the united nations security council once again postpones a crucial vote on a draft resolution on syria this as the showdown continues looming on the western draft that could eventually lead to intervention. the german parliament has to decide whether to hand over a massive bailouts of spain's banks with angela merkel putting her reputation on

the line by trying to convince m.p.'s to back their rescue. the b.b.c. is gagged by a court order preventing it from airing a documentary about last summer's riots that the country. is a pleasure to have you with us today here on arts. and life in moscow the un security council to determine the future of its peace effort in conflict stricken syria however the voting has just been postponed for the second time in twenty four hours a western backed draft resolution calls for the extension of the observer mission to the country which does expire on friday for the it is now let's cross over to new york speedwalking standing by live good to see you today at the voting at the council was was due to start any second but as we understand it it's been postponed

yet again why the delay. well clearly the postponement of this vote is taking place because the united nations security council remains very much divided on how to handle the situation in syria particularly when it concerns the draft resolution that has been tabled by the u.k. and supported by france the u.s. germany and portugal that draft resolution calls for an extension of the u.n. observer mission in syria for forty five days but it also is also written under chapter seven of the u.n. charter which paves the way for sanctions against the syrian government and possible military intervention this u.k. drafted resolution calls on damascus to seize the use of have been heavy weapons and withdraw from the heavily populated area within ten days if the syrian government does not meet the requirements then the security council would be

allowed to impose sanctions on damascus that is something that russia and china say they do not support they do believe that there is a problem that needs to be addressed with more pressure in syria that was by request of kofi annan the joint envoy by russia and china do not believe that of putting all the pressure on the syrian government and not putting any pressure on the arm rebels with lead to a positive outcome russia on the other hand has proposed and drafted and tabled a resolution to the security council that calls for the extension of the u.n. supervision mission in syria for another three months as you mentioned worry this mission expires on friday and if the mandate is not extended that means the international will not have any observer presence in syria to monitor or mediate this crisis that the world has seen as. well so if they want to come to the.

hopefully or possibly extending the observer mission certainly there's a lot of concern about the possibility all. this chapter seven this article seven if indeed some sort of a draft resolution is is voted on does it have the fine print that allows for some type of military intervention as we all know russia and the us are the leading veto wielding members of the security council g g think at this point there's any sign they're closer to seeing eye to eye on syria. i think that they're trying to see eye to eye they're trying to reach some type of agreement which points the fact that there's been two delays on this vote within twenty four hours we do know that u.s. president barack obama did call russian president vladimir putin just on wednesday to have a discussion a direct discussion about the syrian crisis and this resolution that the security council hopefully will agree on from what has been reported and said the two presidents did agree that there needs to be a lot of political transition in syria they agree that this crisis is getting worse

but what they do not agree on the other measures that need to be taken to address the crisis in syria we do have to remember and remind our viewers that the last time a resolution with chapter seven was used by the u.n. security council that was in the case of libya which led to military intervention there that is something that russia says it will not allow to happen in syria because the united nations can't go around intervening in every single foreign country that is dealing with its own internal problem russia has been a major player trying to mediate the crisis but it seems as though many experts believe that the western countries the leading western countries particularly the security council are taking the position of supporting the armed opposition in syria rather than trying to get both sides to the negotiating table and that's what leaves the security council in this showdown that we're witnessing but in the hours

to prom they are supposed to be scheduling a vote and of course we will be updating our viewers as soon as more information becomes available so in the murder we'll be checking in with you throughout the day here on out to you also use a live in new york thank you. i was staying with a syrian crisis here some of the bloodiest hours of the conflict both the government and rebels dubbed the period following yesterday's deadly bombing in damascus the attack wiped out three members of bashar al assad's government including that of the defense minister it coincided with intensifying the clashes in the capital and across the country which killed over one hundred fifty this according to the latest reports for the meantime the whereabouts of president assad who hasn't made any public public appearances since the explosion he remains unknown some even suggesting he's fled damascus parties somewhere if and has more from the capital. the news about blast 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 also seen black smoke drifting over the city skyline and we've also been hearing helicopters not only 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 one half we've drawn all personnel in this neighborhood alone turkish embassy over the saudi embassy this is the building of american embassy tallon embassies these embassies have all suspended their work overseas companies have also have a creator of their staff foreigners no longer feel safe here in the syrian capital and they have lad 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 city's 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 banned. no you to my dan 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 old 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 the country and golf with 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 are tired they are exhausted but they also say that life must go on may finish not from damascus in syria. but i don't forget to a fall of area on her twitter feed you can stay up to date on what's happening as

