can't help but keep that in mind when contemplating what the security council can and can not do when it comes to the situation in syria and essence. of the security council is working under the shuttle events surrounding libya when they are approaching the best actions to take when it comes to syria all the members of the security council will continue to go shooting but ambassador churkin did take a moment to speak with the press to elaborate on what discussions have been taking place so far here's a little bit of what he had to say and we're concerned about the well and some of these collusion because we think that these you can see those is the security. of city. in favor of political edition and in the world russia and many other countries say the same of the tax put forth by the security council when it if it is pretty forth is to change things on the ground in syria to send a strong signal to end the violence and move things forward peacefully the security council will convene again wednesday morning to continue taking on this issue of syria and all the violence that ha

security council condemns human rights violations in the conflict. between. following three days of discussions the u.n. security council finally comes to an agreement on how to respond to the violence in syria more details from new york coming up. it's only holds crisis talks with the. problems sparking concerns it could be on the path to greece. and supporters and opponents of. the deposed president of egypt faces trial. international news and comment this is. just a midnight here in the russian capital the u.n. security council has issued a statement condemning violence and human rights violations in syria it calls for an end to hostilities and for dialogue between the two sides that says the crackdown on protesters continues there in the country with reports that government tanks have moved deeper into the opposition stronghold city of hama well let's get more now from marty's marina she's live in new york so why did it take the security council so long to come up with a statement on the events that are occurring in syria. well you know a lot of people in

security council western countries pressed for an outright condemnation of the syrian government for violence russia says that could damage the road to peace and calls for more. international news in comment this is r.t. live in moscow just on a.p.m. in the russian capital good to have you with us this beleaguered europe is caught in stormy seas once again as italy has held crisis talks with the e.u. over its surging borrowing costs and countries have reached their highest level since the euro was adopted prime minister silvio berlusconi has stopped short of asking for a bailout well let's get more now from europe correspondent daniel bushell and daniel addressing the italian parliament prime minister berlusconi he tried to reassure the troubled markets but just how serious is the situation right now. already by going he is being now and he waited till the markets were closed to show you how to read it while he was barry's the beach could make the market with them cause them to go out without sharply they believed there would be a market arrival he built a thing at the moment and tri

can't help but keep that in mind when contemplating what the security council can and cannot do when it comes to the situation in syria ambassador churkin did it take a moment to speak with the press to elaborate on what discussions have been taking place so far here's a little bit of what he had to say concerned about sunday's collision of the gauntlet and we think that he says is the security council. because of signal in favor of political accommodation and in the world and the security council will convene again wednesday morning to continue taking on this issue of syria and all the violence that has been going on for more than four months after the u.n. mandate to protect civilians in libya has come under fire for the way it's being implemented well some conscious feel of the nato led coalition is using it to try and topple colonel gadhafi political analyst michel chossudovsky things going down the same path syria could have the entire region in war. the people who are actually committing crimes against humanity is the nato us military alliance we see it did in libya but

security council action. my understanding from colleagues up in new york couple of hours ago was that the most recent syrian government repressive measures in the east and in hamma in the west have had an impact and that the members of the security council who had opposed security council action are potentially now more open to some kind of action. discussions are under way. my understanding is even as we speak here. we think it is important -- i want to underline this -- we think it is important the united nations security council take action. we think it is important that the international community recognize the courage and the efforts of the syrian people to effect change, to push for freedom and dignity and that the international community should support them. >> one of the challenges we have when i mentioned that sometimes it's hard for americans to sustain a focus on violence, even violence at this level and the kind of brutality, one of the limitations we have is not just the events that interfere or

security council western countries press for and. the syrian government the violence russia meantime says that the road to peace is. a very warm welcome to you this is our life from moscow the man who ruled egypt with an iron fist for thirty years is on trial for the february uprising that ousted him from power hosni mubarak is accused of corruption and ordering the killing of some eight hundred forty people that's a charge that carries the death penalty. the reports from outside the court in cairo for. well the judge presiding over the courtroom role that the trial of. jordan sealed aug fifteenth primarily due to health reasons i'm still expected to remain at a military hospital overseen by an m. college if he's. concerned his defense side insists that he is in the. people that's actually preventing him from. buying and i think at the trial i feel its conclusion. that you are slipping in and out of that suffering from. some pretty process but. i wrote people. back in january and believe that all these reports are for house and nothi

