e.u. foreign ministers. is in london with the details for us hello there laura so what kind of support is the u.k. offering the rebels. well as you say you know they've they've called the formation of the this coalition a major breakthrough that's what william hague said in his statement earlier and he's now recognizing the coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the syrian people now that alone brings with it major political clout but along with it he's also introduced what he calls a significant increase in practical support and i'll just run through with you what those support measures are they going to invite a political representative to come to the u.k. so that's assessed essentially establishing a diplomatic front inviting an ambassador from the coalition to come to london they're also going to send what they're calling a stabilisation response team which is going to work with the coalition to meet the basic needs of people who are in opposition areas and also there's going to be an increas

e.u. foreign ministers in brussels and the agreement carries no diplomatic power but paves the way for each individual country to officially recognize the group meanwhile strain on the united. already showing on sunday a group of extremists broke off from the coalition saying they formed an islamic state of their own and they want nothing to do with the western backed bloc. hundreds of people have taken to the streets of the kenyan capital after a bus blast killed at least seven people and wounded dozens the bomb was detonated in a. neighborhood of nairobi outrage was caused by suspicion that the explosion was the work of supporters of an islamic group linked to. kenya has been hit by a series of terror attacks in recent weeks often blamed on militia sympathizers. in cambodia for the final leg of his tour of asia became the first serving u.s. president to visit my arm are praising political reform there but insisting the country still has much further to go some experts suggest the tour is part of america's attempts to wrestle influence in the region away from china the relationship between

e.u. foreign ministers the coalition was formed earlier this month in doha replacing the syrian national council which has long been criticized for its ineffectiveness the block however has been rejected by the nations islamist groups based in aleppo they say that building a state of their own and refused to have any links with the coalition ali mohamed the syrian tribune says european supporters don't know who they're dealing with. we don't know if they don't control anything on the ground and you know there was one of them to be the sort of prison. which did not make sense after of france after the effort by the coalition has a leader of the sort of the syrian people the one thing and the release the video saying that distortion the conflict is out there and that they are there would be fighting until they reach their goal which syria so i don't think they would be able to grow. or we can focus. on the one black muslim brotherhood an important member of the coalition and of the sometimes the who is the main backer and so forth there will be uniquely. that at least for the scene of the future i

e.u. foreign ministers. in london with the latest. they've called the formation of this coalition a major breakthrough that's what william hague said in his statement earlier and he's now recognizing the coalition as the sole legitimate representative of the syrian people now that brings with it major political clout that along with it he also introduced what hague. holds a significant increase in practical support they're going to invite a political representative to come to the u.k. so that's assessed essentially establishing a diplomatic front inviting an ambassador from the this coalition to come to london but also and this is a thing that's going to give people most pause for thought he's going to commit another one million pounds in what he calls communications support he mentioned a couple of things internet hogs satellite phones to enable the opposition to communicate where and when they're in the field but of course when we say the field what we really mean is the battlefield so people are will be worried about what those com

e.u. foreign ministers are expected to discuss lifting an arms embargo on monday which could pave the way for direct weapon deliveries to the rebels a journalist neil clark says the west is using the libya blueprint to gain a foothold in syria with the long term goal of surviving iran but what we do is we get together some opposition puppets if you like not their heads together call them the government of libya and now syria and then we work to end the arms embargoes and very soon we'll be hearing talk i expect no fly zones this is all part of a plan to topple a sad actually the western powers actually glaring it's ok for us to arm the rebels in syria but to anybody else around the syrians he's allowed so it's absolutely appalling the policy we had the constitutional vote back in eighty seven percent of syrians voted for it we had elections in may you know there is every possibility of a change in syria through the ballot box but the west don't want that because they know the president sorry to popular party has probably majority support in syria the last one is the people who will in syr

e.u. foreign ministers condemned the rocket attacks on israel and called for an urgent cessation of hostilities. we have also warned that a ground invasion of gaza could length b the conflict, and erode international support for israel's position. we wish to see an agreed ceasefire that stops the rocket attacks and ends israeli military operations. efforts are continuing as i speak, and the u.n. security council will continue discussions on the situation today. more open access in and out of gaza is part of any longer-term solution. we pay tribute to the efforts of the egyptian government and the u.n. secretary-general to secure a ceasefire and have supported these efforts over the last few days. i discussed these with the egyptian, israeli and turkish foreign ministers over the weekend as the prime minister did with prime minister netanyahu and president por si. my honorable friend, the undersecretary of state, is in ramallah today where he will meet president abbas after visiting israel yesterday. there is no military solution to the crisis in gaza or to the israeli/palestinian conflict. peac

