regime change versus a peaceful resolution in syria the opposition is getting ready for some tough talking in moscow. summit bridge zelda lee could soon be abandoned as the government considers taking away free medicine and transport. that double dip recession in the k. has left many struggling to survive with soaring at the polls coming is a time where wages and benefits of being cut left right and center. as greek finances deteriorate it's the country's nationalists that are reaping the benefits of chaos with race hate crimes on the rise.

and am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie tough negotiations are expected in moscow between the main syrian opposition alliance and russia's top diplomat the syrian national council hopes to persuade foreign minister sergey lavrov that russia should help them oust president bashar asad and moscow wants to hear whether rebel forces are committed to a peaceful solution well let's get more on this now from lucy kauffman a. well lucy on the surface it looks like the sides have little common ground but what can we actually expect. well the answer to your question unfortunately lies within the question that sells there are very few common grounds for the new sides here as these talks are set to kick off with the head of the syrian national council set to meet personally with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov we do know the one common. brown's starting point for these talks is that all sides

agree that there needs to be some sort of a political transition in syria given the fact that after sixteen months of violence it does not really look like that situation is getting any better however the major division at hand here is over the role the president harsh are all asado if any should play in these transitions now based on the what we've heard from the syrian national council opposition members to arrived in moscow yesterday and had a press conference with the borders they sort of dug in their heels on their initial negotiating starting position and there precondition for negotiations in fact is that president bashar al assad of syria has to step down before any sort of a political solution is agreed upon now this of course lies in stark contrast to the deal that was put forward and discussed by international powers in geneva last month where the operating procedure was supposed to be for syrian people to get

together the different factions in syria to get together and try to sort out what kind of are arrangements could possibly take place and so it really does put these talks today in a difficult position when one side comes to the table saying we want an option we want the removal of assad before it's often take place where the real goal of of these meetings are really supposed to be how to put the talks forward it's it's quite a difficult situation it's on likely at least based on what we've seen so far that the rebel opposition groups are likely to change that stance unless some sort of a miracle happens in the next few hours also another interesting player in this is iran of course as we know u.n. envoy coffee on his visit in the country and. iran the as before cost some controversy here so western countries are against the idea of involving iran and being a part of the peace process as kofi annan was saying so what does the opposition saying in this regard. not

a positive development in that regard either unfortunately what we heard from the syrian national council representative yesterday was essentially that they've they see iran as having lost any credibility any ability to sway influence over these discussions they accuse the arabians of essential assisting the assad government of being equally responsible in the crimes perpetuated by the assad government that was in the words of the syrian national council delegate yesterday perhaps had iran been involved in these negotiations earlier and on sort of at the last minute when the talks are really coming to a crucial point perhaps that that sort of influence and diplomacy could have been salvaged but considering how late they're being brought into these discussions by the international community it really doesn't look like they're going to be able to hold that much sway over these talks at this point in time. all right lizzie thanks very much indeed for bringing us this is a coffin of reporting there. a political riot or an activist sara

flounders as violence will only stop before in support of the rebel stops first. if the syrian opposition was no longer funded by the u.s. by saudi arabia and the arab league countries by nato in order to really form a criminal conspiracy against the government their participation in genuine talks would be a step forward if they were at the same time seeking an all out destabilization of the country by flooding it with weapons with marson ari's and without some destruction when you look at the very creation of the friends of syria which is really an effort an all out effort orchestrated regime change coming from the west against the government of syria. actually criminal act but no matter where you look at it in any international law the support for

a group of pirates and mercenaries to. tear down a government and then that's treated as something that's a legitimate and demand that other countries around the world go along with it with this criminal effort regime change i think it's extremely extremely dangerous. batter off british pensioners could soon lose their free prescriptions boss passes and winter fuel payments a close ally of the prime minister has proposed making benefits dependent on wealth from twenty fifteen they both believe london should only support spending that increases competitiveness but not everyone agrees for reports. it's no fun being in the midst of a double dip recession in the hay with soaring costs in almost every area of daily life that's a time when ages and benefits of being cut right and center affecting people from pretty much every walk of life if you want to the pensioners in the case the sun

