isco. russia. the syrian a defense minister has been killed in a suicide attack in damascus this according to state t.v. reports as fresh violence flares up in the war torn country. the games in the balance as a private security firm proves incompetent it's now u.s. agents being flown in to man the posts at british airports. and banking giant h.s.b.c. tied to terrorist cash as washington reports the lender's money laundering helped saudi arabian group finance terror.

it was a pleasure to have you with us here on our t.v. today i'm live in moscow syria's defense minister has just been killed in an attack in damascus state television said that a suicide blast a targeted a security building in the capital a number of government officials were also seriously wounded the attack comes amid reports of continued and renewed fighting in various parts of the city let's not get the latest noughties are. joining us live on the line from damascus maria this is rory in the studio i know you're there in the syrian capital can you give us details of exactly what happened. but tragic news all period people have come up with one thing and ministers have been killed in suicide bombing and we first heard that from human speech on television on t.v. sources close to the syrian government he in syria concerned that as well and other local media. are going to die in that.

president bush in a rather low earlier street television conference by former had attacked the national security building did not at the time when there was a meeting how that's all cabinet ministers and senior security of course on such an awesome defense minister and deputy defense minister and some other high ranking officials have also been killed and many are. according to one local newspaper glasses also. a big number of billion. turn. your position syrian observatory for human rights. and i think explosion and other positions local college a nation. of law it's all right we do apologize here and i'm sure to show you in moscow we've been having we've been having a very tough time establishing a solid connection that was auntie's marie phenomena in the syrian capital of

course we're talking about this massive explosion at a security building in damascus and reports reports of the defense minister being killed in the blast are right now trying to establish the connection with our correspondent for national marie i don't know if you can still hear me i do hope you can would you please continue and carry on where you left off. a lot about. this this just won't quite do it i do apologize and thank you very much for your patience here on see that a connection will have to be fortified or we'll get to work on that for you that was artie's more information now amid the major spike in violence in syria and deep international divisions on how to curb the conflict there the prime minister of neighboring turkey is right here in the russian capital for talks moscow and ankara have opposing views on how to resolve the crisis which is very much reflected in the u.n. which votes later today on just what to do now to sean thomas reports. prime

minister erdogan is meeting with russian president vladimir putin to discuss syria the two countries are allies but this is one area where the two countries disagree turkey they're calling for assad to step down and for regime change syria has said that turkey has become a hotbed of terrorism and of course tensions have not been great between the country since june twenty second where syria shot down a turkish airplane now russia's stance on the situation is that they are wanting to promote dialogue they are opposed to sanctions of any kind against syria and they also don't want any kind of foreign military intervention and this might be one of the reasons why earth began is here today to try and make one last ditch attempt to sway russia to the side of the international community in one of the sections of the security council resolution that is on the table is a clause that allows for military intervention as a last resort this is something that russia strongly opposes kofi annan was here

this week wrapping up a two day visit his second trip to the country on the topic of syria so russia a hot bed of diplomacy a central hub for talks on the subject but right now that main sticking point is russia does not want to see boots on the ground or foreign military intervention in syria. thomas reporting that now with a security failing in the upcoming london olympics the u.s. is taking matters into its own hands washington is sending its own engines into over to the u.k. the shamed private security firm g four s. finally finally found out that it did not train enough stuff i mean all the latest polls show that almost half of britons feel the country is poorly prepared for the game laura smith us this report. as athletes and get start to arrive here at heathrow airport for london's olympic games they'll be met by all the usual sites including loans that immigration as u.k.

border officials struggle to cope with the sheer numbers involved but it won't be just u.k. officials come across some may be surprised to see american agents operating on british soil the u.s. transport administration or dorothy has reportedly been allowed to bring in agent in a move aimed at helping british authorities to secure american flights in and out of the u.k. the agents apparently won't be allowed past boarding gates or on to u.k. aircraft but them if presidents could prove controversial in the u.s. they've been accused of performing intrusive pat down it's just the latest confession that britain's been forced to make to the u.s. which doesn't believe the olympic host has done enough to ensure the security of the games the american team will reportedly bring with it five hundred f.b.i. agents to protect its athletes and diplomats plus five hundred security dogs

