, and criticized the government for using the attacks to justify its oppression of opposition forces. >>> japanese aid workers are changing the way they help people in other countries. once japan gave more official development assistance or oda than any other country, but tight finances forced japanese officials to cut its oda budget. now it's half the level of 14 years ago. officials also decided to shift spending from building infrastructure to humanitarian projects. they believe this type of aid better reaches grass roots communities. we have a report on how the new approach is working in bangladesh. >>> when japan cut the budget, it changed the forecast from building projects to directly helping people. here, staff from the japan international corporation agency has been busy. they are working on reducing -- the program started four years ago. this is about 60 kilometers from the capital. one out of every 26 newborns used to die here. now all newborns survive. >> translator: thanks to japan's assistance program, no newborns die any more. >> they teamed up with local medical people

between the opposition forces and the press and syrian government and certainly the birth of random on the constitution so the lay of the dissipation on the power of the opposition forces in the drafting of the new constitution as well as in the actual only being off the referendum on the constitution the full one can hope to have some real progress towards the peaceful settlement of the issue on mr jan let's now take a look at the geopolitical situation in the region in syria and around it so tell us what implications in european could the continued conflict there have for the entire region. well the major factor in wolf of course is the idea of the idea of some kind of just mean lesion throughout the. middle east and north africa obviously the conservative countries in the region press china they do not want to see food as jesmyn action. and then secondly. time know russia to some extent some of the authoritarian regimes in the region do not want to see the united states and western powers to dominate the region and finally there is a force the issue of iran i think it is consider

the security forces are on the ground trying to take control of the city trying to fight with opposition forces and they will do that until it's all over and until we know on forces on the opposition forces left in the region or if a national reporting there now is western powers pledged support for the opposition they reiterated that a libya style scenario will not be repeated in syria but political analysts and activists rick ross of says damascus is already following the same path. the west as a whole has no interest in a peaceful resolution. of the conflict with syria or are they want to one side of opposition forces the deposing of the government they want to ensure regimes and so that. made by the government and damascus to see certain degree of power. play a multi-party coalition for example to reach an agreement with non violent opposition that is for them to the violence in the country one some sort of national reconciliation has a purpose in the world that was once was not the prospects for resolving the issue . and for very about a reconciliation syria are not going to be aided by th

the security forces are on the ground trying to take control of the city trying to fight with opposition forces and they will do that until it's all over until no on forces on the opposition forces left in the region or even national reporting there from damascus now as western powers pledge support for the opposition they reiterated that a libya style scenario will not be repeated in syria but political analyst and activist red cross of says damascus is already following the same path. the west as a whole have no interest in a peaceful resolution. of the conflict within syria or wherever they want to one side a victory for opposition forces need to posing the government they want and short regimes and so that any effort made by the government in damascus to see a certain degree of power by bringing into play a multi-party you know coalition for example or to reach an agreement with nonviolent officers and thinkers for them to violence in the country and some sort of national reconciliation is a part of this in the world the west wants to weigh the prospects for resolving the issue he's a bully

opposition forces say this explosion destroyed a government tank northwest of the capital of damascus. thousands of anti-government protesters took to the streets yesterday in the southern city of daraa where the eruption started not quite a year ago. forces killing at least two people there. for the 13th straight day, the city of homs is the target of

the security forces are on the ground trying to take control of the city trying to fight with opposition forces and they will do that until it's all over and until we know on forces on the opposition forces left in the region financial reporting there from damascus as western powers pledged support for the opposition they are either aided that a levy a stylus an aerial will not be repeated and syria political analyst activists regrows of sas damascus is already following the same path. as a whole have no interest in a peaceful resolution. of the conflict with syria wherever they want to one side a victory for opposition forces the deposing of the government they want some sort of regime change and so they were made by the government and to see a certain degree of bringing them to play a multi-party coalition for example to reach an agreement with the non violent opposition there's for them to the violence and the gun to some sort of national reconciliation as a part of the some of the world that was once was the prospects for resolving the issue. and for very about a reconciliation syria are no

