e.u. sanctions those sanctions aimed injuring iranian uranium enrichment program which the west police past and a bid to try and build a nuclear weapon but as for greece well greek leaders to try to seek a short says from the very start for really that there will have them steady flow of oil to their country and they're going to make too much of an impact but no doubt if this has been instigated at such a short notice we will have some ramifications political solution and probably some economic ramifications particularly in the short term and really highlights a bit of discrepancy coming just today and today we've heard the euro body euro zone and e.u. saying that they won't be meeting to discuss and agree upon a further bailout for the debt stricken nation greece and that's after the austerity measures work by the greek parliament on sunday so that was a really. bad news for the greek parliament off they put their neck on the line risk for any alienation from the public from these unpopular austerity measures we saw of course these demonstrations taking to the streets numbering the tens of

e.u. sanctions as international rhetoric is ramped up to further a family of flames of friction with the islamic state. live from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and used to now a six pm here in the russian capital four pm in damascus and syria's president bashar assad has ordered a referendum on a new constitution to be held in eleven days according to the country's state run news agency it could put an end to the rule party to the one party rule i should say of the president's baath party and shrines in the current constitution there now when it came amid reported violence in the cities of homes and some of the fiercest in the months long unrest maria for notion is in syria and now reports. to take over a national referendum on the country's new constitution has been announced in every day that expected to be how the. syrian government and presence authorized are probably confirmed the document had been drafted to end the monopoly of the ruling party people who govern people according to this new initially levels should be old for march fifth just random but we c

e.u. sanctions as international rhetoric is ramped up to further family claims of friction with the islamic state. and business we're watching oil prices that jump nearly two dollars a barrel with one hundred nineteen dollars thirty five cents shortly after the iran announcement for more on that and other. it's five pm here in moscow this is archie coming to you live from nice now with our top story this hour syria's president bashar assad has ordered a referendum on a new constitution to be held in eleven days according to the country's state run news agency it could put an end to the one party rule of the president's baath party in shrines in the current constitution the announcement came amid reported violence in the cities of homes that hamas some of the fiercest in the months long rest are just maria financial reports from syria. it is a cold the national referendum on the country's new constitution has been announced in every day that expected to be how the. syrian government and president musharraf are heavily confirms a document that had been drafted to end the monopoly of the rulin

e.u. enforces fresh sanctions over the ongoing violence. but china the world's second largest economy that without reform it faces a financial slowdown that could take the global system with it live analysis on that for you shortly here. at home and away britain's criticized for cutting spending at home and sending billions of brought in foreign aid to countries who say they don't even want the cash our top story. and the global equity markets trade on tuesday with the russian markets for going into the red and european markets trading in the black. for more on this and other figures and business bulletin. internationalising comment live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day washington says the syrian president could be classified as a war criminal but secretary state hillary clinton stop short of calling for bashar assad to be prosecuted because that would make it difficult for him to step down the u.n. human rights council is meeting to pass a resolution condemning damascus but syria's representative in protest and officia

from foreign pressure while are showing in a new constitution but suffering a blow of fresh sanctions from the e.u. . greece's credit score is slashed despite the government's race to approve even more austerity cuts but the world bank warns the next financial fallout could be beijing based and far worse. and home and away britain's criticized for cutting spending at home and sending billions of brought in foreign aid to countries who say they don't even want the cash. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at the moscow m rule reception damascus has condemned the latest set of e.u. sanctions against the syrian government and the country's foreign minister says economic pressures only leading to greater suffering for the already beleaguered people of syria and dozens have been reportedly killed across the country just on tuesday while officials hailed the success of a referendum on a new constitution in damascus for r.t. is more if a national. so as new constitution is not waiting to be implemented the majority of the people voted in favor of the new charter on sunday but it is only common

new sanctions from the e.u. . greece's credit score is lowered to quote selective default as the government braces to approve even more austerity cuts. and away. spending sending billions of dollars abroad and foreign aid to countries who say they want the cash. worldwide news around the clock this is r t live from moscow with me rule received shy damascus has condemned the latest set of e.u. sanctions against the syrian government and the country's foreign minister says economic pressure is only leading to greater suffering for the already beleaguered people of syria dozens have been reported killed across the country on choose day while officials hailed the success of a referendum on a new constitution. is in damascus for all of us here abouts. so as new constitution is now waiting to be implemented the majority of the people voted in favor of the new charter on sunday but it only comment to force after presidential decree so while president bashar al assad he in syria is getting ready with the papers the right

