the sky. russian lawyers. make double if you don't from russia and china at the un as they block the use of force against the syrian regime while heavy border clashes in the country continue to rage. and here in damascus off to crew has managed to enter the city neighborhoods where the clashes between the army and rebels have been kitty to full five days water we saw just ahead. angry crowds are met with rubber bullets and tear gas in spain as the public events frustration of the country's policy more cots and return for bank rescue by the new . also main the blame israel now accuses iran's ally has more law of attacking israeli tourists in bulgaria killing six people.

hello and welcome to our team this friday where we broadcast to you live from our studio in moscow well the u.n. security council has agreed to disagree on syria russia and china have vetoed another attempt by western states to push a resolution threatening sanctions and use of force against the assad regime now the extension of the u.n. observer mission in syria is at stake as archie's marina port ny reports. russia has said for from the get go that he would not support any resolutions on syria that would include the potential of sanctions being imposed or even military intervention this western backed resolution that was drafted by the u.k.

called on damascus to immediately seize any kind of fighting and the use of heavy weapons and withdraw from populated centers and the resolution gave the syrian government ten days to comply with those demands otherwise sanctions would be imposed. what was attached to that draft resolution is a forty five day extension of the u.n. supervision mission in syria so that is quite clear why russia would not give its support to this western backed resolution because it was putting all the pressure and consequence on the syrian government and not putting any pressure consequence on the armed opposition that are part that's participating in the violence in syria that has been increasing as we've seen over the past seventeen months so the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin did address the media saying that there is still time for the security council to reach a consensus but he said that russia would not support any any moves or past for

military intervention into syria and he also warned western countries may be trying to destabilize syria to possibly of move further in and around iran to make you know deletions to you there is no. adult about it that the major geopolitical about. is being pulled on the fields of sudan which has nothing to do with the interests of the syrian people the clock is ticking because if this mandate expires and it is not renewed then that means that the united nations would not have any force in syria that is. verifying what is taking place on the ground what you came back to the un said is that they have drafted britain has drafted a new resolution that was over the u.n. mission in syria for a final thirty days and that is something which the security council is considering

but according to the turkish there are still very many questions surrounding this new drama that has been proposed by britain the british draft is in many ways. because it has only two q but that would give us and they're going to each other the first but are going to says that it's the final extension of thirty days and the second paragraph says that the mission can be extended provided certain conditions are being made in the united nations at the end of the day does need a mission in the ground because if that mission is removed then the situation in syria can get worse without any objective reporting that's tied to the u.n. . and an exclusive interview with r.t. russia's ambassador to the u.n. . explained why the country said no to the western backed resolution in the crucial vote on syria you can see it here in the next hour right on our team. meanwhile fierce clashes continue across syria as rebels managed to seize all four border

crossings with iraq and one into turkey the opposition fighters are now trying to build on the momentum gained by fierce clashes in the capital and wednesday's bomb attack that killed top syrian military officials are more if international has the details. free syrian army soldiers are now controlling all four border crossings at the syrian iraqi border but without toll official has also said that the iraqi guards have witnessed extreme ballers from the side of free syrian army soldiers from opposition fighters we also been able to see be to post it on you tube from the syrian turkish border where gunmen have been shouting religious slogans and shooting. portrays a free syrian army has been able to take control over crossings at the border means that they they are very determined in large scale operation against the regime of

president bashar al assad but that doesn't necessarily mean that this will keep in this control because everything changes very fast being here on the ground for almost fifty days already and i have to say what we've been able to see in the last five days has been the most dramatic moment for the syrian capital of the clashes between the army and the rebels have been taken place in the least five districts of the mask and it's been extremely difficult to get in these districts but on thursday we finally managed to do that and what we saw really devastating destroyed streets abandoned houses no people of variously and many many traces of war and a very fierce clashes we've even seen many tracks of tanks and although not totally on the roads but on what used to be the cars obviously all shops are

closed and we have to understand that these districts are not remote. damascus not far from the center of the city center we've been here for one the month now and we've been to these districts many times. by and something talking to people and of course it's been. very sad to see how different the picture is right now people are trying to deal with this situation and we are in a maze tao braved the. situation facing horror of war that has come to their home they say yes we know it is happening right now here in damascus and in our country it's been here for seventeen months already but we cannot do anything with these and live has to go on and we have to leave so they're trying to do with this is just waiting for this nightmare to end this is what they say. professor lawrence davidson from west chester university in the u.s. says that if the international community really wants to stop violence in syria it

