our welcome to our business update here in r.t. thanks for joining me there's been a burst of interest and russian share since the beginning of the year returning growth in the u.s. progress with europe's debt is fueling appetite for risk this has helped reverse the trend in capital flow more than eighty billion dollars fled the country so far this year has been an outflow story an inflow of one billion dollars for more i'm joined by to church china from a real a sense asset managers thank you for joining the program so tell me do you think there's been a change in attitude of interesting vesting in russia in the last couple of months well absolutely we have seen a change of attitude because if you see how the russian market has performed

r.t. dot com. israel has rebuffed all warnings against striking iran which has been consistently coming from the international community countries the foreign minister says it's israel's business alone about whether to carry out an attack until a rainy rhetoric was again intensified after the u.n. nuclear watchdog mission to iran brought no results suspects iran's atomic activities have military purposes repeatedly saying there's a preemptive strike at its western allies have but the idea saying tough economic sanctions against iran need time to work. growing doubts over the effectiveness of penalties the message is clear if iran's intransigence continues it will face increasing pressure and isolation the west is ramping up the pressure on you kelly to follow its lead in stopping imports of iranian oil and dealing with it. but india refused to follow through it does not. need. you don. are. there more do you need a former u.s. state department official said that india's failure to stand with the we

according to r.t. sources here in syria if fighting in homes is now over and the army taking control of the city if it's confirmed many agree the political discussion between the authorities and the opposition will become more realistic but only if foreign intervention can be kept the debate. refinishing r.t. damascus syria. the director of international studies at hartford trinity college in the u.s. russia claims peaceful rallies in syria have frequently been hijacked by those seeking foreign military help the syrian national council always wanted foreign intervention you know they had followed the script of libya in other words you have a rising in a city and then you call for the cruise missiles in f. sixteen zero the united states they need to give you. pain you can ride into damascus on the back of a cruise missile that was always in a sense the strategy for the syrian national council was not necessarily the strategy for the mass of people who were gathering in the streets and for whom you know

this is r.t. live from moscow now the un's atomic agency says it can conclude whether iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb because tehran refuses to cooperate but the country's envoy to the i.a.e.a. has questioned the agency's impartiality and says that it is influenced by the u.s. in an exclusive interview with us here at r.t. scott filled in the blanks over iran's nuclear program following the recent visit of the inspectors for now a preview. we are warning that couple of course does include the united states is trying to run the agency so that they can dictate from washington what a d.n.r. should do and that is why we don't not permit such a thing to occur and that is the whole issue that the agency as a professional technical organization should do its work and that is why you see they make meet so many noses here and there they do not let the agency to do its work and that is why we want expect or all countries including russia and others and i'm very pleased that last meeting in fact russi

internationalising coming live from moscow this is r.t. washington says it isn't ruling out what it calls additional measures in syria that seen as a hint it could soon be ready to on the anti government militia and shift in rhetoric by the obama administration previously excluded this possibility it comes despite reports that al qaeda has joined the opposition that could put the u.s. and the terrorist group good and surround the world on the same side. i meet bloodshed in syria more extremists are panicked trading the country to help bring down our sought that's according to u.s. intelligence which says all current affiliated fighters were responsible for a series of deadly suicide bombings in damascus and aleppo targeted at syrian military and intelligence facilities you see no evidence of. extremists sunni extremists or not you can't label them from the specifically as al qaida or similar ilk or infiltrating the opposition's groups. while fighting in syria continues the violence in neighboring iraq has dropped in some areas by as much a

twelve thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines russia and china block a western backed u.n. draft resolution on syria with moscow criticizing the text for an unbalanced approach and denial of dialogue between the government and opposition. other stories that shape the week why it's returned to egypt as anger at the authorities failure to prevent a deadly soccer brawl spills over into four days of violent clashes that have already seen a dozen dead. and russia's bitter subzero cold hundreds of thousands joined a record breaking rallies both pro and anti-government ahead of next month's presidential vote. coming up iran's interior minister speaks with r.t. about how his country plans to cope with the mounting sanctions stay with us. the possibility of war between the united states and iran is being debated around the world that's what the mood is like inside the country to discuss that the endowed joined by iran's interior minister. lot that are it's possible thank you for your time mr stone yesterday we're talking several

