security council approving the annan plan. this is not just a. group with a group of friends of syria and then the actual there they're not friends of syria they are friends of the syrian national council and other in the opposition groups including some of them. operating inside syria there they do not agree with that we are saying that syrians the syrian opposition us human. of opposition groups should unite based on the platform of being ready for talks this is what the security council asks for why then the security council doesn't report to the fact that mr galena who visited moscow and we had moved his talks with him asks for a military intervention and refuses to talk with the government as the un security council has recommended so if you think that group this conference will be used as an umbrella for the friends of syria. i would tell you this is totally not true if everybody wants to support the annan plan they should all come together to one police you can use different names you can call it a conference or a conflict group a conferenc

security council. on paper let's doubt take serious steps to influence all the syrian parties in gauged in this conflict to force them to stop doing that and come to the negotiating table with them i firmly believe that if we work in this direction to do that on the road if we show solidarity and we work collectively i strongly believe that we will achieve positive results and after that we can start a political dialogue of course it should be based on the coffee annan plan places and in the place means that the opposition should come together in. the for this dialogue and then talks should start between the government in older groups of the syrian opposition that assume because it itself has ruled this is basically. what our considerations are so we suggest that we should prepare an international conference on syria it should be a compact a group of participants and the goal i repeat is to promote the coffee annan plan and the u.n. security council resolution we should gather everybody who has influen

security council suspicions. global political focus shifts to the east. and afghan officials are discussed in beijing. with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assault some women in egypt's tahrir square reveal the plight of female protester his hopes for democratic change is a fading as is a list strive to take a good one. and next our exclusive interview with a lebanese interior minister gives his outlook on how the bloodshed in syria could play out the entire region. well again. lebanon is affected by internal tensions and we do not conflict or decisions related to security issues are made outside by other countries from how can you talk about security in lebanon. little bit of lebanon security doesn't depend on lebanon. politically and in terms of security and lebanon depends on external factors as well when the people of lebanon have close religious and family ties with neighboring states. hello dana is there an alternative to external influence. that has to be an even smaller countries than lebanon has just exploded . a conflict also what

security council raises suspicions. global political focus shifts to the east this thursday as delicate rainy and afghan issues of discussed in beijing have anywhere putin met with the country's leaders. and the increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square reveal the plight of female protesters whose hopes for democratic change is off bathing as islamist drive to take a grip on power. internationally isn't comment twenty four hours a day you're watching on t.v. it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in the province there are however conflicting accounts as to the number of victims and estimates ranging from nine to several dozen or so so unclear who was behind the atrocity as artie's national explains from syria you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria than all the previous ones and a lot of the details of alleged witness accounts and video just don't match so far the most extreme death toll. st

august we suggested but certain states because as a statement will go to the bill of for the un security council and was actually adopted we were the first for the council to get involved in the syrian situation this was less september then a little later again and we suggested draft resolution. based on the need to influence older parties involved but western countries did not support those resolutions and then we supported the decision that was made on the ember second believe by the arab league to send in i'm serving missions to syria we talked to the syrian government and we convinced them to accept that mission it was not easy it was not that simple the syrian authorities of course they made a lot of mistakes and many things. that you obviously could have changed the situation to the better but i mean with that it was done very late but yes we convinced the syrian authorities to receive this mission of very observers and we also did our best to increase the number of those observers we want them we wanted them to report to the u.n. security council for some reason the arab countries did not

security council raises suspicions. global political purpose shifts to the east this thursday is that it could rain in afghan issues are discussed in beijing putin met with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters who hope for democratic changes updating the lists drive to take a grip on power. on air and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. . it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in hama province there are however conflicting accounts us the number of victims but estimates ranging from nine to several dozen it's also unclear who was behind the incident but the u.s. and its allies already blaming the syrian government once again calling for action against our side parties rufe an os that brings us her latest report from syria may find some of the images disturbing. there is even more confusion about this latest massacre here in syria than all of the previous ones and a lot of the details of alleged witn

security council members in. six point peace plan on syria saying it must be adhered to while action is needed to stop the bloodshed. global political focus shifts eastward delicate iranian and afghan issues being just. beijing is applied with countries' leaders. increasing cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters whose hopes for democratic change are fading as to take a grip on power. james brown and his latest offbeat russian adventurer as he tours . stay with us. the reason is one of those places that offers something for everyone sitting just east of the urals the country's border between europe and asia this is an ethnically diverse area of more than three million people there's a bustling capital city to enjoy for the nature lovers some of russia's most stunning country something that is right on your doorstep. as well as being very beautiful this is also a very significant part of the screen because over there it marks the start of the european ural mount