has to put pressure on those sponsoring the rebel. this u.n. resolution was something of a red herring. because it wouldn't have made much difference on the ground the british ambassador to the u.n. made a statement that said that. the resolution would have helped save lives i think this is just utter fantasy i think from the american standpoint why into being openly when it's possible that the regime might fall not just through clandestine intervention in direct intervention and then if the british and the americans and the french want to save lives all they have to do is put pressure on the saudis and qataris and others to stop running guns into this area and tell you how rebel. lawrence davidson history professor out west chester university speaking there in

the u.s. . angry protesters were met with tear gas and rubber bullets on spanish streets as they marched against more planned austerity a number of people were injured and detained clashes followed massive peaceful demonstrations which were joined by hundreds of thousands of people across spain people are furious that public spending is once again being slashed in response to rescuing the banks the german parliament gave the green light for the one hundred billion euro bailout on thursday current affairs journalist charlie mcgrath says the european governments are betraying their people. in europe just like the rest of the world you know the what the western world we have a system that is putting the onerous fraudulent debt of a bunch of private institutions on the back of the people now they're calling it austerity and then a lot of people are you know they're completely frustrated they have nowhere else to turn in a lot of the signs even say we have nothing else that we can do other than take to

the streets there is no representative government where there are there happens to be politicians that want to stand up on behalf of the people you know we have the european community deposing them and installing their own technocrats so you know the heavy handed tactics you know bought and paid for security that's going to go out and quell the rabble if the government decided to do the right thing by the people of the country i think there would be understanding that we're going to all go through the west the united states europe the entire planet is going to go through some tough economic times but when you have politicians going forward and saying well you know what we're going to take more of your financial future so we can give it to a bunch of banks you know there's going to be reaching a limit of understanding by the citizenry of the world almost six million people in spain are out of a child struggling to find the means to support themselves and their families some are seeking a better life beyond the borders of their country but it looks like they might have to go further afield than neighboring euro zone states artie's tests are silly has

the story. twenty four point six million people are without jobs across the european union seventeen point four million of them in the eurozone countries with unemployment at its highest levels of the single currency was introduced in spain unemployment hit twenty four point three percent the worst rate in the e.u. and among the spanish and greek youth it's more than half statistics may paint the big picture but they don't quite show the human story real people struggling through each day like this one gary a man who came to belgium three months ago that's leaving in history then i never did before so it's really really nice of them to go you know i don't want to be sued for it from maine i don't want i don't i don't want to. be you know is that. i want to work i want to go to. the current levels of

unemployment around acceptable. it's a big maybe it simply cannot continue this way and it also leads to reliance on state subsidies a plight faced by job seekers across all sectors and all levels of society and when you are within the european institutions too early to be detached from duality and you are among the. euro kratz when you say unemployment benefits are too high compared to paid salaries this is the wrong way to see the problem most people aren't paid enough for their jobs in two thousand and ten more than twenty five percent of the use g.d.p. was devoted to social benefits seen as a heavy burden on a crisis stricken europe since then various cuts have been made by member states particularly greece portugal spain and ireland as part of e.u. imposed stared even powerhouse germany is joining the crunch

a local newspaper reported seeing a leaked directive from the labor minutes. stree blocking a basic unemployment benefits for people who moved to germany from some e.u. countries it would be to target it as an attempt to curb abuse of the system by discouraging immigration from struggling economies you can't really blame. people they are just a victimless everyone else from you come on the system in which they're living on the economic policies that many of those who don't have jobs turn to the state for unemployment benefits which may be reduced if it hasn't been already there to continue to sturdy across the eve you know substantive budget cuts have also stunted economic growth and job creation which leaves the job seeker at exactly the same spot jobless state dependent and increasingly extreme cases living in desperation just are still here r t brussels. even those who are employed are having to face the grim reality that they will have to give more of their salary

towards tax let's cross now to our business desk marina you've been speaking to analyst and economist about this what are they saying about the situation well karen some of them are saying that basically the regular people have to continue with their struggles in the short term for the benefit of the country in the long term the problem is that a lot of these people don't believe that the situation will improve in the future and that's what we've seen all these problems happen in spain like you've been reporting earlier now some other analysts say that the government should focus not focus on reducing the budget deficit but generate jobs and focus on growth and that and later in the program about some minutes from now we'll have a lot of us explain in those details for you. all right and also coming up in the program mounting foreign threats see pumping billions into amassing weapons promoting fears of a new arms race. israel

