flashpoints of fighting between rebels and government troops spread all across the syrian capital showdown looms at the u.n. over a draft resolution that could allow for intervention. the german parliament is set to decide whether to hand over a massive bailout to spain's battered banks but putting her reputation on the line by trying to convince m.p.'s to back the rescue. plus the b.b.c. is guy by a court order preventing it from airing a documentary about last summer's riots.

worldwide news live from moscow this is are with me wrong. some of the bloodiest hours of the conflict in syria that's how both the government and rebels dubbed the period following yesterday's deadly bombing in damascus the attack wiped out three top members of bashar assad's government including that of the defense minister it coincided with intensifying clashes in the capital and across the country as well which killed over one hundred fifty that's according to the latest reports now the whereabouts of president assad who has not made any public appearances since the explosion remains unknown some even suggesting he's fled damascus our correspondent is right there in the. news about the last has come at a very tough time for the syrian capital in the last four days damascus has been seen for what the opposition and free syrian army have dubbed the final battle for damascus that is size of battle for the syrian capital shootings have been heard in

very different parts of the syrian capital we've also seen black smoke drifting over the city skyline and we've also been hearing helicopters not the. flying over one of the oldest continuously inhabited capitals in the world but also firing we can see some smoke even now in actually many different neighborhoods of damascus many countries have closed their embassies here in syria had half withdrawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this is the building of american embassy tallon embassies these embassies have also suspended their work overseas companies have also have created their staff foreigners no longer feel safe here in the syrian capital and they have fled but ordinary syrians don't have the same choice the world has come to their door and they have nowhere to run and they're trying to organize their everyday life waiting for this nightmare to end one of the most important rule these days in the syrian capital is not to go to the cities troubled areas where the clashes between the rebels and the army still continue and the names of these neighborhoods are very

well known to everybody here might have been then. no i won't take you to my derm it's too dangerous but damascus is a very big city with a population of around two million people maybe these days even more with all displaced families from homes and other at the center of the uprising from all across the country shelter now here in the capital and in some neighborhoods you can see pictures that you don't at all expect to see in the capital of a country and gulf war or like this family alone picnics really very peaceful pictures so one can flick has been raging for seventeen months already people say they're tired they are exhausted but they also say that life must go on my fortune our tea from damascus in syria. and you can follow maria on her twitter feed stay up to date on exactly what's happening and when in the syrian capital our live

coverage throughout the day feed phenomena underscore our see. there are certain foreign forces are manipulating events in syria to serve their own agendas that's according to british journalist and broadcaster neil clark the whole you know the reason behind your case we create it kind of in question for you and we can meet the it can break it was very close to pulling to create the potential so much it's a lot of hype the fact is it. still has large support multiple is that the most important thing the western powers want what the saudis have to go states who are backing the rebels who is not the what they don't want democracy here at the last thing they want they wanted by the overthrow the regime but we're talking about a wide range of how super very different regions oh what if everything to go to what you know really if they want to go and be replaced by a western puppet the west is quite clear we want to eat one of the libyan scenario where after assad the stock will go be elections and they will have

a pro western government that will be acceptable to saudi arabia and also to israel who has been undermining the coking and peace mission it's not being russia or china it's been the western powers they don't want to see. the escalating violence the u.n. security council is now set to vote on the future of his peace effort in syria a western backed draft resolution calls for the extension of the observer mission to the country which does expire on friday but the text also threatens damascus with measures which could lay upon earth for military intervention it's a scenario that russia has vowed to prevent from new york with more to use marina. as a vote on a u.k. drafted resolution on renewing the u.n. supervision mission in syria now this u.k. drafted resolution is under chapter seven which means that it also calls for the renewal of the u.n. mission in syria for forty five days but it also threatens sanctions against a mask is if the syrian government does not seize the use of heavy weapons and

withdraw from heavy populated areas within ten days as we have been reporting russia has stood firm on saying it will not support any resolution that paves the way for sanctions against syria or anything involving chapter seven of the the u.n. charter under chapter seven many experts say it could also pave the way for a military intervention into syria china has always has also expressed a similar position russia instead has also drafted its own reza new resolution renewing the u.n. mission in syria for another three months if this mission is not renewed that means that the u.n. security council the international community loses any verifiable reporting and verification that is taking place in syria there are three hundred unarmed u.n. officials in syria while they suspended activities in june there is still a presence there that is able to assess the situation on the ground and report back