the we have been to the towns around the city of idlib to find out what life is like for the opposition forces there. ignore any more. ymñ?ñ?ñ?huddled in a safe housn northern syria, lightly armed rebel fighters sing for freedom and defiance. they are led by a military defector. many of the men who come to pay their respects our ordinary citizens soldiers, laborers, farmers. they are fed on a diet of rebellion and sweet tea. >> i will protect my people, my children, to make our lives better. >> what is it that you want? >> what do i want? the freedom. social freedom. >> for the last few days, we spread out from town to village. this is called fred -- free syria. >> 24 hours a day, you feel the danger from this regime. it is deadly. it kills the people. president assad is supposed to protect us but he just protect himself. rally, hastily arranged to avoid unwanted attention. their rebellion is almost 1 years old. there are many front lines in this battle and we were taken thousands have died here as the president in forces is will through the barrel of a gun and the people take to arms. govern

but opposition forces say the country's pro democracy movement has nothing to do with extremists and criticized the government for trying to use the attacks to justify the oppression of oppition forces. >>> now let's take a look at the latest in sumo with hiro morita. >> welcome to the sports report. i'm hiro morita. right now, professional sumo has 75 in 49 stables. many weigh more and stand like mountains. of course, they did not start out that way. we visited the stable to find out how these mountains are made. a day in the sumo starts early in the morning. it is only 7:00. they have their loin cloth wrapped around their waist and ready to work out. six belong to the stable. they all live eat and sleep under the same roof. training starts with shiko. the exercise for strengthening the lower body. sumo developed as a ritual. it has additional meaning of crushing the evil from the ground. this continues over the course of an hour. presiding over it all is the master of the stable. i asked him to take me through the basics. how about this? >> translator: cometely wrg. you just moved y

in syria itself, government forces are still bombarding opposition strongholds. it thousands have fled the fighting into neighboring countries, including jordan. our reporter sent this report from jordan, close to the syrian border. and what is she doing here? >> no wonder some of these children look been used. of the boys and girls in the first three rows are from syria. -- the boys and girls of the first three rows of far from syria. now in the safety of neighboring jordan, some have been given places in local schools. the latest shaky images from syria show anti-government protests in several towns. despite the obvious dangers -- many are being killed in the humanitarian crisis. this civil servant fled with his family when he was ordered to shoot protesters. it was deeply traumatic, especially for the children. >> psychologically it has affected them really badly. they would not leave my side because they were so scared. they were afraid of any new ways, asking me if it is a sniper or a gunman. >> in recent months, thousands of syrian refugees have crossed the

we went to the towns to see what life is life for members of the opposition forces. >> it is an anthemor a revolution the world cannot ignore any longer. hubbell in a safe house, lightly armed rebel fighters sing of freedom and defiance. they are led by a military defector. many of them are ordinarily salters -- soldiers, fed a diet of rebellion and hot sweet tea. >> i will protect my people and my children, to make life better for each other and for our family. >> what is it you want? >> freedom. political freedom, social freedom, freedom in all its concept. all freedom. >> for the last few days we have gone from town to village. he calls this three syria, but the area is highly dangerous. >> 24 hours a day you feel the danger of this regime. its is deadly. president assad is supposed to help us, but he does protect himself. >> we race to another town and an opposition rally. we avoided unwanted attention. their rebellion is almost one- year-old here. the chant for the downfall of bashar al-assad, but not everyone is against the president. some are afraid of what the people want, but

. >>> john mccain tells the new york times he's in favor of arming the syrian opposition forces. speaking from afghanistan, mccain said i believe there are ways to get weapons to the opposition without direct united states involvement. the iranians and the russians are providing bashar assad with weapons. people that are being massacred deserve to have the ability to defend themselves. mccain said the u.s. could work through "third world countries" to arm opposition forces. >>> and a prison rye not mexico killed 44 inmates. dozens of family members stormed the gates trying to get information on the victims. the riot started yesterday. at a jailhouse near monterrey. between two rival drug cartels and covered a prison break. the director and the guards on duty have been detained. >>> take a quick break. a snowy tale of survival. plus nypd undercover. new questions over a far-reaching surveillance program aimed at fighting terrorism. this is the "cbs morning news." tingter rim. this is the "cbs morning news." . experience light and airy, melty bubbles. made from pure, delicious hersh

