u.n. russia's pushing its resolution of the security council calling for both sides in syria to enter talks. also russia's welcome to the world trade organization after almost twenty years memberships expected to bring both incentives for business and investment as well as some tough competition. now sports on r.t. . call to not have a company again and coming up in the boats. channel one can't russia failed to finish a hunk stage of the euro hockey two on a high note as they lose to the czech republic in the shootouts. best of the best football giants possible in a rush centers on all the problems caused. home advantage chinese dominate to play badminton super serious twenty eleven on home soil. but let's start with biathlon where team russia has won the combined relay race at the third stage of the world cup in whole foods. the mix quartet of all the who cannot all decide so alex a vocal and cool in their rivals with no chance to look and i had some problems with shooting but so too made sights of a graduate put russia among the latest by the end of the second stage of russia's men were s

wednesday to stop the bloodshed says it will go to the u.n. russia is pushing its resolution of the security council calling for both sides in serious talks. and the russians welcomes the world trade organization off almost twenty years memberships expect to bring both incentives for business and investment as well as some tough competition to. get more perspective on that now than is the used trade commissioner talks next. the e.u. trade commissioner called the goodies in geneva to welcome russia into the world trade organization he warns it comes at a time when the euro crisis threaten the world with recession mr de gucht leaders are insulting each other the euro's fall into new lows how worried are you about this stage of the euro debt crisis i see that. people some people continue to fing that. sooner or later we will have serious problems with the euro. and that's obviously influencing the debate but this is simply not true i mean the euro is going to continue there to stay and europe will do everything that's a see to preserve the european unio

russia's apprises the u.n. security council partners by circulating a new resolution on the syria crisis. and aaron is here with the business news. i think another warning for the financials. >> i think there are big bangs out there giving fitch a bit of an itch. you like that? let me explain. of the credit rating agency fitch has downgraded six of the world's largest banks, blaming what it calls challenging financial markets. the banks include barclays in the u.k. as well as bankamerica and goldman sachs in the u.s., bnp paribas and france and germany's deutsche bank. basically reflecting problems in the sector as a whole rather than specific concerns over the banks. but it does follow similar downgrades of the franz's big banks by moody's bang last week -- moody's last week. coated cause a credit crunch? >> we could be if the banks stopped lending and is likely they will lend less in the last -- next few months because they have to bring up capital levels. we will see reduced lending. the key thing, where wil

u.n. russia's pushing its resolution of the security council calling for both sides in syria into toolbox. and russia is a welcome to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of talks membership expects to bring both incentives for business and investment as well as some tough competition. next the swearing of science by corporate interests as we bring you the story of two distinguished researches who sacrificed their careers to disclose the dangers of genetically modified products. we're here in central mexico in a place where traditionally for many thousands of years corn has been planted in these lands over the years corn has changed and more recently it has been changing because of the introgression of industrial varieties of corn and most importantly because of the in for creation of transgenic we know that they are stretching the corn here we don't know how much and we want to be able to tell over the years over time whether there is more or less what kind of materials are here because the transgenic manipulation is invisible people around here don't even know that they

the arab league is giving damascus until wednesday just don't the bloodshed or its bill go to the u.n. russia is pushing its resolution on security council calling for both sides in syria into talks. next the swaying of science by corporate interests as we bring you the story of two distinguished researches who sacrificed their careers to disclose the dangers of genetically modified products us next. come on guy live to a fellow. don't be shy. to. come on. these little fellows have been fed. diets could take me genetically are there by potatoes at the all these experiments. in compact is with. genetically but they fight but it appears that you get to pick up any difference we already investigated these days growth development immunity and they were supposed to have been touched. but it's the pace of change such wiring of the scientists as well they say g.m. food is being rushed on to the market now and on times without adequate safety tests that we have a lot of want to hear to experience. sixty thousand pages of internal documents and in these internal documents it was very clear that the sc

