international approaches to peace in syria clash russia and the us stressing diplomacy while britain and france will get on the road directly. to the middle east with air force is rose been hit by a rocket from lebanon which is weird by six terrorists tried of course by the sequence trouble across the border. question over the brutal methods used by french police against protesters folding and on to gay rally over the weekend will so she's accused of downplaying just how big the dissent was. about houses of asia and europe struggle to avoid a trade war as the e.u. threatens to make beijing pay more to sell its products below the market and.

international news live from moscow this is also you with me hello and welcome to the program. and france are pushing to be allowed to supply weapons to the sewer and rebels and will be e.u. arms embargo in the conflict torn country lifted the sanctions expire on friday and for now most european union members are strongly against arming the opposition this comes as top russian and u.s. diplomats are about to discuss final preparations for next month's international conference in syria has to saucy there has the latest. we have the u.k. and france who are aggressively pushing for a lifting partial lifting of that embargo on syria in order to said to the rebels the u.k. your foreign secretary william hague is trying to get the other e.u. members to agree with him that arming the

a moderate is arming the so-called moderate rebels in syria also france's leaders have been particularly aggressive in trying to lobby the other leaders to be on board in fact today the more left leading newspaper also published a report saying that serious forces loyal to bashar al assad had used chemical weapons because one of the reporters had experience effects of it critics would certainly point out at the timing of the publication especially since leaders are to make a decision today now all the other sites you have france of the u.k. on one side on the other side you have several countries that lifting any of borgo would mean that arms could eventually end up in the wrong has in violent hands in syria they're also pointing out to the fact that human human rights abuses have been committed by both sides which means it includes rebels in syria so again differences abound this isn't the subject of the conversation here in fact very good so if there is no agreement it seems that each country will have to have its all sanctions policy on syria that's already what we've been seeing and if this

happens a status quo does remain in syria the conflict continues let's remember the goal of this russia u.s. led talks for peace is to convince everybody to be on the same page or sit down for talks peace talks in geneva and now washington did indeed express their support for the rebels and this could prove to be a problem in trying to get all sides involved now bashar al assad in principle had said that he will attend those talks however the opposition has said that they will only do so if bashar al assad steps down we go back again to these pre-conditions these differences in before making any steps or progress into the peace process and we've already seen that everybody agrees essentially to have a solution for syria the crux of the matter here is how to go about doing so each country seems to have its own vision of how to accomplish this goal and this is already what we've been seeing for the past couple of years and we can say that it has been hampering any substantial progress in syria. london and paris are making a last ditch effort to bolster the syrian rebels who are losing the fight against

the demo skits that's the video made mr expert professor jeremy sold we know the syrian army is just about retaken completely the town of the very shortly will move north towards homs to make sure that's completely clear that they will live or die but that of course is going to be a big struggle because the groups there are very well entrenched so that what comes out of this is that the syrian army is still getting on top of this insurgency william hague made a bizarre state where he said that that is the embargo is lifted that extremism would flourish if i was free all because we know that extremism in syria has lost simply because of the pump into the country the hague must know he must surely know there's no must that there's no way that the rich can recover whether they can overthrow the governments know whether to do that so why is he saying this and the only reason he can't have for saying this is that he wants to have a card in his hand when this conference begins next month in geneva that you know

in other words that every told that listen we do what we want we're going to continue arming the rebels there's no other possible motive that he wanted to do that and as always i want to know you will take on the upcoming syria peace conference mediated by russia on the grass and just had to also dot com to take part in our lives poll and so far most of you thing that me saying won't bring any results because it won't even happen slightly a few of you about forty one percent believe this summit will yield a peace plan which the divided syrian opposition simply won't be able to stick to and not so many of you around six percent of the binning assad will agree to step down or about eight percent of you saying that's why some back powers will stop funding and arming the syrian opposition so if you haven't already just head to our web site and how you say that. well these see were in conflicts causing tension in neighboring countries stoking fears it could spread across the entire region

a rocket was reportedly fired from lebanon into israel just a day after an attack on part of the lebanese capital in the latest escalation of sectarian strife in the country and she's middle east correspondent for the latest developments. he has been a leader hassan nasrallah has killed he stated that he and his below are involved in the war in syria he was addressing thousands of his supporters in the southern beirut suburb of dusk here on sunday and in that speech a pledge an all out support for the syrian president bashar assad saying that his shiite muslim group would stay in the syrian war to quote him to the end of the road and achieve victory together. there are two major threats facing the lebanese people and the entire region today the first imitates from israel and its avid intentions and plots the second thread stems from the changes taking place in syria which neighbors our cities villages and homes syria