if you mess anything though on i just have to r.t. dot com and you can watch anytime you like twenty four seventh's about the business with kate. hello welcome to the business program this hour we start with a story that has the whole russian market talking minority shareholders and. country's second largest bank the too big to get all the money back then vested in the company's i.p.o. in two thousand and seven despite the share price currently being hauled off the list price for more i'm joined by all tuesday business of this caliber shell. high that done you so just how ten rest is the bank being here to be will buy the shares at the price investors paid in two thousand and seven so-called people's i.p.o. so let me show you thirteen point six copecks it's almost double the current actual share price of seven copecks but the democrats insist the money will come from the by its profits not from state farm's although the government will remain the main shareholder holding to one source the lender to sixteen thousand dollars of shares f

and now here at r.t. we always enjoy getting you involved with news stories here you can share your thoughts on the situation in syria just by logging on to watch dot com right now you can take part in our latest poll here the numbers this is how they stack up this hour forty four percent say it will end with russia china veto over a third things the u.n. it's simply being used by the west to further its agenda in syria less than a quarter believes it will finish with a continued u.s. effort to overthrow the assad regime and just down to the bad nitty gritty to just one percent there will be an agreement on the motion i do head to our web site r t dot com josh to vote while you're there you have a look at what else we have studied by for you right now online for example for seeing american laws with the russian. weapon us police will soon be using guns provided by the makers kalashnikovs. also the final verdict is out on why russia's martian and mission of probe drunk all that get all those two thousand w

and later this hour here on r.t. we talked to a spanish economist about how close the eurozone fourth largest economy is to collapse and whether its future still lies within the block and in just a few minutes here on r.t. event of anonymous revenge for a wave of arrests in europe and south america sees it with the worst spawns from online activists find out how a notorious group struck back after interpol. and russia's presidential hopefuls a lot of may putin says the opposition in the country is rocking the boat ahead of the election and called on every political power to be cautious. a fugitive russian tycoon and a suspected chechen terrorists both living in the u.k. may be linked to the murder of celebrated russian journalist and the political and the revelation comes from a former russian police official currently on trial and charged with masterminding the killing laura smith now reports on the latest twist in this case. the man who is making these allegations is a man called colonel dmitri. who is charged with

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 in damascus is ati's wary function. french foreign minister in a speech to the un human rights council on monday in geneva where syria is dominating the agenda has said that the time is common for president bashar al assad as well as all the syrian officials both civilian and military to face justice for crimes against their people france wants to see the regime before the international criminal court and urges for preparations to start the draft resolution of the un human rights council condemns widespread and systematic violations of human rights and other freedoms here in s

more world news what he wanted r.t. dot com and a lot of other interesting stories too of course like these online feud tonight if you're interested i'll got the story of a man who was proclaimed a hero for averting in his day a third world war if you'd like to find out more about that we've got it chronicled online at r.t. dot com also from us we couldn't get there in person this is kind of the next best thing is legendary carnival coming to its colorful end with that massive show of fireworks and thousands of exotic dances if you don't have brazil having fun let us take you to the iconic parade at r.t. dot com. looking at what we've got lined up for the next thirty minutes and in a few minutes technology update visiting the home they say that does the house work for you that's going to prick some is that we could all do with a place like that to see if he is self right after a headline recap with me kevin owen here in moscow this early morning it's now coming to. a tell exactly one twenty six am. it's not going. well

