involvement of armed groups and not a civil war and importantly she has asked the security council to refer these human rights violations to the international criminal courts and something that was

mentioned an important fact in earlier human rights reports but gone largely unnoticed and underlined again by polite was that anti syrian government forces have been using children on the ground as human shields and this was all presented to the security council this comes on the back of geneva conference that included security council members as well as european and middle eastern leaders where a new peace plan was put in place that basically calls for the syrian people to create a transitional government which would include both the current authorities as well as members of the opposition and the idea that this transitional government is that it should be based on mutual consent in this new peace plan assad's positioning and policing in the conflict is left open and is left for the syrian people good your forty's and the opposition to decide so this is a plan that the entire international community involved in these negotiations has now put in place we did hear kofi annan say that he hopes that this transition

government can be put in place and to begin working by the end of the year and we're going to have to wait and see whether or not this happens but the goal of this government would have to be revising of the syrian constitution as well as new elections but unfortunately experts and the syrian people on the ground are saying that this seems like a perfect. idea on paper implementing it is a lot more complicated and for more details on the reactions on the ground and whether or not this implementation of this new plan is that all realistic let's now go to the report of my colleague maria was on the ground 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 their side 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 only work if assad hands over control of the armed forces and security to the interim government they 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. had been the only those who really want dialogue should be thought of as legitimate opposition and who is that there's a battle of wills the geopolitical interests of big regional players out there

we're sure to see more games being played to sabotage the peace efforts of the syrian people we spoke to welcome to 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 up with. mission once apart from assad to go what else. i mean like jelly 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 both a covert and open support of nations who demanded regime change and backed the rebels with tons of weapons channeled into syria to fuel the conflict. the first thing to do this is take away these arms otherwise on new peace is possible but that can be done quickly too much money has been spent and only too many productive involved. 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 course worried the syrian people should decide what we want for ourselves we knew that already if. they brought foreign terrorists from outside and money it was a conspiracy from the first day. of the game stubs of iowans while foreign countries are financing and supporting the rebels but it seems that no matter how much international game playing there raise it will be syrians themselves who bear the brunt 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. altie from damascus and

syria the geneva peace plan has highlighted the differences within syria's opposition which its factions have been struggling to overcome at a meeting in cairo the arab league called on the group's night even though the free syrian army that's fighting on the ground was not represented some experts say violence must stop before any further steps can be taken but we really need to move away from looking at the rebels who are largely foreign backed. as the only opposition in town there is a dynamic and diverse domestic opposition and i think it's incumbent upon the media and different players to pull out these voices first the government of syria house to ensure the safety of civilians and protect infrastructure before they move on to the next stop i mean you can't rush to the second step without the first so i think there has to be a deescalation of violence inside syria before you can move on what's the point of

having peace talks when there are bombs going off in very. civilians and soldiers getting killed we have to consider first who supporting the violence on the ground and it's still a number of western countries and then a number of arab states particularly in the gulf countries we cannot move forward in this process until that part has been taken care of and it's it's unfortunate that iran and saudi arabia were not including the geneva talks saudi arabia is a major supporter of of arming and supporting the militias inside syria this process and the rhetoric behind it that comes largely from the west house to be unraveled before moving forward. for inside coming up on what elements of a healthy transition are needed to avoid more bloodshed in syria that's in today's interview author and correspondent martin safe wonders however whether such concerns bother the minds of hawks across the atlantic. successful democracies

evolve they cannot be created instantaneously overnight americans have for a hundred years drunk instant coffee you take a little. a little envelope of coffee of powder you poured into a cop you had hot water instant coffee now they believe democracy can be spread the same way you simply take american instant democracy the american blueprint for democracy you impose it on the country you have water pressed so instance democracy the world does not work that way they thought it did with the arab spring but they aren't so the administration and the republicans too as i see it are blind to the terrible dangers but their policies are causing. state and for the full interview with martin save coming up in just about twenty minutes time. the financial solutions hailed at the recent year of some that are

having trouble getting off the ground and the netherlands are on happy with plans to allow the new permanent bailout fund by certain types of bonds directly the new rescue part of the european stability mechanism or the e.c.m. as it's called is also to be challenged in court in germany but opponents saying it violates the country's constitution consultant john hulsman says chancellor angela merkel is finding herself with a little room to maneuver. what's going to happen is that they're going to have to backstop the hundred million million dollar loan to spain which means the german taxpayers will be indirectly responsible and what the court case is about is the court gently telling the private the private the chancellor to slow down because we live in a democracy and if there's any change in liability where power is devolved to brussels and directly the court says that the germans have to consult their parliament and indeed they have to have a referendum the last thing mrs merkel wants is to go to the people on these issues

