i think this is something that the syrians have been longing for and particularly since they have liberated certain areas of the country at that price a very very heavy sacrifices now calling on the international community to protect those liberated areas i think is a more compelling demand that the international community will find difficult to ignore given the level of criminality of this regime the international community will be asked by the syrian people and it is us that syrian people to step in in order to allow these liberated regions to become a safe area for the population and possibly for a provisional government to be set in that area a no fly zone in libya turned out actually to be a bombardment of the libyan air force and of course the syrian air force is a force to be reckoned with compared to what we saw there in libya would be a lot and no fly zone which would involve further bombing pap's provoke more

tensions an escalation of violence and you talk of sacrifice a little earlier will see even more of a sacrifice more lives lost as a result of foreign bombing. foreign intervention is not an easy option it is clear both for foreign powers as well as for the syrians maybe for the syrians more than others what the syrians are trying to do is to work with their own forces to count on their own strengths if that is an option then i think the syrian opposition should find the means to get to that face what the regime is doing now that means facing the regime and its air force because the air force is actually bombing of the areas and the regime does not control many of these areas on the ground it is only pounding cities and and villages from the air so using the air force to against the civilian population is obviously.

almost unseen and unheard of against the civilian population in any other context so it really is a responsibility here for the international community what do you do to protect the population in those areas actually across the country of course not only in the liberated areas but in those areas where the people have fought and liberated that region this region in the north of the country you need it for humanitarian assistance you need it for coordination and building in a structured command for the free syrian army i think these are compelling reasons to consider but the money thank you very much for your thoughts interesting here we have to say but michael money who resigned from the syrian national council this week thank you for joining us live on r.t. . still have for you this hour a look at the roots of radicalism we investigate the spread of islamic extremism in

russia and whether it's being fueled from abroad that's in a few minutes here on r.t. . but first the syrian delegation has walked out on the session of the nonaligned movement in tehran after the egyptian leader mohamed morsi called the syrian regime oppressive in his speech morsy out of the assad's government had lost its legitimacy and called on the attending nations to support the rebels well let's discuss this now with sara flounders from the international action center joins me live now from north carolina in the states now syria's foreign minister has condemned these comments as inciting further violence in the country what do you think. well it really is a policy that us and the western imperialist powers to incite the violence but they have lined up a number of countries created a great deal of confusion and it's really an effort to create a great deal of this century among countries that are meeting. right now and.

what about the meeting itself was that the u.s. made every effort to stop a tie this meeting. and to make it impossible so the fact that so many countries have met. and are determined to find ways to cooperate itself. but do you think these comments clearly have a good iran and syria do you think perhaps you could say this is now being a failure on iran's part for mediation of the summit or there is still some hope that something could be salvaged and something concrete could come out of this meeting. well and they say the very fact that the meeting is a very complex. there was an all out effort to stop this meeting and all out effort to keep. iran itself and the stop any country from

having any economic political relations with iran whatsoever so over the very fact that one hundred and twenty eight nations. thirty five heads of state have come to tehran for this meeting is of extremely short of them now will they all agree with each other no i don't think so. will this be a voice and a possibility for the future i think that the potential is still there but we should be aware that there's big pressure. very much so on every one of the countries i can understand fully syria walking out because they are playing they say absolutely game change there's every effort of the left to intervene and they're already intervening now their threats of the no fly zone are extremely dangerous this time can we just talk about the overall implication all morsi and

his foreign policy now he appears to be on friendly terms with the wrong chawner also israel and the u.s. stuck in the middle of all of them really what does this tell us about egypt's foreign policy and the impact this has on the balance of power in the middle east. well clearly egypt's foreign policy is changing and changing dramatically on the basis of a huge profound social people within egypt all the old relations are collapsing and no longer whether genuinely new relations will come out of it that the mains to be seen for the future what sort of active chemically ask you go to just what sort of influence is the u.s. have over egypt now because obviously he went to that meeting which upset the u.s. in the same time he did not she condemn the syrian regime and of course. so what what about the relations that well i think he's trying to play a double role and balance himself both played second and be done not for any length of time that's an untenable position. but on the other hand it's

