road coming into brussels. you can see there is an industry on the left and the right, but the infrastructure is really very scary for even for daily cyclists as i am. what we are quite doing and it is also quite important if you were a town, let's say, taking off with the bicycle policy is that we have been very successful in organizing events and in setting upestal programs. of course, my criticism and the parliament was like take care. you have a big responsibility because of the events and because of the educational program, you invite people to take the bicycle on the street on a regular day, you have a big risk because your infrastructure is not yet there. so that was part of the political debate. still, i am willing to defend that policy that organizing events, this is in front of a mayor bank in the heart of brussels where the employees have been invited to come to work not by a car and to have a taste, as it says, of another mobility. it is part of the european car-free day which is organized every yea

last week, a cathedral and brussels celebrated a mass for europe. the eu is not down to its last prayer but to those days might not be far off. >> let me ask you that the project is beginning to unravel? >> i don't know if it is beginning to unravel but the people who would not count as discussion of such a thing are happy to talk about it as a possibility. if there is a problem of the magnitude we're facing in greece, there is no question that this will have serious political and economic ramifications. this is the core policy of europe. this is the proudest achievements as the market was created. if greece was to come out of the single currency it would be a political catastrophe. it would change the whole perception of what the eu is. >> what are you expecting from the discussions on greece? >> instead of coming here and waiting for the leaders to make the announcements, there will not be any great decisions made. fourth there is no great decisions and all lines are on next week's decision. without which, of the eu leaders will not offer any mone

only major economy which is still outside the group so finally after seventeen years in december brussels gave its formal yes to russia's w t o and tribute and now these two day talks in need in order it will formally clear the way for the country to finally join the world trade organization and hopes that all formalities will be sorted out before the end of summer those still there are some key differences still dividing brussels and likely to hold a stall because the moment moscow is against any military operation any nato air strikes in the country only supports a peaceful political solution of the conflict and it now seeks the role of a mediator between the two sides in libya and unlike brussels which is very undecided and cautious regarding leave possible to take practical steps like sending its invoice for talks in that country now another priority for the sun is for discipline's will be european security of course the topic will be debated in connection with the u.s. plans to build new a.m.d. anti missile defense system for europe washington argues that it is not a fact russia's st

with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital four pm in brussels and draft resolutions against the syrian regime are under consideration at the u.n. nuclear watchdog and the security council but so far russia is affectively been blocking a proposal to condemn president assad's government for its crackdown on protesters moscow says discussing the resolution at the security council will only escalate tensions in syria artie's or in a fortnight is across the latest developments. following two hours of closed door consultations with the u.n. security council members france and britain did not corner enough support that they clearly needed for this resolution that they introduced to be adopted in that resolution introduced by britain and france calls for a condemnation against the syrian government for our crackdown on anti-government protesters that has taken place over the past three months the resolution the draft resolution proposed by the u.k. and france as i mentioned also urges countries to not supply weapons to damascus it also calls on syria to to comply and to work

this is a funeral procession in the center of brussels where the european leaders are meeting to discuss the future of the greek debt and of the eurozone itself they believe the euro can be salvaged but most people including your skeptics believe it is impossible and there will be no resurrection of the euro well to me and i think a lot of people are beginning to collapse around the. bailouts billions of pounds of taxpayers' money especially from the germans putting a lot of this bill and i think the public about enough of it and i think that if the leaders of the european union have presented greece with draconian conditions in order for the country to receive the remainder of its bailout unfortunately for greece they will have to take extreme measures which are incredibly unpopular in the country and that presents a major challenge for the greek government right immediately after it has just been for shuffled the leaders are unanimously wrong again they be wrong about greece from the very start she should never have been allowed to join the euro in the first place she wasn't suited to

today were high in the caucasus mountains in the republic of north or setia that's why brussels smallest region literally sets on the slopes of the hills it's a lab where meadows made rivers and waterfalls and the landscape is breathtaking more than half of its area is taken up by national parks and reserves and it's well known for its therapeutic past water spraying he's moving across another is archived in the region. in this part of the world cooking is not considered a real man's job but it is all vanity n.b.s. ever wanted to do with the lot of them are dreamt of being involved in the confectionery business for as long as i can remember i always wanted to learn the secrets of a sexy international cuisine i wanted to help people through making good food. none of his family supported him in the village home he shared with his mother and five process he left his home and moved to the city and watched his passion grow into a number of food factories. that i call my crew body count in a city and it means abundance and everything wife develops now but we shouldn't forget around sisters and

