tonight top stories now and president putin chancellor merkel agree a civil war in syria must be prevented the two leaders have also praised growing trade in energy ties as visits but it. is peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could reach the point of no return also called for an investigation into the killing of more than one hundred people who last week saying it may amount to crimes against humanity. and at least six people are injured in more than kosovo it's nato peacekeepers. and rubber bullets of protesters tried to prevent the removal of the barricades they set up last year on the border. as promised with full. thank you very much bill here is what's coming up in the world of sports. testing times russia prepared to take on italy in their final friendly match before next week's euro twenty twelve kick off. top of the car liverpool unveiled brendan rodgers as their new manager after green compensation it's one. hundred net gain is a good day for russian players at the french open as maria sharapova but monaco is not sort of a breeze into the next round in paris. but

and everyone was waiting for putin and chancellor merkel to collide on the issue over syria that isn't exactly what happened. no that's not what happened in fact if you listen to what they had said it's pretty much very similar when it comes to syria we know that the issue on the contrie had come to the forefront as both germany and france has said they will put pressure on moscow to try to get them on the same side but in fact they had been sounding like they were on the same side like you might putin had confirmed had said that yes there is a danger of a civil war in the country but then both countries germany and russia will be working together to prevent any escalation let's hear exactly what he had to say on the matter. but those who say russia is unilaterally supporting the said regime are wrong we have long standing good relations with syria but we aren't supporting any so out of the conflict if there is a threat of civil war with chancellor merkel. is to prevent this. what we're seeing today is the start of a civil war this is extremely dangerous we want to stop violence no mat

both putin and merkel could hear the protest. >> for more, we're joined by our political correspondent. do you think chancellorerkel has told president putin that now is the time to change course on syria? >> well, we do not ultimately know what angela merkel told president putin behind closed doors. when they emerged from that meeting, angela merkel said they had talked about the situation in syria. they both recognized that it is a very grave crisis. angela merkel said that she pushed for additional political action, as she called it. she went into this meeting today hoping to persuade him that it is the case that there needs to be much firmer political action, a u.n.-mandated political action on syria. when putin was asked to enter the same question, what they talked about -- to answer the same question, what they talked about, he simply said, yes, we talked about it. he was pressed later by a journalist who mentioned hillary clinton's comments. he said, no, we're not citing either with the assad regime or the opposition. we're sticking by the assad plan -- the kofi annan plan in syria. angela merkel said s

president putin and chancellor merkel agree that a civil war in syria must be prevented but two leaders have also praised the growing trade and energy ties as vladimir putin visits berlin. by the un warns that its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could descend into civil war it also calls for an investigation into the killing of more than one hundred people in houla last week saying it may amount to crimes against humanity. and early results suggest the irish people have voted yes to tighter financial control from brussels the plan was supported by the government and trade unions but critics worry dublin could now lose its sovereignty to the e.u. . and he comes with the sports. thank you very much rory welcome to the world of sport here's what's coming up testing times russia prepared to take on it to me in their final friendly match before next week's euro twenty twelve pick up. top of the liverpool unveiled brendan rodgers is then you manager after agreeing compensation with swans inc. net again it's a good day for russian players at the french open as maria

president putin and chancellor merkel agree that a civil war in syria must be prevented and they praise growing trade and energy ties as vladimir putin visits. on the brink of civil war the u.n. warns that its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could end to the point of no return. and at least six people are injured in northern cause of as nato peacekeepers fired tear gas and rubber bullets to protesters. plus there are some markets and the trade in session and the fact that that's hardly surprising and find out why in the business update in about twenty minutes. wired news live from moscow this is r t with me rule research and welcome to the program a lot of me putin has vowed to do what he can to prevent syria from sliding into civil war but repeated his stance that it's important not to take any sides in the conflict the comments came as the russian president and the german chancellor met in berlin putting on his first series of short visits abroad since he returned to the top job just last month now reporting from berlin is this kind of. thing that the most