is seeing major activity by radical islamist movements that's want to say that his war was with the extremists he called an attack fearless he said that tens of thousands of them from all over the world are currently fighting in syria and he warned that if syria forces they've been on to move forward this in turn he said would lead to israel we occupying lebanon now eleven years media is reporting that a rocket has been fired towards israel from the lebanese town of measure you and this is off to two other rockets landed in the has been a stronghold in doubt here on sunday the lebanese army saying that those rockets were fired from inside lebanon towards the hizbollah stronghold the united nations has been concerned over his them as involvement for quite some time she the arab chief the arab league chief has urged them to stop fighting in syria but misrata addressed this during his sunday address saying why is the u.n. not calling on the extremists to stop fighting inside syria and again reiterating

that they are fighting not only for syria but for lebanon as well earlier there were also dozens of his the left fighters reportedly killed during fighting in a key syrian town of qusayr your so what we do see is the tension on the ground. still ahead for you this hour on our c a global battlefield. do you agree with me that when it comes to international terrorism we're talking about a worldwide struggle. absolutely sort of as washington continues to flex its military muscles around the world we'll look at whether the neverending war terry's chance to find. that's later but now a central paris has witnessed violence on his treats over the weekend a mass rally in protest at the laws allowing same sex marriage morphed into clashes police. who had joined the demonstration police arrested three hundred fifty people for refusing to disperse or occupying private property organizers insist about

a million protesters turned down but authorities say it was more like one hundred fifty thousand processing projects grow as many become angry with present allowance failure to send the nation's economy straight and local and from the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris was and the demonstration and he told me earlier that the french government feel threatened. i think the french police under the leadership of the military of the interior regards these demonstrate british. ideological threat to their power and indeed that's what they are the ministry of interior had fully expected the far right groups to join the protests and provide clashes over four thousand police were mobilized to maintain security so why were they are unable to control the situation after all this is the government propaganda this is precisely the way that the government has been seeking to deal egyptian vice what is a massively what is a massive demonstration that is overwhelmingly peaceful they have gathered together

a million people for the vast majority of it demonstrated peacefully and they were met in the run up to the demonstration on sunday with very hostile quick and a bicycle. meant the ministry of the interior said children should not there is going to be violence and so on it was the very strict the impression we got very strongly commentators and participants alike was that the government was doing everything it could to dealership demise this demonstration and to discourage people from coming. so they share homosexuality remain sensitive in russia as well and also he's a group is going off explains why. just on saturday police had to do teen around forty people when a group of gay rights activists tried holding a protest rally against a draft law banning homosexuals propaganda and were attacked by a group of a radical orthodox christians was a t.v. rights activist and pretty much is the same picture will be seen every time gay

rights activists try holding or staging any sort of public events they're always attacked by a two year rights activist and so the recent nationwide war conducted by you by the center really explains why according to its statistics nearly forty percent of its responded it's believed that homosexuals have to be forcibly treated by doctors around thirteen percent believe that they have to be prosecuted while only around eight percent of the respondents believe that gays in russia have to be helped to be able to live normal lives or in a society so if you compare the situation to france for instance then it's still a whole different picture especially when it comes to the amount of people taking to the streets either in support of or against gay rights but judging by the general conservative also conservative mood in russia society's view that we will see any rights parades taking place in any place in russia in the near future since

even the if the authorities did allow them to happen then the simply wouldn't be able to provide the proper security to the activists themselves. asian economic giant china is in talks with europe's financial engine germany as they look to stave off a trade war the e.u. has accused beijing of dumping goods onto the market below cost price and undermining its european rivals china's premier has warned that further scrutiny will only bank fire on consumers he's put on of a has been following the talk between the two. last year alone germany exported around sixty seven billion euros worth of goods to china and they want to see that increase in the future and gillum urkel it has in the past made no secret about who want to call the chinese markets last year she visited beijing twice within the space of seven months and she's wanting to make sure that the trade can be done between the two countries especially considering germany's traditional markets in

europe do appear to be drying up the financial crisis meaning that those countries in europe that were previously buying german exports really can't afford to do that at the moment she also perhaps has an eye on the future in a potential british exit from the european union that could see over seventy billion euros worth of exports put into doubt if great britain wasn't part of the trade union or that is the e.u. for the chinese they want to do more business with germany germany is one of the few countries this has kept its head above water when it's come to this financial crisis they've also that means that they're one of the few countries economically that can afford to buy more and more chinese exports so that's why we're seeing the world's second largest economy in china courting europe's largest economy in germany to try and literally to increase mutually beneficial trade between the two

