well two different things one is these are the u.n. observers who went in under the kofi annan plan to observe a cease fire what we see in the last few weeks when they first went in the violence did go down what we see in the last few weeks is continuing escalation in violence so it's extraordinary difficult situation and what we've also seen is that those u.n. observers have themselves come under direct attack this is extremely worrying in terms of our humanitarian workers who have been delivering aid and support and supporting the syrian arab red crescent we have not seen them directly targeted however if you look at what's been happening to humanitarian workers across the world who are operating in some very difficult conditions and i'm extremely worried that over the last few years or more and more of them have been targeted more of them have been killed than at any time more kidnapped. one of the principles. that we expect to operate on the as humanitarian work as is respect for humanitarian principles that we're allowed to go any

u.n. conditions for expanding the distribution of humanitarian aid to to roughly one million syrians what he's basing it is based on your estimate based on our number so what are these conditions that the u.n. that coffee and stocking but first of all from our perspective of course it's very important that everybody who needs help gets that help it shouldn't matter whether they're in a government controlled area or in an area which is being controlled by the opposition that's very evident secondly it's important that we're able to have a mix of international and local staff who are able to help to deliver aid it's important to protect syrians themselves some in the volunteers of the syrian are pretty close and have been doing a magnificent job but we need to have a mix of people on the ground to make sure that we get the balance of skills right in terms of what we need to do we've now been able to agree that seven international ngo going isolations that are in country will be able to deliver some aid but as i say these negotiations have taken a very long time and in the meantime there are people who need help who are receiving it well let's hear more on the si

they are monitoring a tenuous cease-fire from their base in damascus. more u.n. units are arriving, but the assad regime has full control of the capital. government forces accompany the observers where they go. there are concerns about the effectiveness of their monitoring mission. and so as countries around the world discuss what to do about syria, life for syrians just keeps getting harder. they have been living in turmoil for more than a year now. at this point they have no sign when things will get better. yujori futori, nhk world, damascus. >>> in other news we're following here on newsline, the unmanned dragon space shuttle is the world's first privately owned craft to dock with the international space station and successfully return to earth. u.s. firm spacex developed the spacecraft. it splashed down in the pacific ocean at 15:42 utc on thursday roughly 900 kilometers off the coast of california. the dragon was launched from cape canaveral air force station in florida on may 22nd. the unmanned craft left the space station at 9:49 utc and fired its engines

welcome back you are without a reminder of the top stories the u.n. are just both the syrian regime and the rebels to lay down arms to prevent the country from sliding into a full scale civil war this comes as u.n. observers are set to visit the side of the latest massacre near the city of hama. a big day for european football as the euro two thousand and twelve gets set to start a fair play has been dealt a blow with boycotts over human rights abuses and claims of racism most recently from the dutch national team. and euro zone on a knife edge as experts predict spain could soon ask for a bailout but as e.u. powerhouses try to keep a single currency afloat one irish town is banking on the past to turn a profit. those are the top stories i'll be back at the top of the hour meantime gas discuss the future of the european monetary union. oh and welcome to crossfire computor all about crunch time for the euro with the greek economy in tatters and spain on the financial brain the future of the monetary union looks anything but bright world leaders are calling

observers are not hay loued in. u.n. observers are effectively just watching from the sidelines, making statements, but not in power to do very much. >> nbc's richard engel reporting this morning from cairo. we'll be talking to you more, thanks so much. >>> in business, the eurozones $25 billion bailout to save spain's banks is failing to impress investors. markets in europe had a roller coaster session yesterday. things not much better on wall street. the dow rose 100 points early, before dropping 140 points from its previous close, let's look at the markets as we get all up in your business this morning. cnbc's steve sedgewick is live in london, good morning. >> good morning to you. what the market is trying to do is rally twice on the back of the same story. because at the tail-end of last week, all the european and u.s. markets rallied hard on the hopes of a spanish deal. what they did yesterday was rally again, on the fact that we had a spanish deal. but of course people saw through that when the market-makers, the t

investigators in japan are trying to figure out if chinese officials broke international rules. u.n. sanctions are designed to keep north korea from building up its military. they've got documents proving a ship transported special vehicles. they say the vehicles could be used as launch pads for ballistic missiles. the customs officials say they found export documents of the ship in october at osaka poert. the firm has been designated as an entity violating u.s. sanctions. they say the paper work shows they transported four special vehicles from shanghai. japanese officials say it's likely these vehicles that match those displayed at missile launch pads during a military parade in april in north korea. they also say exporting this hardware violates the security council resolutions. japanese officials are reporting their findings to the u.n. a chinese spokesperson is denying the accusations. >> translator: china firmly opposes proliferation of wex weapon of mass destruction and their transport equipment. we implement unsc resolutions. >> he added firms in china do not export goods th