pressure while ushering in a new constitution but at the same time suffering a blow of fresh sanctions from the e.u. . greece's a credit score is slashed despite the government's race to approve even more austerity cuts but the world bank warns the next financial fallout could actually be from beijing and far worse. under way britain's criticised for cutting spending at home and sending billions of brought in foreign aid to countries that say they don't even want the cash. and not a good day for the western markets both the us yes and my eyes it's vanished and the red with banking and energy star names take a look at the figures and at this point. it is good to have you with us this is r.t. live from moscow with me rule received shy damascus has condemned the latest set of e.u. sanctions against the syrian government the country's foreign minister says economic pressure is only leading to greatest suffering for the already beleaguered people of syria dozens have reportedly been killed across the country just this on choose day while officials hailed the success of a referendum on a new constitution

e.u. sanctions over the country's nuclear program the move applies to spain italy france greece portugal and netherlands earlier the european union approved an embargo against iranian oil imports starting from the first of july however it intended existing contracts be complete it. meanwhile crude prices already has worries over supply dominated concern about weak economic growth light sweet is currently trading near one hundred two dollars a barrel while brant is hovering between one hundred in one thousand one hundred twenty dollars per barrel. the euro is gaining a bit against the dollar after seeing some losses on tuesday and the ruble is high against both the european and u.s. currencies following gains on the russian market now let's cross over to europe that is trading higher at this hour britain's footsie move into positive territory lifted by solid gains for banks that's up to the governor of china's central bank expressed confidence and europe's recovery. and here's russia where the markets are also lifted by higher prices of oil both the artist and myers it's adding over a percent

e.u. sanctions aimed at curbing tehran's atomic program. the u.n. general assembly votes to condemn the assad regime but for the violence in syria while russia and china continue their efforts to broker peace through negotiation. and of the greek prime minister plans to brussels for last minute bailout talks as thousands take to the streets about to express their anger over fresh austerity measures. recapping the week's top stories and bringing you the latest news this is our team certainly glad to have you with us. iran has cut its crude oil supplies to french and british firms and it's a move seen by many as retaliation for the decision to impose sanctions on the country but you says the ban was it needed to force iran to resume talks over its atomic program meanwhile a team of u.n. nuclear inspectors is on its way to the country a second such a visit within a month earlier the european commission claimed that the block has enough oil reserves to last for around one hundred twenty days so the arabia has also stepped in it by saying it is prepared

e.u. sanctions as international rhetoric is ramped up to further the flames of friction with the islamic state. up next is the sport with kate. hello welcome to the latest sports had a second take nice of you. red lines braving the cold injury hit the need to prepare to face benfica in their first ever knockout match in the champions league despite freezing temperatures in some peaches. while the kids league of their own alexis sanchez scores twice as boss alone to put one foot to the quarterfinals with a three one win over by labor in germany. and then on top double olympic champion lennox and by about pics of her good ole bowl victory of the season the london games now just five months away. but first a football and russian champions and each will host ben seek as their first ever knockout match in the champions league this wednesday night in the first leg of that round of sixteen time well temperatures are expected to drop to minus fifteen degrees celsius ahead of that match and they'll be a late inspection petrofsky stadium well it wasn't much warmer when zinni trained on cheers day and on

e.u. sanctions first of all how serious do you think that is is a real possibility and second of all what are the implications of that. yes i think that here iran is trying to send a message that it cannot be you cannot deal with iran in such oyo iran has its own weapons while the west for example believes that it has weapons and ammunition represented by sanctions iran is also an important country which can also respond in the appropriate manner i think is also a warning. that if military action is taken if military action is taken this would have only be small comparing to how iran could react in that case i think it's a small warning that if you. take action now economic action against us this is what we can do imagine what action we could take if you go ahead and use the military card against us so i think it's a warning to the west to keep israel also tied there on it and to prevent his role from going ahead with the unilateral unilateral military attack trying to throw the west you'd better keep israel intact otherwise you might be witnessing the very difficult period in the in the