violence in syria escalates but the world is left guessing about what's actually happening as opposition forces offer contradicting claims over just how many people are dying the u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission to syria as government forces they are found the sea of homs. gets the shakes over its own to bargain on your brain while as officials express concerned europe could be the loser the ban on porting crude from the islamic state comes into force in july with e.u. consumers racing to find an alternative. pakistan's foreign minister has told r.t. that america's drone strikes are pushing new recruits and to the arms of the region's militant groups and new record planes have uncovered spores of civilian deaths last night a tappets. that's the top stories here in r t v let's now take a look at what's happening in sports here's andrew. welcome to the sports and these are the headlines resignation fabio capello quits as england manager just four months before the start of the european championships while spurs boss harry redknapp is the favorite

syria and stresses a proposed peacekeeping mission can be deployed only once the government and opposition forces agree to a cease fire. and fiery protests in athens followed by chaos and looting as public outrage escalates after the greek parliament passes a new austerity bill to secure another e.u. bailout. up next the latest sports. you know they're good to have a company again that's all they just. turn on t.v. in the next seven minutes or so coming up in the bold. change reports claimed former england manager fabio capello is on the brink of joining the big. premier league side. page rage most obvious alive the seven time jujitsu champ was a part. m.m.a. championship in moscow. and in goal nicholson a windfall to topple of his career state claims that pebble beach national in california. and to start with football according to sources in russia could be about to become the next manager of. the club's management at place to place with an official announcement on the future of coach john expected later it's believed he left the club by mutual consent welcome reportedly arrived in moscow on sat

he had been inside the country for a week reporting on the violent crackdown against opposition forces by syrian president. the assignment embodied his storied career of challenging and dangerous work from the streets of iraq to the arab uprisings in egypt and tunisia. he survived a bullet wound while reporting in the west bank once and a week-long kidnapping in libya just last year which he described on "morning joe" last year. >> i remember listening to people speaking arabic. and the one man did say shoot them. it felt like a minute to me elapsed but it was probably just a matter of seconds. as you pointed out he said, you can't. they're americans. why that would have necessarily saved us? the only thing that i can gather is that we were somehow worth something to them. one of the more disturbing moments was getting interrogated by our captors. he was asking me in arabic who you are, where did you come from. what are your names. as the interrogation ended i realized he had no idea who we are, where we had come from. i went back to my colleagues and said no one knows where we are. >>

bbc's ian panel has been around the town in the city of iglib to find out what it is like for opposition forcehere is and sent us this report. >> it's a revolution the world can't ignore anymore. [chanting] >> huddled in a safe house in syria, rebel fighters sing of freedom and defiance and led by a military defector. but many of the men who come to pay their respects are ordinary citizen soldiers, laborers, farmers, and even a graduate in english literature. fed a diet of rebellion and hot, sweet tea. >> i will get a gun to protect my people, to protect my children, to make life better for our children, for our family. >> what is it you want? >> what i want, freedom. i want freedom, political freedom, social freedom and freedom and all its concepts. what it means, i want it, all freedom. >> for the last few days we've sped from town to village. abu call this is pre-syria but the area is highly dangerous. >> 24 hours a day, it's a danger of this regime and is deadly and kills the people. president assad is supposed to protect us but he just protects himself. >> we race to another town and an o

syria stressing a proposed peacekeeping mission can only be deployed once the government and opposition forces agree on a cease fire. fiery protests in athens followed by chaos and looting as public outrage escalates after the greek parliament passing a new austerity bill to secure another new bailout. sports news next with dmitri stay with us here on r.t. . but of their good company again this are all the latest from the boxing world who are not in the next eleven minutes coming up in the program. change had reports claim former england manager fabio capello is on the brink of joining the big spending russian premier league side. rage. seven time jujitsu champ turn corners apart at the inaugural the verdict and then make championship in moscow. and in goal phil mickelson wins the four two title of his career as he claims that pebble beach national in california. so we start with football according to sources in russia father capello could be about to become the next manager of color. of the club's management and players took place with an official announcement on the future of coach expected

know that is actually the western powers in the arab league who responsibility now say to the opposition forces look you have to stop the violence the government stops the violence everybody stops the violence and then we can have that can't go on while the opposition of the ten point in violence we've got yesterday the announcement from the leader of al qaeda supporting the uprising that's been terrorist atrocities in syria over the last few days. and so the violence has to stop but it has to stop and the opposition not just from. now apart from western and arab states the syrian opposition does enjoy backing as you mentioned from al-qaeda now there is some irony that the u.s. and the terror group appear in this case to be some fairly strange bedfellows so to speak do you think this will make washington ease up on its backing of the opposition i don't think so because if we look back of the last twenty years it's not the first time that the u.s. and al qaeda have been on the same side let's think back to the balkans in bosnia in kosovo they were on the same side let's think back last year to l