these are our top headlines. as the u.n. secretary general warns of imminent civil war, syria's opposition group plan a day of protest. and japan's prime minister says two nuclear plants shut down after the fukushima disaster must come back on line. let's get the latest business news with aaron. france talked about the parliament elections coming up but also very clear signs now that the downturn is leaving a much clearer imprint. >> absolutely. hit the nail on the head. this recent escalation of the crisis leaving its mark on the region's second largest economy because the french central bank came out and told us that the french economy over the next few months is going to contract by 0 .1%. because a month ago, the french industrial australia bank saying it's not going to crafpkt it's the speed of this deterioration on top of that, we also learned that french unemployment topped the 10% level. that's the lowest level for france in 12 years. and for the new french president, a man who is more in line to wanting to go growth

the u.n. are both the syrian regime and the rebels to lay down arms to prevent the country from sliding into a full scale civil war this comes as un observers are set to visit the side of the latest massacre in the year of the city of hama. a big day for european football as your twenty twelve get set to start a fair play has been dealt a blow with boycotts over human rights abuses and claims of racism most recently from the dutch national team. experts predict spain could soon ask for a bailout but as e.u. powerhouses try to keep the single currency afloat one irish town is banking on the past to turn profit. well it's what's happening in the world of sports and there is a lot of excitement enjoy this rush oh we playing your first game in european championships tonight and i'm going to play it seems no really injury concerns marina and funds are arriving in. time where the match will be played against the czech republic saving in a few hours time of the build up just after this. well either you'r

. >>> investigators in japan are trying to figure out if chinese officials broke international rules. u.n. sanctions are designed to keep north korea from building up its military and have documents that prove a ship transported vehicles from china and say the vehicles could be used as launch pads for ballistic missiles. japan's coast guard, police, and customs officials say they found export documents of the ship in october at osaka port. they say the ship was operated by a company with suspected ties to a trading firm that's been designated for violating u.s. sanctions banning weapons and materials to north korea. they say the paperwork show the ship transported four large vehicles from shanghai. japanese officials say it's likely these vehicles matched those displayed during a military parade in april in north korea and say exporting this type of hardware violates resolutions that 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 t

. >>> assaults by air are relatively new tactic for syrian forces. secretary of state hillary clinton says u.n. officials are concerned that russia may be providing helicopters. >> we are concerned about the latest information that we have there are attack helicopters on wait from russia to syria which will escalate the conflict quite dramatically. >> clinton said russian officials claim everything they supply to syria is unrelated to the fighting. she said this is patently untrue. united nations officials say syrian troops are torturing children. they accuse the military of using children as human shields. their annual report on children and armed conflict says the military has targeted children under the age of ten. the government says they were ordered to shoot protestors at random. it says the soldiers knew the targets included women and children. the report quotes witnesses that the government forces seized children aged between 8 and 13 from their homes. the troops reportedly used them as human shields. they place the children on buses carrying military personnel when raiding opposition

u.n. development program. those are just again the next panel so this is going to be an amazing few days and if we all take the approach that we are here to listen and we are here to learn from experts from so many different walks of life and we are here to celebrate the ideas they have to share with us, ideas that we know or hear from talented leaders. i want to take just a moment to thank steve ratliff. steve is there usaid chief economists in a weiland has helped us instill a culture of discipline around a more quantitative and economic growth oriented rich to development and his responsible really for pulling this together. when steve came to me about a year ago with the basic idea, it

innocent civilians are trapped in a line of fire. the observers of the u.n. mission are at serious risk, too. >> this bbc footage filmed in northern syria provides further evidence that the armed rebels of the free syrian army are getting more organized and active by the day. they are heavily outgunned, but despite the government's efforts to wipe them out, they just keep coming back. international diplomacy has no attraction. president assad is clearly preparing for the long haul. >> the australian government has said it more the 130 migrants were rescued after their boat capsized. up to 150 people were reportedly on board when this accident happened just north of christmas island in the indian ocean. let's go to our correspondent in sydney. bring us up-to-date on this incident. >> it has just come through in the last few minutes from the home affairs minister, j. sinclair. he is concerned that 130 people have been rescued, one confirmed dead. but he thinks 150 may have been on board. there is another 20 possibly and accounted for. a search is still going on,