if the security council fails to impose more pressure on damascus and members of this council and members of the international commune. are left with the option only of having to consider whether they're prepared to take actions outside of the annan plan and the authority of this council. for diplomacy they have the legions apparently the united states thinks it has no need for diplomacy it has missiles and drones the un was founded at the end of the second world war as a place for countries to solve conflicts through dialogue rather than gunfire however the honorable goal of maintaining global peace and security becomes harder to attain every time a member state decides to play by its own rules or an up or ny r.t. new york. business news now and daniel is there for the giant selloff of the crown jewels of russian business will begin this year that's right the government's just confirmed rich pickings and oil major roles are going for more we're joined by morgan stanley's chief economist jacob no thanks for joining us which firms have exhausted investors the most hi good afternoon well i

if the security council fails to impose more pressure on damascus and members of this council and members of the internet. community are left with the option only of having to consider whether they're prepared to take actions outside of the annan plan and the authority of this council. for diplomacy they had legions apparently united states thinks it has no need for diplomacy it has missiles and drones the un was founded at the end of the second world war as a place for countries to solve conflicts through dialogue rather than gunfire however the honorable goal of maintaining global peace and security becomes harder to attain every time a member state decides to play by its own rules up or ny r.t. new york. times the business news now is downhill and president obama's been hitting back over who's to blame for the economic crisis when secretaries blamed europe's for the downturn in the united states but we reported yesterday how france's foreign minister laurent fabius says it's the other way round the u.s. calls the euro problems there is that he says lehmann brothers quote was not a euro

approval the united nations security council has not lived up to its responsibilities. so we will rise to ours and it's not in conformity with the u.n. charter from our point of in from the charter point of view because of the by circumventing international law for geo political interests experts say the us has systematically damage the confidence and credibility of the un it's been used by the united states i think as a fig leaf to to get multilateral approval from the policies that the u.s. u.s. wants to do but if the u.n. doesn't agree with the united states as you know the case of iraq or kosovo the united states just disregards in the case of syria were kofi annan fragile peace plan has showed slow progress washington is prepared to once again bypass the un if the security council fails to impose more pressure on damascus and members of this council and members of the international community are left with the option only of having to consider whether they're prepared to take actions outside of the annan plan and the authority of this council groans have no need for

officials call on the security council to pressure of a syrian government while admitting the armed opposition is stepping up its attacks as another massacre pulls the country closer to civil war. reports suggest spain will need at least forty billion euros to boost its crisis hit banks well as our team reports from ireland another crippled country some locals are going back to their past with the currency of lead euro two thousand and twelve football tournament kicks off laden with scandal as several european governments boycott the championships amid human rights and the race issue. nine am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.n. secretary general along with the world bodies envoy to syria want more international pressure on damascus to bring about compliance with the u.n. peace plan but kofi annan also urged the increasingly aggressive rebel forces to lay down their arms artie's marina porton has more. after hours of closed door consultations members of the security council and the secretary-general ban ki moon have come out first mr obama ki-moon

security council raises suspicions. and the u.n. general general assembly is meeting right now here a live pictures from new york and some strong statements of already be made as the u.n. chief said syria's president assad has lost all legitimacy the russians envoy said it was too premature to label a man's plan a failure we'll bring you the latest in a few moments from new york an r.t. . global political focus shifts to the east where delicate iranian and afghan issues are discussed in beijing has been a pretty meets with the country's leaders. and also reporting the increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square revealed the plight of female protesters whose hope for democratic change is a fading as islamist strive to take a grip on power our top stories this hour. around the clock around the world international news and comment live from moscow good to have you with us this hour it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre in the hama province there are however conflicting accounts as to the number

security council. global political focus shifts to the east where they could rein in the afghan issues are discussed in beijing has got to be meets with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square reveal the plight of female protesters whose hopes for democratic change is fading. well to our washington studios now as promised capital it comes with lauren a step that is next. good afternoon and welcome to capital account i'm more in the store here in washington d.c. these are your headlines for wednesday june sixth two thousand and twelve j.p. morgan's two billion dollar london whale trading losses can be blamed on inadequate risk management that's according to one of the bank's main regulators who we've heard from today on capitol hill that will no kidding but whose job is it to believe that it's the regulators so what does the relatively new comptroller of the currency say is the ready. strong effective supervision which is a theme that flows throughout my