a big dramatic rate where egypt has been for more than thirty years firmly ally of the us completely complicit and willing to accept every u.s. and israeli for more than thirty years that has changed at the same time it's important iran support and backing syria the time when there's every effort to see overturned by military means that the government in syria and this is coming from the west it's coming from nato from the u.s. from turkey a nato member and it is standing up to that it is an important and important issue and it will be a big struggle within the nonaligned and perhaps the divided. sara thanks so much for joining us live and sharing your thoughts here on our flounders from the international action center. well as the eurozone is failing to

break free of its crippling economic crisis the leader of powerhouse germany is eyeing profit in the east on a visit to china chancellor angela merkel is aiming to convince beijing that europe is still a safe place to invest with billions worth of business deals having already been signed. has the details. i'm no stranger to china this is her sixth trip to the country since she came to power in two thousand and five and there's going to be some big business to be talked about during this current trip it's not just politicians today on this visit a group of around twenty in the delegation including people like siemens and volkswagen who are all there to show that the eurozone still is a stable market to invest in but china has its own vested interest in seeing the eurozone stick together europe is china's biggest export market so there will be support there from beijing to keeping the monetary union together but just expect

some kind words they shouldn't be any talk of cash coming forward from china to help the ailing eurozone now there is talk of a special relationship between germany and china not unsettle some people in brussels who feel a little left out and when you look at the figures you can see why some nations would be feeling like they're not getting a slice of the pie trade between the two countries is set to rise to around two hundred and eighty billion dollars by the year twenty fifteen well the reason that the to make such good economic bedfellows at the moment is that germany produces the machinery needed for china's manufacturing industry germany also sees china as a growing market full day or exports since the orders have started drying up from within europe due to the people simply not having the cash to buy german goods within the european union and within the eurozone monetary union so will be the eurozone crisis on increasing economic ties that will top the bill when it comes to

i'm going to quit talking to the chinese leadership but what will be underlining the meeting is a cruel five that germany needs china far more right now than china needs germany. our team at r.t. dot com is working twenty four seven to provide you with the best stories and videos from around the world and here's a quick look at what we have for you on the website at the moment the school of hard knocks despair for two thousand students in the u.k. who may face deportation after the university lost its right to admit foreigners. plus the mass. of all the new global best in thailand with the taxation and at this remarkable record breaking see the video and story in full at r.t. dot com and catch all our best videos on our you tube channel. the killing of a spiritual leader of dagestani muslims by an islamic extremist is being seen as another sign of a steady rise in radicalism in russia the attack came on tuesday when

a female suicide bomber entered the clerics home disguised as a pilgrim and blew herself up concern is also being fueled by last month's double to soften muslim figures in the republic of tatarstan some experts believe the roots of extremism lead all the way to the middle east but others say the threat from anti islamic hatred could be even stronger you're going to put it in our reports. the trip to work that turned to tragedy that our stance had moved he was driving when a series of blasts threw him from his car the man who's been openly against the spread of radical ideas among the leavers survived to find out his deputy was shot dead in another part of town investigators still don't know the exact motivation behind the attack but the spotlight is now on the other stun most people here are muslim and that gets mentioned more and more when it comes to the spread of radical islam in washington yes some of the local muslim communities are financed by arab

families from states where i work a bit and it's an official religion the money has to be worked off and they demand their ideology is spread here it's. like a business is one of the most fundamental branches of islam it's strongly advocated in saudi arabia which backs it up with billions of dollars of support across the muslim world its followers often oppose all other religions sometimes even calling for jihad holy war against them but any other radical movement of us live of course not part of the official religion here but i thought do you see different ideas often taught in small mosques hidden from the mainstream. like this one form a boiler house rebuilt into a mosque in one of gazans many apartment blocks the art it's the moms denying being radical but admit they do not support their stance of visual branches of islam. we don't divide brother muslims and there can be no radicalism no terrorism these are words only used by prove