trade partner i would sort of think if you think will dominate the talks with him president putin and chancellor merkel. well germany and russia are strategic partners especially when it comes to business last year the trade turnover reached nearly eighty billion dollars which puts germany on the second place among russia's business partners after china. x x ford has risen by around a third on both sides also on of course energy plays a very important role in that specifically the north stream pipeline project which sends russian gas directly to the european union and germany ways a very important role in that as well but of course the current situation in the euro zone. the financial situation in the eurozone is troubling for both science and so there are definitely issues which can be discussed here in berlin on this we need a. lot of input is expected to be certainly a bit of pressure in germany and especially later and for russia's position on syria moscow of course as we all know rejects u.n. sanctions against the assad government how much of a problem do you see between politics here and business

top stories now past the hour president putin and chancellor merkel agree a civil war in syria must be prevented the two leaders have also praised growing trade and energy ties is now reached paris visiting bolin on his european tour. the u.n. warns that it's envoys peace plan for syria must be all the countries could reach the point of no return the so-called investigation into the killing of more than one hundred people in houla last week saying it may amount to crimes against humanity. and at least six people injured in northern kosovars nato peacekeepers fought to gas and rubber bullets of protesters the substrate to prevent removal of the barricades they set up last year on the border so where is the moment here and where the news team in half an hour with another summary for in the meantime asks whether the supervision of eurozone banks should rest with a central authority capital account from washington is next. good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for thursday may thirty first two thousand and twelve a slew

president putin and chancellor merkel agree that a civil war in syria must be prevented and praised a growing trade and energy times as visits berlin. on the brink of civil war the u.n. aborted its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could enter the point of no return. and early estimates suggest most irish people say yes to tighter financial control from brussels despite fears their sovereignty will be sacrificed. life in the heart of moscow this is. a welcome to the program. has vowed to do what he can to prevent syria from sliding into civil war repeated his stance that it's important not to take sides in the conflict the comments came as the russian president and the german chancellor met him with putin on his first series of short visits abroad since he returned to the top job last month. now standing by live now you go to the situation in syria is looking like it might if not already is starting to descend into civil war what have the two leaders agreed upon regarding their. ears are saying that the most important thing at the moment is to prevent this is

life from the heart of moscow this is arts he show you here your headlines now president putin and chancellor merkel agree that a civil war in syria must be prevented the two leaders have also praised the growing trade and energy ties that's a lot of may putin visits berlin. but u.n. warns that its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could descend into civil war but also a call for an investigation into the killing of more than one hundred people in houla last week saying it may amount to crimes against humanity. and early results suggest that the irish people have voted yes to tighter financial control from brussels the plan was supported by the government and trade unions but critics worry in dublin could now lose its sovereignty to the e.u. . my colleague build all he's here in half an hour's time but for now it's crosstalk in his guests tackling the immediate future of egypt and the election runoff do stay with us here on arts. hold it. hold it hold it. clinically. and over the speed. keep. her. with. things like a missile good. luck. just see the money and. come out fine

president putin and chancellor merkel agree that a civil war in syria must be prevented and praise a growing trade on energy ties. visits. on the brink of civil war the u.n. warns that its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed before the country could enter the point of no return. suggests most irish people say yes to tighter financial control from brussels despite fears that sovereignty will be sacrificed. it is six pm on friday here in moscow this is r.t. life with me rule receive shy but to me putin has vowed to do what he can to prevent syria from sliding into a civil war but repeated his stance that it's important not to take sides in the conflict the comments came as the russian president and the german chancellor met him in with putin on his first series of short visits abroad since he returned to the top job just last month in berlin you got a piece going off now reports. what we are is are saying that the most important thing at the moment is to prevent this is your wish and they're in syria to growing into a full throttle civil war and the only way to do that and tha

president putin and chancellor merkel to prevent civil war in syria through the u.n. and prays growing trade and energy ties has got to be uprooted visits. on the brink the u.n. warns that its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could pass the point of no return. but at least six people are injured in northern consumers and nato peacekeepers tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters. plus the five point three. british partners consider selling their stake all the details and there's about twenty minutes. around the clock around the world this is r.t. with news and comment live from moscow. as valid to do what he can to prevent syria from sliding into civil war but repeated his stance that it's important not to take sides in the conflict the comments came as the russian president and the german chancellor met in berlin with putin on his first series of short visits abroad since he returned to the top job last month. is in in but. if we are as are saying that the most important thing at the moment is to prevent this situation there in syria to gr