the arab league is giving damascus until wednesday to stop the bloodshed says it'll go to the u.n. russia is pushing its resolution of the security council calling for both sides in syria to enter. russia is welcome to the world trade organization after almost twenty years memberships expected to bring both incentives for business investment as well as some tough competition. next we're in azerbaijan to see how the tiny country in the caucasus moved on after the soviet union collapsed twenty years ago . since ancient times this country has been called the land of fire there are places here when natural gas bursts out from under the earth mixing with will soon soil before exploding into flames it's a miracle of nature there's nothing like it anywhere in the world cash our country is called the land of fire. the first fortress tile is a pit here on the caspian shore in the twelfth century people build the houses inside the walls today this ancient district of baquba is on unesco's world heritage list how does this not the aura of this place is so amazing it's so easy to spend hours here jus

the arab league giving damascus until wednesday just stop the bloodshed a word will go to the u.n. russia is pushing its resolution of the security council calling for both sides in syria and to towards. russia is welcome to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of talks membership expects to bring both incentives for business and investment as well as some tough competition. ok as to how that something. sports or not so you could say the company again and coming up in the program. channel one car brush failed to finish the home stage of the year hug and a high note as they loose in the czech republic in a shootout. best of the best football giants possible in a fresh scientist in the final to lift the world cup. and home advantage chinese athletes dominate the development of a series trying to level on home soil. i saw the first two are russia have suffered the second defeat at the channel one cup as into the dinners men lost to the czech republic in a shootout four three the czechs produced a sensational start to the game needing only thirty one seconds to take the lead

earlier i spoke exclusively to russia's u.n. ambassador who said the assad regime should stop using force against its own people but the tally check it believes the country has no chance of carrying out promised reforms during a civil war that's packed with extremists we believe that there has been there been some extremely troubling reports coming out of syria about excessive use of force by those already is but also telling everybody must put pressure on. the destructive elements of the of the opposition or various destructive elements which may have found their way into syria that they are a while and acts are not going to be condoned by the international community this is a this is a key to finding a peaceful way out of the situation some reforms were announced. some of them we have pretty far reaching like changing the constitution and getting rid of the political monopoly of one party even under normal circumstances in any country forms of such magnitude are not easy to implement all that in a situation where. there is an

u.n. security council and its opinion effects many major developments in the international arena speaks now to russia's representative to the organization. the u.n. security council rejected russia's proposal to investigate civilian deaths from nato strikes in libya what members avoiding. ongoing conflicts and i'm more important. well you know first of all it was not rejected the fact of the matter is that a number of security council delegations including the russian delegation raise the need to have some clarity about civilian casualties as a result of nato bombings because for months we heard from made from nato that they are adopting all those measures in order to make sure that there can not possibly be any civilian casualties and then we had on december eighteenth of this a disturbing investigation published by the new york times which showed that there were dozens at least civilian casualties so it makes sense to us and seems to be a pretty obvious thing that they have this matter investigated in an impartial. and it's a political but also humanitarian case if there are people who became victims

full exclusive interview with russia's u.n. ambassadors on our website now where quizzed him about the major international stories of twenty eleven and how he thinks they're going to develop and twenty twelve tell the chickens thoughts about the arab spring iran's nuclear program the middle east turmoil and. here in a few minutes the money and patience ran out in greece. trying to pull its eventually to take us a sort of a the case that time and sort of made sense and. just think i just can't be any will or. will shortly not a correspondence person reflect. from greece as our team continues to look back at . the putin says he's open for talks with the opposition which organize the parliamentary protest rallies but he says there's no one to talk to the premier reaffirmed there's a need for dialogue insisting there's always been a channel available between him and his rivals. the story of the russian prime minister meeting with journalists earlier today when responding to their questions about the possible dialogue with the oppos

parties spoke exclusively to russia's u.n. ambassador who says carrying out promised reforms may be too difficult for the assad regime well it's caught up in a civil war with extremists a full version is coming up for you later this hour here's a preview. when there is a crisis all sorts of extremist terrorist elements show up for instance several days ago there was a horrible terrorist attack in the mosque on the day before that raid you know the minister of defense of lebanon said that they detected some al qaeda groups are moving into syria from from lebanon so i wouldn't be surprised that you know some terrorist elements from libya or other places have found their way into syria some reforms were announced. some of them we are pretty far reaching we do expect that those real reforms can be implemented in a situation when the crisis is sort of teetering on the brink of civil war even under normal circumstances in any country the forms of such a magnitude are not these are very implemented but i mean the point i'm trying to