things could. get even worse with calls for some the pension is to lose their benefits t.v. licenses a winter fuel payment free bus passes all the states to go to some of. you think it's a very. controversial call comes from conservative m.p. nick bowles. of prime minister david cameron the same prime minister you are a member he promised in his twenty ten campaign to retain the benefit of this latest school is seen as yet another sign that cutting universal benefits some of the better off pension is in the u.k. is going to be a key point of a government wide spending review next year it's a good example of politicians keeping their.

politicians should keep their promises now this new clear idea of exactly what a better off pension how that would be to find something that could come down to the tax threshold clearly people claiming benefits title to them was an argument for god to reduce benefits. but announcing tax cuts on some of the elderly could be a big political gamble not least because the election turnout is highest among persons twelve million elderly and the. so you could be back to would argue as well that they deserve better having spent their life paying for the insurance and taxes well so first reported their watching r.t. and still to come this hour america and asia don't mention the war hillary clinton

makes a historic stop in laos the most bombed country in the world. and bahrain may be a vocal supporter of regime change in syria that hasn't started cracking down on its own anti-government protesters all the details just a few minutes. violent clashes have shaken the city of a green e.o. in western greece supporters of the far right golden dawn party fought with honor kiss leaving cars and shop windows smashed and one person injured golden dawn's influence is rising again around seven percent of the vote in the recent general election r.t. is jake agree takes a look at a phobia in today's greece. well round a country crumbles some parts of greece seeing firm foundations take root. in that we want a nationalistic state to go back to where they came from the word of an elected

official as unemployment grows hand in hand with extremist sentiments looking for people to blame for their current plight the golden dawn party has proven to be the prime outlet for public anger. if you ask me about violence i would have to say yes we do have violence increase but not the violence you're suggesting it is the violence that thousands of jake suffer from those going to foreigners that we have allowed to go in accumulate in our lives. for this racism from the podium and scandals including physically assaulting politicians. the party still secured around seventy percent of the vote in the parliamentary elections. campaigning with a promise to throw all sick in the. out of the hospital beds and incendiary pledge as having dark consequences as greece and in particular athens have seen a spike in the number of hate crimes that have seen almost they at that's the but

that's by organized groups head by by thirteen savary see me that these attacks are happening at night and therefore whatever doesn't integrate by people who are often for dead and armed with clouds. came to greece two years ago fleeing war torn somalia but he's found no peace in athens and i want to wish if i had known what it was going to be like here i would never have left somalia from what happened to you when you're attacked. they beat me to the ground and ran over my leg with a bike. his case is by no means unique the mother of these children was also assaulted while pregnant the perpetrators remain at large as in neighborhoods like this in central athens where an increasing number of attacks are taking place the so-called vigilante groups in disco targeting ethnic minorities. victims say there's little point turn to police but just not interested. greece's immigrant

influx is worse than any other e.u. country is poorest border with turkey that's where ninety percent of all those seeking refuge and to europe and in a country that's circling the drain and nationalist rhetoric is flooding into mainstream politics i think that. the here are the groups minute tartus that insists it's an e.u. wide problem which hardpressed greece ends up paying for twice with a doubling to our agreement what happens is once one illegal immigrant has been caught. you know in another place in europe he's going back to the country that he entered europe and upset that means the end up in greece. pleads for more e.u. support of refugees just keep on coming the danger for them is not the trouble

they're fleeing from the extremism but entering j.q. greece athens. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is on a tour of southeast asia this week hoping to make some friends and some money and on wednesday she'll make the highest profile visit in fifty seven years to a nation suffering the legacy of america's presence in the region is gone and she can has the details. the u.s. secretary of state is on a busy eight nation tour in asia it's seen as part of the obama administration's asia pacific pivot policy and for the first time since one thousand nine hundred fifty five a us secretary of state visits laos one of the poorest nations in south asia we still can't get over the dire consequences of the u.s. attacks during the vietnam war even though laos was officially a neutral country at the time between nine hundred sixty seven and nine hundred seventy three the us dropped two hundred sixty million cluster bombs of the missions on it more than was dropped on germany and japan combined during world war