countries and less now having their chinese direct investment could see two hundred billion euros and fresh capital coming into europe by twenty twenty a recent study shows that the majority of chinese companies operating in europe are planning to increase their current investment level how about more than three quarters complained that the e.u. is bureaucracy and high cost complicating bad business and political analyst young chain says chinese money is essential for i've been to get here rick. the recent statistics show that china has increasingly being active in investing in europe therefore investment from china is very important or has become very important for some e.u. economies in. kind of recovery that's not surprising that a number of you politicians or government leaders actually go to china for some

kind of help e.u. is very important for china in terms of strategic relationship but also most importantly in trade and economic relationship and germany is the biggest kind of trading partner of china of all you countries and strategically also important a row therefore it's not surprising that prime minister. chooses to visit germany. as the first you country he visited. i feel to come here on on to is the u.k. industry getting back on its feet he had been old in england for a look at what the once mighty british industrial complex really showing signs of recovery. underway investigate whether the us will be able to keep it small two million dollars on the base in kurdistan up to widespread criticism from locals and government plans to close it next year they send them off for

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interview intriguing story to tell you. the. arabic to find out more visit our big. chain on steve good to have you with us america's war on terror a facelift has caused a storm of criticism for president obama on with a vast military presence worldwide many are asking what that will the u.s. does is even nico he's going to take our. president obama in his major national security speech this may quoted james madison saying no nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare at the very same time the administration claims power to wage endless war across the globe there was a senate hearing this may revisiting the authorization for use of military force which congress enacted days after nine eleven attacks in two thousand and one at

a hearing pentagon officials claimed that authorization gives the president power to wage endless war anywhere in the world including syria yemen and the congo and when asked how long they predict this war on terror is going to last they said quote from ten to twenty years of the you agree with me that when it comes to international terrorism we're talking about a worldwide struggle and absolutely sure that would you agree with me the battlefield is were the enemy chooses to make it. yes sir from boston the to the fun so by the administration's definition the wall that is the battlefield with me today is brian becker with the answer coalition brian thanks for joining bryan you have president obama saying in his national security speech that the u.s. is not engaged in a boundless war and yet you have this vast military presence across the globe does it look like the u.s. this really seeking to limit itself in the use of military force no in fact the policy in the institutional policy is for the united states then i would be

prepared for endless war but to being engaged in all of the activities that would lead one to believe that they are an endless war there's one point three million u.s. military personnel three hundred to four hundred thousand of them are overseas there's nine hundred military bases the united states spends not five hundred twenty five billion which is the defense department budget but really about a trillion dollars on warfare that's greater than the next sixteen nations combined we see an integrated network of bases now drone bases growing increasingly this is to have a full spectrum domination using the military as the club the administration argues that all their military actions in the countries that the u.s. is not at war with are perfectly legal under the u.s. congress it's authorization for use of military force that's their legal justification for continuing all these attacks what about international law well international law has been shredded by the so-called global war on terrorism or the authorization bill that allows the u.s.

to invade any country bomb any country and kill whoever it wants the u.n. charter is quite clear the united states like all other member nations of the united nations can only go to war as an act of imminent self-defense but in fact the united states by arrogating to itself the right to war anywhere against anyone all the time is clearly in violation of international law but president obama says the administration does not violate anybody's sovereignty because it operates in consultation with the governments concerned. the whole population of pakistan the pora lament unanimously vehemently oppose drone strikes and yet they continue so maybe the administration is in consultation with the government there but certainly not the people i'm going to meet today was brian becker with the answer coalition from our studio in washington thanks for watching. the ukase industrial polluters only up what should be a reason for optimism in britain's once flourishing industrial regions but as our correspondents are first found out they were covering may still not be enough.