russia and chinese governments abstain. but with the vote that happened today with the u.n. russia and china yet again coming and voting against it so i think there is still a battle that's taking place at the u.n. level. we need to win the russians and chinese on our side to really completely put the noose around the current syrian regime. >> ok. so let's imagine if it's at all possible that russia and china or not side and the united nations security council refers members to have -- of the regime to the international criminal court. how important would that be? >> i think more -- for the most extent, we all understand that a moral victory. unfortunately at the time, protesters are looking for some of those moral victories to tell them that the world at least is with you. i think it will be a positive step. we understand it doesn't mean the end of the regime but it will send a signal to lots of the silent supporters in syria who still are not sure if they want to switch sides or stick with assad. i think that will take every bit of legitimacy from the assad regime and you

pressure on the syrian regime as russia fights to move through its draft resolution at the u.n. and the crisis peacefully. plus the way to finally over russia's except as a fully fledged member of the world trade organization eighteen years of tough talks. about. follow the course or not to get to the company again and coming up in the pool to. get another girl's all because it's about ways that women spacesuit race at that stage of the world cup is fulfilled some. of it is the fate of europe. russia lose just waiting at the train one cup or two. and bring collingwood profile the rise of russia's top heavy weight boxer i'll accept that spin as his sixties follow grayle a world title belt with blood thinner klitschko. so let's start with biathlon where all those odds are one has won her second girl to third stage of the world cup in whole foods and austria the russian won the women's pursuit race in style leading from start to finish and never looking back she needed thirty one minutes and fifty two seconds to complete the ten kilometer distance of a joint called club zero she was

u.n. it says russia is pushing its resolution the security council calling for both sides in syria to. also rusher is welcome to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of memberships expected to bring both incentives for business and investment as well as some tough competition. team sport. to not be good to have a company again and coming up in the bulls. channel one can't rush fail to finish the hunger stage of the go on a high note as they lose to the czech republic in a shootout. best of the best football giants possible in a rush centers in the final problem. home advantage chinese calculates dominate play badminton super series twenty eleven on home soil. but let's start with biathlon where team russia has won the combined relay race at the third stage of the world cup in whole foods. the mixed quarter at all given who can. see both of and. left their rivals with no chance and i had some problems with the shooting but they made sights of a gradual it put russia among the ladies by the end of the second stage of russia's men were shooting and fast on the track that

u.n. security council for action. russia is defending its own proposed resolution on syria that the us and its allies want to see changed moscow is appealing to both the assad regime and the opposition to end violence and begin dialogue ruling out foreign intervention sanctions some western countries say they can't accept the proposal in the bloodshed on the damascus authorities and that's despite thousands of army defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down a set and running a professor at the university of bottom and in lebanon says the crimes of the government's forces are being deliberately exaggerated. but there are definite questions on the credibility of the syrian human rights of serve a tory particularly when it comes to the number of victims that they allege are victims of the government atrocities and many a time anyone who dies in syria they claim that these are victims of the syrian government atrocities you could say we haven't necessarily different thanks factions here working the united states and france

u.n. security council which russia co-sponsored. but the regime in damascus today is very unpopular not only in syria itself but also in the arab world in the arab street and you know with the arab street it's a very powerful opinion. making process so isn't muscular great of losing his prestige in the arab streets we are not afraid of anything let the syrians decide for themselves this is the core element of our position why all this meddling why all this interference from abroad i don't know what might be the can sequences which the so-called arab street draw. from this our idea here is we need to ensure that any internal crisis would be first and foremost addressed by the people by the locals by the government and opposition let them continue their dialogue. surprise western diplomats by submitting the draft on syria which can then both sides without mentioning sanctions is it fear to blame the syrian opposition which is mostly a no army civil protest equally with a repressive regime massacring its own people several issues. we h

if it goes to the u.n., there's russia and china who will veto anything. >> and when the arab league is over, if you don't stop killing people, we are going to internationalize the conflict. the security counsel of russia and china not only that, last time security council discussed syria, not only had russia and china, had india, brazil, south africa to the shame on his side. >> appreciate it. let us know what you think on facebook. follow me on twitter. >>> coming up, stunning development less than a week before the iowa caucus. new polling showing support for mitt romney, support for gingrich dropping. we'll hear from romney, talk about what's behind gingrich's drop. >>> and amazing pictures from north korea. pictures today of the elaborate funeral for kim john-il. mourners filling the streets. whether real or not, you see them there, terrible to look at. we will have all of the most important moments coming up. [ male announcer ] the more you lose, the more you lose, because for every two pounds you lose through diet and exercise, alli can help you lose one more by blocking some

