you pay a monster it's hard to decide whether he should get more time to sort out some bailout reforms while in germany chancellor merkel's own allies say that up and leaving the euro would be no big deal. u.s. special troops are on standby to go into syria following president obama's warning all to rising intervention if there are signs damascus is moving its chemical arms . and despite america's countdown to the pullout from afghanistan there is a looming washington's fueling the insurgency following a deadly wave of insider attacks against western troops. hello and welcome to our team this thursday on charon terra six o'clock here in moscow well it is crunch time for greece and as germany and france prepare to

decide whether to grant athens the breathing space it says it needs to sort its finances out because he's been relying on international loans for over two years but is struggling to meet its bailout conditions meanwhile angle america's allies in berlin say a greek exit wouldn't have a great impact on the eurozone peter oliver is there for our team the two have differing opinions over how the debt crisis in greece should be dealt with as well as across the eurozone in general chancellor merkel very very big on wanting to see cuts she said that greece must stick to very rigid plan in order to find eleven over eleven billion euros worth of cuts before the next round of bailout money which is jus shortly francoise hollande in france saying this well they're a little bit more flexible when it comes to greece now this meeting that's going to take place here is really to try and make sure that they're both singing from the

same song sheet when it comes to what to do with athens what is interesting is over the last few weeks we've seen greece really drop out of the headlines but the the bare facts are that well things haven't improved and it's not being jus to good news economically that greece hasn't been making headlines things have continued as badly as ever really with unemployment still on the rise the country is still in recession and turning over negative growth so the problems in greece haven't gone away the story may have disappeared from the headlines shortly but the problem still there and that's what's going to be discussed when the french president meets with the german chancellor here in berlin. dilemma may be widely discussed at the top right now but one globalization expert told r.t. that getting more time all make no difference to athens this plight. the most bankrupt thing in greece is not the country it's the political class and to this maris is simply the current top dog in the bankrupted political class greeks

there's three words in the economic crises which are used most commonly use austerity just trying to reform and grow if you simply take the rhetoric follow the policies and look at the facts you can actually translate the language into what it actually means so i stereotype means impoverishment not just meant to means exploitation and growth means private profits they undermine labor. scott social security cut health care spending cut all social spending in general hire more people from the public sector privatized the economy privatizing infrastructure privatized the water the electricity so that foreign corporations to come in and buy everything out for cheap and this is also that they can get a bailout which the money simply goes to pay the banks just the interest on the loans to the banks. buffeting britain and there's now with all the u.k.

should look east for success marland today's cause a report next hour on our. whole lazy britain fellow tories tell david cameron m.p. said that the u.k. had to raise its work ethic towards that of south korea singapore and hong kong the tories of course don't want to address the elephant in the room the fact that their primary donors the banks have financially raped the vast majority of british people for all their worth you know they don't want to talk about that they want to it's the victims fault these people had their money stolen so let's put them in the workhouse we get this economy going again at the productivity and they go to higher productivity in the bruises. while the u.s. has special operations troops in the middle east on standby to enter syria american

officials say the military is ready to go in if the white house decides it needs to secure chemical arms depots under syrian army control president obama earlier threatened that he might order intervention into syria if the regime moves or uses its chemical munitions meanwhile there are fears that direct foreign involvement in syria's internal conflict could lead to all out warfare exploding in the region and the numbers of refugees now trying to escape the raging violence if the neighboring countries overstrain our middle east correspondent paula fleer looks at the situation in one struggling camp. i'm standing at the zaatari refugee camp on the syrian jordanian border depending on the levels of fighting in syria anywhere between a thousand and three thousand people are fleeing across into jordan each day the current figures stand at some one hundred and fifty thousand refugees who are currently in this country the condition in the camps is alarming we're hearing from

human rights groups they're talking about a crisis in the making we know that the camp is overcrowded people here are complaining about extreme weather conditions about does it storms and we've also heard a number of incidents of six shells harassment in addition to this the jordanian police are investigating the first case of a person dying in the camp when a fire broke out now jordan is in a very difficult situation and finds itself between a rock and a hard place on the one hand it is providing assistance to these refugees but it has its own very limited resources it has a fragile economy it has a basic lack of water in addition to this some of the violence in syria has spread across the border that is why residents of northern towns here in jordan have asked the jordanian officials to look after them particularly in light of a number of shells that recently landed in some of these towns injuring a number of. people policy r.t. it is that ari refugee camp on the jordanian syrian border and other countries