on air today at online anytime at r.t. dot com. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says its two day mission in iran has failed to produce a definitive result and clarifying the purpose of to ron's controversial nuclear program the i.a.e.a. adds that this is due to its team not being allowed to visit a key military site to iran which insists its activities are purely peaceful inturn says the agency's second visit in less than a month was for talks and not inspections islamic state has also reiterated its readiness to return to the negotiating table the failure of the i.a.e.a. mission might pave the way for more sanctions against iran but previous experience shows that such penalties often and up hurting the countries imposing them as bennett now reports. putting up with this two years ago would have cost me around seventy five pounds if think that thought well it now costs over a hundred because petrol in britain's never been more expensive the average for a liter of diesel soared to over one pound forty three two dollars twenty five cents the previo

stay with us here on r.t. coming your way in about ten minutes we hear from a former israeli ambassador about the growing tensions over iran here's a preview. it's very obvious that. position it's a regional power. primarily be fancy response to. your run to pick so i. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe the president of the dives mohamed nasheed has resigned amid a police mutiny after weeks of popular protests a crisis due to a head when authorities offered security officers to remove the barriers between the government and opposition supporters protesting close to each other the leader had earlier come under fire for arresting the chief judge of the criminal court accusing him of being loyal to the country's former president nasheed swept to power in two thousand and eight. to the island nation. factory in eastern pakistan has collapsed after gas cylinders exploded in the building rescue workers are struggling to reach dozens of people trapped under debris a day after the

and coming up in the next few minutes here in r.t. drawings of what web war. cyber attack could merit the military response. as washington threatens to get tough on how her some period could lead to a crackdown on public displays of discontent. the u.n. nuclear watchdog says its two day mission and iran has failed to produce a definitive result in clarifying the purpose of to iran's controversial nuclear program the i.a.e.a. adds that this is due to its team not being allowed to visit a key military site to iran which insists its activities are purely peaceful in turn says the agency's second visit in less than a month was for talks and not inspections the islamic state has also reiterated its readiness to return to the negotiating table the failure of the i.a.e.a. mission my pave the way for more sanctions against iran the previous experience shows that such penalties often and up hurting the countries imposing them such as our ban it now explains. filling up with two years ago but of course me around seventy five pounds you think that's a lot well it now cos

in business r.t. facebook is about to list on the nasdaq this i.p.o. is to value the company at around one hundred billion dollars but analysts tell business l.t.e. this is too much more of this in twenty. international news and comment live from moscow this is good to have you with us russia will not agree to an embargo on weapons to syria moscow says doing so would not prevent the continued arming of opposition groups in the country there's deadlock at the u.n. security council where russia is refusing to back any military intervention or resolution that could aggravate the conflict but for more we can now talk live to she is in new york where we can explain moscow's position on the arms embargo well of build this position is not new but the latest comments have been coming from a russian envoy to the united nations vitaly churkin ambassador churkin addressed the media a few hours ago in. that moscow is categorically against imposing on arms embargo on syria and he many reasons but the biggest one is draw a parallel to libya because in the case of li

recap of our top stories in a couple of minutes stay with us here on r.t. the. world to the future keep the peace of the looking glass at what will be the homes of the future where the walls might just be smarter than the residents every day trash protects you from the elements outside and the whole system works to save you money to shine the spotlight on the latest building projects all around russia technology i'm doing here on r.g.p. we've got the country. wealthy british style. that's not on the times. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the globe. financial headlines tune in to kaiser report on our cheek. but. it. is easy to. see. two thirty pm in moscow here are to have lights the death of two four injured.

thanks to an r.t. bit of fun for you to shake off the chills and enjoy the russian winter if that's possible do stay with us for some silliness in the snow it's now. well some people embrace the winter and all the frost filled with teas that come with it others like to hide in tools staying in from the dark nights and zero temperatures. sleep and relaxation just like various animals some hibernate is an escape for many yes but still lots.