views and thoughts on that and other global changes a little bit later this hour in fact when russia's u.n. ambassador joins us for an in-depth interview vitaly churkin on this program live with me then bit later this hour if you can stay around for that. this is art and still to come the head of the program for you. it was trying to force eventually to take us to a sort of a became base but i'm in sort of mid sentence just thinking oh my god i just can't breathe anymore. in just a few moments we've got our correspondents personal reflections from grace as r.t. continues to a twenty eleventh's main headline. next overdue or putin says he's open for talks with the opposition which organize the parliamentary protest rallies but he says there's no one to talk to the premier reaffirmed there's a need for a dialogue insisting there's always been a channel between him and his rivals but he says when he takes up the story the russian prime minister meeting with journalists earlier today when responding to their questions about the possible dialogue with the opposition he said that he is actually

u.n. security council russia is pushing for its resolution meantime on syria but the u.s. and its allies want the wording in that changed moscow is calling on both sides to end the bloodshed to begin talks with foreign intervention and sanctions western states want to blame the rest soley on the assad regime despite thousands of army defectors claiming to be fighting to bring down the government middle east politics professor jeremy salt says the main task now is to persuade both sides to put weapons. western governments are acceptable to right now. has been in the bronx been one one way. force was directed towards arms with and has been very little reference to the gangs of ongoing contact their bonnets began almost from the beginning. gangs fighting began the general police them according to law. recently written by the activist in fact they want to monitor. this now i think. a way out of this front western governments are going to have to step in and. it's not just the syrian government has. issued orders for the army to down but somehow some way has found or just waiti

u.n. security council russia meantime is pushing for its resolution on syria but the u.s. and its allies want it changed moscow's calling on both sides to end the bloodshed to begin talks but rules for intervention and sanctions but some western states want to blame the unrest soley on the assad regime despite thousands of army defectors claiming now to be fighting to bring down the government middle east politics professor jeremy sol told us the main task now is to persuade both sides to put down their weapons. western governments are accepted. as meaning the bonds being won one way. or the wrecked two or three times within has been very little reference to the bonds of ongoing contact their bonnets began almost from the beginning. and these gangs make sense hiding behind the peaceful protests begin replacing them according to law. recently written by the activist that in fact yes they want to monitor but i think this now i think. a way out of this song written governments are going to have except when he says it's not just the syrian government has. issued orders for the

the west and its allies mount pressure on the syrian regime as russia fights to get its draft resolution accepted at the u.n. and solving the crisis peacefully. plus the wait is finally over russia is accepted as a fully fledged member of the world trade organization after eighteen years of tough talks. world news twenty four hours a day you're watching r.t. first our breaking news story a russian oil rig has gone down in the storm in the sea of a hot spot in the country's far east let's get the latest details now on marty's jake reeves. the rig capsized several hours ago now how is the recovery operation daring. rescue operations still going but five hours have passed now since the oil rig capsized. sixty seven people were on board fourteen of them passengers some have been pulled from the water. but many of the majority still missing we've spoken to an emergency ministry spokesperson for more. than. fourteen people have been rescued so far with two of them in a critical condition two people have been sports on the surface of the sea that appeared to be dead being recalled. now the weather conditions in th

u.n. security council russia meantime is pushing for its resolution on syria but the u.s. and its allies want it changed moscow's calling on both sides to end the bloodshed to begin talks but rules for intervention in sanctions but some western states want to blame the unrest soley on the assad regime despite thousands of army defectors claiming now to be fighting to bring down the government middle east politics professor jeremy salt told us the main task now is to persuade both sides to put down their weapons. one way. toward. being very little reference to the violence of ongoing project their bonnets began almost from the beginning. gangs of hiding behind. them according to law. more recently by the activists. they want to monitor by pictures now i think. foreign governments are going to step. in it's not just the syrian government has. issued orders for the army. but somehow some way has found. this waiting. period to get very hard look at. so whatever happens. very very serious regional and global implications not. russia's position and sort of are russia solidly beh