the minute passes right there in the syrian capital our live coverage throughout the day via a feed you can find it. underscore. that there's a bit further and discuss the whole syrian conflict with asia times correspondent pepe escobar joining us live from hong kong a pleasure to have you on the program today do you think is to completely locked in a fight to the end i mean all we witnessing a repeat of events in tripoli certainly many around the world are already drawing comparisons between libya and what's happening in syria. it could be even more dramatic effect what's going you know when he's got father part four you know i wish i could pull of was in damascus shooting this whole saying well why is everything is happening in fact that the godfather is dead long own affairs a son the favored son is also dead long time ago in a in a car accident which many think was

a conspiracy and bashar which is not is actually as right as michael corleone it's probably his dying days in fact there's a lot of speculation of course that this might have been a white school i mean a coup inside the leadership including most of the inner circle alawite inner circle because they say they see that assad stays are going so they want to preserve their region so there will be a syrian variation both to mubarak scott what happened in egypt in fact knew what he really knew the f.s.a. the free syrian army they said they did it but they have been lying through their use for months so this is it possible to suddenly and suddenly have if i just jump in for a second over the past over the past twenty four hours you know we basically have had the most the most extreme attacks to date in seventeen months of conflict this massive bombing of a security building three top level government officials being killed in that the

government evolving to respond with an eye in fish do you thing assad's forces a capable although repairing the rebel offensive and even if it is i mean do you think it is just a rebel offensive all the rebels working alone. everybody knows that the rebels are not working or will they have been infiltrated by salafi jihad this stuff the al qaeda brand and as hillary clinton herself already said you know she had made it that old the record only a few days ago expect united states is working side by side with some off the job this people are being armed by saudi arabia and caught there they have a lot just. based from turkey these are and of course they have a british operatives and french operatives in the turkish side of the border near syria everybody knows the players of this thing is what the russia which has very strong interests in syria is doing at the moment we could assume and of course i'm not sure and many people in law school will agree to talk about this on the record

that russia already has a plan b. because russia needs cementing good ties with any syrian government in need cementing the naval base science so so what what is it what is as you say the ysaye that russia has interests in its stake in syria what are the interests that russia has here. as a clients a russia as a client state buying weapons and a commercial contracts business while sites of course are going both sides and the russian naval base in tartus was just very or there's a russian military naval base in de mint each iranian. luba he really knows for sure what it's like to be a putting is thinking at that moment it's very possible that he already saw the writing on the wall that maybe this is the last days of assad but not necessarily of the reach and there it seems because they have nowhere to go they may be sinking look if we do. here we preserve the system for the head of this think may be

gone he can hold ixil anywhere it wants but we preserve the region what we hear any we can sell this to the people who want to destabilize our and i not now for the moment now for the moment if i may because if overshadowing had gotten quoting to plan the u.n. security council at this moment would be voting on a possible trough resolution this whole possibility of extending the observer mission possibly the implementation of article seven with a fine print maybe talking about some type of intervention it's been delayed again why has the vote of the security council been delayed because russia and china already said that on the record for. months they will never vote for a security council resolution that also rises the use of force and this is a second what the u.s. france and britain want they've been using all older tricks in the book that you can imagine now you know going to chapter seven which you know if you if you if depending on how you wish the language depending on the semantics o'loghlin the

wait for a military intervention no way for beijing and for most if they want a diplomatic solution but now with what happened yesterday that moscow's this attack which was he saying it is because a very important shadow assad's mentor was killed his brother in law this is the guy that was put in charge by half is assad the godfather to prepare bashar to be president and he was the most powerful man in them asked so i learned i would be honest and i do apologize for interrupting you but as we understand obviously some of the highest level officials have been targeted here i do apologize i'm running solo on time here but i really want to get another question to you before i have to go the u.s. and israeli defense officials have brought up the issue all the security of assad's chemical weapons arsenal pushing through a proposal to destroy the stockpile how realistic is this scenario do you believe that you know it is completely absurd this is i buy diversionary tactic because it