security council support and they've done it without u.n. security council support and we've seen this in the past and it's clear that the u.s. is not interested in a diplomatic solution they are in every way trying to move toward military intervention which means massive destruction of the entire country but they're already responsible for a great destruction of russia's position on syria has been supported by china where the two countries already using their veto powers at the u.n. twice to block what they considered on balance resolutions on the conflict while beijing presides at the security council this month and let's now get some reaction now this is from times in peking university well thanks very much for being with us here on the program sir first stop russia is mostly on the receiving and so far of international criticism for its stance on syria so how has china managed to avoid taking the same kind of diplomatic flack. well i mean china. in terms of diplomacy has been a lot more so smoke spoken then than russia. the world sees ru

officials call in the security council to pressure the syrian government while admitting doubts the armed opposition is stepping up its attacks as another massacre of pulls the country closer to civil war. a euro two thousand and twelve football tournament kicks off laden was down zero as several european governments boycott the championships and the human rights and race issues. reports just plain will need at least forty billion euros to boost its crisis banks meanwhile dirty reports from ireland and the other crippled economy some locals are going back to the past with their currency. and russian markets drop as crude prices head for the longest wigley losing streak in more than thirteen years all the details in business in twenty minutes. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie had of the un along with the world bodies envoy to syria one more international pressure on damascus to bring about compliance with the u.n. peace plan but kofi annan also urged the increasingly aggressive rebel forces to lay down arms here's. where the latest from new york. after

security council to join the vote at r.t. dot com. the bloodletting continues to span all across afghanistan with scores of people killed in a recent wave of bombings including a nato air strike local officials say eighteen civilians died at a wedding ceremony when the alliance forces launched an air raid on a village in the country's east nato commanders have denied a report claiming the only wide taliban fighters on the same day three suicide bombers hit a market outside a sprawling nato base in khan are killing twenty two people investigative journalist gareth porter says nato activity in afghanistan has become a magnet for civilian deaths wherever it happens. this whole problem of u.s. and nato military operations both air strikes and night raids is a situation that has caused enormous opposition from the population particularly of the southern afghanistan. region of the country to increasingly oppose the presence of u.s. and nato forces if you look at the casualty figures for civilians and you compare them with the level of forei

officials call on the security council to pressure the syrian government while admitting that the armed opposition is stepping up its attacks as another massacre holds a country closer to civil war. reports suggest spain will need at least forty billion euros to boost its crisis hit banks meanwhile as our t.v. reports from ireland at a crippled country some locals are going back to the past with their currency. the euro two thousand and twelve football tournament kicks off laden was scandalous several governments boycott the championships and then human rights and race issues . one pm in the russian capital you're watching are with me. have the u.n. along with the world body is envoy to syria one more international pressure on damascus to bring about compliance with the u.n. peace plan but kofi annan also urged the increasingly aggressive rebel forces to lay down arms well here's. the latest from new york. after hours of closed door consultation and members of the security council and the secretary-general ban ki moon have come out first mr of on the moon saying that kofi annan six poin

security council resolutions. the resolutions ban countries from sending materials related to weapons of mass destruction to north korea. japanese officials are reporting their findings to the u.n. a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson is denying the accusations. >> translator: china firmly opposes proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. we strongly implement unsc resolutions. >> he added firms in china do not export goods that are banned by security council resolutions or chinese law. >> our senior reporter gives us more insight into the special vehicles that have been transported to north korea. tell us a little bit more about these vehicles. >> well, the international community has raised concern over transporter reactor launcher which, for the first time, appeared in public at the military parade in pyongyang april 15th. this launcher reportedly carries a long range missile. so if the vehicles were exported to north korea, this could be in violation of u.n. security council resolutions. please look at

security council a georgetown university law center as well as the university of michigan and the university of pennsylvania law schools your old bachelor's degree from cornell a master's in public policy from harvard and jurist doctor from the university of michigan law school he's also the coeditor of the responsibility to protect the promise of stopping mass atrocities in our times if you're and joins me now here. washington d.c. studios greetings thanks for having me tom thanks for joining us what got you into this whole field the idea of government relations international human rights well i had actually been a graduate student in public policy in the late ninety's and at the time was studying domestic criminal justice policy when it was announced that the president of china jiang zemin would be coming to my campus and i got pulled into helping to organize the protest and when it was all over we've had you know five thousand protesters turn out of harvard the largest protest since the vietnam war but the in the day my question was you know what impact it actually have in people in china

how much weight do you give to the chinese and russian security council? i'm not here to suggest an answer. but the issue of international legitimacy for these kinds of actions is an unsolved question and much debated. would we really have been happy with the consequences of not doing what we did in kosovo? we reversed ethnic cleansing. but -- >> dan is 100% right. it's been a torturing problem. if you're a strict constructionist for the u.n. charter, then you're stuck with the veto. the veto in cases of genocide or actions that border on genocide is a curse, we have never or if we ever have, never should have been in favor of not taking action in the security council to deal with cases of genocide. i don't see any plausible politically viable effort to change the veto. but we need to take our thinking a step beyond the notion that anybody who discusses the veto as the unmitigated and total pro techter of united states interests above everything else needs to take a look at this conundrum that dan has so beautifully set forward and which is now there. year