e.u. sanctions on iran and crude imports set to start this july let's find out what impact that's had on the markets from our business desk. well indeed it had an impact first of all oil prices reach a nine month high on monday after a long decided to stop exports from the countries you just mentioned meal while a tear on is also planning to stop using the euro and the dollar when paying for imported goods from its trading partners but analysts don't really see the situation putting pushing crude prices much higher why i find out in about ten minutes. when pressure intensified on iran find out all mine at our two dot com how the islamic state is preparing for the worst by playing war. there on holds military exercises with its elite forces stimulus simulating a defensive response to a foreign attack are. also on our website the next in line the euro zone's all sturdy drive hits spain thousands of workers walk out to protest recently approved labor reforms. eleven minutes past the hour and greece and so it's fulfilled everything the e.u. wanted before handing over a one hundred thirty billion

e.u. sanctions and threats of an attack from israel over its nuclear program which it insists is peaceful. from the national iranian american council and a former u.s. state department officer says to resolve iran's nuclear issue the u.s. and its allies should change their approach. the american intelligence agencies and for that matter the israeli intelligence agencies and many other foreign governments intelligence agencies are saying that iran is not made the political decision to pursue weaponization and that leaves time for diplomacy to be pursued to find a peaceful solution that's beneficial to all parties involved the primary sticking point the primary truck problem that we see is that nobody trusts one another people in the people plus one don't trust each other iran doesn't trust anybody in the p five plus one so in an effort to try and move things forward and shift that paradigm from the negative to the positive you know we need to get creative and international leaders need to find ways to take risks for peace anything from broadening the agenda to discussion issues not just foc

e.u. sanctions loom over the country president ahmadinejad is wanted by the parliament for questioning over the plummeting economy. plus u.s. drone attacks rained down on pakistan with hundreds of civilian deaths in collateral damage as the country's foreign minister tells r.t. that such measures are counterproductive to the war on terror. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow received shame the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart of monitoring mission in conflict torn syria president assad's forces say they are currently conducting anti terror operations shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of homs but activists are accusing the government of a massacre saying hundreds of civilians have been killed just over the past week but with syria and a foreign media blackout the reality on the ground is very hard to confirm that with conflicting opposition reports of casualties there are those who believe the figures are being manipulated to push every change agenda. bennett. the syrian observatory for human rights it's one of the mo

e.u. sanctions on iranian crude imports set to start this july let's find out what impact that's had on the markets from our business desk. that's right oil prices reach a nine month high on monday after iran decided to halt exports to the countries you just mentioned meanwhile taronga also planning to stop using the euro and the dollar one paying for imported goods from its trading partners however experts don't really see this driving oil prices much higher why i find out in the business bulletin ten minutes. with pressure intensified on around find out all mine are to dot com how the islamic state is preparing for the worst by playing war. with iran holds military exercises with its alit forces simulating a defensive response to a foreign attack are. also on our website the next in line the euro zone's austerity drive hit spain as thousands of workers walk out to protest recently approved of labor reforms. greece is waiting for the e.u. to decide whether it has done enough to qualify for the one hundred thirty billion euro handout that's been dangling for months the government's approval

e.u. sanctions that loom over the country president ahmadinejad is wanted by the parliament for questioning over the plummeting economy. plus u.s. drone attacks rained down on pakistan with hundreds of civilian deaths in collateral damage as the country's foreign minister tells us here at odds see such measures are counterproductive to the war on terror. crosses second largest lines of e.c.b. has decided to buy back it says from minority sell does double the market price more details on the situation in our business but it's an intense minutes time. live from the heart of moscow this is r t with me will research the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission in conflict torn syria president assad's forces say they are conducting. our operations shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of homs but activists are accusing the government of a massacre saying hundreds of civilians have been killed over the past week alone but with syria under a foreign media blackout the reality on the ground is hard to verify and with conflicting opposition r