there is a divide among security council members on where the condemnation lies the u.s. and its western allies believe there should be a direct condemnation against the syrian government and the syrian president for the crackdown against anti-government protesters that have been taking place since mid march yet other countries like russia china india brazil and others believe that there should be a much more balanced approach that whatever words are used in any text that is put forth by the security council should not exacerbate an already sensitive circumstance in syria now russia has said in the past that it opposes on balanced measures such as sanctions that could create an even bigger problem the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin has said that resolution dealing with libya he believes was dealt with very frivolously and the security council can't help but keep that in mind when contemplating what the security council can and cannot do when it comes to the situation in syria we're concerned about the wild of some of these collision of the gauntle

is still working under the shadow of events surrounding libya after the security council adopted a resolution allowing for a no fly zone the u.s. and european countries started what is now a military intervention russia china many other council members believe that the text of this resolution was taken advantage of manipulated misinterpreted and that is an event that russia china brazil india and many other countries do not want to see a repetition of so this is why the security council. it is acting the way in which it is trying to come to a peaceful solution tried to send an international message and of course it will continue the security council to keep its eyes on the events taking place in syria . not his marine corps not reporting there from new york with the syrian opposition has dismissed a creed from president assad allowing for a multi-party government system france is also reacted with skepticism but journalist neil clark says it's made change happen in syria and the western powers need to keep away from the country's internal affairs. but it's been almost the opposit

of the russian delegation chaired by some other members of the security council. everything possible in order to. pull away from the brink of a civil war with syria is funny because of russia and many other security council members believe that the text of any draft resolution or presidential statement should be aimed at changing things on the ground in syria to send a strong. the violence and move things forward peacefully now we do know the security council members will continue discussing this matter and what is clear is that the international community is trying to reach some type of consensus to help end the violence that's been taking place in syria for more than four months. reporting talking about the ongoing protest movement in syria some analysts dealt with the opposition accurately reflects public opinion in the country and its political expert michel chossudovsky sense the gap between the two conflicting sides is only one. person we have to ask ourselves is what is the underlying cause of this of this so-called protest movement it looks more like an ol

security council has condemned the escalating violence in syria demanding an end to bloodshed and is calling for internal political dialogue it all comes amid reports that syrian opposition stronghold of hama has been over run by government forces with witnesses saying there are many more casualties i think is following the events for us at the u.n. in new york. all members of the security council adopted the presidential statement which first and foremost calls for an immediate end to all violence and urges both sides of the violence and conflict to drain immediately the security council presidential statement also condemns widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civilians by the syrian authority it calls on the syrian authorities to fully respect human rights and to comply with international law the un security council of course is issuing this presidential statement following more than four and a half months of violence in syria that is when anti-government protesters first took to the streets back in mid march to call for the resignation of the syrian p

can't help but keep that in mind when contemplating what the security council can and cannot do when it comes to the situation in syria we're concerned about the one and some of these coalition of the conflict and we think that these circumstances the security council. that have signaled in favor of going to go in the addition and ending the violence the security council will convene again wednesday morning to continue taking on this issue of syria and all the violence that has been going on for more than four months there. and the u.n. mandate to protect civilians in libya has come under fire for the way it's being implemented while some countries feel the nato led coalition is using it to try and topple colonel gadhafi a political analyst michel chossudovsky thinks going down the same path in syria could involve the entire region in war people who are actually committing crimes against humanity is the nato us military alliance we see it didn't in libya it was absolutely no justification for the intervention in libya. you know an insurrection which which took place in easter

can't help but keep that in mind when contemplating what the security council can and cannot do when it comes to the situation in syria and we're concerned about the well and some of these collusion because we and we think that under these circumstances the security council would have. positive signal in favor of only going to do anything to balance the security council will convene again wednesday morning to continue taking on this issue of syria and all the violence that has been going on for more than four months there. from syria syria throughout libya now where the u.n. mandate to protect civilians there has come under fire for the way it's being implemented some countries feel the nato led coalition is using it to try and talk all colonel gadhafi political analyst michel atrocity off scheme of things going down the same path in syria coming off the entire region or people who are actually committing crimes against humanity is the nato us military alliance we see it in in libya it was absolutely no justification for the intervention in libya. you know this rection which