security council resolutions. ballistic missiles are in this country making it possible that china violated the resolutions. this remains unclear why china provided north korea with the vehicles. but shipping materials over requires the go ahead from beijing. therefore, it is likely that china -- china's leadership approved export of vehicles. but please look at the photo again. as the vehics appear to be for civilian purposes china claims it did not violate the resolutions as it exported the vehicles to the north for the civilian purposes. the next question is how the international committee will react to china's suspected brief of the u.n. resolution. >>> well investors who hold assets in europe may be getting even more nervous. ai joins us now. tell us why tt is. >> that's because analysts at credit ratings agencies are saying some of these assets aren't even of investment grade. the latest victim is spain. the nation has been downgraded by credit agency moody's bringing it down to a level just above speculativ

in the media that needs to be done now is for the security council to under stand and to come up with a plan in the best way to implement his six point peace plan and that is up to the security council to work out and decide while the security council unanimously recommitted its support for the kofi annan six point peace plan washington is still blaming syria for all of the ongoing violence u.s. ambassador to the united nations susan rice says that it's the assad government that has been acting outside of its responsibilities and indeed it is not succeeding because the government of syria is not fulfilling its obligations under the annan plan meanwhile russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin also admitted that there's been a few indications of compliance with the six point peace plan but he said that it's not just the syrian government that has fallen short it is also the armed opposition group including the free syrian army which just last week announced that it will no longer egg knowledge its commitments under the anon plan deeming it a failure ambassador churkin sa

security council support and they've done it without u.n. security council support and we've seen this in the past and it's clear that the u.s. is not interested in a diplomatic solution they are in every way trying to move toward military intervention which means massive destruction of the entire country but they're already responsible for great destruction. the conflict in syria is spilling over into neighboring lebanon were deadly sectarian clashes have broken out in several cities and there's also a growing influx of syrian are a few was areas divided between supporters and bitter opponents of president mori of it often has more from lebanon. this small house in the outskirts of tripoli in lebanon you've shown to two five syrian families running away from atrocities and violence in their homeland. we were forced to leave shelling in homs never stopped we were afraid to leave the house violence was part of everyday life we were just tired. to be to bloodshed means the just ten boys like ali have had their childhoods talman from them he no

security council support and they've done it without u.n. security council support and we've seen this in the past and it's clear that the u.s. is not interested in a diplomatic solution they are in every way trying to move toward military intervention which means massive destruction of the entire country but they're already responsible for great destruction. russia's position on syria has been supported by china where the two countries already using their veto powers the u.n. twice to block what they consider unbalanced resolutions on the conflict and one chinese academic told r.t. that moscow and beijing have the best chances of mediating a peaceful solution. the world sees russia as a very strong ally where china i mean a lot of people perceive china basically supporting russia in this initiative and a lot of the reason is that china has been very soft spoken and very quiet about support for syria she also questioned in syria right now that even if there is a military intervention what comes next and i think that there's a lot of calls fo

security council basis is patience. and the u.n. general assembly is meeting right now here at the pictures from new york kofi annan there and some strong statements have already been made as the u.n. chief called syria's president as illegitimate we'll bring you the latest in a few moments. global political purpose shifts to the east where delegates are in an afghan issues are discussed in beijing that's not in their putin to meet with the country's leaders. and increased cases of assaults on women in egypt's tahrir square reveal the plight of female protesters whose hopes for democratic changes are fading as islamists try to take a grip on power. on air and online twenty four hours a day this is r.t. it's being reported that syria has suffered another massacre and province there are however conflicting accounts as to the number of victims but estimates ranging from nine to several dozen it's also unclear who was behind the atrocity authorities were for national explains from syria you may find some of the images in this report dis

security council . my fellow americans today our armed forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo in recent decades the us has been seen by a leading the very international laws it helped create we have acted with resolve the u.s. and its allies also acted without authorization from the un security council when it launched a seventy eight day aerial attack on yugoslavia in one thousand nine hundred nine nato starts a war against the federal republic of yugoslavia serbia montenegro. and serbia for seventy eight days occupies kosovo and this doesn't have you an authorization until the very end the us again disregarded international law in two thousand and three after the security council refused to support a military strike on iraq they withdrew their new additional resolution rather than face defeat clearing it is their argument the way for a military campaign without any new u.n. approval the united nations security council has not lived up