only. the u.n. calls for a halt on all arms supplies to syria to pave the path for peace and a transitional government. meanwhile here here it no signs of cease fire with clashes between the army and the rebels only escalating more details just ahead. less than a week after it was agreed the euro zone's new bailout fund is already under pressure under challenge from stronger economies and the german court. and america's hunt for julian assange appears to be continuing while archie is set to bring you the final episode of his interview show. in the process of oil goes on tehran retaliation fears as the e.u. sanctions only rolled q.q. or the business just got the twenty votes the oh.

thank you for joining our team this tuesday with me karen tara well 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. as and damascus. situation is very dramatic in syria as president bashar assad has recently sat series now in the real state to go and this is exactly what we see right now on the ground the clashes between the rebels and the syrian army have only been this place in recently and the last several hotspots of the fighting in the central part of syria not far from the city

of palms that northern part of fall from the turkish border on the syrian iraq people but the fear is clashes happening some time into full ten kilometers from where i am right now around damascus in a belt of villages and suburbs that they have been known as opposition strongholds and have been permanent source of trouble since the beginning of the uprising here last march this time u.s. has made it clear both sides of the conflict are equally responsible for raids and weapons supplied to both sides again over this conflict has been escalating needs and also opposed to that further militarization should be avoided and is a very dangerous today is the second day over the opposition weekend in congo and the main idea of this meeting was to unify you know the to gain some trust of the syrian people indeed the opposition since the beginning of the uprising has been harshly criticized for being too fragmented and too fragmented even to be trusted

and they themselves been confirmed that that they hunted they have to unify they have to you know it's to hammer out common vision on this syrian conflict but some of these opposition boycotted this meeting in cairo that the free syrian army members and some independent activist base in syria have criticised this meeting paul and it is a conspiracy and accuse a need for ignoring the question of buffer zones protected by the international community humanitarian corridors and air in boggo and amin all the rebels fighters it's surprising to hear that while u.n. is saying that the weapons being. why use it to. fuel the conflict so it sounds like some of the opposition is now rady to reduce the cost the idea of interim government this latest peace initiative for the meeting in geneva but the reason all of that is the c.e.o. is not ready to give off and just want to talk and only wants to continue.

oxford university middle east academic sharman on wanting it says violence must stop before any further steps can be taken to stabilize syria. we really need to move away from looking at the rebels who are largely foreign backed. as 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 various cities and 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. more insight coming up on what elements of a healthy transition are needed to avoid more bloodshed in syria author and correspondent martin sherriff wonders whether such concerns bother the minds of hawks across the atlantic. a successful democracies evolve they cannot be created instantaneously overnight americans have for a hundred years drunk instant coffee you take a little. a little to envelope of coffee of powder

you pour it into a cop you have 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 in the administration and the republicans too as i see it are blind to the terrible dangerous but their policies are causing. stay tuned for that full interview with martin chef coming up and over an hour's time. the euro zone's latest financial solutions are having trouble getting off the ground finland and the netherlands are unhappy with the plans to allow the new permanent bailout fund barry bonds on the open market the rescue part is also to be challenged in

a court and germany but opponents saying end of violets the country's constitution risk consultant john hulsman says act or angle of merkel is finding herself with little room to maneuver. what's going to happen is that they're going to have to backstop the hundred million dollars 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 prime 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 america 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 pressed to medically 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 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 and parliament and there isn't time then and if you do she'll review in the courts so if she does move too fast she loses the very difficult 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. but it's cuts cuts and more cuts and a weaker euro zone nations while economically strong germans are also being forced to change their ways normally conservative consumers have been splashing out on luxury cars and expensive houses even marcel than before the current crisis arches oksana boycott investigates what's pushing this spending spree. that 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 told the wills of his business so well

there is stiff competition event to become one of his customers. in gold to the gold of the governor you have the markets in your garage and the markets the old cars and i think they buy more than. before the crisis price tags in his collection run from a mere fifteen thousand euro to massive three million for the balance. and while in the past the majority of his clients have a real passion for classic wells which are crosses now dealing with a new kind of buyer those who just want to park their money for profit this car is a b.m.w. . only built two hundred fifty two cars and in two thousand and. five you have to spend for a car 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 an