to the united nations if you lose that mission in syria there would be essentially no kind of objective force to report back to the international community and that could only make the syrian crisis worse. and as the conflict in syria continues it seems the battleground has taken an online it to mention we report on in just a couple of minutes here a click and find long. instructional videos on the best way for syrian combatants to kill their enemies or gaining popularity on the internet to stay with us to learn out who's behind these lethal less so. for now the german parliament will decide on whether to hand over one hundred billion euros worth of rescue cash to spain's ailing banks chancellor angela merkel has been actively lobbying for the transfer hoping to rally enough support for those artes peter all of it now reports an agreement to grant money to the e.u. neighbors certainly will not come easy. german chancellor angela merkel addresses

m.p.'s just behind me to garner their support for further bailout funds for spain's ailing banking sector that without that support that money can't be released from the german treasury now speaking on german television the chancellor seems confident saying that we always get the majority that we meet however there are rumblings of discontent among m.p.'s here in berlin we saw a minority vote against the new bailout fund that minority coming from angola merkel's own center right coalition we've also heard from the opposition social democrats who have told mrs merkel that she shouldn't just rely on their support that she's going to have to make a valid case and prove to them that further bailout money for spain is in the best interests of germany now the heartland for bailout money is the wealthy southern region of bavaria taxpayers and politicians alike one thing most is merkel

to prove that not only is germany giving money to spain in the best interest of the country but also very giving extra tax revenues towards the poorest states in germany is in their best interests that well as it stands at the moment of area paying out the lion's share of money to help keep areas of germany such as right here in berlin afloat so the situation in german internal politics mirroring the situation that we're seeing concerning germany and its role in the future of the eurozone the question has to be asked can mrs merkel make that case that bailout funds all the way forward and her daughter who we spoke with a member of angela merkel's christian democratic union. he said that he's against the spanish bailout he thinks germany is taking excessive risks and stepping outside of its e.u. obligations. i do not vote for the bailout because

i think it's wrong way it's against the rules that we set up for your region for the common currency and now for the first time we're not only bailing out countries what already is against our regulations but also banking institutes in spain and none of them that has to be or that wants to be bailed out is of any relevance for the whole financial system a lot of germans anxious they see that. we are taking more risks and more risks and that at one point our own credibility would be damaged by this you know we we have a large severing dept on our road but i think i'm quite sure that we can handle it our economy is performing good about all those savings policy and all this growth policy will be needed when we then need the money to pay others out this

is against the regulation and legal framework we set up when we erected. the european currency union. and i will bring you more on that you use about that economy in our business bulletin that's in about ten minutes time from now for now though he has some more insight on. digesting the results of the much anticipated foundation so much monastery race is under way. but the reality is that demand was down on the country's foreign policy the best has remained. great prospects to meet new details in fifteen minutes time under the. sun still to come here with me is green always a good report on how opening doors to foreign agricultural corporations almost resulted in a national disaster for india. to entertain and inform the two fundamental reasons people use the internet however when the web is

being used to influence a conflict that has already taken thousands of lives for example in syria. start to ring sarah ferguson to exactly who is driving the trend of deadly online training videos. just a click away and the internet is full of these videos the training guys that are providing dangerous tips that kids see cyber war is taken from their computer screens and given the practical skills to kill the many of these videos that have emerged in the last year or so aimed at the syrian opposition and the syrian rebel forces that are fighting against the syrian regime in the country at the moment but they're easily accessible you have a huge number of views on the huge chief sites where these videos are going up and big questions about the regulation of these videos about why they're allowed to stay out for so long now many of these videos was aimed at the syrian opposition

aren't actually made in syria itself it's all many of them originating from other countries including a lot of them coming from the u.s. and of course that again raises questions about the u.s. is involvement in this type of cyber warfare of course many other countries and many other governments also stand accused of participating in this type of cyber warfare but there are big concerns because over the last couple of years certainly countries like the u.s. and the have identified as one of the main threats in this war on terror is being the lone wolves people who are sat in the privacy of their own home and able to access information that trains and to be able to carry out an attack and say videos like this are of course deeply disturbing was the subversive know how might be aimed at the people fighting inside syria right now of course is just a click away for anyone who wants to log on and have

a look and that raises very very serious questions and has terrifying implications he's reach is far beyond the syrian conflicts. of course you can stay updated on all of our news just by heading to. some of the stories we've got lined up for you there right now for example a sudden explosion rocks russia's republic of. at least one local cleric. also online for you an argument turns into a fight as workers clash with managers at an indian suzuki find out what went wrong that's also on our web site. comes to wiki leaks rescue the internet. on the brink financial.

