meanwhile serious. with. former cia chief david petraeus. now with us. to the case.

it is a pleasure to have you with us here today. live in moscow welcome to the program the arab league the formation of syria's new rebel coalition but did stop short of recognizing the group as the sole legitimate voice of the syrian people leaders of syria's exiled opposition beset by mutual suspicion fighting the new block on sunday and now seeking a full international backing middle east correspondent. takes up the story for us. the six gulf states have formally recognized the new syrian coalition as the official representative of the syrian people and the foreign minister of qatar has said that this recognition will remove obstacles that will ultimately be able to secure arms for syrian rebels the coalition does look set to set up

a so-called government in exile if indeed this happens this will have the backing of western as well as arab states there are fears that this could set up a libya style scenario what we saw in libya was opposition fighters setting themselves up as an alternative government that got the backing of the international community and ultimately led to nato airstrikes and foreign intervention so there are concerns that that might happen here in syria there was also a nother question about just how feasible the spa position group is really we're looking at a patchwork of various organizations it is made up of the rebel fighters as well as dissidents and people from all backgrounds and political affiliations it has been marred by bickering over the past few weeks and months indeed this is an organization that does not have internal unity what is important is that the arab league that is notably one of the most important bodies in the arab world has

hesitantly welcomed this new coalition it does say that it is a primary negotiator but it has not gone as far as to say that it is the legitimate representative of the syrian people. correspondent paula slayer right now for the meantime israel says its army has fired on positions in syria and scored quote direct hits in response to air and across the border fire other piece of confrontation is fueling fears that israel could be dragged into the syrian conflict as fighting has already spilled over into turkey and lebanon. and offers it at the scene of fierce clashes between lebanese sectarian groups are divided over which side they support in the bloody syrian standoff. they share a determination to fight to the death but this isn't syria it's lebanon the conflict has crept across the border leading to death and destruction here in tripoli we're standing here you can see the almost complete destruction of a home and this is literally the front line of the. neighborhood in tripoli right

across the street out the window that's the neighborhood where the largely sunni community have been has been clashing with the largely allawi community that is based here it's actually not very safe for us to stand here we've been told by the owner of this apartment that they're still taking casualties in the fighting could really flare out at any moment out of range of the snipers we speak to the homeowner and allawi militia man the misery has only hardened his resolve to fight against neighbors who he says pose a mortal threat. these people have one objective and that is to have an islamic emirate in the north and militia organizations like hezbollah give up arms as long as thought exists. this is been a flashpoint for years a sunni stronghold next door to an alawite community but strife in syria has unleashed new sectarian tensions leading to the worst fighting since lebanon's civil war ali food is the spokesperson for the arab democratic party which has its

own loyal militia here in. the asad regime falls this area will turn into a dangerous product kerrick this is what we're trying to avoid. i asked him whether disarming might be an option to avoid more bloodshed. but we're not afraid while we were filming the lebanese army was overseeing a shaky cease fire but the sandbags are still out awaiting the next battle we're in the neighborhood as you can see behind me that is the area where the gunfire was coming down here people have been killed on both sides of the so. this is one of the fighting positions this street. reacher has a sunni militia here in tripoli as bubble to ben a slum in heavy fog with his guns. showing off his guns he says he's ready to use them again at a moment's notice. we are ready to defend ourselves and to fight fire with. shaikh

masri accuses the syrian government of fermenting violence against the sunni's and that's why he says support for the uprising goes far beyond empathy. or assistance to the free syrian army then would do it within our capabilities and if it is possible to give them a gun and some bullets then we're happy. however the syrian war plays out it's clear that the outcome will have repercussions far beyond its borders in tripoli the battle lines have been drawn and neither side seems willing to back down lucy calf and r.t. tripoli lebanon and you can find out much more about the potential fallout from the syrian conflict just by looking on to our two top calm you'll find in the story of a syrian are admired by millions in the arab world but whose pro assad views made him a target of syrian rebels that has opposition fighters are increasingly accused of killing civilians simply for their allegiance to the government. now the fallout

