foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen a lot more not so that later on. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching archie with me and he said now a it's four pm here in the russian capital three pm in athens where greece is gearing up for another day of protests after thousands clashed with police on wednesday following parliament's decision to pass tough austerity measures the government now house to implement the agreed cuts in order to secure a further financial lifeline from the e.u. we cannot cross to financial journalist domestic until last who joins us live from athens you're on syntagma square of course the focal point of these protests how

in a closed door meeting and according to a foreign minister sergei lavrov an important statement had been made at that meeting. confirming. its total renouncement of plans to possess nuclear weapons and important statement to be made at a time when there's a lot of international pressure on iran in this regard now russia had also raised the possibility of a more constructive cooperation between iran and the nations referred to the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany as well as the importance of increasing transparency between iran and the international atomic energy agency now aside from the issue of its nuclear program and nuclear nonproliferation iran had also said that it is willing to work with. iran is seeking full membership. in the sanctions against it is proving to be a hurdle so it seems that iran is willing to work on this in order to clear the path for full membership into this group now aside from the president had also sat down with the president of afghanistan hamid karzai and as expected top things that to me take the issue off the drug tra

has highlighted double standards at the un over the organization's approach to the arab world sergei lavrov says the crisis in syria and yemen are provoking vastly different and unjustified approaches peter all of our reports from moscow. mr lavrov was addressing a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the duma just behind me he highlighted and says out really where russia stands concerning the ongoing situations in the arab world now he gets outside what he sees as a western desire for regime change in the middle east saying that this was unacceptable and the russians would not support any circumstances he also went on to highlight the fact that this was actually against international law. feels a little disappointed to say the least about the way. the the situation in libya has progressed russia of course abstaining from the vote on the u.n. resolution that allowed international intervention there they very disappointed at the way they see that mission has gone beyond the parameters laid out in the u.n. resolution and came to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syr

on syria say the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergey lavrov says the security council should not be calling for action while ignoring what he describes as a civil war in yemen. well next we talk to british union leader marcus said walker says public sector workers won't stop until they achieve their goals. today i'm talking to mark hughes one of the brains behind the thirtieth of june nationwide strike in the u.k. he's head of the public and commercial services union three hundred thousand members are walking out of a proposed reforms to the pension scheme thanks for talking to r.t. today now this is possible to plan to cut public spending in this country just how drastic are these cuts going to be give us an impression of what they might mean for the cuts to the biggest that most people will have seen in their lifetime projected to mean half a million jobs lost in the public sector six hundred thousand jobs in the private sector as a direct result we're seeing changes in the delivery of welfare cuts in funding of education for young people and also a tax on pe

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foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stakes during lunch he calls a civil war taking place in yemen are more not so the late rolled. around russia's largest company gazprom has announced its boosting exhibit of payments and investment program to record levels find out more what's coming out from the annual general meeting of the governing in twenty with a side of the sultan. it's five pm in moscow this is r g coming to life i'm used to now with our top story this hour greece is gearing up for another day of protests after thousands clashed with police said wednesday following parliament's decision to pass tough austerity measures the government now has to implement the agreed costs in order to secure a further. financial lifeline from the e.u. financial journalists. at square the focal point of the protests with more. things really quiet here no one's not i gathered yet the protests are supposed to take place around six o'clock or they're suppo

energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has told the press in our star no the president recognizes the importance of talks for resolving tension around your nuclear program because it does it does it mark a more positive phase in your talks with the i.a.e.a. to you. is a pleasure to talk to you i just want to reiterate that for the last eighty years. i'm pleased that cooperation with diane about fire. thousand manned the inspection has been made and no evidence of diversion have been found to military purposes this is a clear be love harolds the guardian of course negotiation and talk we have always welcomed negotiation and talk and respect and of course without any precondition. guarding the release in comment interview with the r t of lady ashton i am rather disappointed because this sort of thing is that means. ignoring their fact that there are a has clearly made there is no evidence of diversion and. reports clearly even the last of the for sure all of these with activities and every gram of uranium ease and therefore.

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen i'll have more nuts of it later on. my from our studios in central moscow you're watching our team with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital five pm in athens where greece is gearing up for another day of protests after thousands clashed with police on wednesday following parliament's decision to pass tough austerity measures the government now has to implement the agreed cots in order to secure a further financial lifeline from the e.u. financial journalists. where the focal point of the protests with more. things are really quiet here no one's not i gather to get the protests are supposed to take place around six o'clock or they're supposed to start collecting i was in the square on the afternoon right now most people are probably home resting or looking at footage from last night there's a lot of police brutality footage that's been circulating around and got a lot of phone calls