two he was bombed laos so hard that it became the most bombed nation per capita in history and average of one ton of bombs was dropped for every man woman and child in laos now the grave part is that it's not over yet a third of the bombs did not explode and still continue to kill since the end of the war some twenty thousand people have been killed or maimed by those unexploded bombs but not only do the u.s. bombs continue to kill the people of laos they also effectively prevent the farmers from cultivating hundreds of thousands of hectares of fur thailand and it's a very poor country the u.s. has cleaned up only zero point three percent of the land it contaminated washington is that considering a long term commitment to spend ten million dollars a year to clean up laos from those unexploded american bombs it was estimated at that rate it will take over a thousand years for laos to be decontaminated about why ten million why not more i

spoke with author and activist fred brafman take a listen moving a hundred two million dollars on the members was only two million dollars so i'm saving people's will and use the media to. use them to see your solutions and walls you know we give them the only thing that. they don't regard lotion people as human beings all they don't hate him we have nothing against them but. they just are good to. tell us in the merkin i very often hear poll question is what both parties including secretary clinton talking about personal responsibility taking responsibility for your actions but that's something that leaders look shoot to their people they themselves take no responsibility whatsoever for their well and killed no actions and as mr brafman many note

generous the u.s. is one spending tool bomb countries and how frugal it proves to be when it comes to cleaning up the mess in washington i'm going to check on. all our stories and much more are in line for you here's a taste of what else we've got to offer the white house can now legally eavesdrop on private conversations as president obama quietly. things and order allowing him full control in the name of national security. last than a week after a controversial anti-piracy bill was defeated in the european parliament internet freedom activists now have a new battle brewing lawmakers could be trying to drag the treaty through the back door find out more at our key dot com. bahrain's a vocal critic of the syrian regime but is now itself trying to silence dissent human rights activist has been jailed for three months for criticizing the prime minister on twitter and

a prominent islamic party was banned over its row and government protests author and academic concow al says this makes a mockery of bahrain stand on syria. it's blown to the regime it shows the weakness of the regime it shows that the al khalifa are continuing to be very scared of this pro-democracy opposition that is supported by all with three quarters of the population that is out on the streets on a daily basis manning democracy demanding their rights and the regime is banning. which is a political party that has a long history in bahrain. a respectable party and they want a republic they want a democracy and. that is why they're being targeted here they're firing tear gas canisters. that are injuring many of the protesters and killing some of the

older people just in the protest because this is deadly to. and of course the tortures continue to jail and continue. and how areas to many observers of international politics that the so-called friends of syria are being backed by the most autocratic monarch in the world saudi arabia. bahrain regimes that have no history of democracy at all. so why do this free syrian army bunch of mercenaries have no legitimacy. emergency workers have and did rescue efforts in russia's southern cross the da region which was ravaged by heavy floods last friday revised figures suggest one hundred sixty two people were killed some thirty thousand people have lost their homes in the disaster and were building the affected towns is now the main priority

of the first emergency workers need to drain the water still in the lower areas sorties have set up shelters and hospitals while aid is pouring in from across the country people are sending in basic necessities while volunteer workers travel to the area to help rebuild. watching aren't you live from moscow us now take a look at some of the stories from around the world and is your first thousand have gatherers on the iconic square to protest against the top court's decision to block the president's order to restore parliament demonstrators call the decision illegitimate and accuse the military council of not handing power back to the country's just live body was dissolved last month by the military which later to control saying manny lawmakers were fraudulent we elected. hundreds of fisherman have clashed with police in northern chile over a new law that has traders burned tires and threw stones at officers who responded