from the cia director david petraeus his resignation continues with the man who replaced a most u.s. commander in afghanistan general john allen also embroiled in the scandal stood down last friday after admitting to an extramarital affair at the pentagon now claims that general allen has been exchanging quote inappropriate e-mails with with jill kelley other woman whose initial contact with the f.b.i. and the dresses down for my concerns are also mounting that what first appeared to be a personal matter now how deep implications including security leaks and political cover up more now from our washington correspondent guy nature. paula broadwell general petraeus is biographer slosh mistress gave a speech last month and in that speech she revealed details about the bin gazi attack that were at that time unknown to the public she gave a speech at the end of october fifth now when everybody knows that she had an

affair with a general many are guessing whether those details that she revealed in her speech were part of their pillow talk pickle is that i don't know if a lot of you heard this but the cia annex had actually had taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner in in they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to try to get these prisoners back so that it's still being vetted the challenging thing through. the trans is in his new position he's not allowed to communicate with the press by the way the cia adamantly denies the allegations that they held prisoners at the consulate in benghazi and nobody at that point heard anything about the cia holding prisoners in benghazi but everybody knew about the access that paula broadwell had to the general because she was his biographer now it turns out that she had an even greater access to the general when general petraeus resigned he cited his own extremely poor judgment and some are wondering whether that poor judgment was just about the affair or it could also be about having shared more with his mistress than just pleasant moments together

there's another twist to this story apparently paula broadwell was not the kind to keep things to herself the f.b.i. were investigating her allegedly caressing e-mails sent to another woman who also happens to know general petraeus and as officials here are saying that's how they found out about the affair general petraeus was idolised the public had to go through a similar trauma if you will with the other again and then general who was also idolized in many ways general stanley mcchrystal he fell from grace and resigned when the rolling stone magazine quoted him saying unflattering things about the administration the media here of course have seen all over the tree of scandals when they learned that there was another woman involved it got them spinning all over again with her discussions about how the level of to stall story and effects of men's judgment all kinds of things they savored every detail of this story and one thing that was actually said to watch is that what the agency and i mean the cia is actually doing doesn't get that much coverage things like how they pick the

targets for this targeted assassination program things that the public should want to know if it's national security and it's secret but when he comes to the director's bedroom all of a sudden everybody wants to know and the media are there to question every detail of the affair as far as let's say collateral damage from cia drone strikes not as interested. there are some more you coming your way here on the program including that of the people's bailout direct from the occupy movement has activists plan to relieve hundreds of u.s. citizens of the financial burden. and germany to show support for portugal's austerity drive is met with public outrage as people's patience with painful cuts and tax hikes runs out. for now three of the world's most recognized browns starbucks google and amazon are all under fire in the u.k. for depriving britain of millions of pounds through elaborate tax avoidance schemes

and the tricks of course public outrage and one action group has even come up with an unconventional plan that's a highlight what's been dubbed the company's quote immoral tactics are joining me now to write this off and. standing by for us in london it's good to see you paula first of all let's talk about a just exactly how much money is the country out of pocket due to the three giants tax schemes and games well these are three companies that dominate the u.k. economy they have billions of pounds worth of tonneau there but it looks like they pay very little corporation tax to show for it and now m.p.'s are outraged by the fact that three very legal loopholes these companies that they say are acting in an immoral way i'm managing to dodge millions and billions of pounds worth of tax every single yeah and they want to try and put a stop to it now we're just hearing right now here at r t is that according to a friend but french authorities now demanding two hundred fifty two million dollars

in back taxes and interest from online retailer amazon we're talking u.k. we're talking france there but for now what about i mean the companies we talk about this being called it moral just how did the companies manage to contribute so little or nothing to the treasury without actually breaking the law certainly a big mystery. well it's all a case of financial trickery rory it's about getting clever accountants that find countries with more favorable tax rates to base a u.k. headquarters and say for example google base themselves in the republic of violence that's way that that's where they sell their advertising space from starbucks are based in holland and amazon based in luxembourg so they managed to pay very little taxes through channeling their revenue through these countries and of course they also say that they make very little money in the u.k. which m.p.'s find very suspect they say that they've been operating at

