cyprus officials then here across descend on moscow to thrash out a three way rescue as they are islanders seize all the shutters of banks and a cold shoulder from euro. a rocket attack on israel mas obama's visit to the region as he reads palestinian leader mahmoud abbas with prospects of the trip of bringing stability still a distant hope. to the united nations is to investigate the alleged deadly chemical attack on aleppo following the did for a probe from both of the syrian government and the opposition queues each other of the assaults.

is seven pm here in the russian capital you live with r.t. with me to say. the super to finance minister is in moscow as talks to save the offshore banking haba from bankruptcy enters a crunch time the stakes are high with speculations that cyprus could offer natural gas exploration rise to secure russian help time is running out for the island nation as doing cash reserves are pushing towards default arches you got a piece going off picks up the story. the cypriot finance minister is explained that the country doesn't need a new loan from russia but it needs investment in exchange for this investment it's ready to offer shares in its banking and energy sector the minister has been in moscow for the last few days and negotiating with russian officials so far he says there's been no official offer but he stressed that he's not leaving until an agreement is reached in the meantime a delegation of senior european union officials is also in the russian capital

including the head of the european commission amount of borrowers of course are also discussing the crisis in cyprus and earlier russia's prime minister dmitry me did if i some really strong words to say about the situation but the fear so far the e.u. together with the cyprus parliament have unfortunately acted like a bull in a china shop i think all possible mistakes which could have been made in this situation have been made to feel enough bustled will be the prime minister didn't stop there he also compared the european union's officials approach to the crisis to how soviet authorities dealt with the private funds of soviet citizens meaning the. property of course all of this is happening after cyprus have rejected the bailout plan proposed by brussels and mostly the so-called droid of investors which included taxing private bank accounts of the country is still on the verge of bankruptcy there is unconfirmed speculation that the cypriot calment is a looking at an alternative plan to get out get out of the crisis which may even

allegedly include getting out of the euro zone altogether with time is running out for the country and its president said that a decision must be made before the end of the day and for more on all this i'm now joined by the editor in chief of the business new york magazine ben heiress mr ayres thank you very much for joining me and well about this latest speculation it's really unconfirmed reports but theoretically how possible is it for cyprus to actually get out of the euro zone and what consequences meters half could happen i mean being pushed into a corner being told to come up with five point eight billion dollars and they have got it and they hear it must go negotiating with the russians trying to raise the money but then if the russians say no then they simply haven't got the money and then come monday then they run out of money the system goes into meltdown and how do you get out of that i mean you make on your a big ations and you leave the euro zone is a very possible scenario so i pressed now says that it's not looking for

a loan from russia but earlier the head of the euro group said that if russia gave a loan to cyprus then it would be it would just destabilize the whole situation. too big of a loan for cyprus to handle so is this a sign that something like that is fair to say or is it a sign that european officials are just simply in opposition to russia trying to get involved in resolving this thing there's a lot of rhetoric flying around over this this whole case it's become highly emotive and people seem to you know lost their sense of balance when commenting on it and it also seems a bit rich to come from western european. powers say that you know they have an sustainable debt when most of those countries are laboring under one hundred percent g.d.p. debt to g.d.p. which is under the musketeer also unsustainable i think the issue here is that you know cyprus needs to raise some money but the e.u. is saying on the one hand we're not going to give you more than ten billion dollars

for the seventeen you say you need and on the other hand but you can't go to the russians to raise it either and so it seems to me that they're almost precipitating a crisis it doesn't make any sense. the european central bank has said and ultimatum full sign priscilla either strike a bailout deal by monday will be cut off from emergency funds and that would be a devastating blow for. banks remain shut to to prevent a massacre was doles. has a mole on what's happening in the capital. the message is so widespread now across the capital at least when you walk down the street wherever there's a television it's on the news channel and. that liquidity flow to cyprus will end on monday if there was no e.u. or i.m.f. program in place and that really poses a problem as far as cash flow was concerned we've already gone to some a.t.m. machines are people winding up they're trying to get some cash and some people tell