are obviously giving people money without conditions is not wildly popular mrs merkel has to tread very very carefully and this is the problem she's pressed by outsiders to give more money she's press to mess to clean to give no money and eventually the rock in the hard place are going to lead to an almighty bang part of the problem for her and she's in a terrible position is that she needs to move faster than the glacial pace of the twenty european summit so markets can move money and with a flick of a keyboard millions of dollars so she know she has to go faster but if she goes too fast there isn't due process meaning there isn't time to deliberate over this in parliament and there isn't time then and produce will review in the courts so if she does move too fast she loses the very democratic democratic legitimacy which is vital if she's going to bring germany along with her so she's stuck between a rock and a hard place tax cuts cuts and more cuts and weaker euro zone nations but economically strong germans are also being forced to change their ways normally conservative consumers have been splashing out cars and expensive houses even more so than

before the current crisis. investigates what's pushing the spending spree. best for economy good for business. cross has been selling vintage cars for almost three decades but he says he's never had a better run of trade than in the last year and a half and use of the euro's instability has sold the wills of his business so well there's competition given to become one of his customers. to the gold of the garage you have the markets in your garage and the markets. i think by more than. before the price tags in his collection run from a mere fifty thousand euro to massive three million for the dance. and while in the past the majority of his clients had a real passion for classic wills cross is now dealing with a new kind of buyer those who just want to part of their money to profit this car

is a b.m.w. . only bill two hundred fifty two cars. in two thousand and. five you have to spend for a call like that three hundred fifty thousand euros and today you have to spend a million real estate or jewelry almost all luxury sales are now reporting are. fearful of the euro collapsing. churning that embattled cash in just something they see as more durable it's not like money has always been burning holes in german pockets traditionally the people of this country have been pretty conservative spenders but the average household putting aside eleven percent of the time come what may be europe's future is shrouded in uncertainty more and more german for now buying into the idea that saving is wasting low interest rates combined with increasing inflation made savings accounts and profitable more than a decade ago france here among the bag few believed him the euro crisis is

vindicated here once and for all turning a one's diligent saver into germany's most. vocal advocate of spend spend spend more and more people get. nervous even like the luxury people like rich people know things to they don't believe in the money and come home renovations to expensive medical procedures fear of the possible devaluation is pushing germans into a spending spree and his dental clinic the appointment calendar is already booked for several months i had and the clinics director himself is in no mood to wait and see in addition to a brand new x. ray machine he's just bought a house that he never intends to live in my. work . with people who want to. don't want. him while in other countries this would be taken as

a sign of growing consumer confidence for big banking germans this really is spending for a rainy day kind of artsy reporting from munich in germany. coming up ahead in the program an iranian rebuff to sanction. lawmakers and tough chrono worry oil markets drafting a law that would seek to block the world's busiest oil route the strait of hormuz and. take a trip over into a julian a song presence on our t.v. want certainly has made a world headlines a drop too and well for now that is the final episode of his news making interview show airs this tuesday less time the top of blower talks to malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim about the fight for freedom and the hypocrisy of some world leaders r.t. sarah furthur ports. later on today we're going to watch julian

a silent as he conducts his final interview for his show you this theme running on are now in it he keeps up with his tradition of interviewing formally imprisoned activists political leaders going to see him speaking to. malaysia's bhowmick deputy prime minister and now one of the leading opposition figures in the country faces them have faced persecution that's been politically motivated leading of course to the most sinister criminal allegations disgusting you use this facade democracy democratic elections should be independent. so to be strong in the scheme. i sometimes feel like speaking this way myself. now as a rising internal rival to the former prime minister. and what you face sexual

assault allegations and was imprisoned for five years after being smeared with allegations that you can join the similarities between his case and what's happening with julian assange to close killing the son has never actually been charged with a crime but he is wanted in sweden the questioning the sexual assault allegations now a fountain his legal team has always maintained that they're fighting this legal battle against the extradition because they fear that once in sweden it would be very easy to extradite him. to the u.s. so this particular thing that i'm trying came about as a result of. your. we must have a way to take terrorists from one country to another you know. you must you know the rule of the game enjoy it because. now all this coming at

a time when the u.s. has once again reiterated its calls for a song to be prosecuted for espionage we've heard senator dianne feinstein saying that the wiki leaks founder had compromised america's security she said that the song schools himself a journalist that he's no journalist he's an agitated not very strong language that mixed messages that have been coming from the u.s. with the foreign minister of that country denying the remotest possibility that any case against assad and. that coming as the u.s. justice department has said that the investigation into wiki leaks continues so it doesn't really seem that the u.s. knows exactly what its line on the song should be at the moment so the stakes remaining extremely high here as julian assange remains inside the ecuadorian embassy awaiting that all important decision on whether or not he'll be granted asylum. yes now sarah furthest saying julian assange is refusing to leave ecuador's