all of whom will be racing on british soil raising questions about still pretty american on the follows a catalogue of failures on behalf of the security company that won the contract for the games g four s. . it's admitted it couldn't provide the number of security staff it had promised that meant that three and a half thousand soldiers and hundreds of police have had to be drafted in at the very last minute to plug the story will. get a much more top story for you here on a massive explosion in the syrian capital targeting a security building as we understand it from state television killed that of the syrian defense minister our correspondent is there in the syrian capital to bring us up to date now we had a few issues a few moments ago with the signal maria i trust you can hear us now massive explosion in the capital can you give us more details please. yes indeed it's been

a massive explosion in the center of damascus and this far as we know defense minister of the country have been killed in a three five bombing that we first heard from here in state run television but our tank so says he can hear it close to the syrian government had just confirmed that as well the model local media also reporting that that pretty defense minister has also died in the attack president bashar assad's brother lol well as we can understand of course this is a very tragic news for all syrian people in the cold so the first very big alten close for the syrian regime we know few details about exactly what happened but earliest a t.v. has reported that a suicide bohlmann had attacked the national security building and the mask is in the very center of the capital at the time when there was a meeting house that all the cabinet ministers and senior security official reports are the departure from defense minister and deputy defense minister some other

officials have been killed and many many others here in the mainland according to one local newspaper that last has also caused serious damages and killed a big number of civilians this information is yet to be confirmed we haven't got any official comment on this incident yet the opposition syrian observatory for human rights has said it was an intense explosion and a number of positions were local college a nation committee has it is also commented saying that to loud explosion and heavy gunfire echoed through the city so we have we can understand how big it was her nest was the blast comes as the capital has seen falls for a day of clashes between government vulturous and grab old scores trying to bring down the regime by force the fighting has taken place in the least five neighborhoods not central but to the chain really not far from the city center here in damascus all in the southern part of the capital and the heaviest. clashes have

reportedly been taking place in an area known as me down today a free syrian army has announced that making a holding area while earlier the government has been reporting and bollards are huge success of the operation that in these areas so we're receiving conflicting reports about who is we need and how successful both sides are free syrian army earlier has. the what's going to last as the final battle for the sons of bastille stole the capital while syrian officials have dismissed claims that the rebels have launched a major offensive the major alteration in damascus so we can see the sides of course and trying to show what's going on as as we expose they are we in and as if they are gaining power but what is absent sixteen is the position the position has achieved to spread panic and fear and now we've the sense minister

and other high ranking officials killed him a suicide almost cost we can on this time of the regime is. if we get more and more difficult for the regime to control the situation in the very heart of this. area and the latest the latest reports we have to maria suggest that at least six people including that of the syrian defense minister have been killed in this massive explosion at a security building in the heart of the syrian capital artie's more information i know you'll stay safe we'll speak to you soon thank you. you're watching our three live from moscow israel's facing fresh political turmoil after the largest party in the country's parliament quit the coalition government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu that agreement was over the drafting of ultra-orthodox jews to the army comes at a sensitive time for the israeli government policies paula sleep explains. at the current moment the status quo is such that religious jews do not serve in the idea

of compared to the majority of secular israelis who serve at least two to three years now when the kadima party joined the netanyahu government a little more than two months ago it's running paul at the time was that it was going to put an end to this exemption that the two sides had failed to reach agreement over the drafting of new legislation it could trigger the withdrawal of other political parties it makes in this one yahoo that much more vulnerable to pressure from the far right wing political groups in this and the religious parties and at the same time it also no longer allows him to claim that he presides over a government of national unity because he certainly doesn't it is making him that much more weak at both domestically and internationally and it comes at a time when israel is trying to deal with its worsening public image in light of a number of issues not least of all the social protest this past weekend that saw an israeli city himself on fire and this has provoked anger and frustration

throughout the country certainly also in the international community is the possibility that the government might have to go for early elections the question being asked is why did not only are not foreseen this development and if indeed he did why did he choose to ignore it because it comes at such a vulnerable time it comes at a time when the country is having to deal with very unstable neighbors who are going through their own political applicable and also with the whole question of the rand the question of whether or not israel will strike you rand is still very much looming over the reputation of the sky vermont policy our team tel aviv. is a policy reporting there will be more of the divisions are plaguing israel just go to dot com here's what also you'll find on the website are right now about the public. around the country it's almost complete with

nations. but the result could be expect those details of. the official.