bearing the a fact of the syrian crisis deadly sniper fire in lebanon's northern city of tripoli has violated a shaky truce between pro and anti damascus gunmen at least twelve people have been killed and one hundred wounded in clashes in the area since monday political analyst and lawyer dr franklin lamb was currently in the capital beirut says there is an overwhelming fear among people there over fighting spilling over from syria the concierge of my building who is syrian sometimes hides in my apartment they've been round up of syrian nationals here in beirut in south beirut even who to a great deal of fear people are saying not since the civil war have things been so likely to ignite or that people are feeling so insecure as you know the two neighborhoods in tripoli the most so for the the shia are al always and the bubble to bomb is section right down the middle

ironically is the name of the big street called syria street and that really tells the tale up there but we have seen in beirut and other parts of the country a similar division things are very much on the edge and it's not only the spillover of fact it's the fact that lebanon itself is so fragile and not quite a state in terms of not having a real central government that can enforce the laws and having a compromise army later this hour syria's deputy prime minister for economic affairs tells r.t. that foreign military involvement in serious crisis won't curb violence in the region but could make it worse. yeah it might seem that military force can get you farther than anything else will but in reality it we've all seen that warfare doesn't get you anywhere politically. the situation in syria is very

volatile and any instance of armed combat will only escalate the hostilities and war is what we need is a civil taney a cease fire and with those that would be in line with the kofi annan plan or the geneva arrangement the stance of our friends and the attitude of the syrian government is that which is published a resolution calling for national reconciliation or. stability in afghanistan is being clouded in doubt following a string of deadly attacks on western troops by afghan soldiers they're suppose at allies as insider violence increases a peaceful transition of power could prove to be a difficult task parties and can explain its. the u.s. war in afghanistan is known as the longest military conflict in american history and as u.s. officials hope for a successful exit strategy by the year twenty fourteen an alarming new trend is spiking on the ground indicating that this may not happen so easily u.s.

troops have been dying at record rates in so-called insider attacks at the hands of their afghan allies at least ten u.s. troops have been killed in these attacks in the last two weeks alone this makes up for thirty percent of u.s. military deaths in august throughout last year there have been at least forty such deaths in so-called green on blue attacks where members of afghan forces turning against western troops sixty nine people were wounded and one of many attempts to tackle the increasing problem a top u.s. general flew to afghanistan this week to address the issue only to have his plane become the target of a rocket attack experts say it's yet another sign of growing discontent in the war torn country as u.s. president barack obama says more needs to be done to protect u.s. troops from attacks by afghans thought of as partners the question of how exactly this should be done remains an answer afghan officials have been attempting to spy on their own recruits to prevent these incidents but reports are growing that members of the afghan security forces are increasingly switching sides defecting to

support the taliban in one recent incident for afghan army officials were charged with supplying arms to the militants some experts explain the increased insider killings trend as a result of frustration with the length of the war others point to the fact that this comes after several scandals involving the conduct of u.s. troops on the ground from koran burnings to desecrating afghan bodies by you were needing on them and shocking videos that made headlines around the world the afghan wars and its eleventh year and the fact that this year has seen more deaths from insider attacks than ever before seen as a worrying trend for several reasons the attacks have highlighted the disconnect between the u.s. to exit strategy. to transfer most of the fighting power to afghan forces by twenty fourteen but the fact that the situation on the ground continues to be a lot more complicated that some u.s. officials try to downplay with chaos on the ground the question of whether the u.s. involvement deadline is feasible looms large as the party mosque spiked

a planned troop withdrawal by the end of twenty fourteen u.s. based peace activist and blogger david swanson sees no end in sight to america's war and afghanistan this is a war that the united states taxpayers are paying for both sides of we are they not just back to stan but we are paying the taliban in afghanistan for safe passage down roads the taliban's number one source of income when you're paying for both sides of the war a war without end a war that is brewing and generating hostility toward your country in afghanistan and in fact is stand you know to look for logic is focused this is that this is the momentum of the military machine that eisenhower warned us about fifty one years ago and it shows no sign of letting up. still ahead abandoned soviet military bases get a make over. from soldiers through safari's grounds once used for top secret intelligence