coli outbreak which two days killed twenty seven people and hospitalized thousands of others brussels criticize that measure and called a disproportion and russia in its turn accuse brussels of failing to provide sufficient information on the source of the symbiote sion but progress could be reached during the summit here in. the e.u. is more transparent and shows more flexibility on the issue. build a good group an invitation to any meeting of the world's most powerful people so complacent. switzerland's just watch the political inside news media industry that's what actually discussed remains top secret plans artie's reports there is outrage at the fate of the world we decided it was this great big hotel that you can see on the hill behind me is the hotel in summer it's in switzerland and it's there for the next couple of days around about one hundred fifty of the world's most powerful people will be meeting behind closed doors to discuss whatever they like it's the building group again of course it's invitation only gathering of the world's most influential people attendees in the

european commission jersey i'm annoyed but also recently described relations between moscow and brussels as they couldn't be better and autumn is built largely around russia's new policy is presently very forceful what denies ation some key major agreements reached between moscow and brussels over the past few months like russia's accession to the world trade organization something which both the european union and moscow will benefit from in december last year after some seventeen years of being in membership talks with this one hundred fifty nation club russia at the moment is the only major economy which is still outside the group so finally after seventeen years in december brussels gave its formal yes to russia's w t o and tribute and now these two day talks and will formally clear the way for the country to finally join the world trade organization and more still hopes that all formalities will be sorted out before the end of summer those still there are some key differences still dividing brussels and will still likely be now another priority for this summit statistics france will

your value of a veldt joining us live there in brussels thank you for your time. the former prime minister of ukraine has gone on trial for abusing power during her term in office in two thousand and nine unit a mission to secure a gas deal with russia which has claimed to rob the ukrainian economy of millions of dollars she's dismissed the cases fabricated but faces up to ten years in jail if convicted and that she is in kiev for us. the atmosphere inside the courtroom and around the court building is absolutely electrifying around fifteen hundred supporters of unity much as you can see here gathered in central kiev to protest what they describe as a farcical hearing as a farcical case against their leader against going to mush and call now the arab league of ukraine a politics for self started this child with a little bit of controversy she refused to stand up when the judge entered the room and then she sat that this judge was completely unqualified for the case and that it needed to be dismissed clearly at the tension is rising as this case and as its final st

of course the situation there in greece mr ferrars thanks very much indeed for joining us live in brussels i've got a report here from the financial times in front of me saying that bank chiefs average pay in the u.s. and europe let thirty six percent last year to nine point seven million dollars and one banker is reportedly to avert something like twenty one million dollars last year what do you make of the bankers cashing in on the economic crisis at the moment. well i'm all for people making money i mean making money is good but not a visit at the expense of everybody else and part of what we're seeing this afternoon is we're seeing a country like greece becoming engulfed in a financial and democratic tragedy one of the reasons that everybody is so determined to keep greece in the euro is so that the banks don't have to take a serious hit on their faulty lending policies so there's something has gone seriously wrong with the banking system it's almost as if there's a whole other holy alliance of politicians and bankers versus ordinary people and i'm sure that's what the people on the st

. >>> let's go to our european affairs correspondent in brussels. how worried it is the you about portugal's financial health? -- how concerned is the european union about portugal's financial health? >> they are concerned. there is nothing worse than a national election to throw things in the air just when you think you have things settled. the european commission says in an ideal world, that would like a clear winner to bring political stability to the country and make sure that person, whatever government is in place, has the backing of the public and the austerity measures are therefore secure, supported, and can be implemented until the election is done. >> until the results are known, it looks like self protection will be -- it looks like there will be left wing kensley. what are you hearing in brussels about what needs to be done as soon as the government is in place? >> once it is a stable government, what needs to be done is get public support behind the economic reforms and the austerity cuts. portugal has agreed to implement a return to g

are now doomed their ridiculous girl has the latest from brussels. this is a funerary procession in this century brussels where these you were killed leaders are meeting to discuss the future after greek debts and under the results although they believe that you are trying to sound like most people who were skeptics believe that it is impossible and there will be no resurrection all for the you are all to me and i think all people of this begin to collapse around the bit of the internet outs of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money especially from the germans putting all this bill and i think the political you know that and i hope you know that the leaders of health and european union have presented greece with the county and conditions in order for the country to look to seriously believe the leader of its bailout unfortunately for greece they will have to take extreme assyrian measures which are incredibly unpopular in the country and that presents a major challenge for the greek government lied immediately after it has just been shuffled the lea