it's good to have you with us here on our to today just moments away from the world update but for now the number of people killed in the bombing of a bus with israeli tourists in bulgaria it now stands at eight believe the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber who used a fake u.s. id have a look right here this video has just been released showing the suspect on c.c.t.v. before the bombing israel's prime minister netanyahu is blaming iran for the attack claiming that all signs point to that country iranian state t.v. however has rejected the accusations calling them ridiculous about thirty people remain in hospital with injuries in a state of critical condition independent research. says that it's unlikely iran was behind the attack knowing it would only even deeper crisis of diplomacy. we know time yahoo and israel in fact need to play the victim card in order to be

more aggressive and in the past few months few years israel has lost a lot of supporters even here in the united states it's very easy to put the blame i mean iran iran is not a very attractive country to the world and the masses are very happy to accept whatever they're told told by mr netanyahu to me it doesn't make sense that iran would want to carry out this operation and it's very hard to accept this iran would willingly have the world condemn it and cater to the wishes of these really is by providing them with an excuse to attack. the watching our to in the u.k. eight men have been found not guilty of the motor of three people in birmingham during last summer's riots but they've asked to go sions into the violence still ongoing the b.b.c. is planning to fight back against a court order that banned it from airing a documentary about the events a judge forced the broadcaster to shelve the film until further notice the case

schild in a mystery sparking concerns of overzealous censorship as artie's laura smith reports. the bonds program is the two parts to huge draw involving actors reading excerpts from interviews with two hundred seventy people involved in last august's riots in titled the riot in the woods the interviews were originally done for a project aimed at understanding the causes of the disturbances as to why it's been banned this is an extremely opaque and unusual case legally we are not allowed to name the judge who handed down the order the court he was missing in all the case the decision referred to we understand this kind of order is sometimes made in cases of breach of privacy but at the moment there's absolutely no indication what's legislation has been deployed as far as reaction goes the b.b.c. it self doesn't seem to be able to talk about it either just putting out

a statement confirming the cool and that is unable to add anything meanwhile press freedom groups have cooled the move to a big and indicated they feel this is the shit just to remind you that riots broke out loft ogust the sick following the shooting of mock duggan by a police officer in north london they then spread countrywide it's and over the next three days cities across england were terrorized by violence and looting and often since then a lot of studies and programs have been made looking into the causes and it's very unclear why this particular one has school and out of the pool although it does come close to the on the bus rate and also a place to be all in fulton lympics the b.b.c. the lawyers are considering appealing the decision and promise to show you the programme at a later date perhaps only then will it become clear why this highly unusual

decision to ban the programme was made in the first place. and that just a moment we will focus in on the u.k. recession but. and i will start the r.t. world update with egypt's former spy chief and vice president omar suleiman he's just died aged seventy six in the u.s. he was reportedly undergoing medical tests at a hospital in cleveland when his condition took a sudden turn for the worst of the cause of his death is yet to be announced a confidant of egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak so lehmann was due to run for the country's presidency earlier this year but was ultimately disqualified from the race. a senior security officer colonel abdullah al mars i has been killed in a car blast in yemen's port city of eight this is the latest in a series of high profile assassinations in the country's volatile southern region most of the attacks are being blamed on al qaeda linked militant groups which seized power in the region during last year's popular uprising of course that was against the former president ali abdullah saleh. the british prime minister is

in kabul for major trilateral talks with the afghan president and his pakistani counterpart david cameron has warned the taliban that nato states would continue to support the afghan government even after the alliance pulls out in two thousand and fourteen cameron will also meet the pakistani prime minister in an attempt to intensify the country's role in the afghan peace process relations between kabul and islamabad who suffered from distrust mutual blame of the taliban and violence. the green revolution in india opened a new market for international agricultural giants however government efforts to increase crop yields by adopting modern chemicals have forced dozens of farmers to return to their roots. as more. i mean she's sharma is part of a movement of tens of thousands of farmers in india's bread basket turning back to their traditions in organic farming. by adopting organic farming we are not