r.t. . the world bank loans china the world's second largest economy that without reform it faces a financial slowdown that could take the global system with it. at home and away britain's criticised for cutting spending at home and sending billions of broad in foreign aid to countries who say they don't even want the cash on top stories this hour. international news incoming live from moscow this is with 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 assad to be prosecuted saying that would leave him with no incentive to step down. has the latest for us now from the u.s. capital. the obama administration has increasingly ramped up its rhetoric as it pertains to syria calling for the president bashar al assad to step down saying that a solution is not possible unless he leaves power these are really immense charges that could mean some significant repr questions for

a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm sure i'm not satisfied and still intent on seeing out u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has now compared assad to a war criminal but stopped short of directly making the accusation her latest rhetoric to downplay the new course of reform adopted by syria to democratize the political process and give the opposition a voice and washington is adamant even pending a new resolution that would place all responsibility for the entire crisis on assad giving the rebels free rein. now reports from washington. secretary of state hillary clinton says syria's president bashar assad fits the definition of a war criminal she was testifying at a senate hearing on tuesday take a listen based on definitions of war criminal and crimes against humanity there would be an argument to be made that he would fit into that category but she stopped short of saying the international community should bring up charges against president assad pointing out that such a step often makes it difficult f

on air today an alliance any time at r.t. dot com. one news just in here in our t.v. there's been an assassination attempt on the president of the caucasus republic of a posse the task news agency sides a source in the republic's police a saying the president's car was fired upon by gunman as he was heading to his office in the capital so whom two of the leaders bodyguards are reported to have been injured and i will of course bring you more details on this as we get it here on r.t. . now a look at some other stores may have lines around the world more than a dozen soldiers were killed in clashes between the colombian army and rebel forces the revolutionary armed forces of colombia were far bombed a town of colloidal which lies within a critical supply route and drug corridor through the country southeast earlier this month a similar attack killed seven people. police in bali indonesia gained control of a prison after rioting inmates set it on fire up to one thousand armed security forces backed by dozens of armored vehicles and water cannons were used to restore orde

well here in r.t. we're closely monitoring the situation in syria and we also have a whole section dedicated to syria on our website at r.t. dot com also there you'll find a poll asking what you think will come of possible few stuff let's take a look now the vast majority of our viewers believe that the west will find a way to remove us if we gardeners of peace talks about a quarter believe that even if an agreement is reached the opposition want on or it's thirteen percent say that the talks are doomed i want to achieve anything well just about six percent voted that the talks will bring long. peace and you can let us know what he's think about this by logging on to our website r.t. dot com hopefully the graphics will be ready for you next hour now still to come in the program the greek economy goes on sale fresh clashes erupt in athens as you stare at the ravaged public rails against what they see as a fire sale of the nation's future. and frozen to death by adding cold has ukraine in an icy grip as

you're with r.t.we're live here in moscow and still to come this hour questioning the legality of u.s. drone attacks on pakistani soil for a strike because fresh concerns just days after a report revealed evidence of dozens of civilians were killed by america's. craft. that's still to come but first egypt says it won't change its stance on the latest round with the u.s. even against threats to withdraw military aid nineteen americans are among forty three n.g.o.s activists banned from leaving egypt and accused of illegally using foreign funds to fuel unrest in the country washington has already called the scandal a slap in the face and threaten to stop one point three billion dollars of support given to egypt artie's marina for motion has this report. egypt's new government crackdown on n.g.o.s has raised many questions and in may one is right now the groups many which funded by washington have been on the ground here for a while we were at the vanguard of the uprising even barak that eventually broug

r.t. . sultan filled in the blanks of iran's nuclear program following the recent visit of the inspectors is a preview they are warning that couple of countries including united states is trying to randy agency so that they can dictate from washington what vienna should do and that is why we do not permit such a thing to occur and that is the whole issue that the agency as a professional technical organization should do its work and that is why you see they make meet so many noses here and there they do not let the agency to do its work and that is why we want to expect all countries including russia and others and i'm very pleased that last meeting in fact russia and china ambassadors along with a hundred countries of nonono movement all together questioned what had to happen in fact namely the elise of confidential information that we need that mobilization our member states to prevent something happening in vienna which did deal ray the agency from its actually that is what we need but i'

r.t. down. with the summer home in news stories in about four minutes from now in the meantime let's check out stock markets all prices currency rates has all this and more at the business today that's right bill global equity markets had a choppy trading day on tuesday wall street is trading higher this hour although there was a weak start the dow jones traded above thirteen thousand points. now it's a bit lower after reports that consumer confidence rose dramatically to the highest level in a year most of europe finished in the black as well investors braced for the next round of the european central banks injection of cheap cash for banks the footsie close point two percent. while the dax and half a percent in the black and here in russia the r.t.s. in the miser both were both lost over a percent energy stocks were the main drag that's on lower oil price let's check on the major movers here we're seeing rosalee have ending over half a percent gas promo last under one percent banking stocks we