arrived in paris on the last leg of his european tour just a few hours ago in berlin putin and german chancellor merkel to prevent syria sliding into civil war. the u.n. warns that its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could reach the point of no return it was a call for an investigation into the killing of more than one hundred people in houla last week saying it may amount to crimes against humanity. i don't least six people are injured in northern kosovo as nato peacekeepers fire tear gas and rubber bullets in protest as the serbs try to prevent the removal of the barricades they set up last year on the border. that's what is for the moment here on our t.v. up next date is cross talk where peter lavelle and his guest discuss the presidential election runoff in egypt and what people there might make of the results. and you can. follow and welcome to crossfire can you tell about a revolution misunderstood soon egyptians will go to the polls to democratically elected president but what about the choice is this a contest pitting the military against islam is this election in ot

where talks are set to happen as the newly inaugurated russian president vladimir putin and germany's. chancellor merkel that. he has just arrived in berlin and of course germany is russia's second largest trade off to china a business volume between both nations hit over seventy billion u.s. dollars last year they'll be discussing a broader range of issues some of the will be energy for example the north stream pipeline that's the most significant business project between moscow linda should have a capacity to shift fifty five billion cubic meters of russian gas a year to europe by two thousand and fourteen that's about eighty percent of russia's gas exports to flow through the e.u. live pictures here on r.t. and president putin has obviously arrived in berlin talking economics and politics we all know syria will be a large story on the agenda as well though there's a lot of pressure coming on to russia as it's known around the world that russia does have the ear of the syrian government. for the further support on this now all the details on this let's turn over to. go to. moscow is in strong oppositi

. >> russian president vladimir putin is due to meet german chancellor angela merkel on friday. position is already clear. >> a catastrophe is taking place in syria. we will do everything we can to alleviate the people's suffering. >> while the international community fails to find a common line on syria, anger is growing. rebels have send the assad regime and all the made them. they say damascus must implement the u.n. peace plan by noon local time on friday. if not, they will no longer observe any commitments other than to defend its civilian lives. >> let's focus on those comments from hillary clinton earlier. we will go over to washington. max, fill us in on hillary clinton's message. she is exasperated with the russians. >> yes, she is, and that is the big difference to the intervention in libya one year ago. this time, there seems to be no chance of convincing the russians to go further, to go beyond what they already have in the security council. they have backed the peace plan, but they seem unwilling to use their influence over syrian president assad to up the pressure

and they didn't welcome putting it all so so so the reaction was mixed but german chancellor angela merkel she pressed putin to allow democratic diversity ike want to develop in russia how serious is this issue on democracy in miracles policy towards putin had very difficult to understand. german. it's a value oriented policy of the reality politic which is also always traditional in germany germany's eastern policy mrs america said. two or three weeks ago. that crane is a dictatorship she very much criticized which she also very much criticized the question. also as a dictator i think that in the past couple of days she understood that she controls the east and while criticizing me on the court which for having you let emotion in prison she had to balance somehow this kind of harsh criticism was more a real politic approach towards russia because the business in germany has very strong interests in the east and if america would concentrate only on the value or the policy only criticizing russia for not being democratic then business would feel it on the russian markets and also the human to human contacts

putin will be holding talks with the german chancellor, angela merkel in per berlin, followed by a visit to meet the new french president, francois hollande. the counting of votes are underway in the irish republic following thursday's referendum on whether or not to support the european fiscal treaty. voter turnout was low, and ireland rejected previous e.u. treaties. some sources say they are confident this time of a yes vote. aaron has just slid in alongside me, and china, not good. >> these are worrying numbers. they're very important. they're forward-looking numbers. i'm talking about p.m.i. they sound boring, but they're not. >> it's always. >> has it really? i see sarcasm. p.m.i., the purchasing managers index. they sit at the top of the supply chain for all sectors. they make the advanced bookings, advanced orders for all the raw materials. if these guys are pessimistic or in the doldrums, that's seen through. we're seeing a sharp slowdown in growth in basically the world's largest exporters, its fact hises. >> and presumably the eurozone crisis is playing a part in that. in the