e.u. sanctions aimed at curbing tehran's automatic atomic program saudi arabia has stepped down by saying it is prepared to supply blood with extra oil we've needed. the u.n. general assembly voted. to condemn of the assad regime or for the violence in syria while russia and china continue their efforts to broker peace and through negotiations this comes amid reports of escalating violence in the country while damascus promises reforms. and the greek prime minister flies to brussels for last minute talks to secure a vital one hundred thirty billion euro bailout for his country thousands have taken to the streets of athens to express their anger over fresh austerity measures . now for some insight into what may be behind the pressure heaped on iran we spoke to brian becker a member of the answer antiwar coalition that interview is up next. thank you for joining us on r.t. thank you but does the united states want from tightening the sanctions i mean there it's even beyond tightening the sanctions now indeed it is the united states government has created an artificial crisis that's first an

e.u. sanctions and threats of an attack from israel over its nuclear program which it insists is peaceful conn hallinan afore a columnist in foreign policy in focus magazine says the west concern over iran's nuclear program may be a pretext to take control of its energy resources. i think a nuclear bomb is really in many ways a smokescreen this is not about nuclear weapons even if iran were to develop nuclear weapons that would make little difference if iran were to use a nuclear weapon say for against israel it would be an act of national suicide israel has between two and three hundred nuclear weapons they could literally exterminate iran this country here one is not a nuclear threat i think this has a lot more to do with the politics of the middle east and the politics of the control of energy resources than nine hundred seventy nine revolution in iran essentially removed the second largest oil resources and the third largest natural gas resources from direct control by western oil and gas companies and centrally made it independent now the west would love to get those resources back a

e.u. do and he announces tough new sanctions on syria it's highly symbolic the e.u. which is hardly a democratic party itself has announced these sanctions will hurt syrian people they will put back was the reform process in syria and you know there are democratic and i think the. it's quite ironic on this very day we also have the president nicolas sarkozy explain why we the european people are not going to be allowed to vote ourselves on the fiscal treaty he says it's too hard for us to understand so the e.u. which is claimed to be in favor of democracy is actually working against it. interesting a bit of news coming out as well about the opposition national syrian council reports of a split inside and there some members even leaving to create another group is the news we're hearing that if any of them came to power in syria how can they keep the country stable if they can't even agree on a way forward between themselves it begs the obvious question doesn't it or they wouldn't keep the country stable i mean many have to look at what happened in iraq when the west in

sanctions that could be placed on iran. whether it is the u.s. decision to target the central bank, the e.u. decision to put in place an embargo on iranian oil, these are the types of crippling sanctions that have been called for for at least two to three years now. finally a decision has been made in january. i think it would be wise to give a little bit more time to see what happens with these sanctions. i think iran is showing signs of pressure right now. >> sorry to interrupt you. how much more time? i am interested that you think that the sanctions process is working. you describe them just now as "crippling." as you well know, not everybody in your country thinks that. >> i think what you are hearing from my country is frustration with an almost 10-year long process that has not succeeded in stopping iran's nuclear process. so what you are hearing is more that frustration than clear statements of sanctions are not working or can't work. in any case, the role of sanctions is to get iran to be serious about a negotiation. the real proof would come from a serious negotiation with iran. i t

e.u. sanctions are supposed to kick in july 1st. will preempt sanctions you are implements and we will not sell to the certain iranian -- certain european countries or the entire e.u. on march 1st sh it accelerates the process between the oil-trade relationship comes to an end or suspended by a few months. the e.u. is working on forward contracts with the saudis and other gulf countries. does it cause problem for the europeans? absolutely. the iranians are on a path toward implementation. >> thank you, gentlemen for your patience, nick burns and dan senor. >> good to be with you. >>> coming up, rick santorum leading romney in the new poll, the santorum laid out his presidential plan for the economy today. >>> plus, mitt romney scores a big endorsement in michigan, the governor of the state, rick snyder, will join me next to tell us why. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it onli