e.u. countries also determined to do so. so a lot of effort is being made behind this cease-fire proposal. >> cannot press the foreign cretaryay something more about what the future conversations he had with his fellow e.u. ministers on gaza, and also what conversation she's having with the special representatives of egypt's? >> well, we have the whole e.u. a fair council meeting yesterday, and there were the conclusions published from that, calling and very much in line with what i've said to the house in terms of the need to end rocket attacks on issue but also as a support for a negotiated caesar. so the whole of the e.u. year and spoke together on that yesterday. of course, we also regulate discuss matters with tony blair, e envoy of the quartet to the palestinians. i most recently spoke to him 10 days, nine days ago about this. my colleagues are in constant touch with him, and we will see whether that can be a role for the quartet in the coming weeks, in trying to restart negotiations on the piece process. >> the foreign secretary is very clear he believes that hamas bears the principal responsibility for the start of t

e.u. as part of their foreign policy and they're actually involved in they want to get in for all of the high intensity conflicts in their terminology and that means war in my terminology they want to actually you to be involved in wars and to commit our soldiers on our and our navy people into these kind of conflicts and that is not acceptable. a major battle is underway in brussels over the e.u. budget as it made gulf between us and contribute billions to the those who depend on its bonds to go later in the program. plus russian activists ramp up their attempts to sue madonna the material girl is a threat to run a tube society story after the break. i never thought i could earn a living this way. natalee a shell of i as a lawyer should test small arms so that's what i was to machine building client natalee also lost count of all the weapons she's fired over the past twelve years. i got so used to it sometimes my friends ask me to join them at the rifle range and i say no way i'm so tired of shooting. the clowns history goes from making firearms during world war two to ballistic missiles fro

e.u. as part of their foreign policy and that is going far too far it's not acceptable and it really needs to be stopped and i wonder what the public think of this resolution received overwhelming support from members of the european parliament surely then a proposal was such back it would be popular with the general public to now. well i wouldn't so did receive great support i mean in european parliament terms you know to have nearly a hundred m.e.p. votes against not just abstain against is is a large no it didn't carry the parliament as a huge four hundred forty two votes in favor ninety two against seventy five abstention you know if you got the wrong figures but look it's but that's the well it's the way it works the european parliament i wouldn't say it's that strong though normally you get some votes you know in the six hundreds but i think the underlying point is you know this is a very dangerous move it's a very serious move it takes us into national sovereign areas and they're talking of a single political authority and they're actually involved in they want to get in four of the

the syrian national council which had no being criticised for its ineffectiveness the foreign ministers of the e.u. then jointly endorsed the coalition as the only legitimate voice of the syrian people that's despite claims that al qaeda and radical islamists have infiltrated rebel forces on the mohammad from the syria tribune says these countries don't know who they are dealing with so. we don't know this they don't control anything on the ground and you know the worst one of them to be the sort of preserve the whole process which does not make sense bright after our friends after the record rise the coalition has a leader of the sort of the syrian people the fucking groups and their leaders. released this video saying that this provision of ninety percent of them and that they are there would be keep fighting until they reach their goal which is an influx davey's syria so i don't think that they will they will be able to grow. or we cannot talk about the rebels marching on the one flag the muslim brotherhood is an important member of the coalition and of the same time the muslim brotherhood is t

e.u. commission so yes the centerpiece of our foreign policy is their fricken agenda but we are part of the global village it has been two years right when you join the brics group what were the benefits of that of you becoming officially a member of that of that club of of the runner ups to the top i'm going to talk about south africa and russia. south africa the only african country admitted to brics leading the first to the biggest and the most diverse economy on the continent of africa which is an advantage for the brigs a member countries partnering with via like minded countries of the south but another unique member who if you like would be european but we've got historic ties and links with the countries of the south russia so this was bound to be but not because of the commuter deal that is there but also because it makes economic sense and russia is seen as a gateway into the image of. a global. region that's that's coming up from the is the european side linking directly with the with the western europe. the imaging economy the biggest on the continent but have these sort of link