with water cannons and tear gas protesters say the legislation restricts their fishing quotas but increases those for large scale companies they're also angry about rising fuel prices. spanish coal miners angry at huge government cutbacks have been joined by sounds of supporters in a protest rally and madrid a much bigger demonstration is scheduled for wednesday it comes as the eurozone agreed a broad outline of a bank bailout package for spain offering an immediate thirty billion euro by the end of the months. some u.s. states struggling with a tough economy have come up with a solution and blackjack they want to offer more drinking and gambling to fill the coffers but as it is liz wahl reports that may cause more trouble had. lost vegas the brake lights entice an influx of people looking for a good time. but if some cities and states across the country get their way what

happens in vegas won't stay in vegas struggling to raise revenue and close the deficit some governments want to bring a piece of sin city home and marilyn marilyn lai recently opened its doors more than three football fields long the. massive adult playground is welcomed by some great employers put a lot of people to work great tax revenue great entertainment venue i think it's going to be a real plus for the area but despised by others it brings a lot more people in gambling i don't know how great that is for like the kid in the mall isn't really a family place now. and on the d.c. maryland border lies a national harbor a picture arrested development along the water. a proposed because you know would bring vegas to the potomac it's really nice here and in vegas they i mean even on the streets they hand you cards for prostitution what impact that would have environmentally on this area because you don't have to push out neighborhoods in

order to build it. and beyond gambling cities and states across the country are banking on booze. here in d.c. the mayor wants to extend bar hours so they can keep those drinks flowing later into the night. it would take effect in october and bring in over five million dollars in two thousand and thirteen it's a short term gain for a big long term loss dr david jernigan warns of the dangers of encouraging people to drink up he says when alcohol consumption goes up so do alcohol related problems things like hospital room emergency emergency room admissions that's a more sensitive indicator interesting lee liver cirrhosis tests are fairly sensitive to changes in availability and it's not just d.c. from connecticut but bill clears the way for package store sales and beer sales at supermarkets every day of the year except thanksgiving christmas and new years to

georgia supporters say the sunday cereal could bring in millions of dollars in additional tax revenue since the recession sparked in two thousand and eight dozens of cities and states have eased liquor laws as a way to balance their budgets some say the answer instead. it's taxes whether it's taxing booze the best way is to raise an alcohol tax in this country alcohol taxes do not keep up with inflation they are flat taxes based on the volume of the beverage or taxing the rich think. the tax tax hike for the super rich wouldn't be bad because i'm not super rich but you know i think that would probably be a better idea well america during the government. and drinking away our sorrows may bring in the revenue of cities and states across the country so desperately needs in washington let's watch our team. right switching gears now and going straight to

the world of business with any of the morning to you while we're hearing that america's long term rating remains negative that's right marina but fitch confirmed the state's aaa rating so i think risks in the financial sector the ratings agency did the weak recovery reflects a stabilizing economy rather than falling growth so the u.s. economy will accelerate next year and expand an average of two percent he was polluted and still called to agree though on how to reduce the deficit. over tight policies. because asian stocks all trading lower trucking wall street losses among leading decliners in hong kong focused names on the pressure in tokyo you know the news china is fuel prices for the third month in a row tumbling four percent is hope to boost fuel consumption and the slowing economy moving also cool inflation which is already a salute to the lowest level in two years to the profit warning from u.s.

companies compounded worries the sluggish world is caught in the east taking its toll on six separate declines in the office trading modestly lower for most of the european stock markets will follow on tuesday all the eurozone finance ministers the. to release the first thirty billion euro bailout funds for spain's troubled lenders by the end of july ruble stronger against both major currencies on tuesday due to home prices and the euro's trading floats against the greenback this hour oprah says they're in a rebound after taking a lot of hit on tuesday as some reports that china has imported list crude for last month markets they closed higher on tuesday on those stronger crude prices energy majors moving the index file with extra boost coming from the session in europe and europe today really would have more next all right daniel thanks very much indeed for this update all right looking forward to the next one next hour in the meantime here in our view there is plenty more coming your way and including one of our

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