embassy before a decision on his fate has been made but the u.s. is still looking to put the whistleblower on trial for spying and for each free speech activists trevor tim says these plans undermine america's constitution and could set a dangerous precedent what the new york times does is actually considered worse than what wiki leaks did because the new york times routinely publishes what is called top secret classified information which is actually the highest classification that u.s. government uses and the only thing wiki leaks has published although they've published hundreds of thousands of documents has been secret and below which is a lower classification and if we leave this punished for this type of behavior the new york times isn't just in much trouble or if or more so now the government has argued that they can go after a government leaders but never have been able to prosecute a private citizen for publishing this information in the public interest and the real problem is that if it if it actually came to fruition then that not only would

wiki leaks and joined us on to be in jail for doing what essentially every other newspaper does but in the future other newspapers who want to publish stories in the public interest the administration would be able to threaten these newspapers prosecution bring them to trial and not only would it stifle free speech in the sense that it could put journalists in jail but it could also bankrupt many media organizations would have to spend millions of dollars defending themselves against what is traditionally a protected. protected by the first amendment and don't forget that the final episode of julian assange has an interview show is set to air on r t today at eleven thirty g.m.t. now course you can find all the previous episodes at assen started dot com. a draft law is in the works in iran that seeks to block shipments of oil through the strait of hormuz to countries that have imposed sanctions on the islamic republic want to iranian m.p. says the action would be in response to europe's oil embargo and the u.s.

penalties against attack iran these measures are aimed at pressuring iran into curbing its controversial nuclear program but the islamic republic says it has no problem selling oil as some large customers like china have been exempted from u.s. sanctions iran has also been stockpiling money and goods to buffer the impact of the measures against the country and abandon researcher and writer soraya poor old rich says tehran is actually trying to fight back at attempts to bring down islamic rule. uganda looking back at the history knows that it has new choice it either goes down or it has to defend itself and i think it will if it's ready to defend itself it has the means and the capability of the politics of all in biogas have been used to devastate the economy and for foreign powers to basically take over the country the pursuit of civilian nuclear program it's simply

a means to an end what washington has in mind is to remove the regime iraq has trying to create with washington with the people i mean one that's one it has even said that he would give up its medical isotopes its twenty percent enriched uranium if iran is supplied with isotopes for its medical research but the war powers not want to come to conclusion reached an agreement so iran is even more convinced that this is just. an excuse for regime change. for more on the stories available whenever you want to write on our website here's some of what else is waiting for you there bikes behind bars and mates at a brazilian prison get the chance to shave time off their sentences by generating electricity through pedal power giving them more of an just light at the end of the tunnel plus. football crazy

a russian club that can afford to sign the most highly paid player on the planet however get him to play at home get the details on big spending ologies misfortune at our team dot com. time now for some more world news in brief this hour libya has freed four members of the international criminal court arrested for weeks ago on suspicion of spying they still have to return to tripoli later this month for a final ruling on their case one of them lawyer taylor was charged with smuggling documents to colonel gadhafi is captured son saif al islam was accused of killing protesters during last year's revolt libya wants to try him himself but the i.c.c. is concerned that he won't get a fair trial there. the british government has ordered a full parliamentary probe of the country's banking sector that comes after the

u.k. is the third largest bank was found guilty of rigging a system of interbank lending rates called the libre market barclays its chairman has quit after the scandal that's all homeowners and businesses over charged for loans during the credit crunch the review will also will run alongside a narrower inquiry specifically into the light for market. ne your court has ordered twitter to release private tweets in the case of an occupy wall street protester activists say the move will violate the privacy of malcolm harris who's charged with disorderly conduct over demonstrations last year the judge insists help personally review the data and release only relevant parts of it to prosecution lawyers paris was arrested in october along with hundreds of others during a march against corporate greed and inequality. the right time now

for business with daniel and it seems russia's top car maker as issues with the steelers across the country lauded as close to the dealership afterwards complains the whole crisis is on the new grant to model without permission the company's shares slid on the news is been a bird few days for lauder which also admitted sales have slumped fourteen percent in the first half of this year no asian shares traded yesterday's post of sentiment in the u.s. but chinese coal makers are under pressure of the mainland city i knew calls to improve traffic wall street should call for news over america's first manufacturing contraction since two thousand and nine. the fed will adopt more easy money policies to boost the economy and the euro strengthening to the dollar this ruble indeed mixed to the currencies monday we'll bring you the latest as soon as trading stocks here remorse go that's only under two hours time profit taking yesterday morning since the more six lower but recovered to where above fourteen hundred

points as you can see there the edging high it was fourteen hundred world and actions that we've been hearing in the news all the wrong of kicked in sending crude higher to tehran plans to stop traders shipping crude through the strait of hormuz to countries supporting saying she was against it so some expect those promises to keep rising and drop today we'll have more for you next hour thanks a lot for that update danielle now coming up in an art sports bulletin world women's tennis number one and russian star maria sharapova exits wimbledon but first a look at this hour's headlines after a very short break. the for. me

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