a kidders who want to discredit islam. we were told here believers are taught sincerely any quality and there are no longer up held in modern society that justice can only be achieved through islam and when someone says islam is the only fair way of life and social order they're called radical or extremist and what's the punishment for stealing the hand. chopped off. not the kind of punishment you'd find in russia's criminal code nevertheless such ideas are reportedly gaining more support among young muslims for some experts it could be partly to blame on how the list of banned extremist literature was thrown together. often in books by classical world famous authors have banned or in some of prophet muhammad saints how can we expect muslims to react and of course the radicals use this to gain influence. of course that are stan is a long way from becoming involved by the war stuff radical islam how the state

reacts to the spread of extremism is now key in the wrong moves could only worsen the situation you've got going to all of our guys on that our son. well the russian city of khazan has come under the spotlight again this time as two women were found dead in their flat with the words free pussy riot written on them on the wall above them apparently in blood it's being treated as murder both the elderly woman and her middle aged daughter died from multiple stab wounds authorities are investigating whether the killer was a supporter of pussy riot north of the band have already described it as a provocation three members of the russian punk band were jailed earlier this month for two years for performing a so-called punk prayer in the country's main cathedral. but all take away the russian crew that had been seized by pirates off the west coast of africa has been freed none of the twenty four people on board were hurt that's according to the russian foreign ministry the pirates pumped out some of the oil and made their

escape the tank was seized on tuesday after an exchange of gunfire with security forces from togo it will now continue its one week. what are some other top stories now in our world update five australian soldiers have died in afghanistan in a pair of separate incidents two soldiers were killed when their helicopter rolled over while landing and just hours earlier a man an afghan army uniform opened fire on australian soldiers at a military base killing three and wounding two the so-called green on blue attacks in which uniformed afghans turned their weapons against coalition allies have surged this year claiming the lives of forty five troops but. the scandal hit barclays bank is facing another fraud investigation of the billions it raised from middle eastern investors in two thousand and eight the bank is suspected of not being open enough and one of the paid to advise that it raise more than six billion euros of emergency capital at the height of the financial crisis

barclays was also recently embroiled in the row of manipulating the libor rate the rate at which banks lend money to each other the reputation of u.k. banks all b.s. and standard chartered were taken a battering after they were accused of breaking the. imposed. also in a world of rescues in southwest china racing to save twenty one miners trapped in a coal mine after a gas blast left twenty six dead explosion happened on wednesday evening when over one hundred fifty people were in the pit the owners of the mine have been detained for questioning all mine accidents killed almost two thousand people in china last year where safety rules are often neglected. a spectacular fireworks display proved to be one of the highlights of the conservative the twenty twelve paralympics with the show believed to be the event most watched ever the competition this eleven days with over four thousand athletes from around the globe taking home basketball shooting swimming and track cycling all feature on the first

day. so where it is for the moment i'll be back with some of our main news stories in six minutes from now in the meantime dimitris next with the business news. on a warm welcome to business r.t. russia's central bank chairman has landed near top notch in the global bankers' rating beating ben bernanke he and mary are drug global finance magazine as graded fifty central bankers with marks from a to d. on the basis of several criteria including levels of inflation and climate in their countries the biggest grades were given to only six heads of financial regulators including the ones from australia canada and israel interestingly the chairman of russia's central banks that year over took his colleagues from the fed and the e.c.b. that he was given a b. plus grade well ben bernanke you marry a druggie had to be content with just b. and b. minus respectively. well

a second ago what was happening on the stock markets on thursday this is the closing picture for europe many reasons to be depressed for investors on this trading session mainly because of the us jobless benefits standing flat and that means hiring is basically at a halt and the economy is not developing really quickly but still it's not harsh enough to have the federal reserve chairman ordering a new wave of quantitative easing but we'll have to wait for the jackson hole summit in wyoming on friday for that. and on the russian market also a bad day with the r.t.s. in the my six dropping the my six supported a bit by the weaker ruble but lower prices were not providing much support to the markets some of the worst trading stocks were financials with the t.v. dropping more than two percent. gas giant gazprom megaproject