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 higher than ever. according to latest reports fighting has actually intensified in the syrian city of holmes shelling has actually been the worst that it has been over the past five days but also there are some unconfirmed reports saying that the army troops are moving towards the center but of course most of these reports are coming in from sources which are affiliated with the arm syrian opposition none of them can really be confirmed as there are really no reliable sources on the ground in syria syrian t.v. at the same time is reporting that armed rebels have taken and have attacks all the refineries just outside of homes and have said those on the

r.t. damascus syria. well still to come on the program super power games washington and beijing represent discussed gratian u.s. troops its forces in china's backyard. and tensions between israel and iran escalate the turn of the claims to run for carrying out to bomb attacks embassy staff in their fanaticism those events just a few minutes. yet another wave of credit rating downgrade has hit the e.u. with moody's one of the big three raters slashing the scores of italy spain and four other nations this is the book labors to erect a debt barrier around greece amidst hopes that extremists will halt any possible contagion as artie's jacob greece reports it's a plan that already seems to be unraveling. a system on the seach m.p.'s drowned out the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators and masters in a short passing another round of unpopular cuts. the results proved incendiary. that uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and a kiss clashed with police again leaving their mark on a

about or we can see that full interview right here on r.t. this thursday and what do you think will happen if the u.s. and other western powers start supplying the syrian opposition fighters with arms well you can log onto r.t. dot com to share your opinion and some of the results on the screen so far we can see that the majority of those who taking part so far think this will only trigger a civil war between rival rebel factions in syria just over a quarter believe the weapons will fall into al-taie his hands and never some say western arms will help the opposition to help while the west thinks this is unlikely to affect the syrian crisis that the rebels are not strong enough to have you all say good to hear from me but i'll take the call. greece is just being thrust further into junk status by the credit rating agency which is predicting a week before very sound that as the government in athens rushes through its most punishing package of cuts yet they're a precondition for the next one hundred thirty billion euro bailout which will be hand

according to r.t. sources here in syria the fighting in the besieged city of homs is now over with the army taking control of the city we've been hearing initial reports from our sources here that there has been ceasefire agreement between the free syrian army and governmental forces in the area but it hasn't been confirmed of course we are receiving are the reports from other sources such as opposition groups opposition activists or london based syrian observatory for human rise about resume challen about clashes continuing in the city of homs this report a very hot to be very far out and it's also very hard to find out exactly who is behind these reports and all these people on the ground all they are reporting from abroad while these conflicting reports about what's going on here come and made a rise in exile and rising pressure from the international community to the regime of president bashar assad we with this question is resumed about possible military intervention as a solution to the country's

on r.t. the syrian people make the choice voting on a new constitution which would herald an end to fifty years of single party rule. thousands of people joined hands in a massive flash mob for fair elections were trying to the so-called moscow city center a week before the country chooses its president. and thousands march again in protest against education cuts in spain as the euro crisis tightens its grip around the med while greece breathes a sigh of relief as a much needed bailout gets approved. you are watching the weekly with me kevin zero in here on r t it's the round of profile top stories from the last seven days and first tonight syrians have been voting on a new constitution in the most significant poll for decades the opposition that refused to vote amid a backdrop of violence that's plagued the country since last march the first results are expected on monday. a report from damascus now. security has been tightened up and police officers are literally everywhere we've seen many