would create a precedent for a direct intervention and this is what they're trying to sell at the u.n. and this is one of the reasons why this faulted u.n. has been postponed they're trying to convince the chinese and the russians look he has chemical weapons that the regime has chemical weapons they could start launching them tomorrow you remember thirty but i was talking about so that was saying he'd seen europe and forty five minutes. it's the same think. pepe escobar always a pleasure to have you on the program asia times correspondent wish we had more time for this we don't but many thanks indeed. thank you thank. you watching r.t. live from moscow 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 but as artie's are pretty or all of our 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 need 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 proved to them that third the bailout money for spain is in the best interest 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 a 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 we spoke with a member of angela merkel's christian democratic union. he said that he's against the spanish bailout i think germany is taking excessive risks and stepping outside of its obligations to the e.u. . i do not vote for the bailout because i think it's

a 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 has to be all that once to be bailed out is any relevance for the whole financial system a lot of germans 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 server in depth 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

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just turning twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow just a second on the world update up for now though in the u.k. eight people have been found not guilty of the murder of three men in birmingham during last summer's riots with investigations into the violence still ongoing the b.b.c. is planning to fight back against a court order that bans it from airing a documentary about the events a judge forced the broadcaster to shelve the film until further notice with the case shrouded in mystery concerns over over zealous censorship laura smith reports . the bonds program is the two parts to huge draw involving activists 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 being fans this is an extremely opaque unusual case legally we are not allowed to

name the judge two hundred down the road to the court he was missing in for 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 applied. 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 greta groups have cooled to move to a big and indicates that they feel this is that we should just remind you that riots broke out from love to visit the sick following the shooting of mark duggan by a police officer in north london they then spread countrywide and over the next three days sixty's across england were terrorized by violent 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 was cool and out of the pool although it does place to be on the bus three it's a place to be when it looks in the limpid 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 or just a moment will join the business for now time for the aussie will. updatable start with egypt's former spy chief and vice president omar suleiman he's just died at age seventy six in america he was reportedly undergoing medical tests at a hospital in cleveland when his condition took a sudden turn for the worse the cause of his death is yet to be you know a confidant of egypt's ousted president hosni mubarak somebody when we should do to run for the country's presidency earlier this year ultimately though the end of the day he was disqualified from the race. a senior security officer

colonel abdullah has been killed in a car blast in yemen's port city of aden 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 the al qaeda linked militant groups which seized power in the region during last year's popular uprising against the former president. 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 eleven 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 have suffered from distrust mutual blame for taliban violence. has promised

to be. good to see you again wall street bankers that are trading any reaction so far yeah well right now it's pretty. gains to look out we got stocks rising is the technology that's really leading the gains this strong results on the life of international business machines which you may know. that's one of the biggest gains in the first in the us for the dow jones around the course up and then we lost a territory and then with us corn and. the rest. and that's because of the worst u.s. jobs and a son trait a local officials have substantially lower yield prospects across most of the major growing regions the prizes over two staple crops have surface the peaks of the two thousand and seven two thousand eight hundred quizes although all the staples such as wheat rice remain. so let's go to the european markets them and see what the sentiment is just that i'm going to as well they're around to use has to stand up

to the foot. of one of the main themes today is the much anticipated bond auction inspection which so boring calls and drives them on to clock got a footstep on the screen so let's talk about britain then for a moment of truth retail sales fall to reach expectations in the u.k. could continue to pay for the financial crisis we used to call brits will have to twice the belt even further with prime minister david cameron admitting there is no end in sight extending spending cuts reach twenty twenty what's more the i.m.f. but is the u.k. economy will post a zero point two growth this year which is lower than last year as you can see that the national governments that started at forty percent back in two thousand and eight recently got money for its wondering if the coalition is capable of dealing with it some have already expressed concern that these measures will not work but it will end up paying even more in tax to counterbalance enormous government all right this shake up a compromise you see how the exchange rate looking a right now we can see that it's still in managing to lose out to the dollar like

that one twenty two forty five while the ruble is looking to set. against us the euro we've already got about twenty minutes to save up to trade him all sky high brings all the eggs to market so a lot of thing at stake as you can see the most few minutes or so will go to two thousand from asia as well helping to boost the days ahead of us is also just saying fresh inflation has its prices in box up are growing at record lows pays. zero point two percent from the start of yet but is good news that's given to some stuff from the sit down. isn't told to the tiny south asian nation tonight the pardoning and production of little boy not to just sit down around one quarter of a. page that is trading just one basis just a fraction that's a big can change the momentum in the last few minutes is likely to take its raise in individual funds in your absence now a third of a percent not how the business is for this hour next hour figures for the boston

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