stockmen has been put on hold in other parties involved gas from norway starts well in france's total they say that it's not feasible enough as costs are running very high while demand is faltering but bradly way from our nation's capital says this latest decision does not necessarily mean the project is do it. it's important to note that gazprom in our view isn't exiting the project gazprom is indicating to investors into the government that due to the location the difficult conditions and the current tax regime that this project is difficult to proceed so anything that we're seeing goes from exit per se i think we've seen gazprom communicate publicly what it views how it used to project what is really signaling is that many of the next generation projects shelf projects offshore projects or arctic projects are going to need a different tax structure whether it's lowering taxes or changing the set up or framework within which they are taxed so i think that this is an indicator for next

generation projects across the board. and staying with energy projects roads they have to know where you stand so well of agreed to create joint ventures for the arctic project situated in russia's territorial waters stats will fund all exploration costs and only thirty three percent of beach joint venture agreements also will see exchange of management and technical personnel between us and that's it from this business update coming up next the headlines on r.t. do stay with us.

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this is top stories now serious delegates walk out of a meeting of states into the u.s. taking place in tehran they were angered by gyptian leader mohamed morsi who called president assad's regime oppressive. u.n. security council tries again to break the syrian turkey was also invited to the ministerial meeting it's pushing for a buffer zone something russia and china strongly object to heavy battles continue . in china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the road to recovery beijing says we eurozone states need to impose further cuts and reforms. but up next we talk to a nun who lived in syria for

a decade and witnessed what the people went through when the first sparks of trouble ignited the war in-depth interview next. well today we're joined by sister agnes mariam of the cross she's founded a christian community had a monastery in damascus she's been living there and working there for the last twelve years thank you very much a sister for joining us today my first question is you've been there for twelve years working in damascus in syria iran different areas has there been a difference in your work throughout those years and in the recent months that we've seen uprising and violence of course we have been facing. reality evolving to get more and water but as you can pick. you know it's going to be sent to hell. so for us it was new because we were.

put in sort of position of the smallest petty since one thousand and ninety four. and we really. appreciate. the security team in syria you know its security of course which is imposed somehow. by regime which is very strong good and sometimes it kind of. again but nevertheless the reality is that everybody was living in security now were when the events begin. to appraise we were very happy. because really also wanted felt that the that is a need for a chance but very very quickly. we got bad

news. from. the witnesses. are they us is in homs. and also from damascus in daraa. where what to do is witnesses civilians without any political. position you know they were counting us telling us stories that were exactly the contrary of what we were seeing on the television so we took position for. objective truth. real information and also for sunday that it is because lonely bodies cody you had to help opposition where you had. people detained so you were also helping the opposition yes it's what we call opposition the civilian or push you know position which is not under any

party and that i'm not out of. you have you have always been today peaceful demonstration ok. so we had in our village to free to set free people. also if there is a need of humanitarian help even we had the opposition meeting in our monastery and the first appeal for the day a log and recourse in d.h. and was a molester i'm sure very well aware of all the criticism that has been thrown your way what is your relationship with the assad regime. if you know you have normal relationships with. religious entity and our of thought it is a religious it's not political. it's not even civilian you know we had

mainstream reports that came to syria and for it one way for a while i went with them on the scene you know but in the january. in december i asked to go to do a position where to get really were already implemented ok and so i could have an idea as an eyewitness and in the beginning we did not even know who were source people and we said said those people there were. identified. gangs you know we said we don't know who they are but they are spreading. these sort of the killings abducting and many kind you know of metal odds. to destabilize a country and all saw to implement

a kind of racial for its evil war for example they would kill. targeted targeted for example they would kill a low it i have seen. in homs. a flock of blood. because in the day before. people you know source and i did then defied gangs. i have been. in. just because they were with i have seen this with my eyes and i talked to the population of the sunni population who are losing has has perpetrated this they didn't know they said they were wearing like soldiers but do things as it's the loyal followers or do what do you want me to do i cannot shut up if if if nobody is reporting this i.