me their limit of the amount of money they can get from from one withdraw all has lessened some for four hundred for example to about two hundred euros we also went to a gas station and there are signs that they don't know longer except visa cards only because i think he said if you don't have any cash that you won't get any gas because they have to hold on to was much cash as they want as far sentiment goes so there's a a super bowl here that said that ninety one percent of a cypriot subject to back the calls of. imposing decided upon in brussels and sixty seven percent now favor an exit from the euro zone and stronger relations with russia i think many people are simply trying to find out if there's anybody out there who can help them because they know that the star situation of the financial situation directly impacts their daily lives really some people are telling me that they have to ask their family members just to have a couple of hundred euros to have groceries until the next week so the situation on the ground really i think it's it's kind of spiraling getting getting

a little bit more intense as people realize that they're running out of cash money in their pockets literally and when i asked them look the banks will open next week possibly tuesday and they asked me back well what if it doesn't open up. i think this question that's hanging over their heads is really what's worrying. us now here how the cypriot parliamentary is a reacting to this crisis joining me a full that is crystal as mrs an m.p. from the left new forces a party thank you sir for joining us you voted against the bank deposit tax and now with fears of a bankruptcy do you still think that that was the right thing to do. yes pretty sure about we voted no of course that makes the situation different call it still very difficult because no was no solution and no was not accepting the deal made on friday of. the euro zone with president. we still think that it's correct and likely today to get out of the party and do we prefer to.

change the direction in which we are seeking for a solution meaning that the troika is not accept the truth. cannot be told because it's a way to house no safety for the future prosperity. on the other hand. yes there are reports though that the e.u. knew cyprus would reject the bank tax why would they push for a tax that had no chance of being accepted all postes. that is what i cannot answer to you because i can assume it was it was the mentality of troika. come again and again in every country in which they try this policies with these unfair and unfeeling. and the problems question when are they going to stall and it seems so we suggest that we.

go for for another direction we have today suggested a good thing to do east. look. at mosco and maybe accept the invitation and even get a communication from president putin so that the president of the republic of cyprus accompanied by the main party leaders visit in the next us and to try and find a better program there we are more cultured and can be safe and more reliable . thing to do done keep keep negotiating we trade which had showed us nine months now that every day the negotiation coming in going back and back and forth but on which show does not we cannot accept them to be reliable and they show does that they have no no when in which they are truly. as we saw with greece for

example as we see that you know other countries where they have the same. sort of problems with so if russia does say yes we're going to help you in cyprus considering exiting the euro zone as a plan see. one what is it what would sign for this consider exiting the euro zone as part of their plan c. if. no no no no no this isn't that what we suggest we believe that staying in the euro it's a core of thing to do which i said in my party saying do we think that the direction we're going to negotiations we troika acceptable from the side of troika and so we have to seek for a solution. not troika but in another direction and one direction that is now they are in front of us always goes i said but you know in the new situation will be is going to be something that we are seeking for the next you know that's not the case

but i mean that europe has been accused of being very heavy handed in its demands are with cyprus so why do you think that they being so tough to you. you can let me assume and save the end is not just the policies already implemented to us through a number of legislations that we did accepted from toy gun we have passed through. parliament but it seems that the end may be somewhere me out of taking control. gus and oil resources which is something that a lot this is what we all the people of cyprus at the moment comes think of why the . behavior of the troika is the way it has been in the last nine months and it's likely in the last week even even even. now we're also hearing e.u. concerns about laundered money in cyprus bags but why weren't these concerns

addressed back when cyprus joined the e.u. why did they keep silent on that. can you please repeat it again there's been a lot of talk about laundered money within cyprus so why are they only talking about it now why wasn't that addressed within the e.u. . prior to this it's very correct that you said that first of all i don't think that this is something that is happening really happening there waits its present its. money laundry can be anywhere in the in the same level as perhaps he. happens. percentage actually which is within the i mean with the normal the normal . scale the thing is that the bring up a lot of things so the cunt pushed in a show in a state under pressure and it was a way to put us under pressure even if they have the. council of europe money which

they did and and the i.m.f. which they did investigate the money laundering and the reports are a very very very very good. thing and. maybe that in the few countries will get over that we have the less problem but still they brought it up he played a role in the german elections a very big role in the but in general elections and it was a way to push us around and they did and every time there is something up. at the end. it will prevail it will be clear that it doesn't happen it will be it will be a fact at the end of the day but even if it makes a clear claim whether it's actually helping the one who is pressing the big one who's pressing there's more one. thing about pulling him out and i think it was a way psychologically to make that last year they make crystal messes and empty from the left a new forces party they speaking on the cypress