these 70 countries now that make up a friends of syria group will agree on a plan to bolster opposition forces the obama administration up until now has firmly rejected calls to arm the syrian opposition but spokesman jay carney today opened the door to the possibility. if pressure on assad does not work are we considering arming the opposition? >> i want to be clear that our position is that it is not appropriate now to contribute to the militarization, the further militarization of syria. we don't rule out additional measures if the international community waits too long and doesn't act deice *efly. >> reporter: just last year, the u.s. supported a nato intervention in libya. when we asked why that action is not a model for syria, carney said u.s. policy is not one size fits all. why would we intervene on behalf of the rebels in libya and not help those in syria? >> in libya, as you recall, there was support at the international level, broad support, the united nations security council resolution. there was a request from the libyan opposition and the libyan people for direct military interv

russia insists that an end to the bloodshed in syria will only be found if both government and opposition forces lay down their arms and that's while western countries keep up their regime change rhetoric and recall their ambassadors from damascus also. because. it's worked for many many years for the seats where the mother paula votes why do we need. to tell us what we can and cannot do fury in the u.k. as a notorious terrorist suspect dubbed al qaida spiritual leader in europe. and allowed to go back to the streets of london after the european court of high human rights forbids his deportation legal questions over legality of u.s. drone attacks on pakistani soil with a fresh strike just days after a reporter field evidence that dozens of civilians were killed by america's undermanned bankrupt. and a growing tensions between egypt and the us triggered by cairo's crackdown on western n.g.o.s lead to an egyptian military delegation cutting short his visit to washington. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. more scar i'm rule research on the syrian opposition says that the city o

violence in syria escalates but the world is left guessing about what's actually happening as opposition forces off further contradicting claims over just how many people are dying the u.n. says of plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission to syria's government forces their pound the city of homs. the e.u. gets to shakes over its own embargo on a radio oil as officials express concern for europe could end up being the loser the barrel of importing crude from these long state comes into force in july with e.u. consumers racing to find an alternative. pakistan's foreign minister has told r.t. that american drone strikes are pushing new recruits into the arms of the region's militant groups and their report claims to have uncovered scores of civilian deaths in the u.s. led attacks. as we had lines here in r.t. i'll be back at the top of the hour with more updates in the meantime anders here with the latest sports. hello there welcome to the sport and here is a taste of what is coming up i was an extremely. graphic nation fabio capello quits his england manager just fou

and stresses the proposed peacekeeping mission can be deployed only once the government and opposition forces greet a cease fire. fire and protests in athens followed by chaos and looting as public outrage escalates after the greek parliament passes a new austerity bill to secure another e.u. bailout. now on our t.v. our interview with investigative journalist also when stanley focusing on the turbulent situation in and around syria. today i'm drawn by a so when stanley an investigative journalist rajan on live least he's latest piece delves into the discrepancies amongst the casualty figures in the syrian crisis and he said thanks for speaking to r.t. now one of the most quoted sources for those casualty figures is the syrian observatory for human rights but you've recently found out information that suggests it can't necessarily always be trusted why is that i think first of all we have to establish who really is this is the syrian observatory for human rights. in our investigation and we didn't really cover any particular reason to doubt the genuine obliterate trees figures. but there is a

violence in syria but the world is left guessing about what's actually happening as opposition forces offer contradicting claims over just how many people are dying. the e.u. gets the shakes over its own embargo on arabian oil as officials express concern europe could end up being the loser. in pakistan's foreign minister tells r t that america's drone strikes are pushing newer kurds towards the region's militant groups as a new report finds more of the civilian deaths in attacks. and in business entrepreneurs are to review what they're expecting from the next administration during a meeting with a prime minister all first day for more details join me in twenty minutes robert. it is one pm the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshua into the program now u.n. says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission in a conflict torn syria that follows russia's ongoing calls for the international community to support moscow. efforts to mediate a peace deal in syria government forces are shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of homs