e.u. expecting to achieve by this move and what effect have the sanctions had up to this point. well the objective of the e.u. is clear here they're still trying to send a message to the syrian government as to the lack of support that they have now from the e.u. countries just to reiterate the new sanctions that they imposed today they're the harshest so far they included asset freezes another seven four and a syrian officials that are close to president bashar al assad and they've also imposed sanctions on the syrian central bank there were some countries doing excessive business with syria that had argued against this nevertheless it has pushed through and also they have about the purchase of gold precious metals and diamonds from the country and aside from that all the cargo flights the longer be allowed to land at airports or wherever there is an exception if these cargo flights are carrying passengers given the all clear now it has to be said that the e.u. was syria's largest search trading partner accounting for more than a twenty percent of trade question here is you thes

e.u. sanctions and embargoes are enforced? besides the government let one syrian citizens in information work is regime. foreign journalists are of embrace citizen journalists risk their lives to share videos of their freedom cheers and that was slaughtered. ladies and gentlemen, we don't have a way of establishing a precise a man-made disaster in syria, the figures of over 7005 under inhumane circumstances accounts of in hungary talus enough. these are people like you and i. in an increasingly globalized and connected with the top of the citizens and the middle east under 26, we must be very conscious of who the future generation will remember as the one defending their freedom and rights as though they were our own. >> thank you very much. one minute please. >> thank you, madam president. the dramatic situation in the bloody regime of bashar al-assad cannot be that senate aren't different. we cannot abandon the people. but the suffering will what can we do. we have to denounce the ngos and germans can be allowed to circulate

e.u. enforces fresh sanctions over the ongoing violence we have to get my reaction and analysis on this very shortly here in r.t. . also this hour the world bank warns china the world's second largest economy that without reform it faces a financial slowdown that could take the global system with. home and away britain's criticize the cutting spending at home and sending billions of brought in foreign aid to countries who say they don't even want to cash our top stories. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day washington says the syrian president could be classified as a war criminal but secretary of state hillary clinton stopped short of calling for bashar al assad to be prosecuted saying that would leave him with no incentive to step down let's get the latest from our in the u.s. capital so we know that most reports coming out of syria cannot be verified independently so what makes washington so sure that assad is guilty of war crimes. well that's really the question that a lot of critics have been asking here we have to keep in mind th

e.u. now sanctions as well the more actually i think the syrian people will suffer as a result through any western intervention you will have you know the syrian people effectively having their democratic initiative taken from their hands and effectively you know you have western countries trying to give them democracy instead which historically has been proven not to be the case but also sanctions aren't going to really affect president are sad and the kind of cronies in charge sanctions will have a direct impact upon the syrian people i always think it's very cruel and also quite patronize thing to say let's impose sanctions because i mean ultimately it's going to be the people on the ground that get hurt by this and the idea that they affect the need to be made hungry or impoverished to rise up you know i think it's . also actually quite inhumane. still to come on the program soldier of good fortune the u.s. army private nobel peace prize the same activist that signals the lifetime. behind his nomination. and western economic warfare against iran tehran find yourself unable to play our

e.u. now sanctions as well the more actually i think the syrian people will suffer as a result for any western intervention you will have you know the syrian people effectively having their democratic initiative taken from their hands and effectively you know you have western countries trying to give them democracy instead which historically has been proven not to be the case but also sanctions aren't going to really affect president are sad and the kind of cronies in charge sanctions will have a direct impact upon the syrian people. well still to come on the program soldier of good fortune u.s. can't it be in the running for the nobel peace prize eventually coming war crimes by. wiki leaks some accusation it seems a lifetime in jail. plus western economic warfare against iran tehran finds itself an able to carry out financial transactions barack obama decides to freeze the accounts of iran's central bank. fifteen thousand more greek jobs slashed is the latest from austerity measures adopted by athens to appease its international creditors but the cuts are especially worrying given that the gr

e.u. has he damascus with its toughest sanctions yet they include more passive. phrases against officials and impose restrictive measures on the country's central bank it's also maintaining support for the syrian opposition recognizing the syrian national council as a legitimate representative of the syrian people seeking for democratic change is presently russia's prime minister what reporting has said that meddling into other states affairs may lead to a foreign intervention has also stressed that it is that i and attempts to put democracy by force may and very often does the opposite effect what is more if a national reporting right than what i said the western powers pledge support for the opposition they reiterated today in libya style scenario will not be repeated in syria but political analyst and activist to recruit also off says the damascus is already following the same path. as a whole have no interest in a peaceful resolution. of the conflict with syria or are they want to one side of opposition forces deposing the government they want to ensure regim