next year's budget with a comfortable majority stashing spending to satisfy its foreign lenders and funny qualify for the. e.u. bailout that. by western powers to step down and facing death threats from the rebels the syrian president exclusively tells r.t. to stay until he's voted out. and israel takes aim at its neighbors firing its first rounds at syria since nine hundred seventy three softer killing six palestinian civilians retaliation for attacks from gaza. watching all of you welcome to the program. well two grueling campaign that cost almost a billion dollars barack obama secured a second term as a u.s. president he edged hard line and mitt romney by asserting a socially conscious domestic vision diplomacy based focus on foreign affairs the bomb is a softer campaign talks and transformed into even tougher action that's before all the ballots had been counted and he's going to just kind of states in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most americans his challenger mitt romney was widely seen as more

year's budget with a comfortable majority slashing spending some despite foreign lenders and finally qualifying on today tranche of e.u. bailout names. by western powers to step down and facing death threats from the rebels the syrian president exclusively tells r.t. that he'll stay in until he's voted out. and israel takes aim at its neighbors its first rounds at syria since one thousand nine hundred seventy three that's after killing six palestinian civilians twenty eight and click tracks from gaza. you're watching artie's weekly news review welcome to the program after a grueling campaign that cost almost a billion dollars barack obama has secured a second term as a u.s. president he edged hard line and mitt romney by selling a socially conscious domestic vision and a diplomacy based focus on foreign affairs but a bomb a softer campaign talk soon transformed into even tougher action that's before all the ballots have been counted what is going to take an expense. in the wake of president obama's reelection there was no sense of euphoria as in two thousand and eight but his victory did come as a relief to most ameri

e.u. strike as workers unite against continued austerity. this is r.t. now syria's foreign form of the rebel coalition is collecting international approval france is the first western state to recognize it as the sole voice of the syrian people other european nations and the u.s. which are well behind the group set up stopped just short of doing the same with more details now live to our correspondent in the middle east joining us live on the program here tom what's the significance of the recognition i think certainly one of more pertinent questions is why is it that some of the coalition's key backers have failed actually now to follow in france's endorsement. yes rory well there is increasing attention focusing around this opposition coalition still quite a nebulous group at the moment and france is going the further this recognizing this group as the so representative of the syrian people and perhaps expressing their the hope than a reality at the moment when they added that they really were throwing their weight behind the idea of this as a government in exile just wai

e.u. strikers workers continue to unite against austerity. this is r.t. syria's foreign formed rebel coalition is collecting international approval france's the first western state to recognize it as the sole voice of the syrian people and other european nations and the us which was behind the group set up all stopped short of just doing the same r.t. correspondent in the middle east tom barton now has details on this there is increasing attention focusing around this opposition coalition still quite a nebulous group at the moment and france has gone the furthest recognizing this group as the so representative of the syrian people and perhaps expressing their hope than a reality at the moment when they added that they really were throwing their weight behind the idea of this as a government in exile just waiting to come in and take power the u.s. didn't go that far i did say that it recognized this group as a representative of the syrian people but they wanted to wait until this group better represented people actually inside syria the e.u. members as well they hailed th

e.u. nations officially recognize the coalition is not going to pave the way for foreign intervention into the day. well certainly that's the slope they believe they're on but then again i mean. from their point of view they have to be quite careful because obviously france has let this process a few days ago. britain has kind of broken ranks with the united states to ally itself with france but for example if the rest of the does not follow then that actually isolates britain and france to some extent so they've got a lot of problems they nothing is guaranteed and of course the situation on the ground is not guaranteed so they could end up with egg on their faces we talked about just now the coalition composed of various rebel groups i wonder thirty parallels with libya there of course when colonel gadhafi was ousted a similar organization failed to create any kind of order is syria going to suffer the same fate final thought. well clearly that that's on the cards you know if you if you. go in and you destroy the existing bases of the over there that's not at all a guarantee that you get.