and stressed as a proposed peacekeeping mission can be deployed only once the government and opposition forces agree to a cease fire. firing protests in athens followed by chaos and looting as public outrage escalates after the greek parliament passes a new austerity bill to secure another huge battle out. and the limbic values undermined to this summer's games in london brits being marred by a controversial sponsorship deal with a chemical giant linked to one of the world's worst industrial disaster. next it's the latest sport with to me three. hello there sports an artsy thanks for joining us this coming up in the program. change at reports claim former aide to the manager fabio capello is on the brink of joining their big spending rush premier league side. rage with some of the live eight seven time jujitsu champion corners apart at the inaugural and then make championship more scope. and in goal phil mickelson when they fall to top of his career claims that humble beach national in california. so we start with football according to sources in russia father capello could be about to become

syria stressing a proposed peacekeeping mission can only be deployed once the government and opposition forces agree on a cease fire. look fiery protests in athens followed by chaos and looting as public outrage escalates the top of the greek parliament passing a new austerity bill to secure another bailout. sports news next with dmitri stay with us here on r.t. . well they're good company again that's all the latest on the boxing was there an article in the next eleven minutes coming up in the program. called change the reports claimed former england manager fabio capello is on the brink of joining the big spending in russia premier league side. a. big seven trying jujitsu champion call of the start of the inaugural and then a championship in moscow. and in goal phil mickelson wins through title of his career claims that pavel beach national being. so we start with football i called into the sources in russia father capello could be about to become the next manager of the high collar scene of the club's management and took place with an official announcement on the future of coach would prese

and stresses the proposed peacekeeping mission can be deployed only once the government and opposition forces agree to a cease fire. fiery protests in athens troubled by chaos the looting and public outrage escalates outside the greek parliament passes a new austerity pill to cure another battle. and olympic probably use undermines this summer's day was in london risks being marred by a controversial starts or should deal with a chemical giants linked to one of the world's most worst industrial disaster. now in our t.v. our interview with investigative journalist also when stanley focusing on the turbulent situation in and around syria. today i'm joined by a so when stanley an investigative journalist rajan on the middle east his latest piece delves into the discrepancies amongst the casualty figures in the syrian crisis and he said thanks for speaking to r.t. now one of the most quoted sources for those casualty figures is the syrian observatory for human rights but you've recently found out information that suggests you can't necessarily always be trusted why is that i think first of all yo

violence in syria escalates but the world is left guessing about what's actually happening as opposition forces offer contradicting claims over just how many people are dying the one says it plans to team up with the arab league and restart monitoring this into syria as government forces there pound the city of homs and. the e.u. gets the shakes over its own embargo on arena while as officials express concern and broken and are being the loser the ban on importing crude from the islamic state comes into force in july with new consumers racing to find an alternative. pakistan's foreign minister has told r.t. that america's drone strikes are pushing new recruits into the arms of the reasons for militant groups and you report claims to have uncovered scores of civilian deaths in the u.s. led attacks. up next artie's full interview with him rabbani khar on the foreign policy challenges for pakistan. she's the youngest foreign minister and of all that has to deal with some of the toughest security challenges he not rabani khar pakistan's foreign minister is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much

violence in syria escalates but the world is left guessing about what's actually happening as opposition forces offer contradicting claims over just how many people are dying. the e.u. gets the shakes over its own embargo on arabian oil as officials express concern europe and the linzer. and pakistan's foreign minister has told r t that america's drone strikes are pushing new recruits into the arms of the region's militant groups and you report claims to have uncovered scores of civilian deaths and u.s. led attacks. up next full of next unfold that it r.t. interview with pakistan's foreign minister on the policy challenges that i had. he's the youngest foreign minister and of all that has to deal with some of the toughest security challenges he not rabani khar pakistan's foreign minister is joining us now on r.t. thank you very much for your time minister it's been more than ten years since pakistan joined the u.s. military operations in afghanistan do you think that was the right thing to do you see if. you would you know things look very different but of course. the collaboration that pakista

that he is actually the western powers in the arab league who responsibility now to say to the opposition forces look you have to stop the violence the government stops the violence everybody stops the violence and then we can have that congo all while the opposition is saying point in violence we got yesterday the announcement they needed supporting the uprising that's been terrorist atrocities in syria over the last few days. and so the violence has to stop but it has to stop and the opposition look as from the assad regime. stay with us here on r.t. still to come with less than a month to go until russia's presidential vote prime minister vladimir putin sounds like outlines his views on russia's social development in his fifth major press article of the campaign find out the challenges facing the country short. plus tainted reputation the summer games in london or risk being marred by a controversial sponsorship deal with a chemical giant linked to one of the world's worst just real busy. but first buildings on fire shops looted dozens injured this is how the greek people made a new around of