video. today so the. h.s.b.c. stands accused of allowing money to flow to terrorists a u.s. government report is accused of. ignoring sanctions. organizations of terrorism. but he says people. i think this proves what many people have said all along that it is saudi arabia which is the main export are of radical of this religious extremism of the radical

elements and i think how they handle it it just explains what underwater guys under what guys we're talking about what sort of terrorist groups are we talking about here while we're talking about you know for example the extremism of those people who are now for example of causing violence in syria those who were sent to chechnya are the pay people of groups it was pakistan even our car there as well we have to have to say here that some elements of the royal firmly who also have their contacts contributed as well to our car that but more importantly i think that this report. that sheds light on the. alliance between the saudi family the saudi royal family and some western countries what this will do with it will put more pressure on the western governments to try and change their policy here now of course saudi arabia is considered to be an ally for how long could this continue in many people are speculating that maybe the western governments might

reconsider might soon reconsider their alliance and why it was all you're right would they be doing that first of all because we have the uprisings currently happening which puts more pressure on the on the u.s. government on the british government the saudi arabia until now hasn't taken any steps towards political reform and the other reason is that saudi arabia when it becomes more known that saudi arabia is the main source of this extreme islam that will lead to a popular vigilance for example in the u.s. in countries like britain i believe that this report and more similar developments would put more pressure on the on the u.s. and all of these western countries. and this is r t just a moment on the world update for now though it was once known as the land of opportunity where you could literally turn a rags to riches but today's economic hardships have brought the american dream grinding to a halt and leaving many people with little chance of making

a decent living artie's marina portnoy reports early on likely story of this american. there has never been anything. about help. hope has always been central to the national myth known as the american dream problem is today's harsh reality of economic inequality leaves the promised land offering less opportunity for a better life depending on who you are and what your objectives are and what your resources are america may not be the best choice anymore according to reports germany canada and the scandinavian countries all have better social mobility than the us this means citizens living in those nations have a greater chance of increasing their income and status through hard work everyone in the countries you mention have systems that are focused on giving people maximum opportunity education mostly free in those societies medical care generally

available and free childcare generally available and free when you add up all those conditions you're facilitating every person's ability to find a career to get an education to get the skill training that will allow them to do better than they are in their parents' generation america's current landscape is a bit different for the first time since the great depression american men are earning less than their fathers did. not more than fifty percent of recent us college graduates are unemployed or working low wage jobs this as the an affordable cost of higher education in america has produced a national student debt bubble topping one trillion dollars teachers meanwhile are among the seven hundred thousand federal and state public workers who have reportedly been laid off since the crisis hit the u.s. a country where sixteen million are reported to be without full time jobs and

approximately fifty million people are living without medical insurance now we've reached a point where the middle class is shrinking. and sighs and what is growing is the distinction between the people who have the american dream the people who don't and the people who will never get it as millions of americans are sliding down the economic ladder median household income has it moved up in more than a decade americans are making less now than when bill clinton was in the white house while the top one percent have nearly tripled their fortune since the eighty's we have a. deeper pool of poor people than ever before and unlike before experts say it's more likely that more americans will remain in familiar waters we're not growing we haven't grown in this economy in a significant way for almost six or seven years now and so there isn't the expansion in the company that means we need to hire forty more people we don't have

that we're laying off everywhere we're cutting back everywhere. also being slashed is the muscle behind america's libor force over the decades the number of u.s. unions has declined those left standing are being stripped of bargaining rights and existing benefits the elevator for people at the bottom to get up in out we're trade unions and once america went on the warpath against trade unions and the realization of kind of went along with it that that blocked the paths for low income people to get decent jobs i stagnate reality american dreamers are now forced to reckon with marina point nine r.t. new york. just a couple of minutes as the business with marina cost of a finale of the world update starts with afghanistan it's almost two dozen major supply trucks destroyed in a bomb attack there devices planted on a fuel tank a death in a sitting golfing others nearby the vehicles were transporting fuel into the

country from neighboring uzbekistan but it comes off to pakistan lifted a blockade on nato so. routes into afghanistan in a move that ultimately provoked anger all across the country. the final results in libya's election have now been confirmed an islamic coalition led by water and prime minister mahmoud jibril has won thirty nine out of eighty seats available by the muslim brotherhood gained just seventeen now while the while the west sees the election as broadly liberal journalist patrick hayes believes there's not much for the libyan people to be celebrating. were it not for nato intervention last year i think these elections should really have been something to celebrate the election itself has been administered by the national transitional council which was effectively cherry picked by the west rather that than actually selected by the libyan people it's an unelected body and there have been a lot of disagreements has been