are now home to exotic animals and unique experiences across eastern europe. the world is facing a financial crisis that this time can't be blamed on reckless bankers but freakish weather which could cause violence in the developing world food prices continue to thaw join me in about ten minutes time in the business but the tent i'll explain. internet freedom activists in india are sounding the alarm over plans to ban pages on hundreds of websites such as facebook twitter and you tube it's aimed at blocking content fought to ignite ethnic violence in the wake of the deadly of some riots between muslims and hindus as priya sridhar reports it's feared that full censorship is coming since the international community is keeping quiet when it's usually quick to push other countries to keep the web open. the indian government

has decided to ban and you where from two hundred fifty to five hundred websites and potentially monitor social networking websites like facebook and twitter because they believe that pockets than base groups are uploading images and videos to those websites that could be furthering communal violence in this country just last week tens of thousands of northeastern people that were living in the southern portion of india fled back to the northeast after rumors were spread that muslims were going to violently attack them after the holy month of ramadan all of this comes in the aftermath of communal violence in the northeastern state of us some were eighty people were killed now all of this has led to a discussion here in india over the pros and cons on whether the government should be more interested in national security and cracking down on threats that they believe are coming from pockets than or whether this is

a case of freedom of speech and censorship of the internet people here in india journalists activists in citizens of india are actually worried that this could lead to a complete censorship of the internet but while this has caused major outrage here in india there has been very little international attention whereas when similar cases like this have happened in other countries like china for instance where there have been cases of internet censorship it's been hugely covered by the international media over on our website on our column you can find any of the stories that you may have missed on the air here's a taste of what we have on line right now the religious right that germany finds wrong the country's malty cool to the image as strange further after a rabbi is charged for a bad procedure. and the masses in montreal demonstrators hope

to pin down vote hunting canadian politicians and a long running feud over school fields. download the official application sold for choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device you can watch ati any time. america is looking to beef up its missile defense systems in asia are they new radar in southern japan and quite possibly in the philippines they shelled it would be similar to the one in europe and officially aimed against threats from north korea but it's likely to irritate china which is already wary about washington's military build up in its backyard political activists are not already in the

philippines told r.t. that it could ultimately spark a new regional arms race clearly that you read this being exaggerated by the united states but we can see beyond the rhetorical that the real target here is china and the u.s. wants the justify rebalancing most of its troops towards. the so-called threats emanating from china are highly suspicious questionable in our in fact. the u.s. can justify sending more troops and ships here in this region only intended to provide more just typically shown for the permanent an expanded new military presence in our region that's another concern of ours u.s. missile shield. provoke an arms freeze in the region over the world countries like china and north korea to begin at the her stands in competing with the united states and the glowing more war machines. throughout asia in the that happens that would be a bigger threat to peace than what the u.s.

is now. from china north korea. let's now take a look at some other international news this hour and first to africa and the massacre that shocked kenya two rival communities are to be brought together to settle the tension which saw fifty two people brutally slaughtered when men and children were burned alive or hacked to death in their hearts when their village came under attack the two warring communities have long fought over land and water but this is by far the worst violence since post-election fighting flared four years. ago. taiwan's braced for the arrival of typhoon tembin with more than three thousand people evacuated to safe areas the military is on stand by with empty abuse vehicles to help any relief effort once the storm has passed three years ago the island was devastated by a typhoon which killed seven hundred people. former soviet military bases once

teeming with activity during the cold war have been falling into decay in the decades since it and it but some of the compounds are being reclaimed by nature in a very creative way of logic say to ship skis discovered. beyond the walls of this abandoned stop secret soviet facility in ukraine's republic of crimea it's a totally different world today to cold war times. a local entrepreneur has found a much more peaceful way to use thirty six hectic as of when you space but. this used to be veery of the facility which was top secret here socialize intelligence was gathered in student powerful computers and now days the scenario is a children's zoo there are many zebras and many ponies here as well as parrots and monkeys. this abandoned the bay six years ago and turned it into huge safari park unique for eastern europe his animals occupy buildings which were once used by