dependent on anyone we don't have to buy anything from the market as we so sufficient. but it wasn't always that way millions of farmers in india got hooked on chemicals and pesticides during the so-called green revolution a time in the one nine hundred sixty s. when the indian government began importing hybrid seeds to increase crop yields after a major famine this opened the door for several foreign agricultural corporations to sell into this new market the increase in expensive chemicals also brought about a new dependence that varied farmers deep in debt even forcing some to suicide money is going through the book yourself motivation of not put into poker so the problems. are. almost like you would notice the problem of the only real good news in today's

farmers like sharma also noticed that while he had an initial spike in crop yields ultimately his soil was so depleted of its natural nutrients it became infertile and the incidence of cancer due to chemicals in the communities drinking water increased significantly in the years since the green revolution more farmers here in punjab are starting to reclaim their land and stopping the use of chemicals here they say they're not only lowering production costs by keeping their land more sustainable for future generations farmers say they are able to make more money and spend the last without using any chemical pesticides fertilizers and seeds. that the but i don't know got it forming we can conserve the environment. that will be beneficial for the next generation. preassure either r t through india.

or crossing over georges or katie pilgrim good to see you again stick with the story of crops on a star there's a rather big problem there is absolutely rory that's right now what it is those prices for corn and soybeans they've surged to wreck all heights and that solved the worst u.s. drought in the whole of a century and the local officials they have substantially lowered yield prospects across most of the major growing we just saw the prices of the two staple crops have supposed the peaks of the two thousand and seven to two thousand and eight food prices although other staples such as wheat or vice remain. ok let's get on to the european markets and see how they're performing this hour and we're really focusing on the bond auction in spain boring cost dumond was down also disappointment coming from the u.k. as well with retail sales failing to impress the june in may we have not point one

percent but alice we're hoping for growth of no point five percent so we're going to stick with talking about the u.k. as well because it looks like the u.k. will continue to pay for the financial crisis we've used to come and brits will have to tighten their belts to stay afloat now prime minister david cameron has admitted that there's no end in sight for the government's program spending cuts extending it to twenty twenty what's more the i.m.f. believes the u.k. economy will post a not point two percent growth this year which is lower than last year as you can see there on the screen on the national government started at forty percent back in two thousand and eight and it's increasingly got many brits wondering if the coalition is capable of dealing with it some of already expressed concern that these austerity measures will not work but it will end up paying even more in tax to counterbalance a government my parents when that one is going to the currencies and a see how the year is before my hour with that one twenty six you know it's just thoughts a little bit of traction there as to the ruble though it's managing to gain. car is

up against us on the street with a russian x. is the now so managing to get a we have in two thousand come from asia investors are digesting fresh inflation statistics prices are. low and have added four point two percent from the start of the years of optimism. as there are some stocks them a good guess from that is in talks with the tiny south asian nation. of liquefied natural gas lit up one hope is that. it is trading just a fraction lower than just hands of a third of all the news that isn't changing the partnership structure. is raised to believe that you as an individual in europe and business lobby is pushing the idea of raising the income tax write off entrepreneurs and selves are proposing increasing taxes to fifteen percent on high summers in two years or probably russia has a flat income tax rate of thirty percent as you can see is lower than in most developed. market is the bill to hike taxes may look even more during as russia the

cabinet needs cash to fill election pledges no tom bolton has caught up with the partners discuss the issue. for to start off with we'll talk about this proposed tax change it's only two percent thirteen to fifteen percent is it going to make any difference for the budget it will not make a huge difference because russian budget system personal income tax has never played by the little so maybe the pacs collections will increase slightly but the negative effect of introducing this additional charge will completely undermine this additional tax collections but surely russia seems to have a lower tax rate than many comparable countries chile it's time the government started taking more money to give services i would say the push. that we have with russia with the top tax rates that we have another countries and if you look at the fact if tax rates i think russian tax rate is relatively compared. to manufacture

rates in the developed world countries so i wouldn't say that increasing tax rates now will solve any problems it will only damage the investment climate and it will only cause public anger russia was unfortunate you know tourists having a lot of problems collecting taxes has not situation improved. tremendously i would say since the introduction of the pax court back in two thousand and two thousand and one that. russia has improved tremendously and this goes both to the legislation and to the park system and how it's administrative obviously certain problems still exist but someone who has been in this profession for eighteen years i would say that i have seen the evolutionary changes in how tax system works in russia. next hour i'm going to be looking at the biggest of the u.s. markets. just a moment here on the headlines and then it will be a case of from russia with love with a klitschko boxing chops just

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