in tel aviv he didn't r.t. while on our website r.t. dot com reports the behind closed doors discussions between israel and senior u.s. officials that israel saying it won't give the us a heads up on any potential attack on iran to shield washington from possible also at the moment. the taliban have been leaving a nasty taste in american mouths trading guns for poison nato certainly believes so far not one dot com. joining forces three out of the five russian presidential hopefuls have met for a new type of debate being grilled by journalists instead of fighting with each other that are much more for you dawtie dot com. the. presidential authorization for the military to detain terrorist suspects without charge or trial has left americans wary washington says it's beefing up national security as part of the war on terror but critics say fear mongering is dividing not uniting the nation not reports. the united states of america is home to over three hundred thirty million people we are a country known for freedom. that was then this is t

live from moscow this is r.t. top stories now past the russian insists that only by urging both the syrian government and opposition to lay down their arms can end the bloody conflict that's while western gulf countries keep up regime change rhetoric and recall their ambassadors from damascus. fury in the u.k. as in the tourist terror suspect dubbed al qaeda spiritual leader in europe is bailed and allowed to roam the streets of london that's after his deportation to jordan where he's sentenced to life in prison has been forbidden by the european court of human rights. and questions over the galaxy of u.s. drone attacks on pakistani soil resurface with a fresh strike just days after a report revealed evidence that dozens of civilians were killed by america's unmanned aircraft. when. a former senior israeli diplomat to discuss in-depth his country's foreign policy and where he thinks it will lead that special interview next on r.t. . where have his radio. who recently resigned from the government on grounds of prin

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 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 pakistan has had in the last ten years pakistan has bit of a heavy price for that but it is also a fact that pakistan inhibits the region inhabits the region and will continue to have the street and and this region has some serious problems th

good r.t. also ahead for you this hour the debate over copyright plans up again in two parsi designed to protect intellectual property business. it's a new boat find out why they say it's their basic rights. plus i don't usually traction by robots with human like qualities on luck in the hearts of men looking for love. exactly a month from now russians will head to the polls to vote for their next president but this saturday in moscow tens of thousands are expected to demonstrate for their elections as well as rally in support of and against the current leadership let's get the latest now marty's peter all of the pieces since the controversial parliamentary election in december we've seen several mass rallies so what's going to be different this time do you think. well what we're going to see on saturday is a march towards a rally the protesters will be coming down the road just behind me on their way to the center of moscow on their way to bill last night square which has been the scene of the

hello and welcome to our business update here in r.t. thanks for joining me there's been a burst of interest and russian share since the beginning of the year returning growth in the u.s. . progress with europe's debt is fueling appetite for risk this has helped reverse the trend in capital flow last year more than eighty billion dollars fled the country so far this year there's been an outflow sorry an inflow of one billion dollars for more i'm joined by to china from a real a sense asset managers thank you for joining the program so tell me do you think there's been a change in attitude of the interesting to investing in russia in the last couple of months well absolutely we have seen a change of attitude because if you see how the russian market has performed prolife to other markets around the world we have actually outperformed significantly so russia is up nearly twenty percent year to date if you compare that to the u.s. market for example which is up seven and even m.s.c.i. emerging markets with which is down closer to twelve fif

refinishing r.t. damascus syria. where the director of international studies at hartford trinity college in the u.s. and russia claims that peaceful rallies in syria frequently been hijacked by those seeking foreign military help. the syrian national council always wanted foreign intervention you know they had followed the script of libya in other words you have an uprising in the city and then you call for the cruise missiles in f. sixteen zero the united states didn't need to to give you any cover so there'd been you can write in good damascus on the back of a cruise missile that was always in a sense the strategy for the syrian national council that was not necessarily the strategy for the mass of people who were gathering in the streets and for room you know where the rebellion was peaceful or not it was certainly militarized very quickly by the free syrian army to bring in militarization is going to create further destruction well ahead of the foreign affairs committee in russia's no house of parliament has been