reforms in russia but more denies the nation it all resulted in breakthrough agreements between brussels and moscow over the past months like a long awaited russia's accession into the world trade organization for seventeen years that is way longer than any other beating country russia has been in membership talks with w t o and now finally we expect that by the end of the year russia will join the club today presently bet it reached his european colleagues to sort out all the formalities within the next month and to speed up the process of russia's joining the group. working right now an invite only meeting of the world's political elite financial magnates the build a boat group is now underway in switzerland the annual event has long been shrouded in secrecy something has given rise to a strong protest atienza lorimer now reports on just what might be on the main agenda behind the closed doors. the exclusive ski resort of samara rich jude is perfect build a territory out of season and crucially practically deserted there are two hives of activity in town the ones the luxury hotels supe

this is a difficult equation. >> thank you for your analysis from brussels. turng to syria where government forces are continuing large-scale operations against the opposition. troops are pursuing rebels throughout the countryside after consolidating their control of the town. reports say that soldiers are moving against another opposition stronghold. hundreds of people have been gathering on the border with turkey preparing to cross over if the army advance continues. turkey has taken in thousands of refugees who are fleeing the violence. >> they managed to flee the fighting but they're not safe yet. convoys of refugees streamed towards the turkish border. many have been traveling for days and are nearing exhaustion. >> they have destroyed our houses and attacked our children with tanks and planes. they have even cut off our water supply. >> why a did they send these criminals? why? >> the refugees only have limited supplies and it will not be long before they run out of food. this footage shows tanks thought to be entering a town. the army is going from tow

. >>> european leaders have agreed to a deal in brussels to lend greece more money and bolster its economythe greeks will need to make painful economic cuts to qualify. the austerity program of tax increases, pay and spending cuts have greek unions up in arms. they've called for a general strike on monday and tds, before wednesday's parliamentary vote on the economic aus taryn plan. >>> syrian troops amassing near the country's border with turkey, the latest move to crush anti-government protests. tanks have surrounded a village which has become a safe haven for syrian refugees. >>> after months of high oil prices, some of the world's biggest oil-consuming countries are releasing 60 million barrels of oil onto the markets. oil prices fell to a four-month low on the news. >>> u.s. president barack obama is making the rounds to explain his plan to withdraw troops from afghanistan. he spoke to soldiers in fort drum on thursday and met with families who lost loved ones in the war. the the plan calls for 30,000 troops to be sent home. i'm zain verjee in london. world business today starts now.

both first first of all i'd like to ask you about your presentation in brussels on the twenty fifth of may did this presentation somehow change the attitudes in the e.u. towards the south or do they still have questions about the project. well i think it was a very successful event. there was a very good price on slot only of the many partners in the southeast. in projects but also. e.u.

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with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital four pm in brussels and draft resolutions against the syrian regime are under consideration at the u.n. nuclear watchdog and the security council but so far russia is affectively been blocking a proposal to condemn president assad's government for its crackdown on protesters moscow says discussing the resolution at the security council will only escalate

brussels. a day of rage against israel thousands call for the boycott of israeli goods over its continued expansion of palestinian land a jewish demonstrator says enough is enough. american leaders do nothing this the e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal and activists will be european union to halt the main exports of the occupied territories flows and fruits they fall to human barricades it's a use a ploy to pose still pink goods getting through. israel's carmel brand market settlement produce and pockets to profit but the point forces moving their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention. sure is bearing fruit it's a lease biggest grocer co-ops and food grown in the occupied territories the world's largest security firm g four s. has stopped work with these really check points on the west bank admitting it breached human rights shareholders forced belgium's dicksee a bank to sell its israel arm over a million euro loans to

reporting from brussels there now the e.u. has expanded its block of sanctions on the syrian government over its use of violence against protesters demanding the ousting of president bashar al assad for syrian companies and seven new individuals were added to the black list topped by the president and his brother severe measures were also brought against several members of iran's revolutionary guard as the e.u. criticized tehran's support of the crackdown meanwhile at least twelve demonstrators have been killed in clashes with authorities in the capital damascus journalist and commentator danny believes the european union and u.s. are opposed to any shift of power in the country. any further economic sanctions on syria will have almost no impact whatsoever on the current situation in syria and on the current crackdown let's not forget that series already subject to american sanctions including age restrictions and export bans. has recently put economic sanctions on the country is well i think syria has exposed in fact the doub