servicemen edger off now lives in what used to be a boiler room for the entire base while former top notch facilities have more exotic inhabitants. this for instance used to be soldiers living quarters there were sleeping rooms here now they are occupied by monkeys and parrots take a look. the course is not ashamed to capitalize on the widespread fascination for relics of the soviet era a former red army officer himself he knows that those bases were built to last and this concept certainly sells well that's why his safari park is not only about enjoying a wild nature experience but also providing more quaint means of entertainment but . if you would remind of what exactly used to be here is this nuclear bomb shelter it went to said to velma do was this is the first and this is the second. hundred fifty kilo ton bomb this still in great condition i reserve command point was

located here when it was a military base and now we have removed into a karaoke room you can see here until dawn and nobody will hear from behind these walls. but clearly the. parks main attraction is a large collection of african lions enjoying themselves in the record struct at savannah aleck took us for a rather thrilling walk inside but the more. i thought the saloon safari park would work very well in the crimean environment and it did today we have fifty four lines living in our park thirty in the world and twenty four in cages it gives a great opportunity for scientific studies never before have we had such exclusive access to loans in this part of the world we have many difficulties but we're fighting them it's only our first year the park has been open for three months no we were by the way there's the back master lurking behind you there. while former soviet bases are taking over by nato to become once again militarily operational

zuckoff is now thinking of turning another abandoned facility in crimea into an animal theme park and despite having already opened several zoos across the peninsula he says he's not in it for the profit there was more than that but. this has become my largest oil i guess you've got to have a military background and be a little bit crazy to take on the hobby like this and of course to love animals you know my main aim is to learn to communicate with the animals and it seems to be working just fine. we are of one blood you and me on twee alexy russia r.t. reporting from crimea in ukraine. all right let's join katie from the business team katie earlier telling us about the weather being a major threat to the global economy and even world peace exactly that karen the u.s. right now is in the grips of its worst drought in more than half

a century russia has had to cut its harvest due to more flash cards and economics aside there's now fears of violence breaking out in the developing world as food prices begin to spiral out of control. every year my weekly food stand is growing and much faster than my salary but there are fears that these here the price of food will increase sharply and not only because of a poor crops harvest in russia but also a bad drought in the united states corn prices have already this kind of rockets at sixty percent in the past two months but why should we care that's because most corn is used to feed livestock and that means that very soon meat and poultry could also become more expensive as well as many corn based snacks and cereals global food prices jumped six percent in july alone the biggest monthly hike in three years and may not make you eat less if you live in europe all the united states as

people there have more disposable income but in the developing world where people spend up to eighty percent of their budget on food some of warrant that spikes in the cost of basic products could even cause riots and social andress as we saw in a similar scenario back in two thousand and eight. with prices of various staple foods already hitting record highs as you saw experts warn the worst is yet to come because see maybe another twenty five to thirty percent to the upside the way it feels we could see it soybeans at twenty dollars we can see quorn well over ten dollars it's very difficult for traders when we start to see the market breaking out and and getting into a parabolic move to look for a high but you know what i could see another twenty five to thirty percent just based off of the opinion of the farm community here in the states and again when you couple that with what's going on around the rest of the world and here with the

glencore of the world are saying then i think we have to accept that as maybe fact . on to the markets now wall street is u.s. stocks all declining in the trade speculation continues as to whether or not central banks will ease monetary policy and another question remains will european leaders be able to solve the region's debt crisis meanwhile european so on now to coal mining and the soft of the german finance minister dampened optimism that greece will get more time to cut its debt out of the year i is continuing to climb right now we've got it at one twenty five forty six just now as for the russian ruble still having a mix before ones against the boss go karts is on the russian market will be closing up shortly so was see how best to finish and as you can see is looking likely they will finish high up in positive territory it's been a shopping week but right now they're heading for three month high and that's because brant oil is climbing over

a cent today is so how the present because short they move despite time is economic slowdown acquisitions of u.s. businesses are at record highs a new report finds eight billion dollars in chinese take a position in the sluggish global. china's economy is still growing eight percent compared to america's one point five percent of the world's next offshore paradise is looking to be. the baltic states launches taxes from next year it cuts rates and scraps dividends tax to get global to set up that russia in particular. to shift some of their cash from current favorite site. beautiful country isn't it karen you know all of never been but i have heard wonderful things thank you very much. all right just ahead an insight into how to solve syria's ongoing violence when we talk to one of the country's deputy prime ministers. so.

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