option as germans fearful of the euro collapsing. turning that embattled cash into 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 but maybe you're a spiritual shrouded in uncertainty more and more germans are 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. but back than few believe the euro crisis 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 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 ahead 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. people want. and while in the other countries this would be taken as a sign of growing consumer confidence for big banking germans this really is standing for a rainy day kind of artsy reporting from munich in germany coming up ahead in the program an iranian rebuff to sanction. filmmakers interpreted worry oil markets by

drought don't all seek to block the world's busiest oil route the strait of hormuz . and the british government continues to trumpet nato as progress in afghanistan as a success despite the mounting death toll of foreign military personnel in the country this year. join us and us presence on our trail which has made world headlines draws to an end for now the final episode of his news making interview airs this tuesday there's time the top us of lower talks to malaysian opposition leader anwar ibrahim about the fight for freedom and the hypocrisy of some world leaders artists or furthur ports. today we're going to watch julie in a silent. his final interview fish a this theme running. now in it he keeps up with his tradition of interviewing formally imprisoned activists political leaders going to see him speaking to.

his moment deputy prime minister and now one of the leading opposition figures in the country faces them have faced persecution this being politically motivated leading of course to the most sinister criminal allegations discussed to you when you use this facade democracy democratic elections due to show the independence. saudia be 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 in malaysia and what you bring home 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 the songs of course kill innocent has never actually

been charged with a crime but he is wanted in sweden for questioning the sexual assault allegations now asuncion his legal team have 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 songe to the u.s. so this particular thing that i'm trapped under came about as a result of. your police department saying 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 but he's no journalist he's an agitated 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 the saw and pull but 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 this line on a song should be at the moment the stakes remaining extreme. the high here as doing the songs remains inside the ecuadorian embassy a way think that all important decision on whether or not he'll be granted asylum. further was just saying julian assange is refusing to leave ecuador's embassy before a decision on his fate has been made he's attempting to avoid being put on trial in the u.s. for spying free speech activist 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 occasion and if we leave this punished for this type of behavior the new york times is in just in much trouble or more so now the government has argued that they can go after the government we should 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 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 papers 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 who have spent millions of dollars defending themselves against what is traditionally a protected. protected by the first amendment now forget that the final episode of china songes interview show is set to air on r t today at eleven thirty g.m.t. of course you can find all the previous episodes at asylum starting dot com. iran has launched several long range missiles that are capable of reaching the persian gulf and military exercises may come as the country's parliament is mulling over a draft law that seeks to block shipments of oil through the strait of hormuz to countries that have been post sanctions on the islamic republic and iranian m.p.'s said any such action would be in response to europe's oil embargo and u.s. penalties against to run those measures are aimed at pressuring iran into curbing

its controversial nuclear. program but the islamic republic says it has no problem selling oil 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 to find a researcher and writer soraya who are all rich says tecton is actually trying to fight back at attempts to bring down islamic law. you ron looking back at this history knows that it has no 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 it all in biogas have been used to devastate the economy and for foreign powers to basically take over the country the dissidents civilian nuclear program it's simply a means to an end what washington has in mind is to remove the regime iraq has

tried to create with washington with the p five n one that's one it has even said that he would give up its medical isotopes its twenty percent enriched uranium if iran can be supplied with isotopes for its medical research but the will powers not want it to come misha conclusion reached an agreement so iran is even more convinced that this is just. an excuse for regime change. more of that story available whenever you want it on our website here's some of what else is waiting for their bikes behind lars. and maids at a brazilian prison get the chance to shave time off their sentences by generating electricity through pedal power giving them more than just a light at the end of the tunnel plus. football crazy a russian choir that can afford to sign the most highly paid player on the planet can however play at home get the details on big spending on g.'s misfortune at r t

dot com. while nato chiefs are optimistic on progress in afghanistan critics believe the war of over a decade has left only chaos and uncertainty behind frequent attacks on foreign troops there continue and while twenty fourteen will see a full handover to local security forces there are growing fears of even more violence afterwards laura smith has the details. it's now a familiar refrain so-called green on blue killings in afghanistan this week saw three more british soldiers killed by an afghan policeman bringing the number of foreign personnel killed in route shootings this year to over twenty britains ministry of defense sees a much rosier picture the recently returned brigadier patrick saunders telling of a helmand province where local forces take more responsibility for security there are fewer taliban attacks more schools and medical centers have been built the