can't help but keep that in mind when contemplating what the security council can and cannot do when it comes to the situation in syria we're concerned about the while and some of these beliefs of the conflict and we think that these circumstances the security council could and should. those that have signaled in favor of political accommodation and ending the violence the security council will convene again wednesday morning to continue taking on this issue of syria and all the violence that has been going on for more than four months there. reporting that right now it's quarter past the hour here in moscow let's return to our top story now the first day of trial for the former egyptian president hosni mubarak and the trial it certainly saw some clashes outside the courthouse is charged with eight hundred fifty charges all of the deaths of civilians during the february revolution again allegations of eight hundred fifty people being killed by government forces these are all charges that he categorically denies that of former president hosni mubarak let's get some more detail

also reporting divisions in the un security council western countries . russia says that could damage the road to peace and calls for. international news and comment this is in moscow just. in the russian capital good to have you with us this beleaguered europe is caught in stormy seas once again as italy has held crisis talks with the e.u. . costs the country have reached their highest level since the euro was adopted prime minister silvio berlusconi has stopped short of asking for a bailout well let's get more now from europe correspondent daniel bushell. daniel addressing the prime minister he tried to reassure the troubled markets but just how serious is the situation right now. already by going he is being now and he waited till the stock markets were closed to show you how out there is that while he was worried that his speech could make the market and cause them to go up or down sharply they'd waited till the stock market there are over he will speaking at the moment he tries to reassure people over its leading screwing their problems that even ten

members don't see the circumstance so black and white and that the task of the security council is to push both sides towards dialogue and. the circumstance to end in a more peaceful manner take a listen to what he had to say. we're concerned about the well and some of these collusion of the globe and saying that under these circumstances the security council could and should positive signal in favor of only the goal of. ending the violence some of the positions he thought. reaching in terms of leaning on one side which is detrimental to the objective picture. of the russian delegation shared by some other members of the security council to do everything possible in order to. pull away from the brink of a civil war where syria is funny and so. now build a draft presidential statement that i have seen also calls for the respect of human rights for there to be a national investigation into all of the violence and for those responsible for the violence to be held accountable this is again just the draft that i've seen of a presidential statement but should underscore all fifteen me

the united nations vitaly churkin said that the security council is still working under the shadow of vents surrounding libya after the security council adopted a resolution allowing for a no fly zone the u.s. and european countries started what is now a military intervention russia china many other council members believe that the text of this resolution was taken advantage of manipulated misinterpreted and that is that an event that russia china brazil india and many other countries do not want to see a repetition of so this is why the security council is acting the way which is trying to come to a peaceful solution tried to send an international message and of course it will continue the security council to keep its eyes on the events taking place in syria . but he's worried about not reporting from new york well the despite backing the united states on syria the u.s. is now calling for new tougher sanctions against iran since assad's regime is already under a set of american and e.u. penalties meantime investigative journalist webster tarpley told us that the west wants a syrian r

can't help but keep that in mind when contemplating what the security council can and cannot do when it comes to the situation in syria we're concerned about the out of some of these collision of the conflict and we think that the circumstances the security council could and should the those that have signaled in favor of political accommodation and violence some of their positions. in terms of leaving on one side which is detrimental to the objective picture. of the russian delegation chaired by some other members of the security council do everything possible in order to. pull away from the brink of a civil war with syria is finding itself russia and many other security council members believe that the text of any draft resolution or presidential statement should be aimed at changing things on the ground in syria to send a strong. signal to the violence and move things forward peaceful now we do know the security council members book continue discussing this matter and what is clear is that the international community is trying to reach some type of consensus to help end th

un security council debates a resolution on syria pulling the escalation of violence there russia says any decision must meet the interests of the syrian people. and israel is seized by a tidal wave of antigovernment protests demanding sweeping economic reform but demonstrators complained their summer of discontent is not being called by the international media. plus own business a new. dance prices for gas strong as a german energy major takes matters support we'll have more on that and business in twenty minutes. international news and comment of this is r.t. live here in moscow just turned nine pm in the russian capital so after months of political squabbling in the shadow of a looming default the u.s. can finally breathe a sigh of relief the senate has passed in level of a deal to raise the country's boring limit the final hurdle for the bill author being given the go ahead in the lower house on monday when our correspondent you seek a fan of has the latest for us in washington lucy this has been waiting for with bated breath around the world doesn't it. oh it certainly has and wel