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stated during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen all aboard not so good later old. and of the risk of greece is the fault is reduced russian markets put on the another office number for the obvious a nice rights group putting the street two or three days in a row more on that in the business as you put it in. that seven pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live and he's now with our top story this evening greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of austerity measures is the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stack of european ballot funds while the plans may have the public resistance with two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured. live to the heart of athens where financial journalist timothy coffin joins us he's seen he's been at most of the protests throughout the last couple of days now it's no surprise of course that this bill has been passed it w

and foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake knowing what he calls a civil taking place in yemen a lot more not so good later on. to softer eleven pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our top story greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of a ceratin measures well it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds. plans about having a public recess two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured let's cross live to the heart of our financial journalist to meet a coffin also joins us well thanks again for being with us at this hour in the last time you spoke to our to you said if people were massing around us and talk to square what's happening there right now well it's pretty amazing actually it's what we usually see on nights but tonight it's just the crowd is just much bigger it's reall

seventy three which authorized the no fly zone and with regard to syria russian foreign minister sergey lavrov had issued a separate a statement saying that russia will not change its position that it is still against any military involvement in the country and it will not support any proposal you have resolution to syria but the asio had also made a statement on the missile defenses survey that said that they view the last role of missile defense system meaning what so should made by one country or one we won that matter is going to be dangerous threat to international stability and they had also said that members of the s c o must edge here to a nuclear nonproliferation treaty so we'll get a vast vast a variety of important topics having been discussed at agreed upon at the shanghai cooperation organization summit. the west is weighing in to yemen's own going and rest with deputy fools officials in the troubled country say u.s. drone strikes have killed a hundred people including civilians in the past two weeks the u.k. is preparing attack helicopters and commandos schools for possible actio

off the west on this economic sanctions question let's look at russia russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov reiterated again that russia in view of the chaos that we've witnessed in libya would not support any u.n. resolution that might lead to military action is that a justified worry. of course it's a justified worry once you start putting you know big economic sanctions on a country then you have to do you know if it doesn't bring down the regime and you're starving the people what are you going to do either you lift the sanctions which never happens or you have to go in and and under the regime because you can't just start people forever. syria of course most of the get to the crossroads of the middle they see a strategic a very volatile region what are the risks of a civil war do you think tonight it would have had a scruffy consequences if it did. it would you know we don't it's hard to read the future of syria the situation could bubble along the way it's going now for some time. this is what we've seen before is that you think that things are going to reach a climax they're going to

the foreign minister sergei lavrov says the un security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while state during what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen olive oil not so later on. russia's gazprom says it's boosting its investment program and raising dividends to record levels find out more block him out of the a.g.m. of the company in our business. just after ten pm in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us and now to our top story. greece has voted on a second bill and the final step towards implementing the next wave of hysteria measures it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stock of european bailout funds all the plans met with resistance with more than a three hundred people injured in two days of riots financial journalists and media is in the heart of athens where frustrated crowds continue to grow. they already started to gather around the parliament right now they're quickly starting to amass a number on the street in front of constitution square and on this on the streets perpendicular as the su

sergei lavrov there reiterating in some ways words he has said before that russia wants to see a peace crawls around in the arab world through discussion in diplomacy and not through international intervention something that they will not support. a lover of has also announced that moscow is waiting for confirmation from libyan rebels that they have received weapons from france well if proven true the russian foreign minister says it would be a serious violation of the u.n. arms embargo french officials earlier at middlebury military has airlifted eyeless into the country it's the first time a nato member has owned up to supplying weapons to libya since the bombing began over three months ago the alliance is pressing the paris to explain why it acted unilaterally without consulting brussels the un the mandate our lives we have does allow military intervention to protect civilians but fall short of authorizing grounded bishan and arm supplies paris based political analyst says three countries have hijacked them and it. the admission that france is arming the rebels is very obviously an

organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council should not be calling for action while ignoring what he describes as the civil war in yemen. a war world news in around thirty minutes but before that we look at how life in georgia has changed two decades after it gained independence from the soviet union that's up next on our. nine hundred ninety one georgia achieved independence from the u.s.s.r. . before a violent standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. we did get independence but it resulted in much blood in the struction. the civil war broke out in georgia to susie came sovereignty to this day the nation has been unable to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people have fled the country in the time of the soviet union was one of the wealthiest republics today one third of the population lives below the poverty line twenty years have passed but people here enjoy less freedom than i did during the soviet period. back in one thousand nine hun

diplomatic approach russia calls on the un to carefully consider its handling of syria foreign minister sergey lavrov. points out yemen is in a state of civil war while the un has so far failed to take action but has taken a hard line position against damascus. and up next the latest in our series of reports on life in the former soviet republics twenty years after the collapse of the u.s.s.r. . nine hundred ninety one georgia or achieved independence from the u.s.s.r. . the standoff with the rapidly disintegrating soviet empire. we did get independence but it resulted in much blood and destruction. a similar broke out in georgia d'souza came sovereignty to this day the nation has been unable to overcome its aftermath the country's infrastructure is in ruins tens of thousands of people who fled the country in the time of the soviet union was one of the wealthiest republics today one third of the population lives below the poverty line twenty years have passed but people here enjoy less freedom than they did during the soviet period. back in one thousand nine hundred eight. really was just a student h

energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian of foreign minister sergei lavrov has told the press in us than or that president ahmadinejad recognizes the importance of talks to resulting tension around your nuclear program is it does it not does it mark a more positive phase in your talks with the i.a.e.a. do you. well there is a pleasure to talk to you i just want to reiterate that for the last eight years of the. corporation we die a year about five thousand man the inspection has been made and not evidence of diversion have been found to military purposes i d's is a clear. regarding of course they will show we have always well come in and respect and of course without any preconditions. guiding the recent comments interview with the r t. and i am rather disappointed because this sort of your statements. ignoring the fact there are a has clearly made there is no evidence of diversion and. reports clearly even the last of the for sure all of these from the activities and every gram of uranium ease on their fullest. twenty four hours cameras and inspectors is go

organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council simply calling for action all the core and what he describes a civil war in yemen. which many countries tightening their belts and feeling the effects of the economic downturn we asked whether the world is really getting value for money the spotlight is next here on our. hello yes and welcome to stop watching the interview shell on parts of i'll be your friend today my guest in the studio instead of no no violence for. the reason russia has left some of the diplomats questioning a tree with fresh his critics saying such summits cost too much and aren't very effective but maybe this lady was an exception russian elite feel leaders compromised by moscow's ban on here feel vegetables and who printed progress on a visa free regime but is there anything that still remains and so here's the head how the european union delegation to russia to talk about the balance i. ask you is battling back to the european vegetables the headlines of the russia e.u. summit. some o

energy agency ali asghar soltanieh thank you for joining us today the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has told the press in the president recognizes the importance of talks for resolving tension around your nuclear program is it does it mark or a more positive phrase in your talks with the i.a.e.a. . is a pleasure to talk to you i just want to reiterate that for the last eighty years. preceding the corporation we die a year about five thousand man the inspection has been made no evidence of they were asian have been found to military purposes and this is a clear beloved parents the guardian of course. we have always welcomed negotiation and respect and of course without any precondition. guiding the recent comment interview with the r t. and i am rather disappointed because this sort of beers. me ignoring their fact there has clearly made there is no evidence of diversion and. reports clearly even the last reports sure all of each with activities and every gram of uranium is under their fullest. twenty four hours cameras and specters is going to. have to somehow misleading. to recall

happening in north africa and the middle east in fact statement was released by a foreign minister sergey lavrov asking the us security council not to simplify the situation in syria with regard to the proposed u.n. resolution that they have. is a strongly asking that a military operation not be involved in this situation this security issue has gone beyond just the land security the traditional threats that we have seen in the past some of the leaders have brought up the concept of border security so they want to extend their efforts into the cyber world in cyberspace also of course the participation of countries such as iran afghanistan and pakistan make for very interesting discussion now on iran for example have given speech will basically consisting of more questions rather than statements. and to western and to people you listen sentiment that. does express in the to set a very big issue on the a flight of nato forces being in country they want to discuss a post nato. summit that in the past have expressed doubts on whether the country is able to deal with this threat on their own however

organization's position on syria saying the crisis warrants a peaceful solution foreign minister sergei lavrov says the security council should be calling for action public nor in what he describes as a civil war in yemen. but many countries tightening their belts and feeling the effects of the economic downturn we ask whether the world is really getting value for money spotlight is next here on our. hello and welcome to spotlight today into a show on arts and i'm already operating today my guest in the studio is. the reason russia has left some of the diplomats questioning your true officials critics saying such summits cost too much and aren't very effective but maybe this lady was an exceptional russian and you feel need is compromised the moscow's ban on the move and move pretty good progress on a visa free regime but is there anything that still remains and so here's the head of the european union delegation to russia to tell them go. ask those battling back to the european benadryl stole the headlines of the russia e.u. summit. some other topics moscow wanted to discuss like become dissi

according to the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he says that more diplomatic measures should be used with respect to syria because the last thing the international community needs is to slide into another conflict. this is when it comes to the proposal to consider syria in a similar way as was applied to the libyan situation in which the security council and international community have already become bogged down we believe that the should be able from solving problems politically and not to create conditions for a new armed conflict we should support a process of national reconciliation on accord and constructive peacekeeping rules for neighboring states don't try to pass more and more as illusions which will in fact mean siding with one of the parties in an internal political conflict. meanwhile the british prime minister david cameron has said that any country that veto is against or does not vote for this resolution that is being proposed against syria it will be their crotches so obviously poignant statements trying to put countries in the quarter. to quarter support whe

quote libyan scenario in syria is unacceptable well that's the view of russian foreign minister sergey lavrov who has been commenting on the situation . do everything it can to prevent the libyan scenario syria to gather with the international community we can. to put the reforms into practice as soon as possible and to call on the opposition not to ignore suggestions to discuss these reforms which is start negotiating them. it comes as syria's president bashar assad addresses the nation with this third major speech since some rest began in the country in mid march blamed the conflict on a foreign conspiracy and said peaceful protests have been infiltrated by. still the need for reform and said syrians need to deal with the situation as themselves the president also promised to expand an amnesty for political prisoners . and next hour our peter lavelle asked whether the international presence in libya and other african countries means a better life for the continent. but little things have gotten better in the past ten years you've seen inflation has come down average incomes have gone up the