e.u. decision to impose sanctions on the country the e.u. says the ban was it needed to force iran to resume talks over its atomic program meanwhile a team of u.n. nuclear inspectors is on its way to the country the second such visit within a month earlier the european commission claimed that the block has enough oil reserves to last for around one hundred twenty days saudi arabia has also stepped in by saying it is prepared to supply extra oil if needed but some experts fear that this move nonetheless will have a negative impact on already struggling european economies historian webster tarpley says iran is imposing its own oil embargo to show that it won't be bullied . economic sanctions are a game that two can play and turnabout is fair play in international affairs the european commission and the relevant powers have been making a big noise over the past couple of weeks about how they are going to embargo and boycott all iranian oil starting on july first well it's pretty obvious the iranians decided not to wait around until july first t

fresh sanctions from the e.u. it's all against the backdrop of deadly violence raging on in some parts of the country. greece's credit score is low to selective default as the government braces to approve more sturdy cuts off to securing another. bank is warning of more financial hardship ahead but this time in china which could infect the entire global system. britain's criticised for cutting spending at home and sending billions of broad and foreign aid to countries who say they don't even want the cash the decision to give an ongoing stream of money to india has angered taxpayers . about with more new stories for us and fifteen minutes from now in the meantime the sport is next with dmitri. oh the sports analogy thanks for joining us coming up in the pulitzer. danish tennis russia begin the euro tainted sale preparations with a friendly game in denmark on wednesday night. past the netherlands against england because the action of wednesday's friendlies will see the two sides playing at wembley. and the countdow

e.u. foreign ministers agreed to impose new sanctions on serbia adding to the existing ban on oil imports. assets of syrian officials are being frozen. freezes will apply to assets of the central bank as well. there will be a new ban on cargo flown to syria from e.u. airport. europe admits the sanctions are blunted by the lack of support from other key powers. >> do we still have a difference of view with china and russia? yes, we do. that remains a major blockage in what the international community can do. >> look at how serious state television is drawing strength from russia's position. >> vladimir putin says no one should be allowed to repeat the scenario in syria. on the constitution. >> is no surprise that president assad won the referendum, to play. so far, the regime has proven impossible to dislodge. >> for more on the diplomacy over syria and the sanctions and i am joined by a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. we have yet another round of sanctions against syria. is there anything in the latest package that might change the status quo? >> sanctioning the central

e.u. nations it may stop supplying them with oil in response to a series of sanctions including an embargoon terrence key export an iranian official added the only reason they're not stopping crude sales immediately is europe's extremely cold current temperatures archy's jake agrees reports. the latest reports here what we hear is the iranian foreign ministry has cooled up these impasses of these six nations concerns and told them that cuts will happen but not right away or they will face a ban on exports to their nations but they'll be given some leeway in that sowing to what they termed humanitarian reasons the cold snap has been sweeping across europe that will go down if implemented preempt somewhat those sanctions imposed by the e.u. back in january and due to be implemented in july six nations in question here well those reported to be in the really thick of it when it comes this economic crisis we have the netherlands of france also portugal italy spain and greece as well as already been questions raised here because tehran says that he can find other people to buy exports that's th

e.u. envoys out of the country eleanor says government move came in retaliation to the sanctions imposed by the e.u. over the country's rights record sanctions dated to december to find the presidential elections in which more than seven hundred people were arrested after a massive protest against alleged vote fraud president was overshadowed by some nations as europe's last it was declared winner of a new term in the election. where all the three judges involved in the case targeting local ngo workers have resigned to the fans sixteen of them americans are cues to cooperating with foreign n.g.o.s running the unrest that's shaken the nation for over a year the judges haven't indicated the exact reasons for pulling out only saying they felt these innes and tackling approaches announcement comes just two days into the trial. that's presidential hopeful mitt romney narrowly beat rival rick santorum to win the michigan primary election romney was also victorious in the state of arizona and moves closer to the republican nomination to challenge barack obama in november as election the former mas