britain's industry seems to be showing some signs of life recent figures from the office for national statistics show industrial production is up which some of seen as a sign the u.k. might be slowly bringing itself back from the brink of another recession but renowned historian nicholas comfort has mapped the decline of the once industrial giant and says that when it comes to industry the k. is still falling far behind the global competition to have. massive individual companies the second largest manufacturing power in the world in terms of exports we had a massive car industry a huge aircraft industry we will world leaders in computing and nuclear power and over that period pretty well all of this is evaporated along with the loss of great british brands britain has gone from having the majority of its workforce in manufacturing to having little over ten percent so just how did this happen you

know this clear need for all industries to keep being updated and relevant and the way to do that is to work closely with the workforce and to ensure that there is that modernization happen was the life support was turned off for many. industries lose by the seemingly easy cash of the cities finance industry passed governments dismantled large swathes of british industry arguing they were no longer profitable or here in the northeast that heavy industry is a huge point of pride when the coal mines in the still works in the shipyards with dismantled it wasn't just the loss of the industry it was a huge emotional loss as well it's one that many here have never really recovered from in the aftermath of the industrial collapse for skilled labor workforce there was little else today that void is evident with the northeast suffering from the highest unemployment in the country. the. ocean the shipyards and

factories and all i can the story. of a fact. but. things seem to be getting more difficult especially for people. but along with the recent beastly manufacturing figures there are signs that things could be looking up the regions on your leg sports have almost doubled in the last five years enabling job creation in areas such as the car industry recent industrial resurrections might not be enough to replace what once was but this is at least an attempt to breathe life back into areas such as this and for many in the communities that could prevent a welcome lifeline surface r.t. in the north east of england and in our world this hour at least four people have reportedly been killed and many more wounded in combat in baghdad explosions trying a business central area of the iraqi capital which houses many shops and government

buildings deadly bombings hitting one almost daily at the moment the country suffered an upsurge in sectarian violence as the u.s. the jurors troops and a twenty in that. london is calling for much tougher more training of islamic groups including passages boisterous and so segregated lectures should not balanced i was speaking in the wake of the daylight murder of lee rigby about sparked a wave of national pride has by right wing extremists over two thousand people marched through on sunday remembering this soldier hacked to death by alleged was going to trim it. under normal means you know group of fish mary government employees demonstrating for improving working conditions and pay clashed with police water cannon with colored liquid was used to disperse the protesters dozens of people were reportedly detained following the rally. housing a u.s. military base has long been a headache for kerry to stand and now that washington is planning an end to its ongoing mission because people are wondering if the millions of american dollars

are worth the security threats and environmental damage that comes as part of the package. three weeks after u.s. military refueling plane went down in the mountains of kurdistan people in the nearby villages are still reeling from the effects of the crash. it went into the mountains right into three fresh water springs where villages get their drinking water the fuel leaked into the streams and now it's impossible to drink people now say their livestock beginning to get sick and when americans came here to get the wreckage they drove right over our pastors in fields. the k c one thirty five straight a tanker was one of the planes stationed in the air base which for a decade has been a major hub for the u.s. led war in afghanistan the base was renamed under the government of president but to rid of any association with another country's military presence on the ground some thought that the heated debate surrounding the. window once it was are named into a transit center

a change in the nature of its activity but the people in surrounding towns and villages say nothing has changed and they continue to feel the negative effects of the american presence no matter how much money is said to be poured into kurdistan's economy where people still want the u.s. base off their land washington shells out sixty million dollars a year on the lease and wants to extend the deal but the kurdish government has already announced the plans to evict their merican in june of next year once the lease expires the decision could be attributed to the vocal opposition to the base many have expressed over the decade often questioning just what exactly is going on . in the course of all these years the government never once inspected the base they have absolutely no control over what's going on there and what kind of operations the base is engaged in. the u.s. would be hard pressed to find a better location afghanistan china and iran are all within easy reach it's the

spot on the map that's there for difficult for washington to let go and this puts kurdistan in a very precarious position. to know the risks that goes on in the cure because people rotten by possibly being dragged into a larger afghan war there's a possibility of course to recapture control of the country and it's. you know arm time still of these in the ferghana valley and eventually a flecked. with destabilization that has afflicted afghanistan's so that the destabilization politically and security wise in the region is hardly worth the . going to return for a comparatively small sum of money but it's think vironment the tops the long list of complaints about the effects the american transit center has in the region going to have experts say planes have to land with their fuel tanks nearly empty so they just dump the fuel over the place mostly in our lowlands and in the mountains in

one town even the trees don't grow any more u.s. officials say any problems are more than compensated for with a huge annual investment into kurdistan's economy which has surpassed one hundred million dollars annually for the past four years but money locals never see means little to the carcass people who describe the treatment they receive from the u.s. military personnel as derogatory and would much rather see their crops grow than have another plane spilling fuel into their drinking water in kurdistan. r.t. . and after a short break piece about his guys discuss a bonus point to says how old is the shape of the united states is up next.

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