security council of course is issuing this presidential statement following more than four and a half months of violence in syria that is when anti-government protesters first took to the streets back in mid march to call for the resignation of the syrian president now as a result of this presidential statement russia's position has been and continues to be that there should not be any overextension pressure put on the syrian government such as sanctions and the council also believe that it is better to put a statement out rather than a resolution russia has said include seniors to believe that this issue should be resolved in the form of dialogue trying to get both parties to come together and speak rather than taking sides one way or another. russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin said that the security council is still working under the shadow of vents surrounding libya after the security council adopted a resolution allowing for a no fly zone the u.s. and european countries started what is now a military intervention russia china many other council members believe

security council are taking place what's clear is that all members of the security council understand that the international community has to react somehow to the uprisings and the violence and the crackdown that has been taking place in syria at this point all fifteen members are trying to come to a consensus a compromise and an agreement on how me how to react to syria because there's a lot of differing opinions we know that western countries or the u.s. are calling for condemnation either in the form of a resolution or a presidential statement but we know other countries such as russia say that they would not support counterproductive measures which would possibly exacerbate an already sensitive problem and those measures include any sanctions or pressure that would be put on syria there's other countries such as brazil india china that have also has achieved it from supporting any any kind of resolution or indefinitely sanction so at this point what all the countries are doing they're trying to come together and figure out a common consensus on how to react because clearly this is

security council action. my understanding from the colleagues of being new york a couple of hours ago was the most recent syrian government repressive measures in places like the east and in the west have had an impact, and the members of the security council who had opposed the security council action are potentially now more open to some kind of action. discussions are underway to get my understanding is even as we speak here, we think it is important, i want to underline this, we think it is important that the united nations security council take action. we feel it's important the international community recognized the courage and the efforts of the syrian people to effect change to push for freedom and dignity and that the international community should support them. >> one of the challenges we have, when i mentioned that sometimes it's hard for americans to sustain a focus even violence at this level and the kind of brutality, one of the limitations we have is not just the confluence of a lot of events t

security council. well bill a lot can come out of these discussions because his discussions are ongoing this is the second day that the members of the security council are meeting to discuss potential international response to what has been keeping pleas in syria since mid march we do know that the u.s. and european countries are pushing for some fierce fierce resolution potentially maybe sanctions against syria to stop the violence that's taking place there we do know that same sions will not be supported by russia and possibly many other countries their security council the russian foreign ministry has said that sanctions that option sanctions are absolutely off the table russia's position is that that would be would just add more pressure to an already very sensitive and vulnerable situation that's taking place in syria we did hear brazil's ambassador said that the country but possibly consider. over supporting a presidential statement by the security council that would that would talk about or oppo

security council is a divided over syria western countries press for an outright condemnation of the syrian government for violence while russia says that could damage the road to peace and calls for more but. because of the headlines here and now we sat down with russia's a recently appointed envoy for human rights to discuss his new role. shares his views on the notorious guantanamo bay prison nato's presence in libya that's coming your way right now. good. thing. because that's in the law thank you very much for being with us today thank you for your russian foreign minister is first ever envoy for a human rights why was this position create now or will you also to read this is a new position. has been established a few months ago on actually to be exact three and a half months. i am in this position and has been established the. direction of the president of the russian to live a federation mr madrid if. decision was taken by a foreign minister so your level of the basic idea here is to. probably even more actively. profile our country or russia or in the field of human rights to

by the security council. there are positions by individual governments such as the united states. my job as high commissioner was to report, which i did, that there are ongoing violations. it is widespread and it amounts to crimes against humanity. >> can you be a little more specific? the syrian ambassador denies those charges. what did you find that amounts to that charge? >> we found, and the syrian government in their government to 1,900 people were killed, but they claim that 350 of them were the security forces. so we heard from actual witnesses, forensic doctors working for us examined the bodies. the bullet wounds are to the head and chest. they are targeted killings. across many cities, so there is a pattern. this is what we presented as evidence to the security council. we have a denial on the part of the government, but here almost 180 witnesses from both inside syria and in four other countries have told us this. and they also include defectors from the security forces who told us for instance abo

here and security council is divided over syria western countries press for an outright condemnation of the syrian government for violence well russia says that could damage the growth of things in calls for more balance. so it's up there for the moment we've got would not want that if we shortly in about fifteen minutes from now and then time be meeting russia's recently appointed envoy for human rights to discuss his new role constantine bowl got shares his views on the in the tourist content of a bay prison camp and also nato presence in libya and interview a special interview coming up next on r.t. . i think you. think. the. president can go well thank you very much for being with us today thank you for your russian foreign minister is first ever envoy for a human rights why was this position create now well you also have the road this is a new business from has been established a few months ago actually to be exact three and a half months. i am in this position and has been established to. be direction of the president of the russian for the federation mr mcguinty if. decision w