he is actually the western powers in the arab league and what responsibility now say to the opposition forces look you have to stop the violence the government stops the violence everybody stops the violence and then we can now call the talks that can go on while the opposition are saying point pilots we got yesterday the announcement from the leader of al qaeda supporting the uprising that's been terrorist bases in syria over the last few days . and so the violence has stopped but it has to stop from the opposition mockers from. the state of journalist and middle east specialist easer winstanley tells our t.v. that the syrian opposition is fragmented and disunited over how to fight the assad regime here's a quick taste of the interview coming up later this hour. although both sides deny their fences in in military intervention essentially in political differences there is different trends in the syrian opposition and mainly between people who support outside intervention and the protestors don't save the syrian national council which are now openly in favor of the no fly zone which to me see

the security forces are on the ground trying to take control of the city trying to fight with opposition forces and they will do that until it's all over until no on forces on the opposition forces left in the region. despite the referendum in syria the european union with the toughest sanctions yet they include an asset freeze against officials and a ban on importing precious metals and minerals from the country brussels correspondent. what's the expecting to achieve by this move and what effect of those sanctions going to have how they had up to this point let's reflect back as well. will the e.u. first of all and they just want to again add pressure to the syrian regime as they've already been doing so in the past few months and reiterated their message that the syrian government has lost any or all support of the nations they did add additional seven government officials to that asset freeze and they also oppose sanctions on the syrian central bank also banned the purchase of oil a purchase of gold that is precious metals and diagnose from the country and another thing they added is banning

security forces are on the ground trying to take control of the city trying to fight with armed opposition forces and they will do that until it's all over and until we know on forces on the opposition forces left in the region or if national correspondent on the ground there in damascus will journalist and contributed to britain's guardian newspaper neil clark says the referendum results confirm he thinks the beginning of democracy in syria. it's a great day for democracy in syria and yet what's the reaction been of the western leaders well hillary clinton's denounced it as a cynical ploy. rest of the german minister he said that it the that it was a sham but in fact what is a sham is the west approach because it could because their reaction to this referendum shows that they're not really keen on real democracy in syria it's the last thing they actually want but we've had opinion polls before the show and fifty five percent of syrians want president assad to stay have huge demonstrations in favor of president assad in damascus which have barely been reported in the western media the reality is

insists third an end to the bloodshed in syria will only be found if both the government and opposition forceslay down their arms and talk about western and gulf countries keep up the regime change rhetoric and recall their ambassadors from damascus. we caught. up in this connection it's worked for many many years for the seats for the mother of part of the why do we need strasburg to brussels to tell us what we can and cannot do fury in the u.k. as a notorious terror suspect dubbed al qaida spiritual leader in europe is bailed and allowed back on to the streets of london this after the european court of human rights forbidden see his deportation. and a growing tensions between egypt and the u.s. triggered by cairo's crackdown on western ngo's lead to an egyptian military delegation cutting short its visit to washington. the ruble has hit a five month high against the dollar on the back of strong oil prices join me in twenty minutes for the figures small in our business. r.t. is coming here live from moscow city center with me rule re sushi welcome to the program will power as it should use th

still our ways to get weapons sent into this country to arm these opposition forces that's what a lot of people have been calling for obviously russia and china do not want this to happen talk a little bit about what i mean certainly that was an idea floated today and that keeps getting a lot of support we see you know senators from here in the u.s. john mccain lindsey graham and joseph lieberman talking about that you know these opposition forces need to have weapons to be able to defend themselves. talk a little bit about some of the consequences though if that sort of avenue is taken . well who says what you said that according to some reports it's already seeking place not western shipping a weapon but weapon coming from. qatar saudi arabia other places according to reports so is one of them all the them this is already going on i think be there in objection to this call even in the winter one of the arguments you see me in there's no likely prospect. shipping weapons to the opposition is going to allow them to utilize the syrian government forces here in the syrian government can