disparity between what the mit is saying and what's actually happening is absolutely glaring one and they seem to be saying everything's ok let's hope for the best it's all good work properly at the same time we see record numbers of western troops now being killed by afghan police and soldiers exactly the people who are supposed to be taking over from them so it isn't working death tolls are rising and perhaps most in. growing in their opposition to the foreign troops former captain patrick berry can well imagine the scene he was deployed to sangin in helmand in two thousand and eight his job to win hearts and minds it didn't work when we deployed there we realized pretty quickly that only about fifty percent of the population actually wanted to sarah because of the tribal dynamics and our contacts. and they're very keen to have us a lot in the area and so it became a lot more violent and we predicted and really want to achieve in the six months

that i was there very little with blood being spilled on a daily basis the so-called security transition roles soon afghan forces will be responsible for seventy five percent of the population by the middle of next year the rest of the country will start being handed over to its own troops and the british to leave altogether by the end of two thousand and fourteen seemingly whatever happens helmand province is relatively calm compared to parts of kandahar where drugs and the taliban still dominate but gains even according to some in the army are reversible particularly if nato soldiers are no longer there to reinforce them if you put in afghan forces into these areas are they actually going from their bases in patrolling and so winning over the population or as the attacks mean to go to they just come back so they control only a small area and what they call like a small lozenge of security and a really confined to the base you know on paper you say you know we hand it over and it looks really good but in reality what's going on it's an interesting

question i personally believe in some of those hotly contested areas i think we're going to have a big a big. problem whatever afghan forces do it's got to be paid for european countries are under pressure from the us to foot a third of the four billion dollar annual bill president karzai says he needs to maintain security of the two thousand and fourteen something austerity ridge in europe will be deeply reluctant to share. full norris myth altie. some more moral news in brief for you now. the chief executive of u.k. is third largest bank barclays has resigned in a deepening scandal over legal interest rate raking bob diamond said he's quitting to limit damage to the organisation which has already lost its chairman homeowners and businesses or overcharged for loans during the credit crunch because the lender was fixing a system of inter-bank lending rates british government has ordered

a full parliamentary inquiry into the country's banking sector and we'll have a market reaction in our business bulletin shortly. libya has freed four members of the international criminal court arrested four 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 a lawyer melinda taylor was charged with smuggling documents to colonel katona fees captured son saif islam was accused of killing protesters during last year's revolt libya wants to try him itself but the i.c.c. is concerned that he won't get a fair trial there. in new york 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 is charged with disorderly conduct over demonstrations last year the judge insists however he will 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. it's business time with daniel and the footsies gaining after bob diamond's resignation in the first few minutes but it's not doing as well as the rest of your books for example which is point two percent in the blood so the food. was just a toy to bill as it is up close at schools if you're so. hundred points but americans still can't get their hands full sun says galaxy tab the job project of its bid to overturn the ban on the i pad rival up in flames the galaxy ten point one violates its patrons for the korean take giant has another chance to get into the u.s. sure it's also filing with the federal appeals court in washington d.c. which has the final say on intellectual property rails he also mentions on iran have kicked in sending crude to hire as we heard earlier in the program tehran plans to stop tankers shipping crude through the strait of hormuz two countries

backing sanctions so some think these prices will rise further asian shares followed yesterday's gains on wall street though but chinese call me shares are skidding after another mainland city caps car sales to work improve traffic and there's that should call for news of the first u.s. manufacturing contraction in the three years since the fed will pump more money into the economy to kick start growth the euro is strengthening to the dollar on the news the ruble has just opened higher to both major currencies here on tuesday . continued yesterday's gains in the opening minutes of the mosaics going further over fourteen hundred points this hour there's a look at individual share movers on the my six most financials high was gaining overhaul of percent energy majors like wells and also supported by stronger crude but carmaker afterbirth is extending some gains it comes off the russia's top carmaker clashing with its dealerships stuff the first complaint hiking prices on

the new laws are granted without permission company's shares slipped on the news it's been a bad few days for afterwards which also admits sales fell fourteen percent this year and europe today we'll have more for you next hour all right thanks for that update danielle. well more own money shortly and on our show which has the wall street elite running for cover that's the kaiser apart but first a recap of our top story this morning.

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