don't you see brussels. israel's blockade of gaza is not only damaging to the area but to israel itself says the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs r d's exclusive interview with baroness catherine ashton coming your way next hour but first here's a preview. we're very consistent in saying what needs to happen is that the israelis need to open the borders with guards there and a lot of people and goods to move freely now i recognize the importance of the security situation for israel we've always done that but it seems to me a position that's not tenable you have the inability to get the economy moving in gaza and one of the things i've been saying to the israelis for some time is it's in their interest to see economic growth and development and girls are lots of small businesses you know that could really do well lots of people who want jobs and huge percent of people in gaza received today so many young people who don't have a future and part of the else about part of making sure that we have sec

all teams are going to school has the latest from brussels. this is a funeral procession in the center of brussels where the european leaders are meeting to discuss the future of off the greek debt and of the euro zone itself they believe the euro can be salvaged but most people including the risk upticks believe that it is impossible and there will be no resurrection off the euro well to me i think a lot of people it's beginning to collapse around the red sea and bailouts billions of pounds of taxpayers' money especially from the germans it's an obvious bill and i think the public got enough of it and i do know that the leaders of the european union have presented greece with the county and conditions in order for the country to put to to receive the relief that means of its bailout unfortunately for greece they will have to take extremists tearing measures which are incredibly unpopular in the country and that presents a major challenge for the greek government right immediately after it has just been pushed up all the leaders all unanimousl

brussels. but they rage against israel thousands called for the boycott of his relief goods over its continued expansion of palestinian land a jewish demonstrates that says enough is enough when the american leaders do nothing else the e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruined israeli settlements illegal. activity the european union to halt the main export of the territories flows through a full human barricade to a use a ploy deposed still getting through financial look at israel's carmel grandma could settlement produce and pockets to profit but find forces and moving their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure. it's bearing fruit it's a lease biggest grocer co-ops food grown in the occupied territories the world's largest security for g four s. has stopped work with these really checkpoints on the west bank. breached human rights shareholders forced bill james dixie a bank to sell its israel over a million euro loans to settlements act

no choice but to ban all fruits and vegetable imports from the entire european union a reaction brussels called disproportionate russia says it was clear from the beginning the spanish weren't to blame here of in europe or when it was because it's as if the accusations brought against the spanish cucumbers were unfounded this was always from the outset why because the spin was the source of the disease why is no until near as was of spin could hate the disease this isn't a mild flu you keep secret german health officials still can't see what caused the a brick transfer factor of the disease and most importantly the situation is still not under control it's in the discredit of the european health wachtel it's a very delicate time for the spanish economy which is teetering on the edge of needing an e.u. bailout this is decidedly not a good moment for one hundred fifty thousand tons of produce to go unsold it's also struck another blow to the already fragile relationship between germany and spain after the german chancellor implied spaniards were lazy and spendthrift in a speech earlier thi

it was one plane from another plane from brussels where there are two different places where there are differences and thank you very much for that a spokesman for the e.u. delegation in russia. and of the russia you summit held in the. case of a lawyer from russia and you serve as you say in the nation thank you for. the build the group and the invitation in the meeting of the world's most powerful people is taking place in switzerland just what the political insiders media moguls and industry actually discuss remains top secret sorties and it reports there is outrage that the fate of the world could be decided on closed doors. this great big hotel you can see on the hill behind me is the hotel in summer it's in switzerland and it's there for the next couple of days around about one hundred fifty of the world's most powerful people who'll be meeting behind closed doors to discuss whatever they like it's the builder group again of course it's the invitation only gathering of the world's most influential people attendees in the past included kings and presidents captains of industry and

designs for europe now both washington and brussels are persuading more scared the system is not aimed against russia russia in its turn argues that a system deployed so close to its borders will neutralize its strategic potential will lead to an imbalance of forces so of course the story will emerge today and with the european high ranking officials but. perhaps new solutions could be found mutually beneficial solutions and another apple of discord as you. irrationally ban on budged one fruit imports from the european union introduced shortly after be equal like the deadly strain outbreak which to date. lots of twenty seven human lives deaths and hospitalized thousands of others russia introduce these embargo to prevent the strain from coming into russia these step was strongly criticized by brussels the european union says that it is going against policies of the world trade organization but the decision is very untimely since russia is about ant or w two finally after seventeen years of being in membership talks with these one hundred fifty three nation clock at the moment russia is