a lot of protests over the past nine ten months by the libyan people who are unhappy with the lack of transparency from this government's their own happy with the fact that the transitional council does not represent their views or the people that they want to be in power. and you can watch of the full interview with patrick hayes in just over an hour's time here on r.t. . for this years a study by the anti business section it's been a slow trading day for the markets any particular areas that investors are right now focusing on it's been so slow that almost missed this. well basically we have investors focusing on the earnings reports at least we have that for today otherwise it would have been very very silent that's for sure that will start with the euro which is the one trading right now and the numbers there again as i said a lackluster performance if we take a look at the latest figures we'll see that were not seen any major moves at the

moment when it comes to the floats it's adding just an option you can even call it the german dax is also flat we had the post of earnings report from credit suisse ericsson analyst expectations that moving on to russia here my side slipped into negative territory last hour and it's still there as you can see the r.t.s. is still managing to post some gains are hanging on to the optimism that's the remaining of course wall street had a strong performance overnight does this by comments made by u.s. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke meet with the u.s. in calling the moon is basically stagnating and also that the reduction in the unemployment rate will be frustratingly slow not encouraging just about hope remains and that's what we saw on wall street that if we take a look at some individual movers on the mindset of some particular roles that is now adding points or more percent in their gas from the last is adding just the notion that when i buy gas will force gas for the next i should say satisfied to expense or all brainy and then we have

a spur of the biggest lender here and rush on the side of point three percent and the fact that made it to among the biggest lenders in the world that i would have more details about to begin what happened that we have to i say should we can see on the graph there it's the seventeenth place and that was all made by the us newspaper here in russia the writing is told by the industrial and commercial bank of china which is worth over two hundred. million dollars and of course the skull is a not so the seven see if they wanted to be in the top ten by two thousand and fourteen of this it needs to boost its market cap by around a quarter and of course some that always has a nice effect on the russian economy is only also let's take a look at food prices they are heading lower lightspeed is setting at eighty eight dollars and seventy four size the prime blend slowly approaching one hundred four dollars per barrel and the crude prices i have slipped fall there's seven with five that's in the concerns over china's economy that it's slowing down and there speculation credible fuel demand now if we move on and take

a look at currency news and what's happening with the russian ruble this hour it started off meds then it was game then and now it's still game against the main currencies when it comes to the euro the same takes as we've been seen all day it's receiving advance of the dollar in fact is trading around senior lowers against the boom in bad and as you're about to see on the graph there there we have it basically what we have is that how many kinds was hit hard naturally by the eurozone that problems and concerns over the future of the nie and then the latest report in fact that one of the main foreign exchange speculators that saxo bank and says european authorities are hardly helping to stabilize the situation and it seems tome barton discussed this issue with the head of the bank's f.x. strategy and the hard it was that the us and. the only way the year is going to stay together two things need to happen first dream is to become more involved before we can be more generous that is going to be so far in the equation and as well we need to see a restructuring of the debt is too much the periphery we can't keep the stand alone

and the current solution is that germany is offering saving austerity that is not the way a solution is no way to save our way and solution it requires that somebody takes a loss and the debt is written off to a certain extent to allow it to be sustainable if you talk to the electorate and they want to hear from bankers too they don't just want a church do you say to them. fight the system you've been badly mistreated by bankers by people like yourself or do you turn around and say to them you have to shut up now stop protesting all have to realize as a society that it's not about throwing one party out and bringing another party and it's about realizing this loss has to be taken your pension is not worth as much as you think it is because some of this needs to be written down so that realization that is an important step towards towards real change towards a restructuring taking a loss realizing that the upfront pain is actually better because it creates a sustainable system going forward so painful reform is now unneeded and the past

has to be gone through there's no way to escape it although it may be too late to go on exactly unfortunately the longer it goes on the bigger the system or that the pile of dead builds up so it becomes more painful in the long run it's better to take the hit now rather than later and that you is going to be the first place to take the hit because of its fragile political fiscal framework. next hour your favorite business presenter will take over that's katie pilbeam i heard about that so i get a lovely cigarettes flavor that's ok with you tomorrow cheers here in. the back in a second with the headlines and crosstalk.

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