u.n. officials have begun leaving the more due to the worsening situation there. america's women are now top of the class over men when it comes to getting advanced degrees there is a sting in the tail though their salaries still lag far behind their male counterparts out what's worse is that conservatives are blocking legislation to get fair pay as marina board now explains. these medical and scape of america's professional force has undergone major reconstruction over the decades women now make up fifty percent of the nation's labor force sixty percent of the voting population and they've surpassed men in earning advanced college degrees but when it comes to salary the land of opportunity remains a land of inequality for women a full time working women in the u.s. certainly aren't seventy seven cents for every dollar made by a man according to recent statistics men earn higher salaries in nearly all occupations including nursing teaching and even secretarial work but experts say the pay gap has less to do with qualifications and much more to do with stereotypes surrounding gender u

u.n. monitors are working here on the ground to try to trying to do they have to investigate what's going on. right now they're trying to establish exactly what happened during last week's massacre in the central province a province of how much how many people were killed and who's to blame but this is extremely hard to do and the details of very hard to very far. because there is a lot of confusion and the main reason is that the many many sides been involved in this conflict here in syria not just governmental forces all. of rebels rebel fighters but the results of the police third part. it may include. the jihad is whose goal is to topple the regime here in syria and over these toys involved in this conflict may be responsible for the killing and that also could be a provocation so it makes. the work call for u.n. . mission here on the ground extremely complicated we've also recently been hearing and now there are a lot of mean indicate the syrian national council the turkey based opposition group has elected a new leader and he is a kurd occurrence of the largest ethnic minority here

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u.n. observers are just coming to these very modest to be able to see these laws. it's not possible is it. odd to me who took even those people internationally who was returned then carried them in the blankets and to give them to the opposition does exist why men have all under possibility to show them their all in their story or you end up sort of elysia men we don't know whom day out of the island a position there's many students each one. absorbs factions and one independently suits why it's very difficult to do and you say on. i mean while the u.s. claims moscow has sent a ship with troops on board to protect its military base at the syrian port of tartus russia has denied these claims but said several ships are ready to head to the base if the situation worsens what you see confidence has more. just days after the u.s. state department was forced to back away from secretary of state hillary clinton's controversial remarks alleging that a top helicopters were on their way to syria from russia new comments from u.s. military officials who boarded an american ne

. >>> diplomatic efforts to end the bloodshed in syria are failing according to the united nations and u.n. observers are -- themselves were attacked as they tried to reach the site of the latest reported massacre in syria. nbc is following that story from cairo. >> reporter: lying for the world to see. the victims of what amateur video shows as a massacre in the city of kobair. and surrounding areas. among the dead, women and children, even entire families were killed. we reached a human rights activist in syria in contact with eyewitnesses. they blamed the military and government militia. a similar attack occurred two weeks ago in the village of houla. u.n. observers on the ground tried to visit the area of the most recent massacre. they came under attack and were denied entry by the military. >> the regime sponsored violence we witnessed in hama yesterday is simply unconsciousble. >> reporter: for more than a year the assad regime has suppressed an up rising against his rule. many fear this country is descending into civil war as opposition forces become more militarized and brazen in t

u.n. peacekeepers are trying to make a difference. we learn more about their mission in an exclusive interview with the force's commander, major general moses besong obi. obi spoke to nhk at u.n. headquarters in new york. more than 200 japanese ground self-defense force troops are part of the peacekeeping mission. they are helping to develop infrastructure in the hapt juba. one project involves creating parking space for planes at an airport. obi praised the skills of the sdf personnel. >> i feel proud to have a contingent from japan because of the level of high technology that japan has. the quality of personnel. i think anybody would be proud of that. they work according to schedule. they met all their targets in good time. i have no doubt, even the people of south sudan will be impressed. >> the governor wants a second team from japan to help construct paved roads and bridges in south sudan. >>> a small chain of disputed islands is fanning national sentiment in both sides of the east china sea. but the chinese ambassador to japan ch

u.n. 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 these pictures. the first one was taken at the military parade in pyongyang this april. the second picture is of special vehicles b