solution but still earlier it was announced that chancellor angela merkel is going to try to talk to applying more pressure on president vladimir putin has been seen enjoying body in beer with german leaders before but it's yet to be seen if that's going to help them reach some sort of a mutual understanding on this issue a long time ago when vladimir putin was an agent of the k.g.b. he spent a lot of time in germany and since coming into politics this country has always been special on his list of foreign partners it's here that putin made some of the key statements including the famous munich speech at the security conference when he slammed to nato expansion to the east and called an end to the washington led uni polar world system now germany has been chosen as the first western nation for his visit after returning to office earlier in me and it's no wonder why the to our strategic partners trade is booming germany's russia second largest trade partner after china of course i mean energy cooperation as well including the nord stream pipeline project which sends russian gas directly to the european union but also germany is a key

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central moscow this is a top stories this president putin is arrived in paris on the last leg of his european tour just a few hours ago. german chancellor merkel vowed to prevent syria sliding into civil war. the u.n. wants that its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could reach the point of no return it also called for an investigation into the killing of more than one hundred people in houla last week saying it may amount to crimes against humanity. but at least six people were injured in northern kosovo as nato peacekeepers fought to gas and rubber bullets at protesters the serbs tried to prevent the removal of the barricades they set up last year on the border. back to washington d.c. and the audio in a show takes us banks some politicians to tell us can be bought with more news and half an hour from now. i guys have time for show and tell on tonight's program now earlier this week we discussed the outrage after chris hayes on m s n b c question whether using the word heroic to discuss war whether war veterans whether you know made people uncomfortable like it does him and the statement that he issued shortly after

president putin has arrived in paris on the last leg of his european tour just a few hours ago but in britain and german chancellor merkel vowed to prevent syria sliding into civil war. the u.n. warns that its envoys peace plan for syria must be observed or the country could reach the point of no return and also call for an investigation into the killing of more than one hundred people in houla last week saying it may amount to crimes against humanity. at least six people were injured in northern kosovo as nato peacekeepers from gas and rubber bullets at protesters these serbs try to prevent removal of the barricades they set up last year on the border. that's the way i look for the moment and for the next hour we crossed in washington d.c. and the i want to show which looks at u.s. job prospects and why a banking giant was taken to court. well for the future of science technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the future covered. welcome to the learn to show we'll get the real headlines with none of the mersey coming live out of washington d.c. now tonight we're going to speak with t

president putin saying that russia will not act unilaterally with syria it is an issue that all major global players must work together towards peace and ultimately the german chancellor angela merkel echoing the russian president sentiment saying a political solution within the u.n. framework must bring peace and the global players to the negotiating table more details on that at r.t. dot com we'll be back in just a moment. two things i'm open to one takes is transmission since the break from the big thing haunts of this incident one remaining open channel will come from missing from trouble free from filters then back to back to the ship didn't like speak to cyberspace where battle just melissa make the jump to hyginus space challenging the establishment's grip on information and are now being pursued by sinister agents more of what's happening with the figures on office and ends of the spectrum thus we come off the list of hand wiki leaks founder publisher and. child missing. police in a fact. i lost. every single meter of the forest lawn two years found the girl. much it was too late. oh a score of lives saved money is voluntary scouting force is the best memory of that one lif

chancellor merkel does not seem to be 100% onboard, what do you make of that? >> i would say so far it's been pretty much nonproductive, starting with the side bar meetings with president putinlso as far as trying to come to an overall arrangement as far as europe's economic troubles. because those troubles, as the president says, definitely will have an impact on the u.s. so it's important for the president politically but more important more vital for him as president to try to work out a better arrangement with europe to have europe address its problems in a way which is not going to roll over onto the u.s. just from what i've seen of the summit so far, it did not seem to be overly productive. again, there could be agreements we're not aware of. as of now, it does not seem to be very productive. >> earlier this morning i was talking to senator jack reed. i want to play what he said about the global economy. >> we have seen many, many months of private job growth but not sufficient to carry us forward and to reduce overall unemployment. so we have to have worldwide growth. and that is the new phenomenon in the world. 30 or 40 years ago, we could do some things in the unite