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all. the divided u.n. security council tries again to break the syrian deadlock with turkey pushing for a buffer zone as heavy continue. while syria's delegates walk out of a meeting of states not aligned to the u.s. taking place in tehran outraged by egypt's new president. and oppressive regime. plus the euro zone's engine room in germany heads east for investment chancellor merkel is in china to drum up business and convince beijing that the euro is on the

road to recovery. online on screen international news and comment live for one you sent to him in. britain and france say they're not ruling out any options in syria including a military force no fly zone the deadlocked u.n. security council is to discuss the crisis with turkey also pushing for the creation of a buffer zone a new york correspondent has the details. turkey is expected to raise the issue of buffer zones with the security council turkey wants to create according to reports buffer zones within syria for displaced people now this is an idea that has already been shot down by the syrian government as well as russia and china and if i'm not

mistaken possibly even the secretary general of the u.n. because creating a buffer zone many say what would put military a military presence into syria that is not a part of syria's government or military so china and russia are arguing that this can only make the situation that much more dangerous now that the foreign ministers of britain and france were addressing the media just a little while ago saying that their countries are already preparing and planning for a post assad era and they have also said raised a new call encouraging for the defections of syrian officers and soldiers what they're doing to encourage those defections is not clear and the rhetoric from the west has been west escalating over the past weeks we did recently hear france call on the syrian opposition to form a provisional government now this came after france just a week ago called on the consideration of

a partial no fly zone to be implemented over syria's airspace meanwhile the u.s. president barack obama said that the u.s. would intervene if the syrian government were to use chemical or biological weapons on syrian civilians and britain echoed america's sentiments we also see the west is planning they say for a post assad era but meanwhile this violence is still escalating and the security council has not reached any kind of consensus so you're dealing still with a deadlock among the international community but they're also at least trying to handle the humanitarian situation in. area so clearly a lot of issues on the edge and death for the u.n. security council to be discussing well let's get more on this from activists and journalists chandan he joins me now live from london. turkey has floated the idea of a buffer zone to be set up for civilians but these safe zones will inevitably mean foreign military presence in the no fly zone over the area what's your view on that

proposal. exactly i mean turkey along with its nato allies and other people nations i should say regime supporting the rebels mainly qatar and saudi arabia in the region have been ducking and diving and weaving and trying to find some way militarily into syria and they've been and they've been failing time all the time at the time this latest call from turkey is very interesting because it's in this region obviously has to do with the refugees spilling over from syria into turkey and in the region in which they going which is a had a region where it's going the route is one of the main port cities there actually historically this was stolen from syria in one hundred thirty nine by the turks in a in a dirty game with the french against syria just a historical context of that but this spillover into turkey has create all kinds of problems for tokyo and it really if we see the way turkey has employed its diplomacy and foreign policy in the region in the last year year and

a half two years we can see that nothing has come to the benefit of turkey or to turkey was developing good relations trade economic etc with iran with iraq with syria with libya and will now in hindsight we can see what kind of dirty game we don't know to what extent what how deep the conspiracy has been only a few years ago missed out of the ground was literally hugging president assad and mama gadhafi of libya and now we know what the hug was all about without the chit to check out into the office back to stab it so really we can it's very disconcerting why tookie is taking this. course because there's no benefits to it whatsoever and the only benefit of turkey's action that we can see is for is for nato and it's and his and his western allies so the question really has to be honest is really where is the dignity and self-respect of the turkish state current now you mentioned libya and lead the you can france and said they're not ruling out

any options in syria including a military force a no fly zone are we going to see the same sort of scenario that we saw in libya. well it's a lot more complex obviously in syria because syria has a stronger military has stronger regional allies than libya did. obviously the looking for some way to overthrow the regime in syria nothing nothing so far has what are the gun was the great muslim hope for nato is to push on the people of the region and their dog on a kind of far shine has somewhat faded and i think the new the new boy on the block is a president of egypt morsi and i think it's in this context that we have to study the so-called shift to the east there is no shift to the east this is this this seems to me and i think we have to really kind of display a lot of vigilance considering what we've seen in the last two years but this seems like another trick that nato is trying to employ and as mr one of the conference said in opinion piece in the guardian just recently and what the comfort of being you know a very important asset to nato is interest in the region that morsi does not come