a crisis i thank you for your time. the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been hosting talks with us president barack obama who's on his first ever visit to the west bank on a scene is a way left on the well by the meeting saying obama avoided the most grave the obstacles to peace in the region obama's trip has been overshadowed by reports of a gazan rocket attack on israel came after his meeting day on wednesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu policia has more on the story. well it's not such a large crowd of anti obama protesters here in ramallah but the sentiments being expressed here already reflected off the general mood on the palestinian street and what people here have been chanting is a bomb if you're not black they've also been chanting that the occupation is like a snake and america is the head of the snake they're also saying that this is a nation that cannot be defeated not been talking to several people and what they've been telling me is that first and foremost through this visit

a bomb has made it quite clear that america's support is for israel they complain that he's been talking to these radios hearing the israelis point of view and then ultimately putting forward the israeli position when it comes to peace negotiations with the palestinians we don't expect anything from obama he met netanyahu yesterday in israel and he didn't say one word about the palestinians or the palestinian state or this visit is just for supporting israel they're not considering the palestinians at all we don't welcome a bomber in palestine he's a partner in killing us palestinians there are prisoners who are on a hunger strike in israeli prisons and he doesn't care about them or about this nation. the united states is standing against any attempts to move the peace process forward the last one was the american veto and they refused to let us be part of the united nations this american government that supports terrorism globally they're killing the syrian nation and the african nations and all around the world. this coming on the second day of the american president barack obama's

visit to the region certainly a bomber so far is speaking primarily to the israeli public and he admitted as much last night after he met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he said that his goal is to talk to the israelis he's spoken about the importance of israeli security and he's also committed american financial assistance to israel particularly in terms of military programs beyond two thousand and seventeen when the current contracts expire now there's been very little mention so far of the palestinians of the peace process of the continued israeli settlement expansion and this is in stark contrast to the speech the president gave back in two thousand and nine in cairo when he said that one of his priorities in terms of his foreign policy was resolving the palestinian issue having said that though there is a lot of mistrust between the bomb and netanyahu there is a lot of areas and disagreement they certainly don't see eye to eye on the issue of

iraq and here we have mr yahoo continuing to call for a military strike while obama continues to say that all options are on the table and that there is still time for diplomacy so certainly in this what we see is that despite the p.r. efforts there is no running away from the fact that mr han yahoo still holds firm to israeli commitment even if it means turning his back on his close allies we here in this clip israel can never grow to different persons to others even to the greatest of our friends the palestinian position is that they needs to be of attention nine hundred sixty seven borders there needs to be a halt in construction of settlements and in this respect the anticipation and at least the analysis on the ground is that obama is not going to push the israelis but rather push the palestinians to meet the israeli demands there graham who's an activist in gaza says obama has always sided with israel and this was it shows and nothing's changed. the palestinians are expecting very much. the husband

has come and he has basically told the israelis that he is their ally and he will do everything he can possible to have it is really a situation where he has actually said nothing and regards to the palestinians he hasn't mentioned settlement phrases he hasn't mentioned the sixty seven borders he has giving nothing to the palestinians the main obstacle has and always will be the succulents they have continued to build settlements day after day after day whose governments continuously announce new settlements and the world stands by and obama himself has actually called the freeze of settlements and the israelis just ignore what he says and continue what they're doing what they're doing. now if you want to express your opinion on this story had to r.t. dot com and take part in our poll where we are asking how you see obama's real intentions in israel let's see how your opinions are split so far now the vast

majority of us sixty six percent think that a pos that will achieve nothing just over a quarter believe obama is trying to buy time and prevent israel from striking iran a nearly ten percent of you think that the u.s. leaders should be focusing more on palestine and a tiny little bit of you had four percent today believe that the actual trip will bring the region closer to peace now go to r.t. dot com and cost. the first official u.s. reaction to guantanamo prisoners hunger strike the general in charge of overseeing the prison says the detainees are starving themselves out of frustration at obama's failure to close down the prison. well. it's technology innovation all the developments