a loss for example starbucks said they've been operating as a loss for the last fourteen years in the u.k. is a very tough market but governments are getting increasingly wary about these tactics and indeed these loopholes that need to be solved because they're losing a lot of money in tax revenue through these very clever schemes of financial trickery. as you say some of these companies say that they're not necessarily in the hole but they're not making the profits of the used to be making you talk about people saying these are immoral tactics i suppose it can in some way or another be familiar with the idea of offshore accounts for example many people have offshore accounts in the cayman islands and that's as you say the tricky one one of the methods of trickery the companies could be using what parts of public reaction should surely surely there must be a people of the public or even m.p.'s who outspoken about this. absolutely well the m.p.'s yesterday that were grilling these executives and what watching them say why and make excuses for these schemes so that their excuses were lawful but

unfortunately rory for much of the ordinary public here in the u.k. it's just not funny anymore they say that you know austerity measures are taking hold that the public spending cuts in the public sent sector are really making life difficult for people and we spoke to a few people out on the streets and this is what they told us let's have a listen to what they said if we're paying tax on things like. we have to foot the bill for that i guess we're paying tax on coffee as well why should they not pay the tax that we. took i guess is up to some to close the loopholes really that still they can seize but we tend to take some of this that i think it's fair but you still buy starbucks it's not this is. so as you can see people are very unhappy about the fact that they perhaps have to save money every day and maybe not go without a little luxury such as

a starbucks coffee on their way to work but these massive corporations are getting tax breaks legally and they're avoiding paying the taxes that people have forking out for their coffee where the so they say it's just not fair and public anger about it really growing here in the u.k. . the same old story throughout time of the rich getting richer the poor getting poorer you know you wrote a really valid point there and also those people you spoke to briefly about the eurozone and the e.u. troubles as well and here are three of the biggest giants in the world was on starbucks and google making a mint making billions and yet basically sticking a knife in the back of m.p.'s on the taxes as well some activists have already suggested a plan to highlight what they're calling this a moral behavior certainly of at least one of the companies so what exactly has been suggested so far. yes well this. anti cuts group these campaigners against austerity measures here in the u.k. they say that in december they're going to launch

a national day of action against starbucks what they're going to do is they're going to occupy the multitude of starbucks coffee houses that we have here in london you walk down the street you see them everywhere and they're going to make them into the homeless shelter they're going to make them into refuges into precious because that they say that starbucks have these immoral tactics and they need to give back to society so they're going to be occupying these coffee houses but indeed it's not just the anti cuts campaign as there's a general feeling among the british public that people want to boycott these new large amount multinational companies because of their immoral schemes in the way that they do you just take from the public and very little back into the u.k. economy which as we know is struggling at the moment and really for people here in the u.k. very difficult to make ends meet at the moment so this is a topic that's rousing a lot of anger from the british public and there is a lot of anger but it's not entirely surprising you know multibillion dollar

corporations starbucks google amazon making a mint nobody has seen any of the. work and not the last we're hearing of this i'm sure live in london thank you. back with more news after a quick break so you're just. catalonia wants to get its independence from the rest of spain locals feel that madrid texas of catalonia economic success is a way putting the region into debt trust me who work hard only to have it all taxed away is very aggravating i can see why people are frustrated but the people who want independence have a very odd slogan catalonia a new european state so let me get this straight you want independence but you want to stay in the e.u. is that what you mean what exactly would that change that's not really gaining

independence that shifting dependencies stay in the e.u. means you won't have control of your borders you'll still be on the euro c won't have your own currency you'll be able to establish your trade standards those will be dictated to you by brussels and if you don't like the austerity measures from outsiders like in madrid then you might want have a conversation with the greeks because being an independent country in the e.u. won't save you from people messing with your finances all i'm saying is that being truly independent means answer to no one not madrid not brussels but that's just my opinion.

this was the plant that was responsible for causing the world's worst industrial disaster and had been abandoned in a condition where it had become a source of pollution the most recent study that was done shows that this water pollution spread to. more than hundred thousand people. in the sea. by one hundred dollars. unpunished.