security council western countries press for an outright condemnation of the syrian government violence russia says that could damage the road to peace and calls for more balance. and business process presentation program is getting bigger but the government can sensitive up on the stakes in the major companies will have more on that and business and its. international using comment this is r.t. live in moscow just turned nine pm here in the russian capital good to have you with us this. beleaguered europe is caught in stormy seas once again as italy has held crisis talks with the e.u. over its surging boring costs the country's bond yields have reached their highest level since the euro was adopted and when prime minister silvio berlusconi has stopped short of all asking for a bailout and our europe correspondent daniel bushell has more. speech. maybe it's no worse than cools to go all down sharply so he's waited through the markets trying to reassure people who believe. the markets. you are. european strength had it and if you want to stabilize and reduce italy today and he didn't cal

it's coming from all ends al as the security council the un security council is meeting today to respond discuss findings of a report that was released by the un human rights panel this twenty two page report accuses the syrian government of carrying out of human rights violations since mid march when the anti government protesters began taking to the streets according to this u.n. report a fresh one syrian government has taken part in numerous summary executions carried them out there's been kidnapping and torture according to the findings of this u.n. report u.n. investigators say that the syrian government may have committed crimes against humanity and wording to you and investigators they say they have evidence against at least fifty eight suspects so what the u.n. human rights panel is now recommending is for the security council to refer syria to the international criminal court for these these fifty suspects to be prosecuted that is a move that the security council is now considering discussing debating but we should mention that the u.n. investigators the kubic human rights inves

security council finally came to a consensus on the text of a presidential states. and surrounding syria all members of the security council adopted the presidential statement which first and foremost calls for an immediate end to all violence and urges both sides of the violence and conflict to drain immediately the security council presidential statement also condemns widespread violations of human rights and the use of force against civilians by the syrian authority it calls on the syrian authorities to fully respect human rights and to comply with international law the u.n. security council of course is issuing this presidential statement following more than four and a half months of violence in syria that is when anti-government protesters first took to the streets back in mid march to call for the resignation of the syrian president now as a result of this presidential statement russia's position has been and continues to be that there should not be any overextension pressure put on the syrian government such as sanctions and the council also believe that it i

security council meeting. that's right bill after three days of negotiations and talks behind closed doors a presidential statement has come out from the security council now this statement condemns all use of force against civilians in syria it goes on to also ask the secretary general of the united nations to report back to the security council in seven days after implementing some of the suggestions that the presidential statement makes and that is to refrain from all acts of violence as i mentioned to add here to international human rights laws to make sure that international investigation is launched into the ongoing violence in syria that began in mid march and at this point we do know that the russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin says that this is a signal. that all participants of violence in syria should stop immediately any acts of violence and come to the table for peaceful dialogue no presidential statement is not as forceful something like a resolution but it is still a signal f

un security council debates a resolution on syria following the escalation of violence there russia says any decision must meet the interests of the syrian people. and. a tidal wave of protests demanding sweeping economic reform but demonstrations complained this summer of discontent is not being called by the international media . plus. prices for gas from as a german energy major takes matters support we'll have more business and. international news in comment of this is our live here. in the russian capital so after months of political squabbling in the shadow of a looming default the u.s. can finally breathe a sigh of relief the senate has passed the deal to raise the country's boring limit the final hurdle for the bill after being given the go ahead in the on monday with correspondent has the latest forest in washington. has been waiting for with bated breath around the world. oh it certainly has and while i'm sure the political journalists here in washington are all thrilled that they actually have some real news to report on we do have to keep in mind that this is really just a po

security council resolution. by the end of two thousand and fourteen we expect that in the time remaining. international body will. draw a certain conclusion some lessons and will operate in an impartial and professional manner this is are we expecting more only are we expected this is expected to serve the serbian government as was expressed by the government publicly and this is the expectation of all members of international community a hot topic for the past couple of months has been libya what consequences will beneficials face american and european unfortunately unfortunately still it is in libya have been continuing for quite some time and. the measure of the factors they have. that was who do suffer from those who are still it is most a war. and unfortunately civilians suffer from both certain actions by the forces by the government obviously and also from the air strikes the use of force by. by the coalition forces and the other important trade deal of course is proper implementation of security council