russia insists that by both the syrian government and opposition forces to lay down their arms and hold talks only that will be a way to end the bloodshed and that's why western countries keep up the regime change rhetoric and recall their ambassadors from damascus. for many many years for the seat of the mother. why do we need. fury in the u.k. as a notorious terrorist suspect al-qaeda is a spiritual leader in europe is about to be released back onto the streets of london for the european court of human rights his deportation. and growing tensions between egypt and the u.s. triggered by cairo's crackdown on western n.g.o.s lead in egypt's military delegation cutting short a visit to washington. a very warm welcome from all of us here at r.t. moscow. world powers should use their clout to put pressure on both the syrian government and the opposition to lay down their arms and engage in talks russia's foreign minister says such efforts a needed to help solve the country's crisis. was commenting on his recent trip to syria's capital and as there were reports the need for dialogue seems hi

the security forces are on the ground trying to take control of the city trying to fight with opposition forces and they will do that until it's all over and until we know on forces on the opposition forces left in the region a correspondent in damascus move from what despite the referendum in syria the european union is hitting damascus with its toughest set of sanctions yet they include an asset freeze against officials and abandon importing precious metals and minerals from the country brussels correspondent tests or similar reports. aside from that all syria cargo flights will no longer be allowed to land at airports or wherever there is an exception to that if these cargo flights are carrying passengers they will be given the all clear now it has to be said that the e.u. was syria's largest city trading partner county for more than a twenty percent of trade question here is you these new sanctions is will these actually be effective in the past posed to asset freezes of about one hundred individuals thirty eight organizations including an oil and arms embargo yet the desired effect has not

that is actually the western powers in the arab league who responsibility now to say to the opposition forces look you have to stop the violence the government stops the violence everybody stops the violence and then we can have copper talks but that can't go on while the opposition of the day point in violence we got yesterday the announcement they need our support to the uprising that's been terrorist atrocities in syria over the last few days. and so the violence has to stop but it has to stop and the opposition mockers from. the struggling here is and has received another blow with us ratings agency made it slashing the ratings of nine e.u. countries and runs them outside of the biggest economies including britain france austria and struggling spain portugal and isa may the said after the decision of greece's parliament to approve new drastic cuts was welcomed warmly by brussels paving the way for athens to get advice a one hundred seventy billing bailout if the ministers are meeting wednesday to discuss their decision on releasing the funds the greek parliamentary vote came amid mass pro

it's actually it's the western powers in the arab league who responsibility now to say to the opposition forces look you have to stop the violence the government stops the violence everybody stops the violence and then we can have quite the talks that can go on while while the opposition of the day point in violence we got yesterday the announcement from the leader of al qaeda supporting the uprising that's been terrorist atrocities in syria over the last few days. and so the violence has to stop but it has to stop from the opposition mockers from the assad regime. still ahead here on our sea with less than a month to go until russia's presidential election prime minister blair to reprise an outline his russia social development and his favorite major press article the campaign find out the challenges of that and the short legged. cost tainted reputation of the summer games in london britain being marked by a controversial sponsorship deal with a chemical giant links to a while before a western industrial disaster. the whole buildings and fine shops looted and dozens injured this is how the gre

shipping weapons to the opposition is going to allow them to utilize the syrian government forces here in the syrian government can get weapons from russia iran other places so the prospect is kind of in the. forces in homes or other places can we in the military confrontation with the syrian government if they get more weapons from the western countries so all you're doing you send in more weapons is just glee in the conflict militarily let's talk a little bit of a slow mo see here i mean there have been reports that the assad regime has or is trying to move forward with plans for this national referendum on the new constitution it would certainly decrease his power the power of his party. what are some answers i mean what are countries like russia and china china trying to do here and what do you expect to see happen diplomatically in the next couple days. well i think it's hard to judge because there are so many boys don't also i think different thing earlier in the congress the. western united the. spoke more favorably over diplomatic in consensual solution recall of the russians g

syria as trust says a proposed peacekeeping mission can be deployed only was the government and opposition forces agreed to a cease fire you know while the grand jury or somebody members have met to discuss a non-binding resolution on syria aimed at overthrowing the regime. and brussels is relieved that the greek parliament causes a new austerity bill demanded by the u.s. . to secure another one hundred sets have been then play nice despite the risk of public opposition and rioting but the relief is likely to be short lived as the euro crisis continues with rating agency moody's downgrading and nine easing the status of. the crippling austerity imposed on the people of greece is also the center of today's debate in coastal coming up next on l.c. . and. lead to the lead below and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle in these hard times there is no shortage of austerity can the slashing of budgets and the shrinking of the welfare state generate jobs and return us to prosperity and is the pursuit of austerity inherently anti-democratic. and again.