refn ocean r.t. the moscow's syria. tunisia says it will also see the deployment of a peacekeeping force in syria as part of a solution to the crisis karen kotowski a retired u.s. air force lieutenant colonel says the idea is unlikely to make things better. our experience with with peacekeeping forces is that they are never neutral they always take sides and this is the problem and you know we we don't worry so much about what goes on in central africa or even north africa in fact we have plenty of experience with the failures repeated in abject failures of peacekeeping forces so you know obviously i think it hides another inch and and when it comes to the middle east the united states is not is not unbiased we are extremely biased we have an agenda we've played out that agenda for the last i don't know twenty or thirty years certainly the very casual and cavalier discussion of sending in troops and arming the rebel groups that we don't even know the names of that could reflect that lack of consideration for the actual

that told r.t. the syrian opposition is fragmented and says there is no unity between groups or means of fighting the regime here is a preview. although both sides deny differences in. in military intervention essentially in political differences there is different trends in the syrian opposition and mainly between the people who support outside intervention and the protestors who don't so you've got groups like the syrian national council which are now openly in favor of a no fly zone which to me seems ridiculous because you know there isn't any even claimed that i know of the syrian regime for all its many crimes there's no claims that is a problem to people so no fly zone just seems a political pretext to invade to me. buildings on fire shops looted dozens injured this is how the greek people met a new round of drastic cuts approved by their parliament tens of thousands protested the deeply unpopular package needed to get a second bailout from international creditors argues jacob greaves has more

they are watching r.t. will straight to our top story now the un humanitarian chief is to head to syria to negotiate the access of aid in the conflict torn country he comes amid reports of increasing bloodshed and humanitarian disaster in latest incidents opposition activists claimed more than seventy people were killed across the country as army escalates its assault on rebel basis before it is blame the violence on armed terrorists carrying out attacks on security forces and civil institutions. leaders and for mention opposition group based outside syria have raised their voices in support of foreign military intervention saying it only way to stop the bloodshed but inside the country there is concern that such calls where only deepen the crisis or expects. time to change tactics with fighting in homes entering its third week as syrian opposition based abroad and its foreign supporters seem to have run out of patients the foreign military solution to the country's crisis is always considered as a last res

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r.t. . the pakistani army has met with nato and afghan forces in an effort to improve coordination along the pakistan afghanistan border and the talks come just hours after a u.s. drone attack in northwest pakistan killed ten suspected militants i washington has been criticized for its cia led aerial strike with some allegedly targeting pakistani civilians and fetal services also wedding parties more on this one are joined live by chris woods senior reporter for the bureau of investigative journalism good to see you thanks for coming on r.t. today president obama recently said that drones are used strictly to target terrorists also saying that drones have no cause any number or vast number of civilian casualties so how do you read into those statements by the american president were as you know rubio has been investigating. concern for many months now and the figure that we believe to credibly report to the camps with civilians killed somewhere in the region of room two hundred or four hundr

russian close up on r.t. .booking to business russia's goes from has acknowledged that it temporarily reduced supplies to european customers at the end of last week deliveries to some countries were cut by ten percent this is due to high demand in russia caused by a unusually cold weather the energy giant says it's now made up the shortfall in supply to europe and is pushing production to the maximum maria below from the school energy center to develop sport markets for gas cools the shortages. the first. to be blamed. for cold weather and the global warming the second european commission and the europeans who for the last two or three years established the policy they don't want long term twangers they want to have the support deliveries which crazed competitiveness and due to the fact now they have a lot of trading at least a lot of quite a few gas on this hops and gas according to the normal during the initial delivered the gas and. couldn't be blamed for this situation. so look at the stock markets in europ

r.t. actually in fact next hour. there's a huge debate about the f.s.a. and how much first of all how many defections are going on because they claim to be getting dozens and dozens of the fact that every day every week from all sides so we also had to get over in the park because of the federation of apologists i said well it's a pretty critical of the exaggerated arab spring in order to get the square western intervention if you look at the history of western intervention so from other terror you will see there's an equivalent to the f.s.a. the ground whether in libya which you go about to kosovo the k.l.a. which also said you know give us the guns give us the support and we'll do the fighting and in the style of you have the northern alliance actually turns out that these groups tend not to have as much legitimacy as they claim to be military strength as they claim. from europe's biggest economy and asia's are due to me to have germany seeking china's support for the euro zone and on fo