with the baggage of the people and morsi is the product of the arab spring so he's perfectly placed to kind of push regime change by other means militarily as a nato are still looking in a way to overthrow them but it seems like they employing other means and all credit to the syrian state that they've been able to withstand this real international nato conspiracy against it for the last two years just explain a bit more about morsi position here because that he was going to iran against the u.s. is wishes but at the same time probably placating the u.s. by actually criticizing the syrian regime and also doing it on iranian ground of course being a strong ally with syria absolutely and you know the iranians are obviously have been trying since the beginning of the arab spring which is arguably a nato spring clean up the whole region they be and they've been trying to employ positive diplomacy in a very difficult circumstance and i can sympathize with that but it's not lost on the iranians and nor should be and you doubt about this is lost not lost on the iranians how rude and disrespectful morsi was of the nonaligned summit you just

don't start bickering and attacking another constituent member off the off the movement's internal of. and that's what they've done and in so doing they've actually also helped iran hosting the movement summit as well and the movement because morsi has handed over the movement's leadership to iran from egypt another point just coming back to turkey has to be made in turkey and the financial times reported today that there was a poll conducted on thursday in turkey two thirds of the turkish population are against the turkish government's policy in relation to syria with the kurdish issue which is continuing to boil for the turkish state what what what on earth is turkey doing so anyone with any sense of independence and multilateralism and multiple arity would really push the talks to look at their own interests and the interest lies were having peaceful positive relations with iran iraq and syria and the rest of its neighbors rather than playing the stalking horse for mates or raising some

interesting points there thanks a lot so you can chandan joining us live from london here on r.t. thank you. well still ahead here on 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. but first the syrian delegation has walked out on the session of the nonaligned movement in tehran something we're talking about a little earlier that session there with my own i guess you can shine the after the egyptian leader mohamed morsi called the syrian regime oppressive in his speech morsi ended the sounds government had lost its legitimacy and urged attending nations to support the rebels the war activists are flounders a told me that morsi is trying to do america's bidding who didn't want to see the meeting go ahead. there was an all out effort to stop this made in an all out effort to blockade iran itself and to stop any country from having any economic political relations

with iran whatsoever so over the very fact that one hundred and twenty nations thirty five heads of state have come to tehran for this raid it is an 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 a big pressure. very much so on every one of the countries and understand fully syria walking out because they are playing they say absolutely change there's every effort of the u.s. to intervene and they're already intervening now their threats of the no fly zone arks really dangerous it's on. as the euro zone is failing to break free of its crippling economic crisis the leader of powerhouse germany is on profit in the east on a visit to china chancellor angela merkel is

a need to convince beijing that europe is still a safe place to invest with billions worth of business deals having already been signed. 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. 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. keeping the monetary union together but just expect some kind words they shouldn't be any cash coming forward from china to help the ailing euro zone now

there is talk of a special relationship between germany and china. some people in brussels who feel . 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. to around two hundred eighty billion dollars twenty fifteen well the reason that the to make such good economic bedfellows at the moment is that germany produces the machinery needed to china's industry germany also see china as a growing market. drying up from within europe due to the people simply having the cash to. within the european union and within the eurozone monetary union so will be the eurozone crisis on increasing economic ties. the bill when it comes. to the chinese leadership will be underlining the meeting is. that germany needs china far more right now than china needs germany. china's prime

minister has also called on greece italy and spain to go through with reforms and budget cuts to get their finances back on track hands can the money from the european council on foreign relations are told me that he believes china's input could be key in stabilizing europe. the big hope in europe is that the chinese would invest in some of the new vehicles that have been crazy like the european stability mechanism. the chinese. offer lots of words of support today and yesterday. much in the way of concrete promises to buy bonds in any case the chinese don't tend to make their bond purchases public so we don't know for example how much the chinese invested in european bones in the last two years since the euro crisis began anyway and we probably know. there's a lot of there's

a lot of uncertainty about in the case of their boss obviously this is a european company and so it would benefit not just germany but also france and other countries in europe but lots of the deals that have been signed. off the german companies rolled into european companies and so in that sense there is a competition going on between germany and other european countries and only generally seems to be winning that competition. just. working twenty four seventh's to provide you with the best stories and videos from around the world online and here's a quick look at what we have for you at the moment on the web site the school of hard knocks two thousand students. their university lost its right to. new global with. this remarkable breaking. see the video.