according to their investigation they believe it is because armed rebels are trying to start a civil war in the country the u.n. is also continuing their own independent investigation into what happened in houla and that those results will be no in the next couple of days. are now reporting there are now russia says it won't change its position of seeking peace in syria even as washington attempts to push moscow towards forcing damascus into submission and i were activists sara flounders says america has never been interested in a diplomatic solution to the syrian conflict. it's important to know that it's the u.s. and nato who are creating a civil war in syria in terms of arming commando mercenaries thugs flooding the country with weapons doing everything that they can to destabilize syria and the latest massacre in houla is just one more example because it's this exact scenario that the u.s. has used to justify quote humanitarian intervention in the past and after they create total destabilization send in all sorts of mercenaries and armed groups and they claim that they're going in in order to save the situ

u.n. observers are reporting that there was heavy fighting in rastan. >> activists said the regime has usedicopter gunships to target the opposition in homs. across the country, the government continued to shell several rebel-held cities on tuesday. in homs, activists say a humanitarian center mission has become dire. this amateur footage is said to show a clinic in the city, and the u.n. is also accusing the rebels of outrages, includes eight -- including using children for military purposes. >> back in europe, called it the bailout busload the sinking but failed to save the shipyard at the receiving approval for 100 billion euros in aid, madrid had hoped the new cash would convince the markets that it was liquid enough to borrow at lower interest rates, but those hopes of sound after spanish borrowing costs soared to a euro-era record high. >> that high yields on to investors punished bonds shot to 6.7% today. damages concerns -- two major concerns are not. doubts over spain's olive, even with the eurozone rescue, and the greek elections on sunday which might catapult athens out of the eu

u.n. observers are still trying to make sense of what they and a handful of journalists saw yesterday at the site of a massacre. a neighbor told me 78 people were murdered on wednesday by armed men, some in uniform, and some local thugs. 20 bodies were piled in this house alone. by the time the u.n. arrived, only ruin, blood stains and ammunition cases were visible. but a pattern seemed to be emerging. the victims were sunni muslim, a group active against the regime. as for the attackers, witnesses say they were regime supporters. there is a real fear now that ethnic violence may become ethnic cleansing. in fact, one of the u.n. observers said to me yesterday when we were in the village of qubair, "i haven't seen anything like this since i was in bosnia." >> axelrod: you've been in and out of syria several times in the last few months. does damascus feel any different tonight than it did a few weeks ago? >> very much some the fighting is coming closer to downtown. in fact, last night, jim, for the first time there was a stunned gun bat until a very prestigious and stable neighborhood. in fac

u.n. monitors are blocked from investigating another possible massacre. richard engel reports as the u.n. says it is civil war. >>> happy 88th birthday, mr. president. bush 41 celebrates that milestone in a revealing conversation with je nna bush o the "today" show. >> your socks have been making headlines. >> i like a colorful sock. i'm a sock man. this is a modest pair here today. subdued, you might say. >> they have been comparing your socks to that of justin bieber. >> bieb? is he a sock man? >> he evidently is a sock man just like you. >> i don't know much about the bieber. never seen him. i don't know what he does. >> we'll have more of that conversation, too. good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington. first up, calls for attorney general eric holder to resign at an explosive senate hearing today investigating the leak of classified intelligence programs and other issues with justice. with me now, pennsylvania republican senator pat toomey. senator, we want to talk about the economy in a moment but we just want to get your perspective on this.

the gathering came 20 years after the 1992 u.n. aren rio leaders pledged to protect the planet by endorsing treaties on by the present climate change. at that meeting, a 12-year-old girl named severn cullis-suzuki made a ridding plea to world leaders. >> my dad always says, you are what you do, not what you say. well, what you do makes me cry at night. you grown-ups say you love us, but i challenge you, please, make your actions reflect your words. thank you. >> severn cullis-suzuki, then the age of 12, delivering her famous address at the 1992 first u.n. earth summit that took place in rio. 20 years later, she is back in rio as a veteran international environmental campaigner and mother of two. "democracy now!" spoke to her on friday and asked to what progress had been made since 1992. >> 20 years have passed and everybody wants to know, what have we done? last week, scientists released the report in the academic journal "nature," that suggested we're pushing for a tipping point in the earth's biosphere, that we are attacking our ecos