e.u. envoy out of the country. by the move. in retaliation to sanctions imposed by the e.u. over the country's rights record the sanctions date back to the december the ten december two thousand and ten presidential elections in which more than seven hundred people were arrested after a massive protest against alleged vote fraud president president alexander lukashenko dubbed it by some e.u. nations as europe's last dictator was declared the winner. now to egypt where all three judges involved in the case targeting local ngo workers have resigned the defendants sixteen of them americans are accused of cooperating with foreign n.g.o.s in funding the unrest that's shaken the nation for over a year the judges haven't indicated the exact reasons for pulling out only saying they felt quote uneasiness in tackling the process denouncement comes just two days into the trial. now returning to our top story here on r.t. the crisis ongoing in syria now the world's media are flooded with stories and images allegedly depicting the bloody results of the syrian army's assault on the city of

e.u. is still stepping up the pressure of tough new sanctions on president assad's regime. iran's nuclear tells r.t. that his country's open to genuine u.n. inspections but accuses the i.a.e.a. of working for american and. cash rich byrne laid back said new rescue deal for greece despite worries that it won't be enough to save in the indebted country and growing calls for it to leave the eurozone to. welcome you watching r.t. live from moscow with me kevin now in our top story at midnight a plot to kill vladimir putin after next sunday's presidential election has been stopped dead in its tracks in a joint operation between ukraine and russia the suspects caught red handed with explosives earlier this month turned out to be planning an assassination attempt jacob greaves is across the latest developments. it's already based on the patients there since speed was warm same as joe cool was of was actually a church of minutes and whose daughter we must find a number of very bloody terrorist attacks in russia scouser moscow or that he was paid in full support and orchestrating th

e.u. imposed sanctions on syria, including freezing the assets of seven syrian ministers. one student dead and others wounded after a gunman opened fire in the state of ohio at a school. the gun was found at the scene. witnesses say lane walked up to a group of students sitting in the cafeteria and opened fire. >>> the latest polls put republican presidential frontrunners mitt romney and rick santorum in a dead heat going into today's primaries. both candidates have made a final push in michigan. the second contest is in arizona. michigan is a vital test of romney since he was born and raised there and his father served as governor. "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london. i'm nina dell santos. >> good afternoon from cnn hong kong. i'm andrew stevens. welcome to "world business today." the top stories this tuesday, february 28th. asia chief explains the latest results and tells us where the growth is. >> the world conference, not -- his latest company's weapon against apple and google. >> it was wall street's gordon gecko who famously said greed

e.u. introduced oil sanctions against iran and i know the iranian leadership has responded by saying the sanctions would do move home to your advantage ron. still says iran gets seventy percent of its revenues from oil do you have any fears about negative social reactions including strikes as people may lose their jobs do you take this somehow into account in your work. in. these speculations on new our country and our government or the power of the people all around ruling bodies or in power as a result of popular voting therefore our government and are all for it is a completely popular and our people have participated in all areas and spheres of our life from the very start of the revolution therefore as i've said there's nothing new about these talks which are actually quite outdated and irrelevant nonetheless they keep speculating on this matter of trying to stir up psychological warfare inside our country or in the countries of the region or probably among people of their own countries that have enough of their own problems attempting to find someone else to blame for them we don't sell that

after tehran locked up world exports to the country as part of its reaction to financial sanctions from the e.u. . website r t v dot com to find out what. they have that may have opened up over the greek capital the weather failed to dampen the spirits of thousands who gathered for the protest. because of some. changes that would clear the way for this restructuring of the latest. means more sacrifices for the country with almost a decade of painful cuts head. also on the part. tens of thousands of students protesting against education cuts in spain. kaiser stacy herbert examples of. things like. brings debt forgiveness and best recovery story icelanders you pelted parliament with rocks in two thousand and nine demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country's economic and financial collapse are reaping the benefits of their anger now there are operated by these red against these there are growing unlikely further economies like greece about window of opportunity that iceland faced because the people have the intestinal fortitude to stand up for their sovereignty that was presented t