the killing all the spiritual leader of. islamic extremists 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 cleric's home disguised as a pilgrim and blew herself up concern is also being fueled by last month's. republican. some experts believe the roots of extremism lead all the way to the middle east but others say the threat from islamic hatred could be even stronger. reports. the trip to work that turned to tragedy. was driving when it sees a blast. the man who's been openly against the spread of radical ideas among the lever survived to find his deputy shot dead in another part of town investigators still don't know the exact motivation behind the attack but the spotlights now on to other stuff most people here are muslim and that gets mentioned more and more

when it comes to the spread of radical islam in washington. some of the local muslim communities are financed by arabs from states where it is an official religion the money has to be worked on and they demand the ideology is. 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 bus abysmal or any other radical movement of us lot of course not part of the official religion here but i thought the same different ideas are often taught in smaller mosques hidden from the mainstream. like this one form a boiler house rebuilt into a mosque in one of gazans many apartment blocks the aren't it's the moms denying radical but admit they do not support tatarstan official 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 as. we were told here believers are taught to sincerely any quality there are no longer up held in modern society looking with justice can only be achieved through islam somewhat since islam is the only fan way of life and social order now called radical or extremist and what's the punishment for stealing the hand is chopped off and 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 the books by classical world famous authors are bound more than some of prophet muhammad saints how can we

expect muslims to react and of course the radicals use this to gain influence. of course. the worst of the radical islam how the state reacts to the spread of it. he. could only situation. r.t. . well the russian city of 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 the wall above them apparently blood is 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 laws of the band of 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. where 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 all made their escape the vessel was seized on tuesday after next change of security forces from togo it will continue its voyage. now to some other top stories now from around the world of 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 a man in 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. scandal hit barclays bank is facing another form of investigation of the billions

it raised from middle eastern investors in two thousand and eight the bank is suspected of not making clear enough and what it has paid. two advisors when it rains more than six billion euros of emergency capital at the height of the financial crisis. was also recently. over manipulating the level rate the rate at which banks lend money to each other the reputation of including r.b.s. instead of chartered taking a battering after they were accused of breaking the sanctions imposed on iran. also in our world update the rescuers in southwest china racing to save twenty one miners trapped in a coal mine after a gasp last left twenty six dead the explosion happened on wednesday evening whenever one hundred fifty people were in the pit of the mine had been detained for questioning accidents killed almost two thousand people in china last year where safety rules are often neglected. spectacular fireworks display proved to be one of the highlights of the opening ceremony of the london

twenty twelve paralympics but the show believed to be the events most watched ever the competition will last eleven days with over four thousand athletes from around the world taking part wheelchair basketball. swimming and track cycling. on the first day in. well the temperatures up today for the moment with some of our top stories and nine minutes from now in the meantime we talked 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 and i'm on a street 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 t.v. evolving to get more and water but as you can pick. you know it's really in the central head. it's so for us it was new because we were. put into this position of the smallest. since nineteen ninety four and we really. appreciate. the security team in syria its security feel quote of it which is imposed somehow. by regime which is very strong good and sometimes that kind of. began

but never does and this. is that everybody was living in security. now with when the events begin. raise we were very happy because really also wanted felt that there that is a need for a chance but very very quickly. we got bad news. from. the witnesses. in our they are sissies in homs. and also from damascus in that. where what to do is it messes civilians is out of any political. position you know they were counting on us telling us stories that were expecting

the contrary of what we were seeing on the television so we took position for. objective truth good information and also for sunday that it because only by sco and the you had to help opposition where you had. people detained so you were also helping the opposition yes it's what because terry otto position the civilian or pushy or position which is not under any party and that i'm not that. you have you have always been today peaceful demonstration ok. so we had you know i would have. 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 debate i log and recall seeing geisha and was in our monastery and i'm sure you're very well aware of all the criticism that has been thrown your way what is your relationship with the assad regime. if you know we have nor the nation ship with. a religious entity and our of footy is that religious it's not political. it's not even civilian you know we had mainstream report that came to syria and for iran for a while i went with them on the scene you know but in the january. in december i asked to do a position where the good 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 those 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 crimes you know of metal odds. to destabilize a country and all saw to implement a kind of punishment for a civil war for example they would kill. targeted targeted for example they will keep a low it i have seen. in homes. if luck. of blood. because in the day before. people

you know source and i did then to fight gangs have been beheading nine i know with people just because they want to know if i have seen this was my eyes and i talked to the population of the sunni population who do you think has has perpetrated this they didn't know they said they were wearing like soldiers but do you think that it's their loyalty towards the what do you want me to do i cannot shut up if if if nobody is reporting this i feel as if if i know it and i do not report it i am helping. to continue is that a way and after even of human rights watch begin to talk about things perpetrated by. armed insurrection affiliated saying that it is affiliated to the opposition that were doing sings against humanity but you have the entire opposition. who doesn't want these kind of

foreign intervention. they want changes but we saw influence and we saw destroying everything. well for the. funny it's technology innovation all the least i'm elements from around russia we've got the future covered. this was the plan that was responsible for causing the world's were.