arms the opposition claim a sad strips of shelled the city and are preparing to storm an area controlled by the rebels this is teams of u.n. observers are visiting the site of the latest massacre in the city of hama to try and establish who is to blame for the deaths of up to one hundred people were if an ocean reports now from syria. we've been hearing two different takes from the opposition and from the syrian government the opposition is claiming is that the syrian army shelled peaceful farming village in central syria and after that alleged militants came in they tied people. they shot they stopped and in an orgy of violence the syrian government has been recruiting that they've called help from local residents in in one of these villages asking for help after militants took over the village and immediately after these call it a long operation and after they entered the village they discovered nine bodies of civilians and it's actually also contradicts what the rebels are reporting about death toll the most extreme dog's death toll given so far stones that's almost one hundred dad and this is the figure that's been pi

are the headlines. a fresh civilian massacre in syria. u.n. observer teams are on their way to a village in the province of hama. the german chancellor, angela merkel, has said europe needs a political union to make the monetary union work. >> coming up in sport today in about half an hour -- the spanish coach dies just a day after agreeing to coach villareal next season. if this happens at the euro, stop the game. that's the message to referees ahead of friday's kickoff. and so close, and yet so far. the l.a. kings must keep their stanley cup champagne on ice. >> as we've been hearing, the spanish government has just managed to borrow around $2.5 billion on the bond market, so the interest rate it had to offer has gone up further still this. comes just days after it said it was impossible to access any funds due to prohibitively high borrowing costs. it's borrowing again. my colleague is in the heart of madrid, where, john, i don't suppose they're celebrating. >> well, no, there's not much cause for celebration here. i mean, you know, so much

strongly rejects as secretary of state hillary clinton says plans are being drawn up to intervene in syria the u.n. security council if necessary here's are. the latest from new york. mrs clinton during her visit to denmark she was speaking about the situation in syria saying there is an increased need for more international action in the country clinton also said that russia's policy on syria a policy where russia does not support military intervention or sanctions on syria ms clinton said that is going to contribute to a civil war in syria the us secretary of state said the absence of u. way action in syria mainly due to russia's opposition makes it harder to respond to the crisis in the way the international community did in libya now these comments are clearly coming in the in light of last week's massacre in houla u.s. officials are making their words much stronger just on wednesday the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. susan rice said that if kofi annan six point peace plan fails and if the security council does not agree on international sanctions on syria then countries would have to consider ta

u.n. monitors are under attack. massacres of civilians by government tanks and artillery and government-backed thugs. reports of children tortured and used as human shields. now a war of words between u.s. and russia, syria's longtime military supplier. secretary of state accusing syria again today accusing the assad regime of contributing to the violence by sending the assad machine attack helicopters. >> they continue to deliver. we believe that the situation is spiraling towards civil war. it's now time for everyone in the international community, including russia, and all security council members to speak to assad with a unified voice and insist the violence stop. >> reporter: russia's foreign minister denied it and countered the u.s. was arming rebels, a charge that was immediately shot down. >> i would emphasize the united states has provided no military support to the syrian opposition, none. >> reporter: all this comes just days before a critical meeting between president obama and president putin of russia

u.n. peacekeepers that are in the country next month this ninety day mandate for this mission the u.n. syrian mission expires and council members may not be willing to renew this mandate if they feel that the u.n. observers will be in danger if they are in syria which has now been deemed a civil war. well meanwhile u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is alleging that the shipment of attack helicopters were on route from russia to syria but refused to reveal her sources turns ago and was subsequently put in an awkward position admitting it had no knowledge of any such event clinton also claimed that kofi annan who drew up the international backed peace plan for syria was also working on unseating. he said he was drafting election isn't to ease the syrian leader out of power even so many analysts are convinced that and six point peace plan remains syria's only hope. i think the situation has reached very dangerous proportions and there are civilians that are being killed and today we had some. there were some pictures of harder but massacres children have been targeted and innocent c

russia, iran, venezuela are acting without u.n. consent. they are not seeking our consent. they send weapons to kill the syrian people. we don't have to seek their content to help them defend themselves. we can't let the iran policy be held hostage. i'm sorry, our syria policy be held hostage to russian cooperation on iran. we can do both. we can also stop restraining turkey. turkey in the past, according to tony bodron, a colleague and friend, back in february, secretary of state clinton met with the turkish foreign minister who put forth a set of measures including creating a buffer zone, humanitarian quarter and a plan for quipping the free syrian army. clinton told her turkish counterpart no less than three times, we are not there. so we're straining the turks from doing something that's beneficial. they don't want to be out front on this. traditionally turkey hasn't sought permission when it wants to kill kurds in iraq and syria. they act in the national interest as they see fit. i think we really have to help the turks to be the best they can be here. if they think th