normal spanish cucumber old brussels sprouts russia will be on a diet free of european festivals until the government is sure they're free of equal light not only will this make it more difficult to find your five a day could also make them more expensive. business lasts long enough this will create inflationary pressures there's no question about it the question is how long this will last is this just a one off or is this a bigger problem that will last for longer. and i think this is a one off really and this should be very short because it's an actually not in anyone's interest and it's the last thing that the government wants is additional inflationary pressures. and this needs to merely to some of the local producers but remember that if you look at the national operators the national retail chains. source still very small percentage locally produced print reasons. more news for you on line authority dot com business and during the last the last time for more business stories here on our team. in one thousand nine hundred two dr ralph mainstreet university of pennsylvania said wha

leaders in brussels on thursday and public anger grows as the greek prime minister pushes for even more cuts at home to secure financial aid. while next we talk to those who still remember nazi germany's first a fancy against the soviet union which took place in the city of brest in modern. brest fortress today it's on the territory of the sovereign republic of belarus formerly the soviet republic of belarus a fortress was once the westernmost outpost of the soviet empire each day schoolchildren in the town of brest take part in a ceremony by a local monument to commemorate what happened there. on june twenty second one hundred forty one german fascist forces invaded the soviet union a ration of war the defenders of the breast fortress found themselves in a dead end situation it is here that the myth about the invincibility of the german army was broken after the end of the war and the fortress as a name became synonymous to perseverance courage and belief in victory for years to come. the early hours of june twenty second nineteen forty one german artillery unleashes a massive barrage

coli outbreak which two days killed twenty seven people and hospitalized thousands of others brussels criticize that measure and called it disproportionate russian. accuse russel's of willing to provide sufficient information on the source of this impaction but progress could be reached during the summit here in usually not great eve the e.u. is more transparent and shows more flexibility on the. r.t.c. got there you know great show over there reporting on the upcoming russia e.u. summit in. say a sedative used to cure everything from epilepsy to insomnia but some u.s. states have started using a controversial drug to put people on death row into an eternal sleep human rights campaigners say the drug inflicts a cruel and painful death on its victims and it's over bennett reports its use of executions is becoming more widespread. if you. were. a few in here we don't see the pics. from a dog's life to a dog's death prisoners on death row and now being killed with an animal drug planted bob dole's used to put pets to sleep but it's never been tested on human executions this can cause exc

brussel put the brakes on efforts by countries wanting to take action against syria which the kremlin says could lead to a libya style military intervention. and american death row inmates are being briefly injected with animal killing drugs which human rights groups claim is tantamount to torture. but the culture and cuisine of the caucuses are to get seen close up to north to set up. its third man in moscow this is our team coming to you live on nice and now with your top story this hour fresh nato air strikes are pounding the libyan capital with witnesses reporting seven major explosions in tripoli even so the alliance is chief wants more war efforts from coalition members meanwhile russel's been discussing peace with both the regime and the rebels encouraging the rivals for negotiations are just written osuna in libya with more. nature continues bombing tripoli we've been hearing heavy strikes overnight as well as during the day this week actually the libyan capital has seen the most intensive rate since the beginning of the operation in march with nato targeting gadhafi his compo

russia will finally join the organization now as far as the word ban is concerned russia excuses brussels of failing to provide sufficient information in the stores on containment shall be in fact and said that progress could be reached during the summit in brussels is transparent and shows flexibility on the issue like it could partially lifted the ban on the budget it will import from a number of states. like denmark. germany the true live from the russia e.u. summit in the north thank you very much. build a bird an invitation only meeting of the world's most powerful people is taking place in switzerland for just a political insight news media moguls and industry actually discuss remains top secret societies reports there's outrage that the fate of the world could be decided on close to. this point because i tell it you can see on the hill behind me is the hotel in summer it's in switzerland and it's there for the next couple of days around about one hundred fifty of the world's most powerful people will be meeting behind closed doors to discuss whatever they like if they build a good

brussels. coming up i know about him in a style i'm here in r t after a year in simulated space it's the file home stretch for the man returning from mars. they've been one salons dishonest. and here in isolation traveling a million miles a day. the men from mars are heading to earth. mars five hundred closer to the edge of possibility on our team. and major fire has broken out at a munitions storage hippo in central russia triggering explosions and injuring at least five military personnel decided local residents have been evacuated to safety that's around thirty thousand people officials say the explosions of artillery shells are likely to last at least a whole day however the intensity of the blast is gradually decreasing the incident comes just a week after another ammunition devil fire in a neighboring republic which injured twelve people and destroyed more than forty houses. and watching our team winning the war on drugs is no longer ago as it can never be one that conclusion was drawn by