is now blaming hezbollah the lebanese ally of iran for carrying out an attack on a by. with israeli tourists in bulgaria which left six dead earlier israeli pm benjamin netanyahu said all signs pointed at iran. refuting the accusations as baseless but the standoff between the two a seems to have reached new heights as artie's polis lior reports. but minutes on yahoo says that the focus and the cause of this attack that happened on wednesday in the bulgarian city of burgas is clearly on the shoulders of hizbullah netanyahu says that his bill that acts as the longer one of iran in the region and while this is no secret certainly everybody here does know that hizbullah is a proxy for iran the fact that an attorney who is not naming his below is only going to through the stroke tensions in the region israeli prime minister also went on to say that it was no ned his head attack to have been behind attacks on israelis in countries like thailand georgia greece and cyprus in the past not

israel has tried to deal with his bill on the past but it has failed back in two thousand and six israel went to war with lebanon over his below but by all accounts that was a war which israel lost at the time it was said that hizbullah a small army of fighters was able to take on the great israeli defense forces and women it gave the arab world back it supplied to some since israel has almost an say told school card what's his villa and that is why there's a lot of speculation whether or not by now naming his villa this one yahoo is going to try and use the bus bombing on the winds day as a pretext for perhaps attacking his fellow once again but the timing could not be worse you've gone to a region in flux you've got ongoing violence in neighboring syria you've got for the first time and islamize president in neighboring egypt but netanyahu is also known for often using the international concerns and the international community to

do it to detract attention away from problems in has on the domestic front there is the real threat that you will see social protest is growing in number in the coming weeks we need to just remember that last year we saw social demonstrations in this country that's all the largest number of these ratings on the streets and at the same time this week the largest israeli political party to do. the ruling coalition of netanyahu says that he has problems to deal with on the domestic front. political analyst kabul waltz name believes netanyahu is claims are nothing more than rhetoric aimed at improving his own standing. that has made it very clear that they are not going to use tourist in eastern europe to carry. against israeli and i think that made very clear statement that against killing civilians whether it is an israeli or other people but i think mr netanyahu always tried to play the iranian card the hezbollah card to remind the international community that he has

and i mean it comes to the point because the nuclear file. rainy and always wanted to keep it on the spot light i think it's only rhetoric and i wouldn't put a lot of money on what. he's very good at what he does are using this a propaganda game inside of israel but i think at this point the region is on fire and i think the last things that every indian or hizbullah will take you know a shot of million israeli which they clearly said they will not target outside israel. eighteen minutes past the hour and you can head to our team dot com for all the latest news and videos here's what we have on line for you right now. more than a third of japanese children who live in the area affected by last year's nuclear plant disaster are likely to suffer from cancer that's revealed in a new report. plus crime but no punishment american servicemen involved in

a prostitution scandal during president obama's visit to colombia in april will reportedly not face any criminal charges all the details of this and other stories of vailable right now at our t.v. dot com. pressure polls by the u.s. led european missile shield to may force china to upgrade its nuclear arsenal a senior chinese military officials comments point to the possible threat of a new arms race the country is already allocating billions toward its military budget at the expense of public spending as artie's aleksey in a shift ski reports. meijers from beijing so a bit in city the economic might off today's china is easy to see but only a few kilometers from here the picture is completely different in some ways the mordant a china resembles the soviet union just like in the last days of the u.s.s.r. billions are being spent on military needs and despite the seeming economic

prosperity the gap between the rich and the poor is simply striking in the last year alone the number of poor in china has hit a quarter of a billion but instead of addressing daunting poverty issues beijing is having to buy new weaponry and investing billions into producing its own you have a large army trying this is now the second largest in the world and one hundred six billion dollars this is an enormous expenditure of wealth at a time when diverting that could make a real impact. on poverty and it's also happening at a time when there's an economic slowdown that is happening. throughout asia the same applies to india which last year was the world's leading weapon importer including an eye watering twenty billion dollars worth of french fighter jets this is why washington's return to asia policy from selling weapons to holding joint war

games in the region is deeply troubling countries here especially china the u.s. wants full spectrum dominance in the region in what it wants to project its military power to everyone concerned specially china i think the u.s. may not be headed for a direct military confrontation with china at the moment but the u.s. wants to contain china wants to encircle china and keep it subservient to us that this situation draws historic parallels with the cold war say experts many are still sure that the huge arms race in the one nine hundred sixty s. between the united states in the u.s.s.r. was washington stacked into some of the soviet economy. because. if you continue through. this. it's a stupid. it's been going on ever since the fifty's for the you would agree. to some reason the. historians agree the collapse of the u.s.s.r.

was caused by many factors and the gulf between rich and poor as the economists tank was just one of them the question now is whether the asian giants going to continue growing their military muscle but not at the expense of their people's welfare of the wise there's a serious risk of growing political and social instability and. all of the reporting from beijing in china. time now for world news embrace this hour thousands of british airport border guards are set to walk out of their jobs on the eve of the olympic games in a dispute over pay even without the strike u.k. airports have been plagued by long queues as they struggle to cope with the number of visitors the london games have already been hit by a number of embarrassing setbacks where the country forced to draft in thousands of soldiers after a private security provider failed to train enough staff. the u.s.