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welcome back hugh in chief the bank you mean has pledged to send a group of independent experts to syria to investigate an alleged chemical attack by the government and the opposition of such an investigation trading accusations as to who was behind these sold was killed up to thirty one people near the northern city of aleppo. is following the developments. reports that chemical weapons have been used in the. area of the aleppo province this is are not clear at the moment people were rushed to hospital after the attack few had visible wounds to their bodies but some of them were clearly suffering from some breathing difficulties now the exams of the assaults were saying that they saw other people falling to the floor dying witnesses have confirmed to r.t. that people have been suffering from effects of what seems to be some sort of guess . who. are. you here.

where you're. over. now who could be behind this attack both assad's forces and rebels are pointing the finger of blame each other but the rockets reportedly fell in areas controlled by the government the syrian rebels have long tried to overrun the weapons plant located in the very same area you can see it on the map right there aleppo and then also fear that is the place where some of the country's chemical stockpile is said to be stored in fact the syrian government said in december that rebel forces plundered supplied of chlorine gas and some time ago this video was posted online showing animals purportedly being killed with chemicals those behind this footage affiliated themselves with assad's opponents and threaten to do the same with those who support the syrian president yet all of this evidence doesn't seem to convince

president obama deeply skeptical. any claim that in fact it was the opposition that used chemical weapons and interesting use of the word skeptical with the stakes being so high one of the biggest concerns for all is the scenario where syria's chemical arsenal falls into the hands of extremists fighters among opposition forces as history has shown there are examples when fighters supported by the west have eventually turned their arms against their backers now let's for just a moment imagine that extremists among the rebel fighters could get hold of chemical weapons how bad could the longer the attacks for example of two thousand and five have been if that was the case we've already seen images of a chemical attack on a subway in a huge city in one thousand nine hundred five in tokyo by religious sect now imagine a similar scenario but staged by people who work throughout the conflict in syria initially supported by the west the u.s. general in charge of overseeing guantanamo bay says of the hunger strike among

prisoners or shows they offer straighted with the government's failure to close the facility however the detainees lawyers say it is over abuse and desecration of the koran the number of participants acknowledged by the pentagon has now risen to twenty five but attorneys maintain it's more than one hundred r.t.s. gammage again brings us the latest. what we see here is a small protest in front of the white house one tata mohon out of the media spotlight for a while now you don't see much coverage on major u.s. news channels even with the hunger strike going on there right now so these people are trying to draw attention to the detainees more than fifty lawyers representing the president sent a letter to defense secretary chuck hagel urging him to help in that letter they said the participants health had deteriorated alarmingly and some had lost more than twenty or thirty pounds that is nine to fourteen kilograms medical experts say by day forty five participants can experience potential blindness and potential loss of hearing so what prompted these people to resort to such

a desperate move i was a consultant on if you were the case. those men would tell their attorney basically i don't want to talk with your what's the point of talking with you i don't want to know the date i'm going to get out of here but there is no date all. oh as many of the detainees have come to believe and this is what they say we've heard this from their lawyers that the only way out of guantanamo for them is in a coffin in january a state department shut down the office that was working to close guantanamo more than half of those detainees are sitting there with papers from the who was clearing them for with leaves and yet with no hope that they're ever going to be free again the officials are certainly trying to downplay the hunger strike but they're pressed for answers and they sure know what's going on and what caused the strike in the first place marine corps general john kelly and it's his command that oversees guantanamo he was testifying in congress this wednesday he said the prisoners have launched a hunger strike because they're frustrated take

a listen they had great optimism that guantanamo would be closed they were devastated when the president did you know backed off at least their perception of closing the facility that has caused them to become frustrated and they want to get this i think turned you don't get it back in the media. on our part will continue to press officials for answers as the strike continues and involves more people in washington i'm going to check on. the story gets little attention in mainstream american media but here at all it's see we've been following it from the beginning we've got a timeline of events on our website as well as comments by u.n. and prison officials detainees lawyers as well as activists head on to r.t. dot com for the full picture. right up ahead more on of president obama's visit to his key ally israel in every mountains breaking the set.

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so long folks i'm having martin in the breaking the set so president obama arrived in israel today what is now the most well documented trip the president has ever made along with a new mobile app that will let you track obama during his visit to the israeli government has helped the local contacts that finally trademarks they need a relationship between the two countries this could be official logo of baraki and b.b. twenty thirteen as part of this big publicity stunt a bizarre video recently surfaced on the internet check out. thoroughly welcome president obama to express our appreciation for what is done for the bonds between the united states and israel are unbreakable and the commitment of the united states to the security of israel is under clinton.