leaders in brussels on thursday while the greek prime minister pushes for even more cuts at home which are a condition for the new cash over the last week a steady proposal so foul zones of angry protesters filled the streets of athens blogger michael snyder warns that economic troubles in greece could trigger at new way in the global financial meltdown. the greek crisis has the chance to be another lehmann brothers moment because what you have in greece is a situation where they're just kicking the can down the road if greece defaults it's not going to just a thank you reese is going to affect all of your. banks all over europe are very much exposed to greece and banks in europe are very highly leveraged for example when lehman brothers collapsed they were leveraged thirty one to one which was absolutely horrible now german banks actually hold a lot of greek debt and there are leverage thirty two to one at this point so greece goes down it's going to ripple effects across the entire world and there are experts all throughout the financial industry that are warning that this could set

leaders in brussels on a day. of the greek prime minister pushes for even more cuts at home. we have access to one of the most courageous women in afghanistan. daily death threats. to tell the truth about what's happening in her country she says people in afghanistan are trapped between corrupt local politicians and the deadly u.s. military campaign to stay with us. well enjoy thank you for taking the time to be with us thank you thanks for the interview recently returned from a trip to the u.s. the didn't start world you were denied entry visa the decision was later reverse to but why do you think this happened especially after the fact you visited the u.s. several times without a problem because each time in the past also when i bring to us and also to some other countries exposed their own policies of us in that way in afghanistan who are occupying our country and did about it on formal rights human rights and democracy and also imposed on our people at the border are set in the drug laws so who are put a copy of the taliban and they waste taxpayer money and billions of do

last year brussels finally gave a green light to russia's w and tributes and so these these today talk finney's new knowledge will officially clear the way for russia to finally and to. also expect that all formalities will be sorted out before the end of the summer though there are still some differences remaining between brussels and most cruel like libya russia is against nato military intervention in libya it calls for an immediate unconditional cease fire in that country and considers the conflict as libya's domestic affair in the first place now another point of discord point of contention is america's plans to build a new and to be sold to france showed for europe washington keeps saying that it is no designs against moscow does not pose any threat to russia russian is argues that it will in fact that russia has the strategic potential and it will lead to an unbalance in forces so perhaps these summits could lead to some more constructive dialogue between the european leaders and the mosco and more mutually beneficial solutions on that could be found now another apple of discord

right to catch up with all the latest business news no more spanish cucumbers or brussels sprouts russia will be on a diet free of european vegetables until the government is sure they're free or. will this make it more difficult to find your five a day of could also make them more expensive. this lasts long enough this will create inflationary pressures there's no question about it the question is how long this will last is this just a one off or is this a bigger problem that will last longer. and i think this is a one off really and this should be very short because if naturally not in anyone's interest and it's the last thing that the government wants is additional inflationary pressures. and this needs to merely to from the local producers but remember that if you look at the national operators national retail chains. source still a very small percentage locally predicament reasons. and the e.u. is desperate for russia to lift the ban or it's against w to rules that could hinder russia's accession to the world trade organization but have a check on the markets branches hovering at on

philip slice joining us live there in brussels thanks very much for your time here on r.t. thank you. let's check out some other international news we have for you today in the world update twenty one people been killed in iran forty injured in the iraqi capital off the three explosions at a local market police say the bombs targeted a shiite mosque there is no immediate claim of responsibility but such mosques are frequently attacked by sunni extremists including al qaeda. european union has hit syria more sanctions aimed at seven individuals and four companies and says the measures were brought because of the gravity of the situation in the country currently thirty four people run businesses in el face asset freezes and travel bans including president bashar assad so actions follow months of clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces that reportedly killed more than a thousand people. to prove three people have been killed and thirty two injured in clashes between students and police during street protests around the streets of the city inverne three r

mandate to protect the libyan this group more about that than from author joining us from brussels. or even from moscow thanks be with us is this expansion of nato campaign in libya a solution to the crisis is a good way forward do you think. i don't i don't know or way that would be a solution to the cases you see the point is that when they wanted went into war with libya they never expected to have it last so long and now this is going to be another three months of it how do they know it all depends on the resistance in libya i don't know if you think in this so do you think it could go on and on even past the date. well you have get this thing has been going on for ten years now the reason they killed civilians of your boat you don't. you know. karzai government is asking them not to in civilians and is that an end to the crazies i don't know there i mean i don't think there is nothing so are the nato saying that they need another few months and they already speak of you know cooperating with the future libyan government to train its forces to bring it into corporation that they