critique three. three. three. three. three. three. mediocre four year media project free media r.t. dot com. if you're just joining us welcome to the program here on our german chancellor angela merkel received a hostile welcome in portugal this is hundreds of angry protesters greeted her in lisbon they blame the chancellor for their country's austerity drive resulting in painful cuts and massive tax rises as artie's sarah for now reports many wonder why

portugal is following a path which is yet to reap any rewards elsewhere. these measures have been killing is doing to give us no future it's only for carriage and employment and misery to many people becoming desperate but it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people that are getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been as a sign of support for this thing daily to serve to highlight the. protestors message loud and clear way testers standing off against the royal family become very familiar protest gatherings in europe but perhaps not so familiar the portugal here until recently have been much more tolerant of the strict austerity measures that have been imposed on them but as you can see here portugal's patience is really running out with record levels of unemployment now at fifteen percent and

the country about to enter its third year of recession is the coming apparent the country persons had to eat could be a southern european success story now struggling to survive and talk about cuts to jobs we talk about the search measures what does it mean to be living through that right now in portugal it means they don't see any future for my child we are getting angry because the government don't care. about people put two goals not alone of course the stories of hardship are ok all across the usa in brussels finance ministers are desperately trying to come up with a way to pull greece back from the brink of bankruptcy with athens having just approved yet another round of cuts this is the coolest hearing on the streets of the capital the greek political class like the rest of the year. in

a sense i think chris. christie of the you're not you're watching this on. exerts such a power over people that they are urged to do things which by any rational measure obviously counterproductive in order to preserve the european project the euro in particular they are determined to do everything to keep the single currency in tact even to destroy their country and we've. done it straight people are questioning why portugal must fully the same hooted rate the same many economists say it's deemed to end in failure. into the r.t. world up there we go starting with israel having carried out fresh air strikes on gaza in response to rockets from palestinian militants which injured four israeli soldiers responded with tank fire killing six palestinians wounding at least forty

other militants have reportedly indicated they're ready for a truce although no official response from israel. radical muslim cleric abu qatada has won his appeal against extradition from the u.k. to jordan where he would face terrorism charges the judge held the plea of the suspected al qaeda operative after lawyers claimed he wouldn't get a fair trial in jordan the home secretary has already criticized the tribunals decision he will be released on strict bail conditions which could cost a pretty taxpayer eight million a year. just ahead for you here on r t a special report on the worst industrial accident in india's history. tucked in between the russian mainland japan and the cycling island is the island

of minute on named after french seafarer who discovered it it is described as the right of the circle. region will take a look at what's in store for us here. until two thousand and four the island was part of the borders own and was completely restricted to visit no this picture rest place is open to tourist plants and animals are its top attraction. treaty has been exploring the deaths of the world sees for several decades but it's here at more your own island where he has finally found what he'd been looking for . the water here is very clear the visibility is very good and the underwater world here is extremely rich i've been to many diving locations across the planet including the. iran tops my list while some go to the region to enjoy the

sights convert the island's nature's riches into a healthy dollar it is home to the biggest seafood processing factory in russia the tonight shock hundreds of thousands of tons of fish get caught in the nets too late to produce delicious salamon caviar and necessary attribute of anything. the owner of the enterprise says a good fishing season can bring in more than a hundred million dollars net profit. extent this is. environmentally they do not shop operates in only and natural habitat and mild climate unique natural sights and delicious seafood suck for a diverse holiday for those who are not afraid to travel ten thousand kilometers from europe the question is whether this distant land would ever be able to become a major tourist destination.

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of the old notion of a corporation is based on what's called limited liability limited liability means that the individual participants of a corporation ten not be charged with crimes of the corporation commits the kind to a very limited it's one of the major crimes as corporate manslaughter of a corporation acts in such a way that kills the managers and the c.e.o. and the shareholders there have a limited liability i mean it's not that they have disregard for human life they may be the nicest people in the world and maybe give to charity. but in their institutional role as managers of the corporation there is a task that they must follow that task is to maximize profit and market share. if they don't do that they're out. and somebody else of. the indian government meanwhile declared itself the sole representative of the victims and proceed to do

so out the case for four hundred seventy million dollars which was so cheap to buy and start went up by three dollars a share some people could not mean that it could be such a gross sell out because the new government agreed to set all present and future liabilities for a sum as small as four hundred seventy million dollars. people received as little as five hundred dollars but life long injuries. unpunished. i believe whatever happened in the past we cannot change it but what is happening now is in our control it's been twenty seven years and the government should do something like people should get clean water because the ground water is contaminated whoever survived that night.