house of representatives has approved a six hundred billion dollar bill for pentagon funding and wars for next year the hotly debated bill has seen numerous protests from the democrat minority in the house they say it breaks a spending deal as its eight billion dollars above last year's budget caps the white house had earlier vowed to veto the bill in its current form. newly elected egyptian president mohamed morsi has held a historic meeting with hamas chief khaled mashal it's being widely seen as a change in egypt's policy toward both palestine and israel as morsi affirmed his support for the people of gaza which is ruled by hamas the meeting is the first between a delegation from the palestinian movement and an egyptian head of state. crossing now live to our business desk the russian markets are now open european investors are about to start training is it shaping up to be

a good day or do you have some more pessimism for us well when it comes to asia person isn't for sure because even the hang seng has slipped into negative territory gets that in the second first let's start with russia as kicked off the trade in session here and they've done a complete u. turn we saw the russian markets extending gains on thursday and now they are in red territory because i looked at the latest figures was that the arts yes and the lies that are set in over a half a percent so not a surprise really that's going down as well have more of that in the second it's a look at currencies one of their progress for that as well the euro is the moves in against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the ruble it's still extending gains against a ball of major currencies now if we stay with the boy and russia for a second even to the financial turmoil is an absolute in the world right now according to new research made by banking giant citigroup russia has all the credentials to lor and big money and the tossers on its cover explain why and how. the euro zone crisis is three years in the making and there's no end in sight so

working retail investors safely mark their money to wait out the storm banking giant citi group says russia why while their answer is simple russia's economy is stronger and has more potential than most european economies see for yourself russia's g.d.p. may grow as much as four percent this year that's according to the economy ministry and europe while most of it expects negative growth in two thousand and twelve even the strongest economies show a meager rates debt and debt related problems are investors nightmares while turns out russia has the lowest levels of government and corporate debt of any country in europe around nine percent the average for the eurozone is ten times that while europe struggling with double digit unemployment russia's jobless rate in mayfair fell to the lowest level in. thirteen years and this is stimulating consumption russia is already europe's biggest consumer in many categories and this year is expected to beat the absolute leader germany in terms of course sales how can you

capitalize on russia's relative strength citigroup suggests investing into global companies with sales in russia including but not limited to the ones you see here now. business r t r n l is concerned with international markets asia in particular . has now slipped into negative territory and investors are generally digesting two arts of new stores basically in the u.s. we had weak manufacturing data haven't said that many hope that this will give them what you get for the government to approve one it's very using that which is what everyone is would be waiting for also of course germany of moving the bailout for the spanish banking sector which is struggling so that's what's really having an effect on the investors over there to look at crude prices they are now falling from a nine week and this is amid speculation that the recent gains that we saw more accessible made worse than expected economic data and also signs that demand will fall and

there's been see the lights with us pretty close to ninety two dollars per barrel which is the good wise but it is going down on the ground blood is at around one hundred seven dollars per barrel now in all the news a microsoft has told at its worst ever water in the last since of joining the stock market back in ninety nine eighty six that says the computer enjoyed wrote off the value of out of its highs were acquainted of the purchase which failed to bring the profits awaited by microsoft however excluding the adjustment for the write down microsoft's results still beats investors' expectations and its shares from their two percent up on the last that. let's focus on europe now of course everyone is talking about whether these funds cards are needed that we're seeing across the years on them protests are taking place as we saw in spain about applied the more austerity and what this begins to analysts to say especially after what was announced that will take place in the u.k. which is extending spending cuts and so twenty twenty as of now is the time to focus on generation of jobs and we spoke to martin back from the capital research

economics consultancy and this what he had say. people have been expecting a couple of years of tax rises and spending cuts that's extended even further this battle to have a dampening effect on confidence and people's willingness to go out and spent but i think the danger is that you know to focus on deficit reduction there's not enough of a focus on growth you know he really tax rises spending cuts are bad for growth for the certain in the short run we maybe need to be more emphasis on what can we do to stimulate economic activity and get tax revenues up and reduce social security spending and so on and reduce the deficit in a kind of less pain as painful way. as what i have for the sack i am back to you all right thanks for that update marina. shortly cross-talk looks at the american presidential campaign and debates why mitt romney's fortunes have turned sour so quickly after a recap of our top stories in just a couple of minutes stay with our team.

culture is that so much in which of course you might want to complicate the trials and tribulations of g.o.p. presidential candidate mitt romney because romney's rich history in less than transparent business records too much for voters.