president obama or president romney would be different when it came to foreign policy i don't know where they get that from. now while the e.u. often acts in unison with the u.s. when it comes to the outside world on the economy there's a deepening rift as artie's laura smith reports obama's victory is getting only a muted response and the old world. europe is very unwilling to commit any more troops to anymore battles abroad the problems in the middle east i think the us the us is having reflect hugely in europe and in fact in a poll published in desh biegel newspaper in germany we have that sort of almost foreign policy rating in europe has drop since his election in two thousand and you know i from eighty three percent to seventy one percent said people here are clearly worried about that and of course i think the major. moose pressing issue is the economy the u.s. economy and how it recovers has a huge knock on effects in europe in the u.s. appears to be in a much slower recovery than was hoped for many are worried that obama isn't doing as much as he could be to. be a little fall in unemployment and little increase in t

e.u. mega strike workers continue to unite against austerity. so good to have you with us here on r.t. today syria's foreign form of rebel coalition is collecting international approval of france's the first western states a recognize it as the sole voice of the syrian people other european nations and the u.s. which was behind the group set up stopped just short of doing the same by the rebel coalition was made up of various opposition factions after marathon talks in qatar capital doha and washington says the bloc should first show its able to represent syrians inside the country professor of international relations mark almond says the u.s. is trying to act as though it's not actually meddling directly in syrian internal affairs. the united states wishes to lead from behind to use the term that was used about obama's role in libya it wants to give the impression that there are regional states playing was part of european states like france the other is the new united states is a bit of a quandary about who to support. in syria in the sense that we don't know exactly who come out on top president along wi

e.u. refused to give more cash to greece but then that was overcome quite fast and that's because we're seeing an interest in motion from foreign investors and that's because we're expecting to see the liberalization of the dead market on the local markets here in russia and basically so far only russian banks were working on the federal loans a ball in the markets but that's about to change very soon in the form depositories will get direct access to the russian market so basically what has happened was seen international funds and foreign investors selling their dollars in buying up rubles when this access will be granted now also if we take a look i government bond yields especially when it comes to ten year notes and compare russia to other countries like germany the u.s. and the u.k. the picture becomes clearer you see even though it's safe for if you will to invest in countries like the u.s. you'll be gettin the last spike on the floor to invest in countries like greece but then again greece has the risk of a default so in the way russia acts as this middle ground where right now a lot of people in a lot of investors are

that russia will also maintain its foreign currency reserves in the euro it has forty two percent of its reserves in the euro and russia remains hopeful that well the e.u. will come out of its crisis more on this in the next hour. new video footage gives more credibility to claims that syrian rebels are now using surface to air missiles against government forces the footage shows a helicopter being hit by a missile and bursting into flames it was purportedly shot near a key army base outside the city of aleppo which rebel fighters have been trying to seize for several months arab gulf states have been accused of supplying the rebels with weapons throughout the conflict while france has openly admitted it wants to sponsor the syrian revolution heiresses pledged one and a half million dollars for the opposition which according to professor hill sheldon foote will lead only to more fighting in syria. france major interest will be you to continue with sorenson your moments that we're all really but it. really cured serve just as though it didn't cure and it goes live your all the while it was tomorrow i was going to happen they didn't really curious. how m

s foreign secretary britain wants to see a clear plan of political transition from the alliance and is considering official recognition of the group the u.k. could also have a say in lifting the e.u. arms embargo on the rebel coalition chairman john if my right hand says tech is moved to help the opposition could eventually find find that that's countries. within the last mile turkey both supporting the red lights and i don't see the syrian rebels we know that the rebels are fighting against the syrian government are coming from all over the region they are coming from because it's reaching they're coming from afghanistan from yemen we know that they are rebels coming from movie and even from sudan but that turkey is providing the infrastructure for these mercenaries are jihadists who are coming into the syrian country this politics towards syria it's a very short term politics it's the fuel short terms and if assad before to disappear and if syria would be split among the lawrence and this country which i know supported by the west by turkey and by. emirates countries such jerky would witness these warlords sooner or later of taking also turkey and i think the turkish people kno

e.u. countries also determined to do so. so a lot of effort is being made behind this cease-fire proposal. >> cannot press the foreign secretary to say something more about what the future conversations he had with his fellow e.u. ministers on gaza, and also what conversation she's having with the special representatives of egypt's? >> well, we have the whole e.u. a fair council meeting yesterday, and there were the conclusions published from that, calling and very much in line with what i've said to the house in terms of the need to end rocket attacks on issue but also as a support for a negotiated caesar. so the whole of the e.u. year and spoke together on that yesterday. of course, we also regulate discuss matters with tony blair, the envoy of the quartet to the palestinians. i most recently spoke to him 10 days, nine days ago about this. my colleagues are in constant touch with him, and we will see whether that can be a role for the quartet in the coming weeks, in trying to restart negotiations on the piece process. >> the foreign secretary is very clear he believes that hamas bears the principal responsibility for the sta