r.t. damascus syria. well still to come on the program the superpower games in washington and beijing represent to discuss cooperation of the u.s. use its forces into china's backyard. and tensions between israel and iran escalate after television blames tehran for carrying out two bomb attacks on embassy staff in their analysis on those events in just a few minutes. there yet another wave of credit rating downgrade says hit the e.u. with moody's one of the big three raters slashing the scores of italy spain and four other nations this as the bloc labors to erect a debt barrier around greece and hopes that extreme austerity there will halt any possible contagion as artie's jake agrees reports it's a plan that already seems to be unraveling. system on the seach m.p.'s drowned out the pleas of tens of thousands of demonstrators amassed within a short passing another round of unpopular cuts. the results proved incendiary. that uganda protests turned violent as protesters including fringe and kiss clashed wit

welcome back you're watching r.t. coming to live from moscow let's take a look at the top stories of the week as well as the latest news stories the arab league is set to decide its future adverts on syria as violence escalates and the u.s. get. there is a coalition of the willing against damascus hundreds of people have reportedly been killed across syria over the past week. the spirit of revolution returns to egypt on the first anniversary of the bark's ousting with thousands of protesters calling for an immediate step down by the ruling military council the generals are clinging on to power which they refuse to give up until at least june. the people of greece have marched on the streets in anger over a new set of cuts as the government struggles to keep the country's economy afloat parliament is now due to debate a draft bill on a series of measures demanded by the e.u. and the i.m.f. . and russian civil society take center stage in politics as a group of public figures steps up to monitor the upcoming presidentia

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and welcome to business r.t. the european union is reporting a fall in russian gas supplies for the furred straight day the exceptionally cold weather is putting strains on supply from siberia to cornwall to tell us what's going on we sent artie's daniel bushell out in the freezing night what we do know is that you energy commission a good target in your sig goes probably did warn of potential shortages and for the last three days several states from the likes of poland to italy and austria said there have been caught no there has been increasingly cold weather in europe so that means that the morning has risen but those countries have got reserves for such a contingency the european companies have not complained yet officially which means it goes from says it's not making a statement because it's received no complaint previously goes from said that it may preference russian consumers which is also suffering russia is also suffering from fairly cold weather at the moment but ukraine and russia have accused of bei

all right still to come for you this hour here on r.t. innocence lost in afghanistan find out why the latest airstrike has sparked the afghan president's condemnation of foreign troops also separation anxiety. they are now living under the. threat of being forcibly separated from their spouses from their children from their parents palestinians married to israelis fear the citizenship law in the jewish state could tear their families apart. quite a past here in moscow people in russia are becoming more and more involved in the political structure of their country ahead of next month's presidential election a group of journalists bloggers and proactive figures have created legal voters in a bid to make the upcoming vote fair and transparent. reports. it doesn't equal need to find videos of the alleged way lesions during the recent parliamentary vote in russia just a couple of clicks is enough years of these files have flooded the internet and even though most of the o.e. shoes are still to be. when in court tens of thousands of people have

if i may just a moment here on r.t. it's katie with a business but for now do join us so our number adventurous two of russia up next our close up team. this time we have traveled almost a thousand kilometers east of moscow to the only on off screeching the main city best known as the birthplace of vladimir lenin during the soviet times the region flourished as the center of the country's military and aviation industries and its current terror roger has been finding out it has all the potential to win back that reputation. it was in the late seventy's that the reality aviation complex was created obvious star is one of the largest manufacturers of passenger planes as well as re modernizing existing cargo planes that travel worldwide there islam plane is one of the largest operating cargo aircraft originally designed for the russian military but when the soviet union fell a demand did too obvious star has been renovating existing response and are now planning a major comeback. a new construction line will launch which wi